Catégorie : Birmanie

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Total Armed Forces

ACTIVE = 488,000 reported
(incl People’s Police Force and People’s Militia – see Paramilitary)

Army
= 350,000

12 Regional Comd (337 inf bn) 10 It inf div 4 Regional Op Comd 14 Military Op Comd 34 Tactical Op Comd (TDC) Summary of cbt units 437 inf bn • lOarmdbn • 7artybn • 7 ADbn • 37 indep arty coy

EQUIPMENT

Main Battle Tank 100 PRC Type-6911

LT TK105 Type-63 (60 serviceable)

RECCE 45 Ferret, 40 Humber, 30 Mazda (local manufacture) APC 20 Hino (local manufacture), 250 Type-85,

55 PRC Type-90 TOWED ARTY 76mm: 100 M-1948; 88mm: 50 25-pdr; 105mm: 96 M-101; 122mm; 130mm: 16 M-46; 140mm: 5.5in; 155mm: 16 Soltam

MRL 107mm: 30 Type-63; 122mm: BM-21 (reported)

MOR 81mm; 82mm: Type-53; 120mm: Type-53,

80 Soltam RL 73mm: RPG-7

RCL 84mm: el,000 Carl Gustav; 106mm: M40A1 ATK GUNS 60: 57mm: 6-pdr; 76.2mm: 17-pdr AD GUNS 37mm: 24 Type-74; 40mm: 10 M-l;

57mm: 12 Type-80

SAM HN-5A (reported), SA-16

NAVY = 16,000
(incl 800 Naval Infantry)

BASES Bassein, Mergui, Moulmein, Seikyi, Yangon (Monkey Point), Sittwe
(including base for China)

PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 5

CORVETTES 4

2 Yan TaingAung (US PCE-827) FSt with 1 x 76mm gun

2 Yan Gyi Aung (US Admirable MSF) FSt with 1 x 76mm gun

MISSILE CRAFT 6 Houxin PFM with 4 C-801 SSM,

5 PRC PFM

PATROL, OFFSHORE 3 In Daw (UK Osprey) PCO PATROL, COASTAL 10 Yan Sit Aung (PRC Hainan) PCC PATROL, INSHORE 18

12 US PGM-401/412,3 FRY PB-90 PFI<, 3 Swift PCI 421 PATROL, RIVERINE about 29 2 Nawarat, 2 imp FRY Y-301 and 10 FRY Y-301, about 15<, plus some 25 boats

AMPHIBIOUS craft only 1 LCU, 10 LCM

SUPPORT 9

6 coastal tpt, 1AOT, 1 diving spt, 1 buoy tender, plus 6 boats

NAVAL INFANTRY (800) 1 bn

Les parties sur la Birmanie (Myanmar) sont les vidéos 3 et 4.
Les producteurs de métamphétamines sont les Wa en Birmanie.

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Enquete exclusive: Fêtes, opium et aventures… par simba_yacoub

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vidéo manquante

Reportage en pays Shan (guerilla composée de la minorité Shan [les Burma sont majoritaires en Birmanie] opposée à la junte) en Birmanie à partir de 16 minutes :

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vidéo manquante

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vidéo manquante

Les Shan sont bouddhistes ou animistes.

SHAN STATE ARMY (SSA) = 3,000
Area : Shan state

KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY (KNLA) = 4,000
Area : based in Thai border area; political wg is Karen National Union (KNU)

ALL BURMA STUDENTS DEMOCRATIC FRONT = 2,000

KARENNI ARMY (KA) >1,000
Area : Kayah state, Thai border

UNITED WA STATE ARMY (UWSA) = 20,000 soldiers
Area : Wa hills between Salween river and PRC border; formerly part of Communist Party of Burma (CPB)

KACHIN INDEPENDENCE ARMY (KIA) = some 8,000 soldiers
Area northern Myanmar, incl Kuman range. Reached ceasefire agreement with govt in Oct 1993

MONG THAI ARMY (MTA) (formerly Shan United Army) =3,000+
Area along! Thai border and between Lashio and PRC border

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE ARMY (NDAA) = 1,000
Area north-east Shan state

MON NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY (MNLA) = 1,000
Area: on Thai border in Mon state

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE ARMY (NDAA) = 1,000
Area: eastern corner of Shan state on PRC-Lao border; formerly part of Communist Party of Burma

PALAUNG STATE LIBERATION ARMY (PSLA) = 700
Area: hill tribesmen north of Hsipaw

NEW DEMOCRATIC ARMY (NDA) = 500
Area along PRC border in Kachin state; former Communist Party of Burma

DEMOCRATIC KAREN BUDDHIST ORGANISATION (DKBO) = 100-500 armed