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The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, Tswana: Sesole Sa Botswana) is the military of Botswana. The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 Panther airboats and 2 Boston Whaler Raider class. [2][3][4]
Unusually for an African military force, and chiefly attributable to its being founded after Botswana's independence, the Botswana Ground Force was not formed from colonial units formed by a colonising power, but rather were formed from the remains of the Botswana Mounted Police Unit, previously known as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, a unit ...
7.62×51mm. General-purpose machine gun. Belgium. Browning M2 [ 1 ] .50 BMG. Heavy machine gun. United States. Rocket propelled grenade launchers. RPG-7 [ 1 ]
Minister of Defence, Justice and Security. Appointer. the President. Formation. 1977. First holder. Mompati Merafhe. The Commander of the Botswana Defence Force is the highest-ranking military officer in the Botswana Defence Force and is responsible for maintaining control over the service branches.
The Air Wing was formed in 1977 and is organisationally part of the Botswana Defence Force. [ 2 ] All squadrons are designated with a Z, which stands for "squadron". [ 3 ] The main base is near Molepolole and was built by mostly foreign contractors between 1992 and 1996. [ 4 ] Other airports used are Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and ...
The military ranks of Botswana are those of the Botswana Defence Force. As a landlocked country, Botswana has no navy. Commissioned officer ranks The ...
Politics of Botswana. Botswana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government. The nation's politics are based heavily on British parliamentary politics and on traditional Batswana chiefdom. The legislature is made up of the unicameral National Assembly and the advisory body of tribal ...
Botswana soldiers board a Botswana Defence Force plane to Mozambique, July 2021. On 9 July 2021, [14] Rwanda sent 1,000 personnel (700 soldiers, 300 policemen) to assist the Mozambican government against the rebels. [9] The contingent is led by Maj. Gen. Innocent Kabandana, an ex-special forces commander and veteran of the Rwandan Civil War. [3]