# Chadian Ground Forces

The Chadian Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية التشادية, French: Armée de terre tchadienne) are the main and largest component of the Chadian National Army. Historically Chad has had one of the strongest armies in the Sahara region, larger than the Malian or Central African army, with a total of 25,000 to 30,000 troops. Chad has been involved as part of the Multinational Joint Task Force in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency, deploying troops to Niger and Mali. Another common role of the Chadian Army has been quelling rebellions against the central government of Chad.

## Structure

* Defense and Security Zone
** No. 1 (Fada)
** No. 2 (Ouaddaï)
** No. 3
** No. 4
** No. 5
** No. 6 (Bardaï)
** No. 7 (Faya-Largeau)
** No. 8 (Amdjarass)
* Armored Battalion
* Infantry Battalion
* Artillery Battalion
* Engineer Battalion
* Special Forces Unit
* Rapid Intervention Force (FIR)

## Equipment
### Small arms

| Name | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Pistols ||||||
| Tokagypt 58 | 9×19mm | Semi-automatic pistol | Soviet Union Hungarian People's Republic | Hungarian copy of the Soviet TT pistol for Egypt in 9mm Parabellum caliber. |
| MAC Mle 1950 | 9×19mm | Semi-automatic pistol | France | |
| MAB PA-15 | 9×19mm | Semi-automatic pistol | France | |
| Walther P1 | 9×19mm | Semi-automatic pistol | West Germany | |
| Walther PP | .25 ACP | Semi-automatic pistol | Germany | |
| Browning Hi-Power | 9×19mm | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium | |
| M1911 | .45 ACP | Semi-automatic pistol | United States | |
| Manurhin MR 73 | .357 Magnum | Revolver | France | |
| Submachine guns ||||||
| Uzi | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | Israel | |
| Beretta M12 | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | Italy | |
| MAT-49 | 9×19mm | Submachine gun | France | |
| Rifles ||||||
| AKM | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | |
| AK-74 | 5.45×39mm | Assault rifle | Soviet Union | |
| Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | China | |
| IMI Galil | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | Israel | |
| IWI Galil ACE | 5.56×45mm | Assault rifle | Israel | |
| IWI Tavor | 5.56×45mm | BullpupAssault rifle | Israel | |
| FAMAS | 5.56×45mm | BullpupAssault rifle | France | |
| FN FAL | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | Belgium | |
| Heckler & Koch G3 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | West Germany | |
| SIG SG 540 | 7.62×51mm | Battle rifle | Switzerland | Uses the SG 542 variant. |
| Machine guns ||||||
| RPD | 7.62×39mm | Squad automatic weapon | Soviet Union | |
| RPK | 7.62×39mm | Squad automatic weapon | Soviet Union | |
| PKM | 7.62×54mmR | General-purpose machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| KPV | 14.5×114mm | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| DShK | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| Zastava M72 | 7.62×39mm | Light machine gun | Yugoslavia | |
| FN MAG | 7.62×51mm | General-purpose machine gun | Belgium | |
| Browning M2 | .50 BMG | Heavy machine gun | United States | |
| Rocket propelled grenade launchers ||||||
| RPG-2 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | Soviet Union | |
| RPG-7 | 40mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | Soviet Union | |
| RPG-18 | 64mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | Soviet Union | |
| M72 LAW | 66mm | Rocket-propelled grenade | United States | |
| Grenade launchers ||||||
| M79 | 40×46mm | Grenade launcher | United States | |
| AGS-17 | 30×29mm | Automatic grenade launcher | Soviet Union | |

### Anti-tank weapons

| Name | Type | Origin | Caliber | Notes |
| M40A1 | Recoilless rifle | United States | 106mm | |
| MILAN | Anti-tank missile | France West Germany | | 469 mounted on light vehicles |
| Eryx | Anti-tank missile | France | | |

### Anti-aircraft weapons

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
| ZPU | Anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | Unknown | Variants include ZPU-1, ZPU-2 and ZPU-4. |
| ZU-23-2 | Anti-aircraft gun | Soviet Union | Unknown | |
| 2K12 Kub | Surface-to-air missile | Soviet Union | 4 Launchers (1 battery) | |
| 9K32 Strela-2 | MANPADS | Soviet Union | Unknown | |
| 9K38 Igla | MANPADS | Soviet Union | 50 | |
| FIM-92 Stinger | MANPADS | United States | Unknown | |

### Artillery

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity |
| Self-propelled artillery |||||||
| 2S1 Gvozdika | Self-propelled artillery | Soviet Union | 10 |
| Rocket artillery |||||||
| BM-21 Grad | Multiple rocket launcher | Soviet Union | 6 |
| Type 63 | Multiple rocket launcher | China | Unknown |
| PHL-81 | Multiple rocket launcher | China | 5 |
| Field artillery |||||||
| M101 | Howitzer | United States | 5 |
| MO-120-AM50 | Mortar | France | Unknown |

### Tanks and tank destroyers

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity |
| Type 59G | Main battle tank | China | 30 |
| T-55 | Medium tank | Soviet Union | 60 |
| WMA-301 | Tank destroyer | China | 30 |

### Armored vehicles

| Name | Type | Origin | Quantity | Status | Notes |
| BTR-60 | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 20 | | |
| BTR-80 | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | 24 | | |
| BTR-3E | Armoured personnel carrier | Ukraine | 12 | | |
| BRDM-2 | Amphibious armored scout car | Soviet Union | 100 | | |
| BMP-1 | Infantry fighting vehicle | Soviet Union | 80 | | |
| BMP-1U | Infantry fighting vehicle | Ukraine | 42 | | |
| WZ-523 | Armoured personnel carrier | China | 8 | | |
| ZFB-05 | Armoured personnel carrier | China | 10 | | |
| VAB-VTT | Armoured personnel carrier | France | 25 | | |
| ACMAT Bastion | Armoured personnel carrier | France | 26 | | |
| Black Scorpion | Armoured personnel carrier | Belgium | 10 | | |
| Terrier LT-79 | Armoured personnel carrier | United States | 60 | | |
| Panhard AML | Armored car | France | 132 | | AML-60 and AML-90 |
| Eland-90 | Armored car | South Africa | 82 | | |
| Panhard ERC-90F4 Sagaie | Armored car | France | 4 | INS | |
| EE-9 Cascavel | Armored car | Brazil | 20 | | |
| RAM MK3 | Armored car | Israel | 42 | | |
| Otokar Cobra | Infantry mobility vehicle | Turkey | 20 | | |
| V-150 Commando | Armored personnel carrier | United States | 9 | | |
| Ejder Yalçın | MRAP | Turkey | 20 | | |
| Ara 2 | MRAP | Nigeria | 8 | | |