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{{Infobox national military
|country= Zambia 
|image=
|caption=
|age=n/a
|manpower_age=15&ndash;49
|manpower_data=2004 est.
|available=2,477,494 
|fit=1,310,814
|reaching=NA
|active= 15,100
|amount=$42.6 million (2003)
|percent_GDP=0.9% (2003)
}}
The '''Zambian Defence Force''' (ZDF) consists of the [[Zambia Army]], the [[Zambian Air Force|Air Force]], and [[Zambian National Service]] (ZNS). The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defence in [[Zambia]]. Being a [[landlocked country]], Zambia has no [[navy]].

==Army==
* 3 x brigades
* 1 x Armoured regiment composed of a Tank Battalion and 1 Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion. U.S. State Department [[International Military Education and Training]] records from FY-2006 indicate a Zambian officer attended from 64 Armoured Regiment at [[Mikongo Barracks]], east [[Lusaka]].<ref>http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rpt/fmtrpt/2007/92084.htm</ref>
* 9 x Infantry battalions (including 3 reserve battalions)
* 1 x Artillery Regiment (1 MRL battalion and 2 Field Artillery battalions)
* 1 x Engineer Regiment

===Equipment===
==== Small Arms ====

* RPG-7<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.</ref>
* FN FAL<ref name="jones2009"/>
* Heckler & Koch G3<ref name="jones2009"/>
* AKM<ref name="jones2009"/>
* AK-47<ref name="jones2009"/>
* Sterling submachine gun<ref name="jones2009"/>
* DShK<ref name="jones2009"/>
* PK machine gun<ref name="jones2009"/>

==== Vehicles and Towed Artillery ====
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: left;"|
! style="text-align: left;"|Origin
! style="text-align: left;"|Type
! style="text-align: left;"|Versions
! style="text-align: left;"|In service
! style="text-align: left;"|Notes
|-
| [[T-54/55]]
| {{USSR}}
| Main Battle Tank
|
| 25<ref name="Arms Trade Register">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Arms Trade Register|publisher=SIPRI|accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref>
| Deliveries in 1976 and 1981.
|-
| [[PT-76]]
| {{USSR}}
| Light tank
| 
| 50<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[BTR-70]]
| {{USSR}}
| Armoured Personnel Carrier
|
| 20<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[BTR-60]]
| {{USSR}}
| Armoured Personnel Carrier
| 
| 13<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
| 
|-
| [[WZ551]]
| {{CHN}}
| Armoured Personnel Carrier
| 6X6 ''WZ551B'' variant.<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
| 20
|
|-
| [[Buffel]]
| {{ZAF}}
| Armoured Personnel Carrier
| ''Rhino'' variant.
| 1<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[Ratel IFV|Ratel]]
| {{ZAF}}
| Infantry Fighting Vehicle
| 
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|
|-
| [[Ferret armoured car|Ferret]]
| {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| Armoured car
|
| 28
| Inherited from [[Northern Rhodesia]]n security forces.<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|-
| [[BRDM-2]]
| {{USSR}}
| Scout car
|
| 44
| Acquired in 1981.<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|-
| [[BRDM-1]]
| {{USSR}}
| Scout car
|
| 44
| Acquired in 1980.<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|-
| [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]]
| {{USSR}}
| Howitzer
|
| 24<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46]]
| {{CHN}}
| Howitzer
| ''Type 59''.
| 18<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[BM-21]]
| {{USSR}}
| [[MLRS]]
| 
| 50<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
|}

==Air Force==
{{main| Zambian Air Force}}
The Zambian Air Force is a small air force equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MFs and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S in addition to a range of transport aircraft and helicopters.

==See also==
*[[Zambia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Zambia topics}}

[[Category:Military of Zambia]]
[[Category:Armies]]