Qatar Armed Forces
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Commander in Chief : | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | ||
Military strength | |||
Active soldiers: | 11,800 | ||
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Military budget: | 6,831,400,000 US $ (2010) | ||
Share of gross domestic product : | 1.5% | ||
history |
The Armed Forces of Qatar ( Arabic القوات المسلحة القطرية) Represent the 11,800 soldiers strong military of the emirate of Qatar . These are divided into Army (8500), Air Force (1500) and Navy (including maritime police) (1800).
The Qatari armed forces are participating in the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon with three members .
Great Britain has four C-130 of the Royal Air Force stationed in Qatar. In addition, the USA operates a joint HBCT equipment store (APS) in Qatar for the Army , Air Force , Navy and Marines with 430 members.
Land Forces
The Qatari army ( Engl. : Qatar Emiri Land Forces , abbreviated QELF ) is the largest armed force with 8,500 soldiers, but the Qatari army suffers from staff shortages. Only 30% of the soldiers are native, while the rest come from 20 nations. The initially British equipment was supplemented in the 1980s with French equipment such as AMX-30 main battle tanks, VAB, AMX-10, Milan and Crotale-FlaRak. When the Qatari army refused to inspect the US-supplied FIM-92 "Stinger" in 1988, the US imposed an arms embargo until Operation Desert Storm in 1990.
In May 2009, the Federal Security Council of Germany approved a delivery of 36 Leopard 2 battle tanks and in summer 2009 a delivery of 24 of the Panzer Howitzer 2000 from Germany to Qatar. On April 18, 2013, the emirate signed a contract with Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for 24 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers and 62 Leopard 2 battle tanks for the modernization of the army . Furthermore, in September 2014 the Federal Security Council approved the export of 13 Dingo wheeled armored vehicles and 32 Fennek- type reconnaissance tanks .
structure
The army is structured as follows:
- 1 tank brigade
- 1 tank battalion
- 1 mechanized infantry battalion
- 1 mortar company
- 1 anti-tank battalion
- 3 mechanized infantry battalions
- 1 company of special forces
- 1 artillery battalion
- 4 artillery batteries
- 1 anti-aircraft battery
- 1 Royal Guard Brigade
equipment
vehicle | image | origin | version | number | Remarks |
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Main battle tank | |||||
Leopard 2 | Germany | Leopard 2A7 + | 36 | 36 more planned | |
AMX-30 | France | 35 | in mass in reserve, is the Leopard 2 replaced | ||
Armored personnel carriers | |||||
AMX-10P | France | 40 | |||
AMX-VCI | France | 33 | |||
Scout vehicles | |||||
Fennec | Germany | 32 planned | |||
VBL | France | 16 | |||
AMX-10 RC | France | AMX-10RC / 105 | 12 | ||
EE-9 Cascavel | Brazil | 20th | is the Fennek replaced | ||
Ferret | United Kingdom | 12 | is the Fennek replaced | ||
armored transport vehicles | |||||
Mowag piranha |
Switzerland / United Kingdom |
Piranha II | 40 | built under license from the British company Alvis plc | |
VAB | France | 162 | |||
ATF dingo | Germany | 13 planned in three versions | |||
M706 Commando | United States | LAV-150 | 8th | ||
artillery | |||||
PzH 2000 | Germany | 155-mm self -propelled howitzer , 24 planned | |||
AMX F3 | France | 28 | 155 mm self-propelled gun | ||
G5 | South Africa | 2 | 155 mm field howitzer | ||
HIMARS | United States | Missile launchers , 7 planned | |||
ASTROS II | Brazil | 3 | Rocket launcher | ||
SY-400 | People's Republic of China | unknown | Short-range missile |
Naval forces
The Marine Qatar ( Engl. : Qatar Emiri Navy abbreviated QEN ) includes a staff strength of 1,800 personnel and operates from the ports of Doha and the island of Halul . The boat stock includes four French Combattante III type FK speed boats , four British VITA class FK speed boats, fourteen guard boats (eleven of which are used by the maritime police) and a landing craft that can carry three tanks and 110 soldiers.
modernization
In June 2016, the Navy ordered seven larger warships from Italian Fincantieri for four billion euros , which are to be built from 2018 and delivered by 2024. This includes four FK corvettes , which will have a length of over 100 meters and a displacement of 3000 ts and can therefore already be addressed as frigates . Two ocean patrol boats expected to be based on the Falaj-2 class and an amphibious support vessel based on the Kalaat Beni-Abbès built for Algeria .
Air Force
The Air Force acquired Mirage 2000 aircraft in France . In 2009, the emirate received two strategic C-17 Globemaster III transporters and four C-130J Hercules tactical transport aircraft followed in 2011 . In November 2009, the country received the first of 18 AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters ordered. So far, only twelve light SA-342L Gazelle combat and eight medium Westland WS.61 Commando transport helicopters have been operated. In June 2012 the intention to purchase twelve UH-60M Black Hawk and in July 2012 the purchase of 24 Pilatus PC-21s including simulators was announced. The first two PC-21s were delivered to the QEAF in early October 2014.
Calls
During the Syrian Civil War , the Qatar Air Force supported the USA in bombing positions of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" . Among other things, Qatar supplied the Franco-German anti-tank system MILAN to the Syrian opposition army.
Web links
- Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
- Qatar Armed Forces at GlobalSecurity.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Qatar - Military expenditure. Index Mundi
- ↑ German battle tanks for the emirate of Qatar. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2010, accessed on May 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Hauke Friedrichs: Fire free! Die Zeit , May 16, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Thomas Wiegold: Arms export: The latest decisions. Eyes straight ahead! , October 3, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Christopher F. Foss : Qatar takes delivery of Leopard 2A7 + MBTs. (No longer available online.) Jane's Information Group ; October 27, 2016; archived from the original on October 27, 2016 ; accessed on October 27, 2016 (English). 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.
- ↑ FMS: Qatar Requests Sale of HIMARS, ATACMS and GMLRS. www.deagel.com, December 24, 2012, accessed October 27, 2016 (English).
- ^ Qatar Parades New Chinese Short-Range Ballistic Missile System. www.thediplomat.com, December 19, 2017, accessed on May 21, 2018 (English).
- ^ Qatar orders new navy from Fincantieri. (No longer available online.) Jane's Information Group, June 17, 2016, archived from the original on June 26, 2016 ; accessed on June 26, 2016 (English). 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.
- ^ Ansgar Graw: Obama attacks IS in Syria with an Arab alliance. Die Welt , September 23, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .