People's National Army

People's National Army

The People's National Army (ANP) is the land force of the Military of Algeria,the largest of the Maghreb countries.

The People's National Army's equipment is provided by Russia, China,and other various countries.

The Army include two armoured and three mechanised divisions (IISS Military Balance 2007), one of which is the 8th Armoured Division based at Sidi Bel Abbes [http://www.lesoirdalgerie.com/articles/2007/04/18/article.php?sid=52403&cid=2] , which was formed from the 8th Armoured Brigade after 1988.

Rifles, ATGM and missiles

*Type 81 assault rifle (main assault rifle)
*AKM (main assault rifle)
*AKS-74U
*SKS
*Dragunov SVD
*RPK
*PKT
*RPG-7
*Type 67 machine gun
*RPG-18
*RPG-29
*Type 69 RPG
*Steyr AUG

Anti Tank

*200 MILAN
* ? AT-4 Spigot
* ? AT-5
* ? AT-13 Metis M
*216 AT-14 Kornet E

Tanks

* 275 T-55 Transferred to AFV role, while some where upgraded to AMV format.
* 300 T-62
* 500 T-72 Upgraded to AG format, and some upgrade to T-90 standards.
* 180 T-90 Ordered from Russia in 2006

Combat vehicles

* 24 WZ551
*200+ HMMWV
* ? GAZ-3937 Vodnik
* 685 BMP-1
* 225 BMP-2 To be upgraded (1)
* 550 BTR-60
* 200 BTR-80
* 115 BRDM-2
* 50 EE-9 Cascavel
* 600 Otokar Akrep
* 55 Panhard AML-60

* (1) source : SIPRI Yearkooks

Howitzers

* 200 2S1
* 35 2S3 Akatsiya
* 490 D-30, (including D-74 and M-46)
* 35 D-74
* 10 M-46

Rocket Launchers

* 50 BM-21
* 50 BM-14, BM-16
* 30 BM-24
* 18 BM-30 Smerch

Air Defense (part of the Territorial Air Defense Force)

* 8 battalions Isayev SA-3 Goa
* 40 SA-6 Gainful
* 180 SA-7 Grail
* 24 SA-8 Gecko
* 46 SA-9 Gaskin
* 8 battalions SA-10 Grumble
* 180 SA-14 Gremlin
* 38 SA-22 Greyhound
* Bofors 40mm gun

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