Armed Forces of Djibouti

Armed Forces Djibouti Forces Armées Djiboutiennes
guide
Commander in Chief :	President Ismail Omar Guelleh
Headquarters:	Djibouti
Military strength
Active soldiers:	16,962 soldiers.
Reservists:	15,234
Conscription:	no
Eligibility for military service:	18–49 years
household
Military budget:	$ 0.369 billion (2011)
Share of gross domestic product :	3.7% (2011)
history
Founding:	1977

The armed forces of Djibouti ( French Forces armées djiboutiennes ) are the military of the Republic of Djibouti, which has been independent since 1977 .

history

The French Afar and Issa Territories gained independence on June 27, 1977 under the name of Djibouti. Relations between the Afar and Somali ethnic groups have been strained from the start. Hassan Gouled Aptidon made the RPP the only allowed unity party in 1981 . Afar, who felt they were disadvantaged, founded the rebel organization Front pour la Restauration de l'Unité et de la Démocratie (FRUD), which fought with the government army from 1991-1994. This Djiboutian civil war helped re-establish a multi-party system in 1992. However, the RPP - which the FRUD largely joined after the peace treaty - continues to dominate politics. In mid-2008, Djiboutian troops clashed with Eritrean troops several times in the disputed border area around Ras Doumeira . The US and the United Nations Security Council accused Eritrea of military aggression against Djibouti.

organization

The armed forces of Djibouti are under the command of President Ismail Omar Guelleh and have a total troop strength of 16,962 soldiers.

army

Panhard AML during a parade 2003

Soldiers during Operation Able Dart in Ali Sabieh

The land forces as the largest contingent consist of approx. 8,000 soldiers, who are divided into seven regiments . You have the following inventory:

Surname	Type	origin	In service	Remarks
T-72	Main battle tank	Soviet Union	-	Ordered in Yemen .
AMX-13	Light tank	France	60	Uncertain readiness for action.
BTR-80	Personnel carriers	Soviet Union	8th
BTR-60	Personnel carriers	Soviet Union	10	BTR-60PB .
puma	Personnel carriers	Italy	6th
Ratel -90	Armored personnel carriers	South Africa	9	12 shipped.
Casspir	wheeled armored vehicle	South Africa	9	Casspir III variant
Cougar	wheeled armored vehicle	United States	10
Panhard AML	Armored vehicles	France	20th	24 shipped.
BRDM-2	spotter	Soviet Union	12	Uncertain readiness for action.
Véhicule Blindé Léger	spotter	France	10
Humvee	Off-road vehicle	United States	14th
Land Rover Defender	Off-road vehicle	United Kingdom	13
M35	truck	United States	10
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	Off-road vehicle	Germany	4th
Mercedes-Benz Unimog	Artillery tractor	Germany	4th
Toyota Land Cruiser	Off-road vehicle	Japan	26th
Urals-4320	Artillery tractor	Soviet Union	3
VLRA	Liaison vehicle	France	4th
BM-21 degrees	Rocket launcher	Soviet Union	12
M109	Self-propelled howitzer	United States	10
120 mm RT-61 mortar	Heavy mortar	France	20th	Acquired in 1981.
122mm howitzer D-30 (2A18)	howitzer	Soviet Union	6th
105mm howitzer M56	howitzer	Yugoslavia

marine

The naval forces Djibutis have six patrol boats of Swari class . There are also two patrol boats of the Metal Shark 28 class and an EDIC landing craft. The Coast Guard has eight other boats.

Air Force

Mi-35P Hind

The Force Aérienne du Djibouti (FAdD) has:

• Transport aircraft (1 Cessna 208 , 1 Let L-410 , 1 Xi'an MA60 , 2 Y-12 , 2 Short 330 )
• Helicopter (1 Eurocopter AS 355 , 2 Mil Mi-8/17 , 2 Mil Mi-35 ).

Gendarmerie

The Gendarmerie Nationale Djiboutienne is one of the armed forces of Djibouti, but mainly has police tasks.

Ranks and Rank Badges

Officers

Rank group	Generals		Staff officers			Subaltern officers
Land, air and naval forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	General de division	General de brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Commandant	Capitaine	Lieutenant	Sous lieutenant
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Major general	Brigadier General Flotilla Admiral	Colonel sea ​​captain	Lieutenant Colonel frigate captain	Major Corvette Captain	Captain Lieutenant	Oberleutnant Oberleutnant zur See	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	Adjudant	Sergent chief	Sergent	Caporal chief	Caporal	Soldier première	soldier
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Sergeant Major	Staff Sergeant	Oberfeldwebel / Feldwebel	Staff NCO / NCO	Oberstabsgefreiter / Stabsgefreiter	Hauptgefreiter / Obergefreiter	Private	soldier
Naval forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	Maitre principal	Premier maitre	Maitre	Second maitre	Quartier-maitre se 1st class	Quartier-maitre se 2nd class	Matelot brevet	Matelot
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Chief of Staff	Staff Captain	Captain / Boatswain	Chief Mate / Mate	Oberstabsgefreiter / Stabsgefreiter	Hauptgefreiter / Obergefreiter	Private	sailor
NATO rank code	OR-9	OR-8	OR-6	OR-5	OR-4	OR-3	OR-2	OR-1

Foreign contingents

In addition to the troops of Djibouti, foreign contingents are stationed in the country, including the 5th Régiment interarmes d'outre-mer (5th RIAOM) of the French Army de Terre . In addition to France, as part of the Forces françaises stationnées à Djibouti (FFDj) (with around 2,000 soldiers; 2012) and the USA ( Camp Lemonier ), Germany maintains a permanent base known as the German Liaison and Support Group . The German Navy is currently deploying around 230 soldiers in the Horn of Africa as part of Operation Atalanta . The units will each be relocated to the Bab al-Mandab for several months in order to monitor shipping traffic from the southern Red Sea via the Gulf of Aden to the Gulf of Oman .

Web links

Commons : Djibouti's Armed Forces  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} The World Factbook . Retrieved October 23, 2014.
2. ↑ BBC News: France backing Djibouti in 'war'
3. ^ Defense talk . In: defencetalk . 2003. Retrieved October 14, 2003.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Trade Registers . Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Djibouti Army . Defense & Civil Database. unidentified. Archived from the original on February 17, 2018. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 25, 2014. 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Djibouti
7. ↑ ^{a b} Jane's: Djibouti parades new armor
8. ^ Army Recognition . In: EquipmentInsight . 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
9. ↑ Djibouti armed forces receive 26 donated land cruisers
10. ↑ Weaponsystems . In: Weaponsystems . 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
11. ↑ Djibouti Air Force gets two Y-12s; Dauphin helicopters , Defense Web, July 19, 2016
12. ↑ World Air Forces 2015 pg. 14 . Flightglobal Insight. 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.