Army 8,500 personnel.
QATAR EMIRI LAND FORCE (QELF) AIR DEFENCE UNITS
Forces by Role & Equipment by Type
Air Defence Systems
AD • SAM
250 Rapier-1;
75 Sea Cat (Tigercat version)
Portable SAM
40 Blowpipe;
38 FIM-92 Stinger (Possibly originally delivered by USA to Afghan Mujahideen and diverted during delivery in Pakistan or acquired from Mujahideen in 1988)
Note: Organisations by Service:
Army Forces by Role (Current order of battle):
Tk 1 bde (1 tk bn, 1 mech inf bn, 1 mor sqn, 1AT bn); Mech inf 3 bn; SF 1 coy; Fd arty 1 bn; Royal Guard 1 bde (3 inf regt)
Army inventory equipment:
MBT 30 AMX-30: RECCE 68: 12 AMX-10RC; 20 EE-9 Cascavel; 12 Ferret; 8V-150 Chaimite; 16 VBL
AIFV 40 AMX-10P; APC 226 (APC (T) 30; APC (W) 196)
ARTY 89 (SP 155mm 28; TOWED 155mm 12; MRL 4; MOR 45 (SP • 81mm 30; 120mm 15)
AT • MSL 148 (SP 24 VAB VCAC HOT; MANPATS 124: 24 HOT; 100 Milan (500 Eryx; 600 MILAN; 1000 HOT (for VAB-VCAC-HOT tank destroyers)) RCL 84mm 40 Carl Gustav
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