The Ground Forces of Morocco or the Royal Moroccan Army - one of the types of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of Morocco , created in 1956.
| Royal moroccan army "القوات الملكية المغربية" | |
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| Years of existence | Since 1956 |
| A country |  Morocco |
| Subordination | Ministry of Defense of Morocco |
| Included in | Armed Forces of Morocco |
| Number | 175,000 people (including 100,000 military service) |
2 military districts: Northern (defense of the country, headquarters in Rabat) and Southern (Western Sahara, headquarters in Agadir).
6 brigades (3 mechanized , 2 paratroopers and 1 light guard), 8 mechanized and motorized infantry regiments (in each 2-3 mechanized infantry battalions), 64 separate battalions (12 tank, 35 infantry, 3 camels, 1 mining , 4 commandos , 2 paratroopers, 7 engineering), 11 separate artillery divisions and 1 air defense division .
In the Royal Guard - 1 battalion and 1 cavalry squadron.
Armament
According to IISS The Military Balance for 2010, the Army of Morocco had at its disposal the following equipment:
| Arms and weapons of the Land Forces of Morocco as of 2010 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Production | Type of | amount | Notes | |||
| Tanks | |||||||
| MBT 2000 | China | main battle tank | 150 | were delivered in 2009 [1] [2] | |||
| T-72 B | the USSR | main battle tank | 40 | ||||
| M60 A1 | USA | main battle tank | 220 | ||||
| M60 A3 | USA | main battle tank | 120 | ||||
| M48 A5 | USA | main battle tank | 200 | in storage | |||
| AMX-13 | France | light tank | five | ||||
| SK-105 Cuirassier | Austria | light tank | 111 | ||||
| Combat reconnaissance vehicles | |||||||
| AML-60-7 | France | BRM | 38 | ||||
| AML-90 | France | BRM | 190 | ||||
| Eland | South Africa | BRM | sixteen | ||||
| EBR75 | France | BRM | 40 | ||||
| AMX-10RC | France | BRM | 80 | ||||
| HMMWV M1114 | USA | BRM | 20 | ||||
| Infantry fighting vehicles | |||||||
| AMX-10P | France | BMP | ten | ||||
| Ratel-20 | South Africa | BMP | thirty | ||||
| Ratel-90 | South Africa | BMP | thirty | ||||
| Armored personnel carriers | |||||||
| M113 A1 / A2 | USA | Armored personnel carrier | 400 | ||||
| VAB VCI | France | Armored personnel carrier | 45 | ||||
| VAB VTT | France | Armored personnel carrier | 320 | ||||
| Self-propelled field artillery | |||||||
| Mk 61 | France | 105 mm self-propelled guns | five | on the AMX-13 chassis | |||
| Mk f3 | France | 155 mm self-propelled guns | 90 | on the AMX-13 chassis | |||
| M109A1 / A1B | USA | 155 mm self-propelled guns | 84 | ||||
| M109A2 | USA | 155 mm self-propelled guns | 43 | ||||
| 2C19 | Russia | 155 mm self-propelled guns | n / a [3] | ||||
| M110 | USA | 203 mm self-propelled guns | 60 | ||||
| Towed field artillery | |||||||
| L118 Light Gun | Great Britain | 105 mm howitzer | thirty | ||||
| M101 | USA | 105 mm howitzer | 20 | ||||
| M-46 | the USSR | 130 mm gun | 18 | ||||
| M114A1 | USA | 155 mm howitzer | 20 | ||||
| Fh-70 | European Union | 155 mm howitzer | thirty | ||||
| Multiple launch rocket systems | |||||||
| BM-21 | the USSR | 122 mm MLRS | 35 | ||||
| Mortars | |||||||
| M106A2 | USA | 107 mm self-propelled mortar | 32-36 | on the chassis M113A2 | |||
| VTM 120 | France | 120 mm self-propelled mortar | 20 | on VAB chassis | |||
| Expal ln | Spain | 81 mm mortar | 1100 | ||||
| Brandt | France | 120 mm mortar | 550 | ||||
| Anti tank | |||||||
| M901 ITV | USA | self-propelled anti-tank systems | 80 | on chassis M113A1, for starting TOW | |||
| Baby | the USSR | portable ATGM | 40 | ||||
| M47 dragon | USA | portable ATGM | 440 | ||||
| Milan | France | portable ATGM | 80 | ||||
| BGM-71 TOW | USA | portable ATGM | 150 | ||||
| M40A1 | USA | 106 mm recoilless gun | 350 | ||||
| M72 LAW | USA | RPG | 500 | ||||
| M-20 Superbase | USA | RPG | 200 | ||||
| SU-100 | the USSR | 100 mm self-propelled artillery mount | eight | ||||
| M56 | USA | 90 mm self-propelled artillery mount | 28 | ||||
| Unmanned aerial vehicles | |||||||
| R4E-50 SkyEye | USA | UAV | |||||
| Air Defense Equipment | |||||||
| 2K22 Tunguska | the USSR | ZRPK | 12 | ||||
| MIM-72 Chaparral | USA | SAM | 37 | ||||
| Arrow 2 | the USSR | MANPADS | 70 | ||||
| M163 Volcano | USA | ZSU | 60 | ||||
| ZPU-2 | the USSR | 14.5 mm anti - aircraft machine gun | 150-180 | ||||
| ZPU-4 | the USSR | 14.5 mm anti - aircraft machine gun | 20 | ||||
| M167 Volcano | USA | 20 mm anti-aircraft mount | 40 | ||||
| ZU-23-2 | the USSR | 23 mm anti-aircraft mount | 75-90 | ||||
| KS-19 | the USSR | 100 mm anti-aircraft mount | 17 | ||||
| Radar | |||||||
| RASIT | France | Radar | reconnaissance of ground targets, artillery guidance | ||||
Links
- ↑ Analysis of world armored vehicles 2007—2014
- ↑ China exports tanks with Ukrainian engines
- ↑ Russia might offer non-nuclear submarine to Morocco . TASS (July 04, 2013). Date of treatment July 20, 2017.