Mauritanian Armed Forces

Armed Forces of Mauritania الجيش الوطني الموريتاني
guide
Commander in Chief :	President of Mauritania
Defense Minister:	Yahya Ould Hademine
Military strength
Active soldiers:	15,870
Conscription:	Yes
Eligibility for military service:
household
Military budget:	US $ 136 million (2016)
Share of gross domestic product :	4.1% (2016)
history

The Mauritanian Armed Forces ( Arabic الجيش الوطني الموريتاني ) are the military of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania .

General

The armed forces have a total personnel strength of 15,780 soldiers, which are divided between the classic three armed forces . There is also general conscription with a service period of 24 months. The defense budget was estimated 136 million in 2016 dollars , which 4.1% of gross domestic product accounts.

structure

Land Forces

The Mauritanian Army is the land force of the Mauritanian armed forces and has a staff of 15,000 soldiers. It is divided into six military districts, two battalions of camel riders , a tank battalion , a tank reconnaissance company , eight infantry battalions , seven battalions of motorized infantry , an airborne / special operations battalion , three artillery battalions , four anti - aircraft batteries , an engineer company and the guard battalion .

The army's equipment includes 35 main battle tanks ( T-54 / T-55 ), 70 Panhard AML reconnaissance tanks (AML-60 / AML-90), 10 Alvis Saladin reconnaissance vehicles , 5 FV603 Saracen infantry fighting vehicles , and 20 M3 infantry fighting vehicles. Artillery weapons systems - 105 mm howitzer M-101A / HM-2 , 122 mm howitzer D-30 , Thomson-Brandt 120 mm mortar . Anti-tank weapons and anti-tank hand weapons - RPG-7 and the MILAN anti-aircraft systems - anti-aircraft guns ( ZPU-2 , ZPU-4 , SU-23 , 37 mm M1939 , 57 mm S-60 , 100 mm KS-19 and the anti-aircraft missile systems 9K32 Strela-2 and 9K31 Strela-1 .

Naval forces

The Mauritanian Navy is the naval force of the Mauritanian armed forces and has a staff of 620 soldiers. It was founded on January 25, 1966 and operates its main base in Nouadhibou , in the north of the country, and another in the capital, Nouakchott .

Air Force

The Mauritanian Air Force is the air force of the Mauritanian armed forces with a staff of 250 soldiers. It is their smallest armed force and is divided into two squadrons .

equipment

Cockade of the Mauritanian Air Force

As of the end of 2018

Aircraft	origin	photos	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Warplanes
Embraer EMB 314 Super Turcano	Brazil		Ground attack aircraft	A-29B	2	2
Transport aircraft
Basler BT-67	United States		Transport plane		1
Cessna 441	United States		Airliner		1
Pilatus PC-6	Switzerland		Airliner		1
Harbin Y-12	People's Republic of China		Airliner		1
Reconnaissance aircraft
Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander	United Kingdom		Maritime patrol		3
Cessna 208	United States		spotter		2	1
Piper PA-31T	United States		Maritime patrol	PT-31T Cheyenne II	2
Training aircraft
Embraer EMB 312 Turcano	Brazil		Trainer aircraft	T-27	5
Leonardo SF-260	Italy		Trainer aircraft		4th
helicopter
AgustaWestland AW109	Italy		Multipurpose helicopter		2
Harbin Z-9	People's Republic of China		Multipurpose helicopter		2

Ranks and Rank Badges

Officers

Rank group	Generals		Staff officers			Subaltern officers
Land and Air Forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	General de division	General de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous lieutenant
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Major general	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	major	Captain	First lieutenant	lieutenant
Naval forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	no equivalent	no equivalent	Capitaine de Vaisseau	Capitaine de frégate	Capitaine de corvette	Lieutenant de Vaisseau	Enseigne de vaisseau de 1re classe	Enseigne de vaisseau de 2nd class
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Rear admiral	Flotilla admiral	Sea captain	Frigate captain	Corvette Captain	Lieutenant captain	First lieutenant at sea	Lieutenant at sea
NATO rank code	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1

NCOs and men

Rank group	NCOs				Teams
Land and Air Forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	Adjudant chief	adjutant	Sergent chief	Sergent	Caporal	Soldier 2nd class
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Sergeant Major	Staff Sergeant	Oberfeldwebel / Feldwebel	Staff NCO / NCO	Hauptgefreiter / Obergefreiter	soldier
Naval forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	Maitre principal	Premier maitre	Maitre	Second maitre	Quartier maitre	Matelot
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Chief of Staff	Staff Captain	Captain / Boatswain	Chief Mate / Mate	Hauptgefreiter / Obergefreiter	sailor
NATO rank code	OR-9	OR-8	OR-6	OR-5	OR-3	OR-1

Web links

Commons : Mauritanian Armed Forces  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military expenditure by country in US $ 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) , 2018, accessed on July 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 2018, accessed July 8, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
4. ↑ World Air Force 2019. Flight International , December 8, 2018, accessed July 3, 2019 .