Papua New Guinea Defense Force
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Commander in Chief de jure : |
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| Commander in chief de facto : | The Minister of Defense | ||
| Defense Minister: | Fabian Pok | ||
| Military Commander: | Brigadier General Gilbert Torop | ||
| Headquarters: | Murray Barracks, Port Moresby | ||
| Military strength | |||
| Active soldiers: | 2,557 | ||
| Conscription: | No | ||
| Eligibility for military service: | 20th | ||
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| Military budget: | US $ 113.1 million (2014) | ||
| Share of gross domestic product : | 1.9% (2014) | ||
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| Founding: | 1973 | ||
The Papua New Guinea Defense Force are the armed forces of the state of Papua New Guinea .
History and tasks
After Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia in 1973, the country's army was established with the Papua New Guinea Defense Force. It goes back to the Royal Pacific Islands Regiment of the Australians and today unites the army, navy and air force. Even today, the armed forces are equipped and trained by the Australian Army . The country's army was u. a. involved in the suppression of insurrections and operations in Vanuatu or the Solomon Islands .
Today, the Papua New Guinea Defense Force is particularly suffering from precarious financing conditions resulting in a lack of equipment and training. Women are only allowed to perform tasks outside of the combat units. The headquarters are in the Murray Barracks in the capital Port Moresby.
construction
army
The army is known as the PNGDF Land Element and has around 1,800 members. It is divided into:
- Command HQ (headquarters)
- Royal Pacific Islands Regiment (two light infantry battalions )
- Long Range Reconnaissance Unit ( reconnaissance battalion )
- Engineer Battalion ( pioneer battalion )
- Signals Squadron ( communications division )
- EOD Unit ( ordnance disposal )
- Preventative Health Platoon (medical train)
- Defense Academy ( Army Academy in Lae )
The PNGDF only has light weapons. The primary weapon is the M16 . The HK33 and HK G3 from German production are also in use.
air force
The air force , the Air Element, currently only has transport aircraft and helicopters. There are two CASA CN-235 , two Bell 212 and one CASA C-212 Aviocar . Papua New Guinea has also announced that it will buy six new transport machines from New Zealand .
marine
The Maritime Element has about 200 members and has landing craft and patrol craft from Australia. The ships are mostly used for patrols in the coastal region. The Navy currently has four Pacific-class boats and three Balikpapan-class boats .
Individual evidence
- ^ Defense , Australian High Commission - Papua New Guinea (English)
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Women in the army , Loop PNG (English)
- ↑ Aircraft of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force , ADF Serials (English)
- ↑ PNGDF Signs Deal for Six New Aircrafts , Pacific Aerospace, March 2, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Defense Minister welcomes the commissioning of HMPNGS Lakekamu , Australian Government Web Archive, article from December 4, 2014 (English)
Web links
Australia | Fiji | Indonesia 1 | Kiribati 2 | Marshall Islands 2 | Micronesia 2 | Nauru 2 | New Zealand | Palau 2 | Papua New Guinea | Solomon Islands 2 | Samoa 2 | Tonga | Tuvalu 2 | Vanuatu
1 Lies mostly in Asia . 2 No military of its own.