Army 47,000 Personnel;
.80,000 conscript (total 127,000)
ALGERIAN
ARMY AIR DEFENCE UNITS
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
Algerian Army Air Defence Systems
AD • 1163+ AD Systems
SAM 288+
SP 68:
48 SA-8 Gecko; .20 SA-9 Gaskin
MANPAD 220+:
220 SA-7A Grail/SA-7B Grail; SA-14 Gremlin/SA-16 Gimlet;
GUNS 875
SP 225 ZSU-23-4
TOWED .650:
14.5mm 100: 60 ZPU-2; 40 ZPU-4;
20mm 100; 23mm 100 ZU-23;
37mm 100 M-1939;
57mm 70 S-60;
85mm 20 M-1939 KS-12;
100mm 150 KS-19;
130mm 10 KS-30
• FACILITIES
Army Staff
Heaquarters: HQ Located at Algeria
Organisations by
Service
Army 47,000;
.80,000 conscript (total 127,000)
Forces by Role: 6 Mil Regions; re-org into div structure on hold
Armd 2 div (each: 3 tk regt, 1 mech regt); 1 indep bde, Mech 3 div (each: 1 tk
regt, 3 mech regt), Mech Inf/Mot Inf 5 indep bde, AB/SF 1 (Rapid Reaction) div
with (5 (18th SF, and 1st, 4th, 5th 12th) para regt), Arty 7 regt, AD 5 bn,
Engr 4 indep bn
Equipment by Type:
MBT 1,082: 187 T-90S; 325 T-72; 300 T-62; 270 T-54/T-55
Recce 90: 26 BRDM-2; 64 BRDM-2 (upgrade) each with AT-5
9M113 Kornet E
AIFV 1,040: 100 BMP-3; 260 BMP-2 (upgrade) each with AT-5
9M113 Kornet E; 680 BMP-1
APC (W) 750: 300 BTR-60; 150 BTR-80; 150 OT-64; 50 M-3
Panhard; 100 TH 390 Fahd
ARTY 1,019 SP 170: 122mm 140 2S1 Carnation; 152mm 30 2S3 TOWED 375: 122mm 160 D-30; 25D-74; 100
M-1931/37; 60 M-30 M-1938; 130mm 10 M-46; 152mm 20 ML-20 M-1937 MRL 144: 122mm 48 BM-21; 140mm 48
BM-14/16; 240mm 30 BM-24; 300mm 18 9A52 Smerch MOR 330: 82mm 150 M-37; 120mm 120 M-1943; 160mm 60 M-1943
AT MSL
• MANPATS 200+:
200 Milan; Kornet-E being delivered; Metis-M1 being delivered; AT-3 9K11Sagger;
AT-4 9K111 Spigot; AT-5 9K113 Spandrel RCL 180: 107mm 60 B-11; 82mm 120 B-10 GUNS 300: 57mm 160 ZIS-2 M-1943; 85mm
80 D-44: 100mm 50 SU-100 SP (in store); 10 T-12