Guinea

 

Reliability 5 (very poor)   Updated January 8, 2011   GDP ~$4.5-billion 2011   Personnel 18,800 (US State Department estimate)   Budget ~$70 million 2011 Government budget ~$825-million 2011   Army Republican Guard Presidential Guard National Gendarmerie People’s Militia (5000?)

Military Regions

 

Conakry Special Zone

1^st RM  Kindia

2^nd MR Labe

3^rd MR Kankan

4^th RM Nzerekore

 

Garrisons

Conakry

Labe

Kankan

Nzerekore

 

Organization

 

Our estimate based on unreliable sources:

 

1 Republican Guard Battalion

1 Presidential Security Battalion (BASP) (Gendarmerie)

6 Infantry battalions

1 tank or armored cavalry battalion

2 field artillery battalions

1 heavy mortar battalion or two independent batteries

1 ADA battalion

1 parachute/SF battalion

1 logistics battalion or independent companies

1 engineer battalion or independent companies

 

30-40 Gendarmerie companies (internal security) (9000 troops) including

 

            Mobile Intervention & Security Companies (Elite anti-riot)

 

Helicopters

 

1 x SA 342

1 x SA 330B

1 x SA 350

1 x Mil-8

2 x Mi-24

 

Equipment

 

Identified from photographs, we don’t want to speculate on the numbers.

 

T-54 (some)

PT-76

BRDM

BTR

Artillery and MRL

 

Ecole Militaire Inter-Armees de Conakry