Sunday, May 26, 2013

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