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The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces consist of ground forces, naval forces, air and air defence forces, and other paramilitary bodies including the Territorial Troops Militia (MTT), and Youth Labor Army (EJT).

Under Fidel Castro, Cuba became a highly militarized society. From 1966 until the late 1980s, massive Soviet Union military assistance enabled Cuba to upgrade its military capabilities and project power abroad. The Soviet Union gave both military and financial aid to the Cubans. The tonnage of Soviet military deliveries to Cuba throughout most of the 1980s exceeded deliveries in any year since the military build-up during the 1962 missile crisis. In 1994, Cuba's armed forces were estimated to have 235,000 active duty personnel. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

In 1989, the government instituted a purge of the armed forces and the Ministry of Interior, convicting Army Major General and Hero of The Republic of Cuba Arnaldo Ochoa, Ministry of Interior Colonel Antonio de la Guardia (Tony la Guardia), and Ministry of Interior Brigadier General Patricio de la Guardia on charges of corruption and drug trafficking. This judgment is known in Cuba as "Causa 1" (Cause 1). Ochoa and Antonio de la Guardia were executed. Following the executions, the Army was drastically downsized and the Ministry of Interior was moved under the informal control of Revolutionary Armed Forces chief General Raúl Castro (Fidel Castro's brother), and large numbers of army officers were moved into the Ministry of Interior. Arnaldo Ochoa Sánchez (1930 – July 12, 1989) was a prominent Cuban general who was executed after being found guilty of treason by a Cuban Court. ... This article is about the Cuban politician. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

Cuban military power has been sharply reduced by the loss of Soviet subsidies. Today, the Revolutionary Armed Forces number 49,000 regular troops.^[1] The DIA reported in 1998 that the country's paramilitary organizations, the Territorial Militia Troops, the Youth Labor Army, and the Naval Militia had suffered considerable morale and training degradation over the previous seven years but still retained the potential to "make an enemy invasion costly"^[2]. Cuba also adopted a "war of the people" strategy that highlights the defensive nature of its capabilities.

The government has, however, maintained a large state security apparatus, under the Ministry of Interior (which also controls the Border Guard (TGF), for the stated purpose of suppressing subversive activities within Cuba.

Army

In 1985, according to Jane's Military Review (Fourth Year of Issue), there were three major geographical commands, Western, Central, and Eastern. There were a reported 130,000 all ranks, and each command was garrisoned by an Army comprising a single armoured division, a mechanised division, and a corps of three infantry divisions, though the Eastern Command had two corps totalling six divisions.

A U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment in the first half of 1998 said that the Army's armour and artillery units were at low readiness levels due to 'severely reduced' training, generally incapable of mounting effective operations above the battalion level, and that equipment was mostly in storage and unavailable at short notice.^[3] The same report said that Cuban special operations forces, comprising a battalion-sized airborne unit and a number of smaller units, continue to train but on a smaller scale than beforehand. The Defense Intelligence Agency, or DIA, is a major producer and manager of military intelligence for the United States Department of Defense. ...

Organization

Cuban Special Forces

Estimated 38,000 personnel^[4] Headquarters; 3 Regional Commands, 3 Army Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• up to 5 armoured brigades
• 9 mechanized infantry brigade (each 3 mechanized infantry, and 1 armoured, 1 artillery, 1 Air Defense artillery regiment)
• 1 Airborne brigade of two battalions
• 14 reserve brigades
• The Guantanamo Frontier Brigade - Surrounding the American base at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
• 1 air defence artillery regiment
• 1 surface-to-surface missile brigade

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Equipment

Infantry Weapons

• AK-47
• RPK
• PKM
• RPG-7
• AKS-74U
• AK-74
• Uzi
• Beretta M9 Pistol
• Mac-10

Light Tanks (50) Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g. ... The RPK (Ruchnoy pulemyot Kalashnikova, Russian: Ручной пулемёт Калашникова) is the light machine gun that replaced the RPD in the role as squad automatic weapon for Soviet infantry. ... 7. ... The RPG-7 (Russian: ) is a widely-produced, portable, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket propelled grenade weapon. ... The AKSU-74 (also referred as AKS-74U or AK-74SU ) was introduced in 1970s. ... AK74 assault rifle The AK-74 assault rifle is the modernized version of the AK-47 developed in 1974, chambered in a smaller cartridge (5. ... The Uzi is a compact, boxy, light-weight submachine gun. ... Logo of Pietro Beretta This article is about a firearm manufacturer; for the car, see Chevrolet Beretta. ... The M9 handgun, formally Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is a 9mm pistol of the U.S. military adopted in the 1980s. ... The Military Armament Corporation Model 10 or MAC-10 is a blowback-operated select-fire submachine gun (more specifically a machine pistol) developed by Gordon B. Ingram in 1964. ...

• PT-76

Medium Tanks (900) The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious tank which was introduced in early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armies. ...

• T-34
• T-54/55
• T-62

Main Battle Tanks (50) The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank first produced in 1940. ... The T-54 and T-55 main battle tanks were the Soviet Unions replacements for the World War II era T-34 tank. ... The T-62 Soviet main battle tank is a further development of the T-55. ...

• T-72

Reconnaissance Armoured Vehicles (100) The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1971. ...

• BRDM-1
• BRDM-2

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (400) The BRDM-1 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) was an amphibious armored scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. ... BRDM-2 is pulling Andropovs coffin in Red Square The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) is an Armoured personnel carrier used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. ...

• BMP-1 - 400

Armoured Personnel Carriers (700) The BMP-1 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1960s. ...

• BTR-152
• BTR-40
• BTR-50
• BTR-60

Towed Artillery (500) The BTR-152 was the Soviet armored personnel carrier. ... The BTR-40 armored personnel carrier was developed in 1950 by a team headed by V. A. Dedkov and was produced from 1950 to 1958 at Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod. ... The BTR-50 was a Soviet amphibious armoured personnel carrier based on the PT-76 tank chassis. ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ...

• ZIS-3
• D-30
• M-46

Self-Propelled Artillery (40) Soviet 76. ... D-30 howitzer on display. ... The 130 mm towed field gun M1954, also known as the M-46 is a manually loaded, towed 130 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet in the 1950s. ...

• 2S1
• 2S3 Akatsiya

Multi Rocket Launchers (175) The 2S1 Gvozdika (Russian: ; English: ) is a Soviet 122-mm self-propelled howitzer that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC. 2S1 is its GRAU designation. ... The 2S3 Akatsiya (Russian: ; English: ) is a 152 mm self-propelled artillery produced by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. ...

• BM-14
• BM-21
• P-15 Termit

Mortars (1000) BM-14 battery. ... BM-21 battery. ... The P-15 Termit (Russian: ; English: ) was a type of missile developed by the Soviet Unions Raduga design bureau in the 1950s. ...

• M-41/43
• M-38/43

Anti-Tank Weapons

• AT-1
• AT-3
• D-44
• SU-100
• T-12

Anti-Aircraft Guns (400) 3M6 Shmel / AT-1 Snapper anti-tank missiles. ... The AT-3 Sagger is the NATO reporting name for the 9M14 Malyutka (little or tiny baby) MCLOS wire-guided anti-tank guided missile of the Soviet Union. ... The SU-100 was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II. // History The SU-100 was developed as an improvement to the SU-85, with a more powerful gun. ... 2A19 or T-12 is a Soviet smoothbore 100 mm anti-tank gun. ...

• ZU-23
• ZSU-23-4
• ZSU-57-2
• BTR-60P

SAM's A ZU-23-2 towed anti-aircraft gun. ... The ZSU-23-4 Shilka is a lightly armoured, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system (SPAAG). ... A ZSU-57-2 SPAAG. Photo by GulfLINK. The ZSU-57-2 (Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka) is a lightly armoured, self propelled Soviet air defence cannon ( SPAAG). ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ...

• SA-6 Gainful
• SA-7 Grail
• SA-8 Gecko
• SA-9 Gaskin
• SA-13 Gopher
• SA-14 Gremlin
• SA-16 Gimlet

2P25 TEL with missiles erected. ... 9K31 transporter erector launcher. ... An SA-13 TELAR. Photo by GulfLINK. The 9K35 Strela-10 (Russian: ; English: ) is a highly mobile, visually aimed, optical/infra-red guided, low-altitude, short-range surface to air missile system. ... An 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14) missile and launch tube. ... The 9K38 Igla (Russian: ; English: ) is a Russian/Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). ...

Air and Air Defense Force (DAAFAR)

Cuban Party Force
Active
Country	Cuba
Insignia
Roundel
Aircraft flown
Attack	L-39, Mi-24
Fighter	MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-29
Trainer	L-39
Transport	Mi-8, Mi-17, An-24

Cuban MiG-29UB

Cuban MiG-29UB

In 1990, Cuba's Air Force, with about 150 Soviet-MiG 29s was probably the best equipped in Latin America. In all, the modern Cuban Air Force imported approximately 230 fixed wing aircraft. Although there is no exact figure available, Western analysts estimate that at least 130 (with only 25 operational^[5])of these planes are still in service spread out among the thirteen military airbases on the Island. Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A ground attack aircraft is an aircraft that is designed to operate very close to the ground, supporting infantry and tanks directly in battle. ... L-39C Albatros Slovak L-39 ZA at Radom Air Show 2005 The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance, jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín. ... The Mil Mi-24 is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ... An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a fighter aircraft, originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Flogger). ... The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... L-39C Albatros Slovak L-39 ZA at Radom Air Show 2005 The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance, jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín. ... Russian Mi-8 Hip The Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name Hip) is a large transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. ... The Mil Mi-17 (Also known as the Mi-8MT, NATO reporting name Hip-H) was a Soviet cargo helicopter. ... The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in Russia by The Antonov Design bureau. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 396 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,152 × 570 pixels, file size: 38 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 396 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,152 × 570 pixels, file size: 38 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 468 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,152 × 674 pixels, file size: 50 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 468 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,152 × 674 pixels, file size: 50 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ...

In 1998, according to the same DIA report mentioned above, the air force had 'fewer than 24 operational MIG fighters; pilot training barely adequate to maintain proficiency; a declining number of fighter sorties, surface to air missiles and air-defence artillery to respond to attacking air forces^[6].

By 2007 the IISS assessed the force as 8,000 strong with 31 combat capable aircraft and a further 179 stored. The 31 combat capable aircraft were listed as 3 MiG-29s, 24 MiG-23s, and 4 MiG-21s. There were also assessed to be 12 operational transport aircraft plus trainers and helicopters. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs. ...

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Version	Total Del'd	Total Now
Combat Aircraft
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed	Soviet Union	fighter trainer	MiG-21MF MiG-21UM	60 10	4 4
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 Flogger	Soviet Union	fighter multirole fighter trainer	MiG-23MF/MS MiG-23ML MiG-23UB	21 21 5	6 10 2
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 Fulcrum	Soviet Union	fighter multirole fighter trainer	MiG-29B MiG-29UB	14 2	2 1
Mil Mi-8 Hip	Soviet Union	transport/attack helicopter	Mi-8T Mi-8TKV	20 20	4 2
Mil Mi-17 Hip-H	Soviet Union	transport/attack helicopter	Mi-17	16	8
Mil Mi-24 Hind	Soviet Union	attack	Mi-24D	20	4
Antonov An-24 Coke	Soviet Union /  Ukraine	cargo	An-24	20	4
Antonov An-26 Curl	Soviet Union	cargo	An-26	17	3
Yakovlev Yak-40 Codling	Soviet Union	VIP	Yak-40	8	3
Ilyushin Il-62	Soviet Union	VIP	Il-62	1	1
Ilyushin Il-96	Soviet Union	VIP	Il-96	2	2
Aero L-39 Albatros	Czechoslovakia	trainer/attack	L-39C	30	7
Zlin Z-326	Czechoslovakia	trainer	Z-326T	60	20

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: ) (NATO reporting name Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Russian: ; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a swing-wing fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau in the Soviet Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Mil Mi-8 (NATO reporting name Hip) is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Mil Mi-17 The Mil Mi-17 (Also known as the Mi-8MT, NATO reporting name Hip-H) is a Russian helicopter currently in production at two factories in Kazan and Ulan-Ude. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Mil Mi-24 (NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport manufactured in USSR (now Ukraine) by the Antonov Design Bureau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Romanian Air Force Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a 2-engined light prop transport aircraft and is a development of the An-24 passenger aircraft, with particular attention made to the potential military use. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Yak-40 Yak-40 as business jet The Yakovlev Yak-40 (NATO reporting name: Codling) is a small, three-engined regional transport aircraft. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long range airliner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... The Ilyushin Il-96 is a four-engined long-range Russian widebody airliner. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... L-39C Albatros Slovak L-39 ZA at Radom Air Show 2005 The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance, jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s to replace the L-29 Delfín. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Czechoslovakia. ... Zlin Trener is a family of aircraft that was based on a basic training aircraft, the Z-26. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Czechoslovakia. ...

Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR)

Almost all of the ships of the Navy have been decommissioned and the three Koni class frigates were either expended as targets or sunk to build reefs. Cuba has constructed rolling platforms with Soviet P-15 Termit missile batteries taken from its warships and placed them near beaches where hostile amphibious assaults may occur. Most patrol boats are non-operational due to lack of fuel and spares. Koni class frigate Rostock of the East German Navy. ... The P-15 Termit (Russian: ; English: ) was a type of missile developed by the Soviet Unions Raduga design bureau in the 1950s. ...

In 1998, according to the same DIA report, the navy had no functioning submarines, around 12 surface vessels that are combat ready, a 'weak' anti-surface warfare capability, primarily SS-N-2 Styx SSM equipped fast attack boats, and an 'extremely weak' anti-submarine warfare capability.

By 2007 the Navy was assessed as 3,000 strong by the IISS with six Osa-II and one Pauk-class fast attack craft.

The Navy also includes a small marine battalion called the Desembarco de Granma. It once numbered 550 men and its present size is not known. France Marines is the name of a commune in the département of Val dOise, France. ...

Current

Manpower: 3,000 (includes 550+ Navy Infantry)

Bases

• Cabanas (HQ Western Command)
• Holguin (HQ Eastern Command)
• Cienfuegos
• Havana
• Mariel
• Nicaro
• Punta Movida

Fleet

Current

• 1 Former Soviet Union (FSU) Pauk II Fast Patrol Craft, Coastal with 1 x 76mm gun, 4 Anti-Submarine Torpedo Tube, 2 Anti-Submarine Weapon Rocket Launcher
• 4 Former Soviet Union (FSU) Osa II PFM missile boats
• 2 ex-Soviet Union (FSU) Sonya Mine Sweeper Coastal
• 4 Former Soviet Union (FSU)Yevgenya Mine Sweeper Inshore
• 1 Intelligence Collection Vessel
• 2 amphibious assault battalion
• 122mm artillery
• M-1931/3 artillery
• 130mm: M-46 artillery
• 152mm: M-1937 artillery
• 2 SS-C 3 systems, some mobile Bandera IV (reported)

Historic

• 1 Soviet Foxtrot with 533mm and 406mm Torpedo Tube (non-operational)
• 2 Soviet Koni with 2 Anti-Submarine Weapon Rocket Launcher (non-operational)
• 4 Soviet Osa I/II with 4 SS-N-2 Styx Surface-to-Surface Missile+
• 1 Soviet Pauk II Fast Patrol Craft, Coastal with 2 Anti-Submarine Weapon Rocket Launcher, 4 Anti-Submarine Torpedo Tube

1 Soviet Polnocny LSM, capacity 180 tps, 6tk (non-operational)

See also

• Cuban military ranks

This is a table of the ranks and insignia of the Cuban Armed Forces. ...

References

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs. ... Janes Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs. ... Janes Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs. ... The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is a British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs. ... Janes Defence Weekly (abbreviated as JDW) is a weekly magazine reporting on military and corporate affairs. ...

Further reading

• Piero Gleijeses: Kuba in Afrika 1975-1991. In: Bernd Greiner /Christian Th. Müller / Dierk Walter (Hrsg.): Heiße Kriege im Kalten Krieg. Hamburg, 2006, ISBN 3-936096-61-9, S. 469-510. (Review by H. Hoff, Review by I. Küpeli)

External links

• (Spanish) Official site of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
• Foro Militar General (Cuban military forum)
• Cuban Air Force
• (Spanish)Secretos de Generales on Granma site
• Cuban Armed Forces Review

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