Albania

Albania

Albania

Capital: Tirana

NATO member nation.

Sent military forces to Afghanistan as part of NATO contingent.

Around 750,000 old concrete bunkers waste away in the Albanian countryside and shore. The bunkers were built during the time of Enver Hoxha to protect Albania from potential invading forces from the East or West.

The 1997 Civil Uprising in Albania was sparked by many Albanians loosing their money to a Ponzi scheme. The civil disturbance was also called the “Lottery Uprising”

Air Force

Many Albanian aircraft have been retired since 2005.The current aircraft inventory is composed of mostly utility helicopters. 1 old Chinese H-5 bomber is currently used to tow targets.
A-109 helicopters
AB-205 helicopters

AB-206 helicopters

BO-105 helicopters

AS-532 helicopters
EC-145 helicopters

Navy

Patrol Vessels 

Mine Warfare vessels

Coast Guard vessels

Old rusting submarines are still kept in sub pens. To be refurbished and sold.

Strategic naval base at Valona (Pasalimani)?
Cheimaras (Porto Palermo) underground submarine base?

Army

16,000 active duty personnel

35,000 reserve

M113 armored personnel carriers (130)?
HMMWV utility vehicles (20)

Chinese made Type 59 tanks (most have been retired some are in storage)
Chinese Type 63 (YW531) armored personnel carriers (retired from service)

Small Arms

KPVT 14.5mm heavy machine guns

DShK 12.7mm heavy machine guns

PK machine guns

RPK light machine guns

Dragunov SVT sniper rifles

HK 417 sniper rifles

AK-47 assault rifles

AKS assault rifles

G36 assault rifles

HK MP-5 sub-machine guns

HK MP-7 sub-machine guns

TT-33 pistols

Beretta 92 pistols

HK P8 pistols

Albanian made weapons
July 10th rifle (Albanian made SKS)
Automatiku Shqiptar ASh-78 Tip-1
ASh-78 Tip-2
ASh-78 Tip-3
ASh-82
Tip-57 RPG
PDW-1
PDW-2

60mm mortars

82mm mortars

HJ-8 Chinese made anti-tank guided missiles
RPG-7 rocket launchers

Artillery

Type 66 152mm howitzers

Air Defense

HN-5 Chinese made shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

DShK 12.7mm machine guns

Rapid Reaction Brigade

Special Forces
Batalioni Operacioneve Speciale (BOS)
Special Operations Battalion
ARX-160 assault rifles

Komando
Light blue beret

Ministry of the Interior

Garda e Republikes
Albanian Republican Guard
Under the Ministry of the Interior
Protect government buildings and officials

Albanian State Police

Reparti i Neutralizimit te Elementit te Armatosur (RENEA)
The Department of Neutralization of Armed Elements

Albanian Intelligence Agencies
Sherbimi Informativ Shteteror (SHISH)-State Intelligence Service 
Sherbimi Informativ Ushtarak (SHIU)- Military Intelligence Service

Albanian military pictures