Malawi

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