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  2. Albanian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Albanian flag patch worn on Army uniforms Albanian Army badges Albanian special forces soldier in Afghanistan, 2013. 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.

  3. List of equipment of the Albanian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    Modern equipment of the Albanian Army is a list of the equipment currently in use with the Albanian Armed Forces. It includes small arms , combat vehicles , aircraft, watercraft, artillery and transport vehicles.

  4. Albanian People's Army - Wikipedia

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    The Albanian People's Army (Albanian: Ushtria Popullore Shqiptare, UPSh) was the national army of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1946 to 1990. Like the militaries of other Communist states, the UPSh was subjected to the nation's ruling party, in this case the Party of Labour of Albania.

  5. Military ranks of Albania - Wikipedia

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    During the time of Italian and German occupations of Albania their respective ranks were worn on Albanian militia uniforms. After the Second World War, when the communist regime took power, military ranks were radically changed in looks and in naming. In the first years officers and generals wore sleeve insignia whose order was loosely based on ...

  6. Fustanella - Wikipedia

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    Between 1807 and 1814 it was worn by the men of the Albanian Regiment of the French army, which consisted mainly of Albanian warriors. [22] In the 1810s, the Albanian warrior dress was officially adopted as the standardised military uniform of the 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry of the British army, which consisted mainly of Albanians and ...

  7. Special Operations Regiment (Albania) - Wikipedia

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    The Special Operations Regiment (Albanian: Regjimenti i Operacioneve Speciale), [1] commonly known as B.O.S is the main special forces unit of the Albanian Armed Forces. It is the most elite unit of the Albanian Army. The unit is tasked with special operations in wartime, and primarily with counter-terrorism in peacetime.

  8. The Albanian Army Is Doing a Great Job, Says Time ... - AOL

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    It's been two years since Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes compared Netflix to the Albanian army and an overconfident chimp. Back then, Bewkes thought that Netflix was an overhyped little upstart that ...

  9. Royal Albanian Army - Wikipedia

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    Royal Albanian Army with Zogu. The Royal Albanian Army (Albanian: Ushtria Mbretërore Shqiptare) was the army of the Albanian Kingdom and King Zog I of the Albanians from 1928 until 1939. Its commander-in-chief was King Zog; its commander was General Xhemal Aranitasi; its Chief of Staff was General Gustav von Myrdacz. The army was mainly ...