2013 African Military Firepower Ranking

[Nairoberry]

Unfortunately ranking higher is nothing when it comes to live combant.

so live combant which other country apart from those above kenya can defeat kenya? Kenya is ready to train jwtz

 

[Nyenyere]

so live combant which other country apart from those above kenya can defeat kenya? Kenya is ready to train jwtz

...and what is the reality on the ground? Who is training who?

 

[Swat]

so live combant which other country apart from those above kenya can defeat kenya? Kenya is ready to train jwtz

'A competent soldier is not determined by how many words and how fast he can talk but his strength in field and live combat' Brigadeir Mwakibolwa-Head of Intervention forces in DRC commenting recently in press interview in GOMA DRC. Source:Congo Drc News/Topix

 

[maishapopote]

[h=1]THE top 10 countries with the strongest army in Africa?[/h]






Answer:
Here is some valid information due to recent estimations and studies. You are welcome to list your own countries if you prefer to believe what comes from your head, but if you are a student or willing to find valid information this will be your first step.

1. South Africa: South Africa (South Africa has the most powerful army in Africa; it has more harmful weapons than any other country in Africa; it is the only African country that was trying to create the Nuclear weapon but was stopped by the US. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) this includes: South African Army, South African Navy, South African Air Force and South African Military Health Service. South Africa has recently lower their budge on army from $7.21 billion 2003 to nearly $4 billion 2011. Trained by Israeli, and British, South African solders are more armed and more trained than any other country's soldiers.

2. Egypt: According to recent study, Egypt is considered to be the second most powerful country in Africa. For many years Egypt has been the first strongest country in the continent of Africa. With number of troops exceed that of South Africa, and more suppliers from countries such as United States, Russia, France, China, Italy and United Kingdom, political instability has made an affect to Egyptian Armed Forces. This includes Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Command. Egypt has increased their Armed Forces budget from $3.9 billion to $5.85 billion within the last five years.

3. Libya:

4. Morocco:

5. Nigeria: Nigeria has the second largest army by number of troops, but due to political instability and lack of equipment Nigeria has appear to be the 5th strongest country in Africa. It has been estimated that in year 2013-2018 Nigeria may get weaker.

6. Tanzania: Tanzania has the most powerful army in East Africa; The Tanzania Peoples' Defence Force (TPDF) (Swahili: Jeshi la Wananchi wa Tanzania (JWTZ) the one defeated Idi Amin of Uganda with big help form Muammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya and . The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) The Tanzania People' Defence Force includes Land Forces Command, Naval Command, Air Force Command, and Military Intelligence. Julius Kambarage Nyerere (The first Tanzania's President) prepared president Laurent Desire Kabila of DR Congo to take over the powerful Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu WA Zabanga; also prepared his son Joseph Kabila. Tanzania has trained Congolese solders in Tabora and Kigoma region for Kabila to return in Congo and take over power. Both Kabilas father and son were schooled and lived most of their lives in Tanzania before returning to Congo. Tanzania Also prepared Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who also schooled and lived in Tanzania before the Tanzania and Uganda war that resulted in defeating Dictator Idi Amin. Most Uganda leader got help from Tanzania before becoming leaders. This includes: Tito Lutwa Okello, Yusuf Kironde Lule, and Bazilio Olara-Okello. Recently, Tanzania did not want to send his solders in Somalia but offer training to Somali solders who will soon return to protect their country. Tanzania sent 924 soldiers to lead the African Union Solders in Comoros's Island to take Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan off power. Tanzania has the 3rd largest army in number troops after Ethiopia, and Eritrea, and recently considered the second in equipment after Kenya, but with more well trained troops. The recent estimation shows that Tanzania is the country in East-Africa followed by Ethiopia.

7. Ethiopia: Ethiopia once was considered the strongest country in East Africa. After continues civil war Ethiopia has gotten weaker. Ethiopia is still has the largest army by number of troops followed by Eritrea and Tanzania, and the 3rd in equipment after Kenya and Tanzania. 2011 Estimation shows, Ethiopia is spending 2.4% of its GDP in military. This includes: Ethiopia Army and Ethiopia Air Force.

8. Ghana:

9. Kenya: Kenya is the second strongest Nation in East Africa Economically after Ethiopia; it is the first in East African Community followed by Tanzania and Uganda. In 1981 Kenya was consider to be the 4th strongest nation in East Africa after Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Somalia. In 1994 Kenya was considered the 3rd strongest country in East Africa after Somalia and Uganda having both economic and political instability caused by war and dictatorship. The estimation indicates that Kenya will get even stronger within next 5-10 years. Kenya has the higher army budget in East Africa followed by Ethiopia. 2012 estimation shows Kenya is using 5.3% of its GDP in military. This includes: Kenya Army, Kenya Navy and Kenya Air Force.

10. Uganda:

source:THE top 10 countries with the strongest army in Africa

and Nairoberry,stop this nonsense,

 

[Cynic]

once oil starts getting produced in kenya,kenya will be the most powerful nation in africa. Very deadly

.. deadlier than Rooney

 

[theysaidno]

Kenya is East Africas super power. ask them why Tanzanians,Ugandans and rwandese all fear kenyans. Simple because they come to your doorsteps and make the best out of what you considered trash. Thats all. Look at how Kenyan forces captured Kismayu. Commando attack never witnessed anywhere in East Africa. I think TZ,Uganda etc stop crying, tighten your belts and work hard,improve your economies and kenyans will talk with you. Mdomo tu haisaidii bila kazi

 

[mwekundu]

Kenya is East Africas super power. ask them why Tanzanians,Ugandans and rwandese all fear kenyans. Simple because they come to your doorsteps and make the best out of what you considered trash. Thats all. Look at how Kenyan forces captured Kismayu. Commando attack never witnessed anywhere in East Africa. I think TZ,Uganda etc stop crying, tighten your belts and work hard,improve your economies and kenyans will talk with you. Mdomo tu haisaidii bila kazi

Mnajipa moyo nyie...vita kila siku kwenu TZ is da best kama unabisha ask what we did in uganda


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[Nairoberry]

Mnajipa moyo nyie...vita kila siku kwenu TZ is da best kama unabisha ask what we did in uganda


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that story is old try uganda now with there new sukhoi jets

 

[Freelancer]

If you search online you can find very little information regarding our army or intelligence services. But in Rwanda and Uganda, you can know who is leading their Intelligence services and who was leading it before and you can get the all history about their top officials. But in Tanzania very little information about our top security officials is found online. I like it to be that way. Viva Tanzania. Keep on remaining invisible!!! To start with try to search General Davis Mwamunyange, and see if you can find any background about him online. Also search Othman Rashid or Apson Mwangonda. Still you won't get anything useful. But Just search General Tinyefunza, or General Charles Kayonga. You will get everything on them. I like the way our forces operate. Kimya kimyaaa.

 

[Bukyanagandi]

that story is old try uganda now with there new sukhoi jets

Nairoberry bwana! You think Iddi Amin MiG-21 fighters and Tupolev Bombers were Babie Dolls sort of!! Who told you that Jets are everything to winningWAR, you must be leaving in stone age ERA if you are still entertaining that kind of strange mawazo.

Mkuu, don't exaggerate role/capabilities of fighter jets in a theater of war, you had a squadron of F-5e fighters poundig relentlessly real and imagineryAl-Shabab Ragtag Army in Somalia, did the whining sound of jetfighters make Al-Shabab cut and run or they stood their ground? Why did Kenyan Generals found it was absolutely necessary 2 deploy infantry - Jibu unalo mkuu.

Always a scare monger- eti jeshi la Kenya linaweza kufudisha Jeshi letu, umetumia kigezo kipi cha kufikia hatua ya kutamka maneno kama hayo, kwenda kwenu Somali ndio ufikili mna mbinu kali za kivita - unachekesha kweli kweli! Tatizo lako umejaa dhalau sana, na wala usitake kudanganya watu hapa- unajua sana kiji-pretend lakini sijawahi kuona unazungumza kitu kizuri kuhusu Tanzania, hata haya ya Firepower Ranking umeyaleta humu kutafuta sababu kuisema TANZANIA. Labda nikuhulize kitu wewe umewahi kushika hata silaha ya kivita katika maisha yako?

How knowlegable are U on Military matters 'cause you talk as if SUKHOIS cannot neutralised on a fly! Tell you what Mr - don't be carried away by SUKHOIS supermaneuverability-those birds are no match to Tanzanian formidable Air Defence Systems - see, the lot can be blown to smithereens while still on runway i.e our Intelligent Air Defence Systems are capable of tracking Fighters at all flying phases specifically at a critical phase i.e while jets are rolling to take off, that is when our stealthy guest comes in uninvited to hit SUKHOIS fully laden with jetfuel, bombs, AA missiles not forgetting their highly trained Pilot and Co-Pilot they too cannot survives to tell the story - repeat all damages are done while the fighters are still on RUNWAY not in the ETHER; hupo hapo Nairoberry!! Nothing can survives our MEGATONS of TNT payload delivered by an equally forminable Mach-8 capable Multiple independently targetable vehicles (MIV) - Nairoberry this is but a watered down explation on how we can tame Ugandan SUKHOI MK-30 either on a Runway or while still holed up in their BUNKERS, we omba Tanzania uwe unahisikia kwenye Redio siyo kwenye battle front, dharau zako notwithstanding.

Now back to our state-of-art Air Defence System which is capable of sweeping East and Central African Skies of all hostile fighters/bombers hell bent to attack our Country, any country/Leader who thinks can order their pilots to ROAM freely over Tanzania Airspace with their military flying machines I suggest he/she should have his/her head examined.

One more thing, our Army is second to none in Eastern and Central Africa, very proficient with their weapons and smart on tactics. That deadly combination will be tough for her neighbours to overcome, should East/Central African trigger happy Bullies/Leaders and their Military top Brass begin toying with a wild idea of attacking Tanzania on lame excuse/pretex may have never had to stand up to our Modern Military Machine but they may GET THE CHANCE. The truth of the matter is "THEY WON'T LIKE IT" Kwa kifupi nimekueleza kujuu juu kuhusu uwezo waTanzania, sasa akili kichwani mwako, kama unataka kufudisha wanajeshi wafundishe wa kwenu wapambane na wezi wa mifungo huko TURKANA wewe ukiwa kama Kamanda.

 

[MTAZAMO]

Bukyanagandi umemaliza mkuu! Hawa akina Nairoberry wanaleta mzaha! Museveni aliwachimba biti kipindi wanagombea kisiwa kile wakaomba suluhu wenyewe maana Museveni alitaka kupeleka batalion kisiwani!
KDF can't fight even FFU vita vya ardhini itakuwa JWTZ!!!

 

[Nairoberry]

Nairoberry bwana! You think Iddi Amin MiG-21 fighters and Tupolev Bombers were Babie Dolls sort of!! Who told you that Jets are everything to winningWAR, you must be leaving in stone age ERA if you are still entertaining that kind of strange mawazo.

Mkuu, don't exaggerate role/capabilities of fighter jets in a theater of war, you had a squadron of F-5e fighters poundig relentlessly real and imagineryAl-Shabab Ragtag Army in Somalia, did the whining sound of jetfighters make Al-Shabab cut and run or they stood their ground? Why did Kenyan Generals found it was absolutely necessary 2 deploy infantry - Jibu unalo mkuu.

Always a scare monger- eti jeshi la Kenya linaweza kufudisha Jeshi letu, umetumia kigezo kipi cha kufikia hatua ya kutamka maneno kama hayo, kwenda kwenu Somali ndio ufikili mna mbinu kali za kivita - unachekesha kweli kweli! Tatizo lako umejaa dhalau sana, na wala usitake kudanganya watu hapa- unajua sana kiji-pretend lakini sijawahi kuona unazungumza kitu kizuri kuhusu Tanzania, hata haya ya Firepower Ranking umeyaleta humu kutafuta sababu kuisema TANZANIA. Labda nikuhulize kitu wewe umewahi kushika hata silaha ya kivita katika maisha yako?

How knowlegable are U on Military matters 'cause you talk as if SUKHOIS cannot neutralised on a fly! Tell you what Mr - don't be carried away by SUKHOIS supermaneuverability-those birds are no match to Tanzanian formidable Air Defence Systems - see, the lot can be blown to smithereens while still on runway i.e our Intelligent Air Defence Systems are capable of tracking Fighters at all flying phases specifically at a critical phase i.e while jets are rolling to take off, that is when our stealthy guest comes in uninvited to hit SUKHOIS fully laden with jetfuel, bombs, AA missiles not forgetting their highly trained Pilot and Co-Pilot they too cannot survives to tell the story - repeat all damages are done while the fighters are still on RUNWAY not in the ETHER; hupo hapo Nairoberry!! Nothing can survives our MEGATONS of TNT payload delivered by an equally forminable Mach-8 capable Multiple independently targetable vehicles (MIV) - Nairoberry this is but a watered down explation on how we can tame Ugandan SUKHOI MK-30 either on a Runway or while still holed up in their BUNKERS, we omba Tanzania uwe unahisikia kwenye Redio siyo kwenye battle front, dharau zako notwithstanding.

Now back to our state-of-art Air Defence System which is capable of sweeping East and Central African Skies of all hostile fighters/bombers hell bent to attack our Country, any country/Leader who thinks can order their pilots to ROAM freely over Tanzania Airspace with their military flying machines I suggest he/she should have his/her head examined.

One more thing, our Army is second to none in Eastern and Central Africa, very proficient with their weapons and smart on tactics. That deadly combination will be tough for her neighbours to overcome, should East/Central African trigger happy Bullies/Leaders and their Military top Brass begin toying with a wild idea of attacking Tanzania on lame excuse/pretex may have never had to stand up to our Modern Military Machine but they may GET THE CHANCE. The truth of the matter is "THEY WON'T LIKE IT" Kwa kifupi nimekueleza kujuu juu kuhusu uwezo waTanzania, sasa akili kichwani mwako, kama unataka kufudisha wanajeshi wafundishe wa kwenu wapambane na wezi wa mifungo huko TURKANA wewe ukiwa kama Kamanda.

kama ni kuandika insha kweli hapo Umeshinda na jeshi la Tz pia limeshinda, wajua mbona watanzania,wakisafiri kenya, wakishikwa na polisi kwa tuseme kosa fulani polisi wa kenya hawapi nafasi ya kufungua mdomo?? tafakari ya babu

 

[Koborer]

Is very powerful with 40% unemployment..very true

How do the others fare? 0%? Impressive, congratulation.

 

[Koborer]

disclosure of your true strength is a fatal error

It is not Kenya that is disclosing this, it is the global firepower.com. I will give you a link below. Besides, there is very little you can hide really in this era of technology especially if you are an importer of arms as we all know we are. A lot of information about a country's military is freely available in the internet.
African Countries Ranked by Military Strength
Global Firepower Military Ranks - 2013

 

[Koborer]

Before the WAR in the early 80's Uganda was ranked highly compared to any country in East and Central Africa, but I think you know the result of that War.
I can assure you this ranking is biased based on "Who is buying arms from us" Take it from ME. You have already failed flush out Al-shabab after staying there for more than a year. Remember JWTZ was able to liberate our land and the whole of Uganda within a year despite the fact that Idd Amin's Army was highly ranked

Failed to flush out Al-Shabaab? Somalia is now more peaceful than it was more than a year ago thanks to KDF and other AMISOM troops mainly from Uganda and tiny Burundi. Refugees are going back as are other citizens from elsewhere. Countries are rushing to open embassies and international flights to that country are resuming. What does that tell you. Do you have access to news or are you in a closed shop.

 

[Koborer]

Unfortunately ranking higher is nothing when it comes to live combant.

May be, but does that also mean that the US which is ranked number one can be thrashed by say Sweden? Unlikely isn't it?

 

[Koborer]

Nairoberry bwana! You think Iddi Amin MiG-21 fighters and Tupolev Bombers were Babie Dolls sort of!! Who told you that Jets are everything to winningWAR, you must be leaving in stone age ERA if you are still entertaining that kind of strange mawazo.

Mkuu, don't exaggerate role/capabilities of fighter jets in a theater of war, you had a squadron of F-5e fighters poundig relentlessly real and imagineryAl-Shabab Ragtag Army in Somalia, did the whining sound of jetfighters make Al-Shabab cut and run or they stood their ground? Why did Kenyan Generals found it was absolutely necessary 2 deploy infantry - Jibu unalo mkuu.

Always a scare monger- eti jeshi la Kenya linaweza kufudisha Jeshi letu, umetumia kigezo kipi cha kufikia hatua ya kutamka maneno kama hayo, kwenda kwenu Somali ndio ufikili mna mbinu kali za kivita - unachekesha kweli kweli! Tatizo lako umejaa dhalau sana, na wala usitake kudanganya watu hapa- unajua sana kiji-pretend lakini sijawahi kuona unazungumza kitu kizuri kuhusu Tanzania, hata haya ya Firepower Ranking umeyaleta humu kutafuta sababu kuisema TANZANIA. Labda nikuhulize kitu wewe umewahi kushika hata silaha ya kivita katika maisha yako?

How knowlegable are U on Military matters 'cause you talk as if SUKHOIS cannot neutralised on a fly! Tell you what Mr - don't be carried away by SUKHOIS supermaneuverability-those birds are no match to Tanzanian formidable Air Defence Systems - see, the lot can be blown to smithereens while still on runway i.e our Intelligent Air Defence Systems are capable of tracking Fighters at all flying phases specifically at a critical phase i.e while jets are rolling to take off, that is when our stealthy guest comes in uninvited to hit SUKHOIS fully laden with jetfuel, bombs, AA missiles not forgetting their highly trained Pilot and Co-Pilot they too cannot survives to tell the story - repeat all damages are done while the fighters are still on RUNWAY not in the ETHER; hupo hapo Nairoberry!! Nothing can survives our MEGATONS of TNT payload delivered by an equally forminable Mach-8 capable Multiple independently targetable vehicles (MIV) - Nairoberry this is but a watered down explation on how we can tame Ugandan SUKHOI MK-30 either on a Runway or while still holed up in their BUNKERS, we omba Tanzania uwe unahisikia kwenye Redio siyo kwenye battle front, dharau zako notwithstanding.

Now back to our state-of-art Air Defence System which is capable of sweeping East and Central African Skies of all hostile fighters/bombers hell bent to attack our Country, any country/Leader who thinks can order their pilots to ROAM freely over Tanzania Airspace with their military flying machines I suggest he/she should have his/her head examined.

One more thing, our Army is second to none in Eastern and Central Africa, very proficient with their weapons and smart on tactics. That deadly combination will be tough for her neighbours to overcome, should East/Central African trigger happy Bullies/Leaders and their Military top Brass begin toying with a wild idea of attacking Tanzania on lame excuse/pretex may have never had to stand up to our Modern Military Machine but they may GET THE CHANCE. The truth of the matter is "THEY WON'T LIKE IT" Kwa kifupi nimekueleza kujuu juu kuhusu uwezo waTanzania, sasa akili kichwani mwako, kama unataka kufudisha wanajeshi wafundishe wa kwenu wapambane na wezi wa mifungo huko TURKANA wewe ukiwa kama Kamanda.

Don't be sure about the training. Look at this link below, some of the trainees were from Tanzania. We mutually train staff for each other. Some Kenyan personnel have also trained in Tanzanian military colleges as have Tanzanians done in Kenya.
allAfrica.com: Kenya: Military Must Shift to Strategic Thinking - Omamo

 

[Koborer]

Bukyanagandi umemaliza mkuu! Hawa akina Nairoberry wanaleta mzaha! Museveni aliwachimba biti kipindi wanagombea kisiwa kile wakaomba suluhu wenyewe maana Museveni alitaka kupeleka batalion kisiwani!
KDF can't fight even FFU vita vya ardhini itakuwa JWTZ!!!

Would you rather they fought before exhausting all diplomatic channels? Why haven't you fought with Malawi over Lake Nyasa? Remove the log in your own eye first before paying attention to the speck in your neighbors eye. Second, it is not true that Museveni threatened to take a battalion to Migingo in the dispute with Kenya. The Island is too small to host a whole battalion. What is more, for Kenya this will be the work of the Navy. Last time i checked Uganda didn't have a navy, but only a river patrol of a few officers not more than 400 in small boats of less than 100 tons. Will these face the Kenya navy or we are to fight a land war.

 

[Izz]

The GFP ranking makes use of over 40
factors to determine each nation's Power
Index ("PwrIndx") score. From this score,
the finalized ranking is generated. The
factors are set within our algorithm which
provides a fair canvas and allows smaller,
technologically advanced nations to
compete with larger, lesser-developed ones.
Additionally, various bonuses and penalties
are added for refinement. In the end, we
hope it presents an unbiased ranking and
realistic outlook on the conventional military
firepower and strength of a given country
for a given year. At the very least, this list can
be used to stir healthy debate amongst
visitors to GFP.
There are a total of 7 countries of the
African Theater in the GFP database.
1
Egypt
PwrIndx: 0.7569
2
Ethiopia
PwrIndx: 1.1725
3
South Africa
PwrIndx: 1.2582
4
Nigeria
PwrIndx: 1.3441
5
Algeria
PwrIndx: 1.4107
6
Kenya
PwrIndx: 1.6237
7
Libya
PwrIndx: 1.8428
Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA
World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com;
energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated
based on factors available when official
sources are lacking.

Things are totally different when you come to the battle field.....na hapo ndio pana washinda wengine compare na JWTZ.

Wametumia kipimo cha kupambana na Al shabab ndio waka wekwa hapo namba 6? Huu ni upuuzi mtupu....shame on CIA and FBI

 

[Izz]

Would you rather they fought before exhausting all diplomatic channels? Why haven't you fought with Malawi over Lake Nyasa? Remove the log in your own eye first before paying attention to the speck in your neighbors eye. Second, it is not true that Museveni threatened to take a battalion to Migingo in the dispute with Kenya. The Island is too small to host a whole battalion. What is more, for Kenya this will be the work of the Navy. Last time i checked Uganda didn't have a navy, but only a river patrol of a few officers not more than 400 in small boats of less than 100 tons. Will these face the Kenya navy or we are to fight a land war.

Kwani kila anaekuchokoza ni lazima upigane nae? Tumia akili kidogo mkuu!