Editing Armed Forces of Senegal (section)

== Army ==
[[File:M-16 carbine marksmanship range training during African Lion 22 in Dodji, Senegal 220624-A-OA230-0056.jpg|thumb|Senegalese soldiers during a training exercise.|280px]]
Since independence from France in 1960, the army has gone through a large number of reorganisations. The army's heritage includes the [[Tirailleurs sénégalais]]. In 1978, Senegal dispatched a battalion to the Inter-African Force in Zaire, in the aftermath of the [[Shaba II]] fighting. The Senegalese contingent was under the command of Colonel Osmane Ndoye.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lepotentielonline.com/site2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4846:colonel-ousmane-ndoye-les-soldats-zairois-faisaient-partie-des-meilleurs-du-continent&catid=90:online-depeches&Itemid=468 |title=Le Potential |access-date=2014-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329123558/http://lepotentielonline.com/site2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4846:colonel-ousmane-ndoye-les-soldats-zairois-faisaient-partie-des-meilleurs-du-continent&catid=90:online-depeches&Itemid=468 |archive-date=2014-03-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Senegalese force comprised a parachute battalion from [[Thiaroye]].

The Army currently consists of two divisions, the Operations Division and the Logistic Division. The IISS estimated in 2012 that the Army had a strength of 11,900 soldiers, three armoured battalions the 22nd, 24th, and 25th (at [[Bignona]]) and the 26th {{lang|fr|Bataillon de reconnaissance et d'Appui}} at [[Kolda]]; there are six infantry battalions numbered 1st to 6th.<ref>IISS Military Balance 2012, 449.</ref> 3rd Battalion may have been at [[Kaolack]] with 4th at [[Tambacounda]] at one point.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popxibaar.com/CHANGEMENT-A-LA-TETE-DE-LA-DIRPA-Le-Colonel-Abdourahim-Kebe-prend-les-commandes_a1204.html |title=Sorry |access-date=2012-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329154126/http://www.popxibaar.com/CHANGEMENT-A-LA-TETE-DE-LA-DIRPA-Le-Colonel-Abdourahim-Kebe-prend-les-commandes_a1204.html |archive-date=2014-03-29 }}</ref>

Also reported is the 12th Battalion of the 2nd Military Zone at [[Saint Louis, Senegal|Saint Louis]] (Dakhar Bango),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lequotidien.sn/index.php/societe/item/11420-saint-louis-en-visite-au-12e-bataillon--macky-sall-promet-de-meilleures-conditions-de-travail |title=SAINT-LOUIS - en visite au 12e bataillon : Macky Sall promet de meilleures conditions de travail |website=www.lequotidien.sn |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418130346/http://www.lequotidien.sn/index.php/societe/item/11420-saint-louis-en-visite-au-12e-bataillon--macky-sall-promet-de-meilleures-conditions-de-travail |archive-date=18 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> along with the [[:fr:Prytanée militaire de Saint-Louis|Prytanée militaire de Saint-Louis]], a military secondary school.

Although the Senegalese Air Force is geared towards supporting it, the army may have previously maintained its own very small aviation branch, called the "{{lang|fr|Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre}}" (like the French army's equivalent), which may have counted up to five light helicopters and two [[SA330 Puma]] transport helicopters. The IISS Military Balance 2012 does not list any helicopters in army service.