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The dissolution of French Equatorial Africa in 1958, and France's impending military withdrawal from the Congo in August 1960, provided the impetus for the formation of the FAC. The FAC and state paramilitary agencies are headed by an Armed Forces Chief of General Staff, usually appointed by the President of the Republic of the Congo.
Congolese soldiers of the colonial-era Force Publique pictured in 1928. The first organised Congolese troops, known as the Force Publique, were created in 1888 when King Leopold II of Belgium, who held the Congo Free State as his private property, ordered his Secretary of the Interior to create military and police forces for the state. [13]
Model Image Origin Type Caliber Details Pistols Browning HP [1] Belgium United States Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum: Smith & Wesson Model 39 [1] United States Semi-automatic pistol
The Congolese Air Force (French: Force Aérienne Congolaise) is the air branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo, in the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville). Former Cold War air force
The Congolese Air Force was created in mid-1961 largely to oppose the new Katangese Air Force. In 1963, Katanga was defeated by United Nations forces in Operation Grandslam, and the remaining assets of the Katangese Armed Forces were integrated into the Congolese Air Force. [4]
The land forces are made up of about 14 integrated brigades, of fighters from all the former warring factions which have gone through an brassage integration process (see next paragraph), and a not-publicly known number of non-integrated brigades which remain solely made up from single factions (the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD)'s Armee National Congolaise, the ex-government former ...
This is a list of chiefs of staff of the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaire. The available information on the following officers is incomplete and sometimes contradictory. In addition to armed forces chiefs of staff, in 1966 Lieutenant Colonel Ferdinand Malila was listed as Army Chief of Staff. [1]
Forces de défense du Congo (FDC) Butu Luanda Charles Mbura (until 2013; split into MAC) Madragul FDC–Tumusifu 2016 Tumusifu † [3] Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) 2000 Omega Gaby Ruhinda FNL Aloys Nzabampema FNL Nibizi Shuti Baryanka † Nibizi Popular Forces of Burundi (FOREBU/FPB) 2016 Jérémie Ntiranyibagira