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The Military of Libya consists of the Libyan Army
Libyan Army

The current strength of the Libyan Ground Forces is 50,000 with an additional 43,000 troops as part of the Libyan Peoples Militia Paramilitary Group. The Libyan Army is organized into 10 Tank Battalions, 10 Mechanized Infantry Battalions, 18 Infantry Battalions, 6 Commando Battalions, 22 Artillery Battalions, 4 SSM Brigade and 7 Air Defense A...
, Libyan Air Force
Libyan Air Force

The Libyan Air Force is the air force of Libya, with an air force personnel estimated at 22,000.After U.S. forces had left Libya in 1970, Wheelus Air Base, a previous U.S....
 and Libyan Navy
Libyan Navy

The Libyan Navy is the maritime force of Libya, established in November 1962. It is a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability....
  the with other services which include the People's Militia, also the total number of Libyan personnel is estimated at 119,000. Colonel Abu-Bakr Yunis Jaber is the chief of the staff of the military.








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The Military of Libya consists of the Libyan Army
Libyan Army

The current strength of the Libyan Ground Forces is 50,000 with an additional 43,000 troops as part of the Libyan Peoples Militia Paramilitary Group. The Libyan Army is organized into 10 Tank Battalions, 10 Mechanized Infantry Battalions, 18 Infantry Battalions, 6 Commando Battalions, 22 Artillery Battalions, 4 SSM Brigade and 7 Air Defense A...
, Libyan Air Force
Libyan Air Force

The Libyan Air Force is the air force of Libya, with an air force personnel estimated at 22,000.After U.S. forces had left Libya in 1970, Wheelus Air Base, a previous U.S....
 and Libyan Navy
Libyan Navy

The Libyan Navy is the maritime force of Libya, established in November 1962. It is a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability....
  the with other services which include the People's Militia, also the total number of Libyan personnel is estimated at 119,000. Colonel Abu-Bakr Yunis Jaber is the chief of the staff of the military.

Army

See Libyan Army
Libyan Army

The current strength of the Libyan Ground Forces is 50,000 with an additional 43,000 troops as part of the Libyan Peoples Militia Paramilitary Group. The Libyan Army is organized into 10 Tank Battalions, 10 Mechanized Infantry Battalions, 18 Infantry Battalions, 6 Commando Battalions, 22 Artillery Battalions, 4 SSM Brigade and 7 Air Defense A...


Equipment

Tanks
  • T-72
    T-72

    The T-72 is a Soviet Union-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. It is a further development of the T-62 with some features of the T-64#T-64A and has been further developed as the T-90....
  • T-62
    T-62

    The T-62 is a Soviet Union main battle tank, a further development of the T-55. Its 115 mm gun was the first smoothbore tank gun in use.The T-62 was produced between 1961 and 1975....
  • T-55
    T-55

    The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the World War II....


Vehicles
  • BMP-1
    BMP-1

    BMP-1 is a Soviet Union amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty , meaning "fighting vehicle of infantry") ....
  • M-113
  • BTR-50
    BTR-50

    The BTR-50...
  • EE-9 Cascavel
    EE-9 Cascavel

    The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6 x 6 Armored car developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil. It used as many commercially available parts as possible....
  • EE-11 Urutu
    EE-11 Urutu

    The EE-11 Urutu is a 6x6 armored personnel carrier developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil. It used as many commercially available parts as possible....
  • BRDM-2
    BRDM-2

    The BRDM-2 is an Armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08....
  • BTR-60
    BTR-60

    The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for BTR-152 and was seen first time in public in 1961....
  • OT-64 SKOT
    OT-64 SKOT

    The OT-64 SKOT is an Amphibious vehicle armored personnel carrier , developed jointly by Poland and Czechoslovakia well into the 1960s....


SSM
  • FROG-7
    FROG-7

    The FROG-7 is the final version of the FROG family of unguided, spin-stabilized, short-range Soviet artillery rockets. The name ?FROG? comes from then NATO designation of Free-Rocket-Over-Ground....
  • SCUD
    Scud

    Scud is a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War and exported widely to other countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud which was attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies....
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Anti Tank
  • MILAN
    Milan

    Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
  • AT-3
    AT-3

    AT-3 may be:* AT-3 of the Republic of China Air Force * Aero_AT-3, Very Light Aircraft* AT-3 Sagger, Soviet anti-tank missile* AT-3 compiler for UNIVAC mainframe computers...
    ,AT-4
    AT-4

    AT-4 may refer to:* AT4, a Swedish unguided one-shot anti-tank weapon.* AT-4 Spigot, a Russian guided anti-tank missile.* P-1 Hawk U.S. Army biplane advanced trainer of 1927...
    ,AT-5
    AT-5

    AT-5 may refer to:* 9M113 Konkurs, a Russian anti-tank missile.* P-1 Hawk U.S. Army biplane advanced trainer of 1927...


Air Defence
  • S-200
  • Strela 2
    Strela 2

    The 9K32 ?Strela-2? Exported across the globe, the Strela and it's variants have seen widespread use in nearly every regional conflict over the past 4 decades....
  • 9K33 Osa
    9K33 Osa

    The 9K33 OSA is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system. "9K33" is its GRAU designation. Its NATO reporting name is SA-8 Gecko....
  • 9K35 Strela-10
  • Crotale
  • Tor-M1 20 - (under negotiations)
  • S-300PMU 4 - systems will be ordered


Bases
  • El Adem
  • Ajdabiya
  • Aouzou
  • El Bayda
  • Benghazi
  • Ghat
  • Misratah

Air Force

See Libyan Air Force
Libyan Air Force

The Libyan Air Force is the air force of Libya, with an air force personnel estimated at 22,000.After U.S. forces had left Libya in 1970, Wheelus Air Base, a previous U.S....


Navy

See Libyan Navy
Libyan Navy

The Libyan Navy is the maritime force of Libya, established in November 1962. It is a fairly typical small navy with a few missile frigates, corvettes and patrol boats to defend the coastline, but with a very limited self-defence capability....