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Somaliland Coast Guard
The Somaliland Coast Guard ( so, Ciidanka ilaalada Xeebaha Somaliland, ar, خفر سواحل صوماليلاندي) is the Admiralty law, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue and Naval warfare, coastal defence branch of Somaliland Armed Forces, founded on 2 October 1995. Organization Rank structure Equipment In 2011, the Somaliland Coast Guard had extremely limited equipment. Their vessels consisted of two 20-foot Motorboat, motor boats and they were armed with AK-47 rifles and RPG-7 rocket launchers. In the following decade, the Coast Guard received a total of seven Defender-class boat, ''Defender''-class boats, four from Italy and three from Sweden. Additionally, the SLCG received three cars from the European Union in 2018. Vessels Weapons * AK-47 rifles * RPG-7 rocket launchers Gallery File:Somaliland Navy.jpg, Somaliland Coast Guard File:Independence Day Parade (28988860143).jpg, Somaliland Coast Guard in Independence Day Parade See also *Somalila ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somaliland Armed Forces
The Somaliland National Armed Forces ( so, Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Soomaaliland; ar, القوات المسلحة الصوماليلاندية, alquaat almusalahat alsuwmalilandia) are the military services of Republic of Somaliland. The Somaliland National Armed Forces consist of the Somaliland National Army, the Somaliland Coast Guard, the Somaliland Police Force, the Somaliland Custodial Corps, the Somaliland Immigration and Border Control and the Somaliland Fire Brigade. There is no air force. The Armed Forces is under the command of President Muse Bihi Abdi, who is the Commander-in-chief. Minister of Defence Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye is the designated minister that oversees the armed forces. Somaliland has 85 T-54/55 tanks, 6 armoured fighting vehicles, 100-200 rocket projectors, and 45 artillery in its national army, and 100,000 soldiers. Somaliland has over 200 police cars and other vehicles in its police force as well as 22,000 police officers. Somaliland has 7 defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RPG-7
The RPG-7 (russian: link=no, РПГ-7, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher. The RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and are now manufactured by the Russian company Bazalt. The weapon has the GRAU index (Russian armed forces index) 6G3. The ruggedness, simplicity, low cost, and effectiveness of the RPG-7 has made it the most widely used anti-armor weapon in the world. Currently around 40 countries use the weapon; it is manufactured in several variants by nine countries. It is popular with irregular and guerrilla forces. The RPG has been used in almost all conflicts across the world since the mid-1960s from the Vietnam War to the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War. Widely produced, the most commonly seen major variations are the RPG-7D (десантник – ''desantnik'' – paratro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Of Somaliland
The Somaliland National Armed Forces ( so, Ciidamada Qalabka Sida ee Soomaaliland; ar, القوات المسلحة الصوماليلاندية, alquaat almusalahat alsuwmalilandia) are the military services of Republic of Somaliland. The Somaliland National Armed Forces consist of the Somaliland National Army, the Somaliland Coast Guard, the Somaliland Police Force, the Somaliland Custodial Corps, the Somaliland Immigration and Border Control and the Somaliland Fire Brigade. There is no air force. The Armed Forces is under the command of President Muse Bihi Abdi, who is the Commander-in-chief. Minister of Defence Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye is the designated minister that oversees the armed forces. Somaliland has 85 T-54/55 tanks, 6 armoured fighting vehicles, 100-200 rocket projectors, and 45 artillery in its national army, and 100,000 soldiers. Somaliland has over 200 police cars and other vehicles in its police force as well as 22,000 police officers. Somaliland has 7 def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somaliland Police Force
The Somaliland Police, officially the Somaliland Police Force ( so, Ciidanka Booliska Somaliland, ar, قوات الشرطة صوماليلاندي) is a body responsible for law enforcement in the Republic of Somaliland. History Establishment The Somaliland Police Force was established during the British colonial period and was responsible for the internal security of the Somaliland Protectorate. They also handled permits and permits such as identity cards and passports. Overview The Somaliland Police falls under the Minister of Interior. It also works closely with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the military. The force was founded in 1993 out of the Somali National Movement (SNM) who liberated the country from the dictator Siyaad Bare's regime of Somalia after the long and bloody Somaliland War of Independence. It is divided according to each of Somaliland's administrative regions: Maroodi Jeex, Sahil, Awdal, Togdheer, Sanaag and Sool. Each region has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somaliland Army
The Somaliland National Army ( so, Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland, ar, الجيش صوماليلاندي), is the land force and largest branch of the Somaliland Armed Forces is based in the Somaliland capital of Hargeisa. There are approximately 100,000 active members and additional 4,000 in reserves. The Somaliland National Army is composed entirely of professionals and volunteers due to the army not being mandatory of conscription. Some Somaliland battalions operate near the Puntland border due to a border dispute. History The history of the Somaliland army dates back to the Protectorate era and was founded by the British Army as Somaliland Camel Corps in the 20th. In 1941 World War II Italy invaded British Somaliland. In December 1941 after the liberation of British Somaliland from Italy. Somaliland Scouts has dissolution of the Somaliland Camel Corps in 1942, which was formerly tasked with the defense of the protectorate. The Somaliland National Army was established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somaliland Patrol Boat
Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a '' de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia. Somaliland lies in the Horn of Africa, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden. It is bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east.Encyclopædia Britannica, ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica'', (Encyclopædia Britannica: 2002), p.835 Its claimed territory has an area of , with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which, as the briefly independent State of Somaliland, united in 1960 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.''The New Ency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
