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$Title{Table 16.: Order of Battle for the Army, 1982}
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Strength: 195,000
Main Forces
1 armored cavalry brigade (4 cavalry battalions and
support units)
13 infantry brigades (39 infantry battalions)
2 airborne infantry brigades (6 battalions)
1 field artillery regiment
1 antiaircraft artillery regiment
4 special warfare groups
2 construction engineer regiments
8 field engineer battalions
37 independent infantry, artillery, and engineer battalions
Army aviation-
1 composite squadron
1 helicopter squadron
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Local Forces
About one-third of army strength employed in territorial structure
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Major Weapons Systems
Armor
AMX-13 light tanks (about 100, France)
PT - 76 light tanks (about 40, ex-Soviet, barely operational)
Saladin armored scout cars (about 75, Britain)
Ferret scout cars (about 60, Britain)
AMX-VCI/MICV armored personnel carriers (about 200,
France)
Saracen armored personnel carriers (about 60, Britain)
V - 150 Commando armored personnel carriers (about 60,
United States)
BTR - 40/ - 152 armored personnel carriers (about 130,
ex-Soviet, most barely operational except for some
BTR-152s with new engines)
Artillery
76mm howitzers, type M 48B - 1 (about 180, Yugoslavia)
105mm howitzers, type M - 56 (Yugoslavia)
105mm howitzers, M - 101 (United States)
80/81mm mortars
120mm mortars, type M - 43 (Yugoslavia)
90/106mm rocket launchers (about 480)
120mm rocket launchers (Czechoslovakia)
ENTAC antitank guided missiles (France)
Antiaircraft
20mm Oerlkon antiaircraft guns (Switzerland)
40mm Bofors antiaircraft guns, type L 60/70 (Sweden)
57mm antiaircraft guns, type M - 50 (Soviet Union)
Aircraft
2 C - 47 transports (United States)
2 Aero Commander aircraft (United States)
1 light aircraft (United States)
6 Bell 205 helicopters (United States)
5 Alouette III helicopters (France)
16 BO - 105 helicopters (made in Indonesia under license
from West Germany)
On Order
105mm howitzers (about 130 M - 101A1, United States,
replacing 76 mm)
6 Bell 212 helicopters (United States)
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