Qatar Armed Forces

Qatar Armed Forces Qatar Armed Forces القوات المسلحة القطرية
guide
Commander in Chief :	Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Military strength
Active soldiers:	11,800
Conscription:
Eligibility for military service:
household
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
  • 3 infantry regiments

equipment

vehicle	image	origin	version	number	Remarks
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

→ Main article : Qatar Emiri 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

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

• Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
• Qatar Armed Forces at GlobalSecurity.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Qatar - Military expenditure. Index Mundi
2. ↑ German battle tanks for the emirate of Qatar. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 17, 2010, accessed on May 17, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Hauke ​​Friedrichs: Fire free! Die Zeit , May 16, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2013 . 
4. ↑ Thomas Wiegold: Arms export: The latest decisions. Eyes straight ahead! , October 3, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 . 
5. ↑ 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.  
6. ↑ FMS: Qatar Requests Sale of HIMARS, ATACMS and GMLRS. www.deagel.com, December 24, 2012, accessed October 27, 2016 (English). 
7. ^ Qatar Parades New Chinese Short-Range Ballistic Missile System. www.thediplomat.com, December 19, 2017, accessed on May 21, 2018 (English). 
8. ^ 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.  
9. ^ Ansgar Graw: Obama attacks IS in Syria with an Arab alliance. Die Welt , September 23, 2014, accessed October 3, 2014 .