Navy 900 Paramilitary 10,450

     Cote d'Ivoire Aviation

     Knowledge of aircraft and helicopters.

     (Under Construction)

Note: Ivory Coast has a brown-water navy whose mission is coastal surveillance and security for the nation's 340-mile coastline. In 1979 the armed forces were dominated by the army; the navy and the air force only had 450 men between them.

Navy Organisations by Service Notes:

Navy .900

Inventory Equipment by Type Notes:

Patrol and Coastal Combatants 3

PCC 1 Intrepide (FRA Patria)

PBR 2 Rodman (fishery protection duties)

Amphibious: • 2 LCM

Facilities: Base Located at Locodjo (Abidjan)

Paramilitary Organisations by Service Notes:

Paramilitary 10,450

Presidential Guard 1,350 Gendarmerie 7,600

APC (W): some VAB

Patrol and Coastal Combatants 4 PB

Militia 1,500

Armed Forces 10,000 reservists