Malawi
Malawi
Capital: Lilongwe
Malawi Defence Force (MDF)
5,300 total active duty personnel?
Air Wing
Dornier 228 transport aircraft (2)
Basler BT-67 transport aircraft (2)
Hawker Siddeley HS-125 aircraft used for VIP transport (1)
BAe 125 transport aircraft used for VIP transport (1)
SA.330 Puma helicopters (2)
SA.365 Dauphin helicopters (1)
Ecureuil helicopter (1)?
Malawi is landlocked but operates vessels mostly on Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi)
225 personnel (2008 est.)
Patrol Boats (2)
Landing Craft, Utility (1)
Army
Airborne regiment
T-55 tanks (10)
Fox 4x4 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles (70)?
Panhard AML-90 4x4 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles (12)
Armscor Eland 4x4 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles (13)
FV-702 Ferret 4x4 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles (10)
BRDM-2 4x4 wheeled armored reconnaissance vehicles (12)
Casspir 4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrier (12)
Landrover 4x4 wheeled utility vehicles
BM-21 multiple rocket launchers (5)
L118 towed 105mm gun/howitzers (12)
M102 towed 105mm howitzers (4)
Cymbeline artillery radar
L16A1 81mm mortars
RPG-7 anti-tank rocket launchers
LAW Mk 80 ? anti-tank rocket launchers
M40 106mm recoilless guns
Browning .50 cal machine guns
PK machine guns
FN MAG machine guns
FN FAL assault rifles
AKM assault rifles
G3 assault rifles
SIG SG 540 assault rifles
Sterling sub-machine guns
Blowpipe shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles
ZPU-4 towed 14.5mm anti-aircraft guns
Malawi Defence Force pictures
