Editing Togolese Armed Forces

{{short description|Armed forces of Togo}}
{{Infobox national military
| name               = Togolese Armed Forces
| native_name        = {{lang|fr|Forces Armées Togolaises}}
| image              = [[File:Emblem of Togo.svg|180px]]
| alt                = 
| caption            = Togolese Coat of Arms
| image2             =
| alt2               = 
| caption2           =
| motto              =
| founded            =
| current_form       =
| disbanded          =
| branches           = {{ill|Togolese Army|fr|Armée de terre togolaise}}<br>{{ill|Togolese Air Force|fr|Armée de l'air togolaise|lt=Togolese Air Force}}<br>{{ill|Togolese Navy|fr|Marine togolaise}}<br>[[Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise|Togolese National Gendarmerie]]
| headquarters       =
| flying_hours       =
| website            = {{URL|https://defense.gouv.tg/}}
<!-- Leadership -->
| commander-in-chief = [[President of Togo|President]] [[Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[List of presidents of Togo|Commander-in-chief]]
| minister           = [[Essozimna Marguerite Gnakade]]
| minister_title     = Minister of Defense
| commander          = Brigadier General Dimini Allaharé
| commander_title    = Chief of Defence Staff
<!-- Manpower -->
| age                = 18<ref name="Togolese Military">{{cite web|url =https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html|title =Togolese Military|publisher =cia.gov|year =2010|accessdate =12 December 2014|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120504033341/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/to.html|archive-date =4 May 2012|url-status =dead|df =dmy-all}}</ref>
| conscription       =
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| manpower_age       = 
| available          = 1,577,572<ref name=" Togolese Military "/>
| available_f        =
| fit                = 1,104,536<ref name=" Togolese Military "/>
| fit_f              =
| reaching           = 74,036<ref name=" Togolese Military "/>
| reaching_f         =
| active             = 
| ranked             =
| reserve            = 
| deployed           =
<!-- Financial -->
| amount             = 
| percent_GDP        = 1.6%<ref name=" Togolese Military "/>
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| domestic_suppliers =
| foreign_suppliers  = [[France]]<br>[[Russia]]
| imports            =
| exports            =
<!-- Related articles -->
| history            =
| ranks              = [[Military ranks of Togo]]
}}

The '''Togolese Armed Forces''' ({{langx|fr|Forces Armées Togolaises}}, '''FAT''') is the national military of the [[Republic of Togo]] which consists of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the [[Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise|National Gendarmerie]]. The total military expenditure during the [[fiscal year]] of 2005 was 1.6% of the country's [[GDP]].<ref name="cia_world_factbook">{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/togo/|title=CIA World Factbook|publisher=www.cia.gov|access-date=2011-04-15}}</ref> Military bases exist in [[Lomé]], [[Temedja]], [[Kara, Togo|Kara]], [[Niamtougou]], and [[Dapaong]].<ref name="fat_organisation">{{cite web|url=http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=33|title=Organisation des Forces Armées|publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg|access-date=2011-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316193353/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=33|archive-date=2011-03-16|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The current Chief of the [[Staff (military)|General Staff]] is Brigadier General Dimini Allaharé, who took office on May 28, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1572140/politique/au-togo-un-nouveau-patron-pour-larmee/|title=Au Togo, un nouveau patron pour l'armée|access-date=2024-05-28}}</ref>

== 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"/>
| 
|}

== Air Force ==
[[File:Roundel of Togo.svg|thumb|150px|Air Force roundel]]

The [[Republic of Togo]] Air Force ({{langx|fr|Armée de l'Air Republic of Togo}}) was established in 1964, and French influence remains in the choice of aircraft used. Since 2020, the air force's chief of staff is Colonel Tassounti Djato.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defense.gouv.tg/les_armees/armee-de-lair/|title=Armee de l'Air|access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref>
The [[C-47 Skytrain]] was the first aircraft used; it was part of the force from 1960 to 1976. Replacing the C-47s were two DHC-5D Buffalo [[STOL]] transports in 1976. Also in the same year, Togo acquired five ex-[[German Air Force]] [[Fouga Magister]] armed jet trainers and seven EMB.326GBs from Brazil to form the Escadrille de Chasse. Togo's armed jet trainer fleet was upgraded in 1981 by the deliveries of five Alpha jets and by three piston engine Aerospatiale TB-30 Epsilons in 1986. The Fouga Magisters were returned to France in 1985.
	
During its existence the official name changed from ''Section Air der Forces armées'' in 1964 to ''Escadrille Nationale D Togolaise'' (ENT) in 1973, to ''Groupement Aerienne Togolais'' (GAT) in 1980, and finally to ''Armée de l'Air Togolaise'' in 1997.<ref name="armeedelair_historique">{{cite web|url=http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=66|title=Historique de l'Armée de l'Air|publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg|access-date=31 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113050822/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=66|archive-date=13 November 2014|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
	
At present its operations are concentrated in the Lomé Transport Base at [[Lomé Airport|Lomé Tokoin Airport]], where the transport aircraft are based, and the Niamtougou Fighter Base at [[Niamtougou Airport|Niamtougou International Airport]], where the combat units are located.<ref name="armeedelair_lesbases">{{cite web |url=http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=51 |title=Les bases de l'Armée de l'Air |publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg |access-date=2011-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316194303/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=51 |archive-date=2011-03-16 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="armeedelair_organisation">{{cite web|url=http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=67|title=Organisation de l'Armée de l'Air |publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg |access-date=31 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112201340/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=59&Itemid=67 |archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

It acquired the Bayraktar TB2 UCAV from Turkish company Baykar in August 2022.

===Aircraft===
==== Current inventory ====
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;" |Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;" |Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
|[[Beechcraft Super King Air]]
|[[United States]]
|[[Utility aircraft|Utility]]
|King Air 200
|2<ref name=":852">{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=The Military Balance 2024 |publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies |year=2024 |isbn=9781032780047 |location= |pages=525}}</ref><ref name="World Air Forces 20243">{{cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |year=2023 |title=World Air Forces 2024 |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=98881 |access-date=24 July 2024 |publisher=[[FlightGlobal]]}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Douglas DC-8]]
|United States
|[[Air transports of heads of state and government|VIP transport]]
|
|1<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Fokker F28 Fellowship|Fokker F.28]]
|[[Netherlands]]
|VIP transport
|F-28-1000 
|2<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Helicopter]]s
|-
|[[Aérospatiale Gazelle]]
|[[France]]
|[[Utility helicopter|Utility]]
|SA342L1
|2<ref name=":852" />
|
|
|-
|[[Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama]]
|France
|Utility
|
|2<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|Aérospatiale Puma]]
|France
|[[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|
|1<ref name=":852" />
|In storage
|-
|[[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III]] 
|France
|Utility
|SA319 / SA316
|2<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Mil Mi-8]]
|[[Russia]]
|Transport
|Mi-8T
|2<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Mil Mi-17]]
|Russia
|Utility
|Hip-H
|2 (Unconfirmed)<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
|[[Mil Mi-24]]
|Russia
|[[Attack helicopter|Attack]]
|Mi-35M
|3 (Unconfirmed)<ref name=":852" />
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Trainer aircraft|Trainer]]
|-
|[[Aermacchi MB-326]]
|[[Italy]]
|[[Attack aircraft|Light attack]] / [[Trainer aircraft|Trainer]]
|EMB-326G 
|4<ref name=":852" />
|In storage
|
|-
|[[Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet|Alpha Jet]] 
|France
|Light attack / Trainer
|
|3<ref name=":852" />
|In storage
|
|-
|[[Socata TB 30 Epsilon]]
|France
|[[Trainer aircraft#Basic training|Basic trainer]]
|
|3<ref name=":852" />
|
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |[[Unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]
|-
|[[Bayraktar TB2]]
|[[Turkey]]
|[[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|UCAV]]
|
|Unknown<ref name=":852" />
|
|
|}
[[File:Aérospatiale Alouette II 5V-MCK.jpg|thumb|An [[Aérospatiale Alouette III|Alouette III]] with the national flag beneath]]

== Navy ==

The National Navy ({{langx|fr|Marine togolaise}}) was created on May 1, 1976, to guard the roughly {{convert|34|mi|km}} of [[Republic of Togo]] coast and the seaport of Lomé. It currently has 2 wooden-hulled patrol boats, the ''Kara'' (P 761), and the ''Mono'' (P 762), which have both been in service since 1976.<ref name="marine_presentation">{{cite web|url=http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=63|title=Marine|publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg|access-date=2011-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316193421/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=63|archive-date=2011-03-16|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wertheim|first=Eric|title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, MD|date=2007|pages=787|isbn=9781591149552|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C|access-date=18 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706135825/http://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 7 July 2014, the Republic of Togo navy received a RPB 33 patrol boat that was named ''Agou'' (P 763).<ref name="janes2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35432:togo-receives-defender-patrol-boat-from-united-states&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106|title=Togo gets third defender patrol boat|publisher=IHS Jane's 360|access-date=31 August 2014|date=7 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124805/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35432:togo-receives-defender-patrol-boat-from-united-states&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Currently, the navy's chief of staff is [[Ship-of-the-Line Captain|ship captain]] Atiogbé Ametsipe.<ref name="marine_chefdetatmajor">{{cite web|url=http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=50|title=Le Chef d'Etat Major de l'armée de la Marine|publisher=www.forcesarmees.tg|access-date=2011-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316194258/http://forcesarmees.tg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=50|archive-date=2011-03-16|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

===Equipment===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Vessel
! 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
|-
|  ''Kara'' (P 761) 
| [[France]]
| [[Patrol boat]]
| 1
| Kara Patrol class 
|-
|  ''Mono'' (P 762)
| France
| Patrol boat
| 1
| Kara Patrol class 
|-
| ''Agou'' (P 763) 
| France
| Patrol boat
| 1
| RPB 33 class<ref name="Martin">{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35432:togo-receives-defender-patrol-boat-from-united-states&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106|title=Togo receives Defender patrol boat from United States - defenceWeb|first=Guy|last=Martin|website=www.defenceweb.co.za|date=10 July 2014|access-date=2017-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124805/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35432:togo-receives-defender-patrol-boat-from-united-states&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106|archive-date=2018-01-15|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Unknown name
| France
| Patrol boat
| 1
| RPB 33 class<ref name="Martin"/>
|-
|-
| Unknown name
| [[United States]]
| Patrol boat
| 3
| [[Defender-class boat]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35432:togo-receives-defender-patrol-boat-from-united-states&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106 |title=Togo receives Defender patrol boat from United States |date=10 July 2014 |access-date=2017-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124805/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35432:togo-receives-defender-patrol-boat-from-united-states&catid=51:Sea&Itemid=106 |archive-date=2018-01-15 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}

==References==
*Aircraft information files Brightstar publishing File 338 sheet 4
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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Military of Togo}}

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