Editing Tunisian Armed Forces (section)

==Tunisian Army==
The [[Tunisian Army]] is 80,000 strong and is composed essentially of:<ref name="jcss">{{cite web|url=http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291188214437.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720004843/http://www.inss.org.il/upload/(FILE)1188214437.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-20 |title=Tunisia |author=Institute for National Security Studies |author-link=Institute for National Security Studies (Israel) |publisher=Archive.wikiwix.com |access-date=2013-12-26}}</ref>

* three mechanised brigades based at [[Kairouan]] (3rd), [[Gabès]] (1st) and [[Béja]] (2nd). Each is composed of:
** one armoured regiment ([[M60 Patton tank]]s)
** two regiments of mechanised infantry ([[M113]], [[BMC Kirpi]] and [[Humvee]]) 
** one artillery regiment ([[M198 howitzer]])
** one reconnaissance company ([[Panhard AML 60|AML 90]], Humvee and [[Nurol Ejder|Ejder Yalçin]])
* one Saharan territorial group at [[Borj el-Khadra]] and [[Remada]], consisting of two light infantry regiments 
* one special forces group ([[Groupe des Forces Spéciales]])
* one military police régiment
The army was also enlisted to help in curbing the spread of Covid in the country in July 2021 when the Tunisian presidency announced that medical and paramedical university graduates of the last three years would be drafted by the army.<ref name="thearabweekly.com"/>