Togolese Armed Forces
Index
1. Order of battle
2. Overview
3. Defence economics
4. State of military forces
5. Country threat report
6. External deployments
1. Order of Battle
| Total force strength | Army: 8 800 Air Force: 650 Navy: 220 Paramilitary: 2 500 Gendarmerie |
| Army | |
| Armour | 4: T-54/55 8: Scorpion |
| Reconnaissance | 36: EE-9 Cascavel 10: AML-60/90 5: M-8 3: M-20 2: M-11 VBL |
| AIFV | 20: BMP-2 |
| APC | 30: UR-416 4: M-3 6: APV |
| Self-propelled artillery | 6: 122 mm |
| Towed artillery | 4: M101A2 105 mm |
| Mortar | 20: M-43 82 mm |
| Recoilless rifle | 12: M-20 75 mm 10: Type-65 82 mm |
| Air defence gun | 38: ZPU-4 14.5 mm 5: M-1939 37 mm |
| Structure | Rapid Intervention Force (battalion strength) 4 combined arms regiments 1 Presidential Guard regiment (Commando) 1 para-commando regiment 1 support regiemtn 1 armoured group |
| Air Force | |
| Trainer/light combat aircraft | 5: Alpha Jet 4: EMB-326 Xavante 3: TB-30 Epsilon 4: CM-170 Magister |
| Transport aircraft | 2: King Air 200 1: F28 1: Boeing 707-320B 2: DHC-5D 2: B58 Baron 2: Cessna 337 1: Do-27A4 |
| Transport helicopter | 1: SA 316 1: SA 315 1: SA 330 Puma 1: AS 332 Super Puma |
| Navy | |
| Patrol/Strike boat (Gun/Missile/OPV/IPV) | 2: Kara class (IPV) 2: RPB 33 (for delivery in March/July 2014) |
2. Overview
Head of State: President Faure Essozimina Gnassingbe
Prime Minister: Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu
Chief of Defence Staff: Colonel Felix Abalo Kadanga
Chief of Staff of the Army: M’ba Koffi Komlan Batanta
Chief of Staff of the Navy: Captain Adzoh Vinyo Kwassivi
Chief of Staff of the Air Force: Kodzo Attiou Sibat
Director General of the Gendarmerie: Lieutenant Colonel Damehame Yark
Conscription: 24 months (selective)
3. Defence economics
Defence budget percentage per GDP (2000-2010)
Defence budget per US$ Mil (2000-2011)
Defence budget percentage growth (2000-2011)
4. State of military forces
Togo’s military has a poor record in terms of interference in politics, with coups and assassinations, and a massive military crackdown in 2005 that killed hundreds during a flawed presidential election cemented the army’s reputation or brutality and human rights abuses. However, Togo has over the past decade made strides in improving its democratic process, and has continued to deploy peacekeeping troops to countries like Mali.
Piracy is a growing concern for Togo, which has responded to numerous attacks against ships in the Gulf of Guinea over the last several years and detained suspected pirates. Apart from piracy, smuggling is a large problem in the region. The country’s small navy has only a couple of medium vessels and a few RHIBs with which to patrol its 56 km coastline.
Although it has a very small air force, the Togolese air arm does possess combat-capable aircraft which comprise a regionally significant attack element equal to anything west of Nigeria.
5. Country threat report
| Threat type | Overview |
| External | • Togo is facing no external military threat currently. • Maritime piracy has become an increasing concern in recent years. |
| Internal | • Togo is currently facing no internal security threat. |
| Regional | • Togo’s neighbors are currently considered to be politically and militarily stable. |
| Political | • Togo is considered to be politically stable |
| Economic | • Food and cash crop production accounts for the majority of Togo’s economy, accounting for nearly 42% of GDP |
6. External deployments
| Operation | Country | Personnel/assets |
| Peacekeeping | Darfur (UNAMID) | Police: 140 |
| Peacekeeping | Cote d’Ivoire (UNOCI) | Police: 18 Experts on Mission: 7 Troops: 515 |
| Peacekeeping | Mali (AFISMA) | 700 |
Contact:
Minister of National Defence
Lome/Togo
Tel +228 212891
Armed Forces HQ
Route d’Atakpame
Agoenyive/Togo
Tel +228 213523
http://www.forcesarmees.tg/
