Zimbabwe Defense Forces

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Zimbabwe Defense Forces
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Commander in Chief
de jure :		 President Emmerson Mnangagwa
( Commander-in-Chief )
Commander in chief de facto : General Constantine Chiwenga (since November 14, 2017)
Defense Minister: Sydney Tigere Sekeramayi
Military Commander: General Constantine Chiwenga
Headquarters: Harare
Military strength
Active soldiers: 29,000
Conscription:
Resilient population: total (men and women; ages 16-49)
Eligibility for military service: 18–24 years
Share of soldiers in the total population: 0.22%
Share of gross domestic product : 2.2% (2016)
history

The Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF) are the armed forces of the state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa . The ZDF consists of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) and the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) . As a landlocked country, Zimbabwe has no naval forces . General Constantine Chiwenga is the commander in chief of ZDF .

ZDF has a staff of 29,000 members (as of 2014). Of these, 25,000 are soldiers of the army and 4,000 of the air components . The army also has a relatively strong paramilitary unit of 21,800 men.

Putsch 2017

The military staged a coup in November 2017 for the first time in the country's history. The ruling party ZANU-PF announced that it was a "bloodless transition" and that the former Vice President and ZDF veteran Emmerson Mnangagwa would "help to build a better Zimbabwe".

equipment

The air forces have material from Soviet and Chinese production, including several Chengdu J-7 - fighters and MiG-23 - combat aircraft . In addition, the land forces use various lightly armored vehicles, such as the Mine Protected Combat Vehicle , which, along with other models, was constructed on the basis of the Unimog .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Jordan Luke Griffiths (as of October 13, 2014): Zimbabwe Defense Forces | defenseWeb. Retrieved November 15, 2017 (UK English).
  2. ↑ a b Zimbabwe. CIA World Factbook . Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ↑ Peta Thornycroft: Zimbabwe army chief warns Mugabe's party that military may intervene after sackings . In: The Telegraph . November 13, 2017, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed November 15, 2017]).
  4. ↑ eDuzeNet: Zimbabwe military Agrees to Mnangagwa Presidential takeover. Retrieved November 15, 2017 (UK English).
  5. ↑ Christian Weisflog: Zimbabwe: Military coup, Mugabe loses control . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . November 15, 2017, ISSN  0376-6829 ( nzz.ch [accessed November 15, 2017]).

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