Mauritania Defense Forces - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Gendarmerie, paramilitary National Guard, paramilitary National Police

Military manpower: males 15-49, 369,000; 179,000 fit for military service; conscription law not implemented

Supply: primarily dependent on France; has also received material from Algeria, UK, Spain, and Romania; West Germany furnishes unspecified military cooperation/aid; military students being trained in France, Algeria, Libya, US, Morocco, Canada, Saudi Arabia Iraq, Senegal, Burkina, and Zaire

NOTE: The information regarding Mauritania on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mauritania 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mauritania 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.