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Cuban Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR) 3,000 personnel.

CUBAN NAVY AVIATION AND COASTAL DEFENCE UNITS


Forces by Role & Equipment by Type

HELICOPTER
2 combat capable. Total 14 Helicopters.

Anti-Submarine Warfare 2 ASW hel:
2 Mil Mi-14 Haze-A

Storage or Retired 7 ASW Helicopters (in store or retired):
12 Mil Mi-14PL Haze-A;

Cuban Navy Coastal Defence Systems
Defence Units
ARTY • TOWED
122mm M-1931/37;
130mm M-46;
152mm M-1937
SSM MISSILES • COASTAL SSM 2+:
Bandera IV (reported);
2 SS-C-3 Styx

MISSILES
  Anti-ship missile
: 125 P-15/SS-N-2A Styx (For Komar FAC),  100 P-15U/SS-N-2B Styx (For Project-205M (Osa-2) FAC),
  125 KS-1/AS-1 Kennel (S-2 (SS-C-2B Samlet coast defence version)
  SAM: 90 9M33/SA-8 Gecko (Osa-M (SA-N-4))


FACILITIES
  Cuban Navy Forces Headquarters:  HQ Located at Havana City.

  Cuban Navy Aviation Airfield and Air Bases Organisation:
  Mariel (MUML) Airfield – now container terminal
  Anti-submarine helicopter squadron: Mi-14PL

Organisations by Service Notes:
Cuban Navy Forces by Role (Current order of battle):
Navy 1 (HQ Western Comd) located at Cabanas; 1 (HQ Eastern Comd) located at Holquin
Cuban Navy Inventory Equipment Notes:
Patrol and Coastal Combatants 7 (PFM 6 Osa II (FSU) each with 4 single each with SSN-2B Styx tactical SSM (missiles removed to coastal defence units) PFC 1 Pauk II (FSU) with 1 x4 manual with SA-N-5 Grail SAM, 4 single ASTT, 2 RBU 1200 (10 eff.), 1 76mm gun)
Mine Warfare and Mine Countermeasures  5 (MSC 2 Sonya (FSU) MHC 3 Yevgenya (FSU))
Logistics and Support (1 ABU; 1 TRG)
Navy Facilities: Bases Located at Cabanas, Havana, Cienfuegos, Holquin,Nicaro, Punta Movida, Mariel
Naval Infantry 550+ Personnel. (Amph aslt 2 bn)


 
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