Zambian Defence Force

The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) consists of the Zambia Army, the Air Force, and Zambian National Service (ZNS). The ZDF is designed primarily for internal defence in Zambia. Being a landlocked country, Zambia has no navy.

Army

 * 3 x brigades
 * 1 x Armoured regiment composed of a Tank Battalion and 1 Armoured Reconnaissance Battalion. U.S. State Department International Military Education and Training records from FY-2006 indicate a Zambian officer attended from 64 Armoured Regiment at Mikongo Barracks, east Lusaka.
 * 9 x Infantry battalions (including 3 reserve battalions)
 * 1 x Artillery Regiment (1 MRL battalion and 2 Field Artillery battalions)
 * 1 x Engineer Regiment

Equipment

 * T-55 Tanks: 20
 * PT-76 light Tanks: 50
 * BRDM-1/BRDM-2 Armoured Vehicles: 44
 * BTR-60 Armoured Personnel Carriers: 13
 * BTR-70 Armoured Personnel Carriers: 20
 * Ferret Armoured Car: 2
 * D-30 122mm Gun: 24
 * BM-21 122mm MRL: 50
 * AT-3 Sagger Anti-Tank Missiles
 * RPG-7
 * FN FAL
 * Heckler & Koch G3
 * AKM
 * AK-47
 * Sterling submachine gun
 * DShK
 * PK machine gun

Air Force
The Zambian Air Force is a small air force equipped with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MFs and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19S in addition to a range of transport aircraft and helicopters.