Namibian Army

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Namibian Army

Lineup 3rd September 1990
Country NamibiaNamibia Namibia
Armed forces Namibian Defense Force
Armed forces army
Strength 7100 men (?)
Location Windhoek
Army Commander
Current
commander 		Mathew Alueendo (Major General)
German advisory group in Namibia

The Namibian army ( English Namibian Army ) is by far the largest armed force of the Namibian Defense Force . Major General Tomas Hamunyela has been in command since 2014 .

There is close cooperation with the German Bundeswehr within the framework of an advisory group stationed in Namibia.

equipment

Single weapons

vehicles

A large part of the vehicle stock comes from the former Soviet Union , with armored vehicles also being designed and built in Namibia. The Windhoeker Maschinenfabrik is primarily responsible for this. The latest acquisition is the Agrale Marruá , which went into service in 2015 . In January 2017 it was announced that by the end of March [date] eight RG-32M with Self Defense Remotely Operated Weapon (SDROW) by the South African company Denel Vehicle Systems to be delivered.

origin Type Duration Remarks
T-54 / T-55 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Main battle tank 20th Operability questionable
T-34 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union tank Operability questionable
BTR-60 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Armored troop carrier 10
BTR-152 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Armored troop carrier 6th
WZ-523 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Armored personnel carriers 21st Guns 2A28 Grom
Were'wolf MkII / Wolf Turbo II NamibiaNamibia Namibia Armored multipurpose vehicle 30th
Casspir South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa MRAP 18th
BRDM-2 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Reconnaissance tanks 12 Operability questionable
SAMIL South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa Utility vehicle 160 Donated by South Africa in the late 1990s
Agrale Marruá BrazilBrazil Brazil Multipurpose vehicle 141 Assembled in Namibia
Toyota Hilux JapanJapan Japan Multipurpose vehicle
Toyota Land Cruiser JapanJapan Japan Multipurpose vehicle

artillery

The Namibian artillery also comes mainly from the Soviet Union and has been modernized with some South African models.

origin Type In stock In action Remarks
BL 5.5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom howitzer 24 South African variant: G2 140 mm
Ordnance QF 25 pounder United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom howitzer 8th
152mm howitzer M1937 (ML-20) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union howitzer
BM-21 degrees Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Rocket launcher 5 4th
SiS-3 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Anti-tank 12
SiS-2 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Anti-tank 6th

Air defense

origin Type In stock In action Remarks
ZPU-4 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Anti-aircraft cannon 50
37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun M1939 (61-K) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Anti-aircraft cannon
SU-23 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Anti-aircraft cannon 15th 12
Strela-2 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union MANPADS
HongYing-6 (FN-6) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China

Web links

Commons : Military of Namibia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hamunyela wants love in the army. Namibian Sun, January 5, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014
  2. ↑ Advisory group of the Bundeswehr within the framework of the Federal Government's equipment aid program for Namibia. German Embassy Windhoek. ( Memento of December 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  3. Jump up ↑ Soldier Claims Ignorance About AK-47 Used to Murder Farmer. The Namibian, December 18, 2002.
  4. ↑ Elena Torreguitar: National Liberation Movements in Office: Forging Democracy with African Adjectives in Namibia , 2009. Edition, Peter Lang GMBH,, ISBN 978-3-631-57995-4 , p. 159.
  5. ↑ SALW Guide - Country Detail - Namibia . Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  6. ↑ NAMPA: WHK NDF parade 20 March 2015 hd . Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  7. ^ A b Gregory Copley: Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook 1994 , p. 1207.
  8. ↑ a b http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37339:namibia-defence-force-orders-marrua-vehicles&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105
  9. ^ Defense buys more weapons. The Namibian, January 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ Армии of countries мира: Вооруженные силы иностранных государств на 2001 год: N .
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Guy Martin: Namibia Defense Force . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  12. ↑ Namiba fields a new Chinese APCs . Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved on August 18, 2016.
  13. ^ Troops home from DRC. IRIN, September 4, 2001.
  14. ^ Leon Engelbrecht: South African Arms Exports . Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  15. ↑ a b c Scramble for the Congo - Anatomy of an Ugly War . ICG Africa. December 20, 2000. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  16. ^ Namibia operating FN-6 missiles. DefenseWeb, August 30, 2018.