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Albanian Armed Forces

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The Albanian Navy performs mainly Coast Guard duties, and recently the Albanian parliament has approved some amendments to the articles of the actual Law on the Coast Guard in Albania, in order to improve the necessary legal framework due to efforts at European Union-NATO integration. Since February
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During the 1980s, Albania had reduced the number of infantry brigades from eight to four. It had shifted to fully manned units from its prior reliance on the mobilisation of reserve soldiers to flesh out a larger number of units manned at a lower level. Each brigade had three infantry battalions and
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structure, was responsible for the execution, imprisonment, and deportation of more than 600 officers from the Armed Forces, by completely neutralising the Armed Forces ability to start a coup d'Ă©tat. Initially the communist purge concentrated on military personnel who had graduated from the Western
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for the or completing of the Albanian Naval Forces with Patrol vessels to be used to perform a number of tasks and duties, including coastal patrols, search and rescue, control and monitoring of maritime traffic, marine environment protection. The contract envisaged the construction of 4 vessels of
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On 16 July 2014, The Albanian Defence Minister declared that within 2014 the Albanian Motorised Infantry Battalion will be fully combat ready and also equipped with modern NATO equipment. This will be the first unit in the Albanian Armed Forces to not have the AK 47 in its inventory. Instead the M4
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control. All high-ranking military officers and most of the lower and middle ranks were members of the Communist Party—and had loyalties to it. The system was re-enforced by the establishment of Party cells within the military and extensive communist political education alongside soldiers' military
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The process of modernization of the Albanian Armed Forces is based on the short-term, middle-term and long-term objectives and priorities of their restructuring and development aiming at achieving the increase of the operational capacities. The modernization programme started before the country's
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estimated that the ground forces had about 35,000 men, or about three-quarters of all armed forces personnel. Because the strength of the ground forces was sufficient to man only about two divisions, brigades of approximately 3,000 soldiers became the largest army formation. In 1991 four infantry
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attached to each of the three main troop groups and an Italian officer attached to each battalion and battery and to each medical, veterinary, and transportation unit. In 1927 alone, the Albanian military ordered 20,000 rifles, 40 mountain guns, 120 machine guns, and other supplies from Italy.
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concepts, thus increasing the political control of the State-Party over the Armed Forces. One of the defining characteristics of civilian-military relations during this period was the effort of the civilian leadership to ensure the loyalty of the military to the communist system's values and
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was established as the main educational and training provider for the Albanian Armed Forces. The final number of personnel will be 13,800 (including 2,000 civilians). However this new structure lasted a little more than 3 years and in April 2010 returned to its classic and current form.
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During the civilian riots in 1997, the political attempts by the government to use the Armed Forces to crush the rebellion were soon demonstrated to be a failure, following a total disintegration of the Armed Forces and the looting of the military facilities by the civilian population.
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one lightly equipped artillery battalion. Armoured forces consisted of one tank brigade. Artillery forces were increased from one to three regiments during the 1980s, and six battalions of coastal artillery were maintained at strategic points along the Adriatic Sea littoral.
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After several major re-equipment programs, in 2001 the Albanian Armed Forces launched a 10-year reform program to become technologically advanced and fully professional by 2011. The new armed forces consists of about 14,500 troops including 2,000 civilians, trained to
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The modernization of the Land Forces began around 2006, starting with Special Forces such as the BFS (then known as the Batalioni i Operacioneve Speciale, BOS) and the Commandos. Seeing their involvement in NATO peacekeeping operations in
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collapsed in Albania during 1990, there was a real fear that the armed forces might intervene to halt the collapse of communism by force. In the event, the armed forces stood by as the regime of which they had been a part disintegrated.
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program funds for projects in Albania, marking the first time such funds were reauthorised for use outside the former Soviet Union. With this funding the U.S. assisted the Government of Albania with the destruction of a stockpile of
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60mm and Hirtenberger M8 81mm mortars by the Austrian company Hirtenberger Defense Systems. Thus removing from use the Chinese made mortars from the communist period. In March of the same year came the first 77
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doctrine). The military was still organised during this period into basic structural forms, but the role of the military commander was insignificant with respect to the commanding role of the political
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In March 2008 the problem of massive amounts of excess ammunition stockpiled in Albania became known to the public through the tragic consequences of the explosion of an ammunition depot (the
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program to support NATO partners and allies. The vehicles were immediately put at the service of B1K. In 2019 came the second part of the package of 250 vehicles and it consisted of 36
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agents left over from the communist regime (Category 1, Total amount 16.7 tons). The final cost of the project was US$ 48 million and was officially completed on 10 July 2007.
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that NATO would be investing in the base, saying "NATO will invest more than 50 million euros ($ 58 million) for the first phase of the project alone, to modernise the
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joined ARX160 as standard use alongside it. For the 3 infantry battalions, the modernization started in 2013, initially introducing the as standard handgun the
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and 1 MaxxPro Wrecker recovery vehicle. These vehicles joined the previous 3 MaxxPro bringing the total number of MRAPs used by Special Forces to 40.
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Military Academies (mainly from Italy 1927–1939), and was extended later to the officers graduated from the Soviet Union (after Albania abandoned the
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countries. It also started a programme for the disposal and alienation of surplus ammunition inherited from the communist regime for 50 years.
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estimates such quantity up to 85,000 tons, but it is expected to increase up to 104,000 tons due to the ongoing downsizing process of the AAF.
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Altogether, the (Albanian) bunkers hold nearly 600 vessels containing about 16 tons of what is known in military jargon as "bulk agent."
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Albania sheltered many thousands of Kosovar refugees during the 1999 conflict, and allowed NATO to provide logistical assistance for
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was issued in much larger quantities thus becoming the standard assault rifle for the BFS over the HK416 and HK G-36. In 2015, the
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integration. Military spending has generally been lower than 1.5% since 1996 only to peak in 2009 at 2% and fall again to 1.5%.
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In 1927, the Albanian Armed Forces numbered approximately 8,000. These troops were organised into three groups, based in
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of the nation's military. In times of peace, the President's powers as Commander-in-Chief are executed through the
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units, which at the time were in the process of being withdrawn and replaced in favor of the Beretta ARX160 over
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By 1923, the Albanian Armed Forces fielded 10,691 active troops, including military police forces. At that time,
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to the south. Each group was organised into three battalions of 500. A guards battalion of 350 was organized in
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team of 1) Participation in the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina so far has been, 1481 soldiers.
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became a Soviet-aligned country. The ranks and structure of the Albanian Armed Forces were organised based on
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In 2017 the Combat Support Battalion (Batalioni Mbështetjes së Luftimit, BML) was equipped with
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under EU Command (Completed. Albania participated with 63 troops from Commando Regiment).
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for the purchase of several weapons in limited quantities for special forces, including
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lightweight twin-engine multi-role helicopters to the Republic of Albania was signed in
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standards. The same radical reform is being implemented on surplus equipment, including
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have been commissioned in the Navy, three of them have been constructed in Albania.
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on 1 April 2009. It hosts an international fair on security and defense called the
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under German Command. (Completed. Albania maintains its actual presence with an
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which was the Albanian secret service during the period and was formed upon the
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from 1928 until 1939. Its commander-in-chief was himself; its commander General
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helicopters and has two more EC 145 on order as of 2015. Also, since 2008 four
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was equipped with the Beretta ARX160 and added 4 new Iveco LMV vehicles. The
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membership (on 1 April 2009) with the purchase of armaments produced by the
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under American command (Completed. Albania withdrew all its troops from
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of an aid package totaling 250 armored vehicles. They are obtained from
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In December 2006, the Armed Forces adopted a new structure based on the
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There was an incident in 2002 in Albania where it was discovered, in
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Like all other branches of the state, the military was subjugated to
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brigades constituted the bulk of combat units in the ground forces.
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In 2015 other weapons were introduced over all ground units. The
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provides support and logistical functions to all AAF units. The
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The State and Party went even further, beginning on 1 May 1966,
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IMSC - International Maritime Security Construct - CTF SENTINEL
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Albanian soldiers conduct a joint patrol with U.S. soldiers in
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and the remaining two for the Albanian Ministry of Health.
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On 3 April 2006, the final contract for the delivery of 12
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in the Mediterranean. Albania became a full member of the
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Structure of the Albanian Armed Forces (click to enlarge)
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The Albanian Land Force or Albanian Army consists of the
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will be commissioned in September 2011, the third ship,
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Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Shqipërisë (FARSH)
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Germany will supply Albania with 12 BO-105 Helicopters
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naval base in Albania. The first patrol vessel, named
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List of countries in Europe by military expenditures
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Albanian special forces soldier in Afghanistan, 2013
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Index

Military history of Albania

Service branches

Albanian General Staff
Albanian Air Force
Albanian Air Force

Albanian Land Force
Albanian Naval Force
Albanian Naval Force
Military Police (Albania)
Military Police

Support Command
Headquarters
Tirana
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Leadership
President
Bajram Begaj
Minister of Defense
Chief of the General Staff
Major General
Conscription
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Reserve personnel
Deployed personnel
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria

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