Editing Togolese Armed Forces (section)

== Army ==
The current chief of staff of the army is Colonel Blakimwé Wiyao Balli.<ref name="armeedeterre_chefdetatmajor">{{cite web|url=http://www.forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=47|title=Le Chef d'Etat Major de l'armée de terre|publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg|access-date=2011-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316194238/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=47|archive-date=2011-03-16|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The elite presidential bodyguards of the [[Republic of Togo]] Armed Forces are reportedly trained by [[Benjamin Yeaten]], an internationally wanted [[Liberia]]n military commander and war criminal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liberianobserver.com/news/yeaten-helping-jammeh/|title=Yeaten Helping Jammeh?|author=Thomas T. Johnson|work=[[Liberian Observer]]|date=9 January 2017|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112175438/http://liberianobserver.com/news/yeaten-helping-jammeh|archive-date=12 January 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201506231088.html|title=Liberia: FBI Dragnet Closes On Yeaten|work=AllAfrica|date=22 June 2015|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509112706/http://allafrica.com/stories/201506231088.html|archive-date=9 May 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Equipment===

====Armor====
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7"  | [[Armored fighting vehicle]]
|-
| [[T-54/55|T-54]]
| [[Soviet Union]]
| [[Main battle tank]]
| 4<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/togo_togolese_army_land_ground_forces_uk/togo_togolese_army_land_ground_armed_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligence_pictures.html|title=Togolese Army|publisher=www.armyrecognition.com|accessdate=2011-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001213420/http://www.armyrecognition.com/togo_togolese_army_land_ground_forces_uk/togo_togolese_army_land_ground_armed_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligence_pictures.html|archive-date=2011-10-01|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 
|-
| [[T-34 variants#Soviet Union|T-34-85]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Medium Tank]]
| 7<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
|
|-
| [[FV101 Scorpion]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| [[Light tank]]
| 20<ref name="Arms Trade Register">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=Arms Trade Register|publisher=SIPRI|accessdate=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|archive-date=14 April 2010|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[BMP-2]]
| [[Russia]]
| [[Infantry fighting vehicle]]
| 20<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
|
|-
| [[Thyssen Henschel UR-416|UR-416]]
| [[Germany]]
| [[Armoured personnel carrier|APC]]
| 30<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
| 
|-
| [[Panhard M3]]
| [[France]]
| APC
| 5<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
| [[Reconnaissance vehicle]]
|-
| [[Véhicule Blindé Léger]]
| France
|[[Armored car (military)|Armored car]]
| 2<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
| 
|-
| [[EE-9 Cascavel]]
| [[Brazil]]
| Armored car
| 36<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[M8 Greyhound]]
| [[United States]]
| Armored car
| 9<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
|of which 3 are the [[M8 Greyhound#Variants|M20]] variant 
|-
| [[Véhicule d'Action dans la Profondeur]]
| France
| Armored car
| 6<ref name="Arms Trade Register"/>
|
|-
| [[Panhard#Current military models|TC-54]]
| France
| [[Heavy truck]] 
| 110<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
|
|-
| [[Panhard AML]]
| France
| Armored car
| 10<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7"  | [[Artillery]]
|-
| [[M101 howitzer|M2A1]]
| United States
| [[Howitzer]]
| 4<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
| 105mm towed howitzer
|-
| [[2S1 Gvozdika]]
| Soviet Union
| [[Self-propelled howitzer]]
| 6<ref name="www.armyrecognition.com"/>
| 
|}