Uganda People's Defence Force
Origin Type Acquired In service
T-90 Russia Main Battle Tank 100 44
Type 85 China Main Battle Tank --
T-54/55 Soviet Union Main Battle Tank 199 173
T-34 Soviet Union Medium Tank 10 --
PT-76 Soviet Union Light Tank 50 20
BMP-2 Ukraine Infantry Fighting Vehicle 31
BTR-80 Soviet Union Armoured Personnel Carrier 32
BTR-60 Soviet Union Armoured Personnel Carrier 20 12
BTR-152 Soviet Union Armoured Personnel Carrier 74 --
OT-64 SKOT Czechoslovakia Armoured Personnel Carrier 36 4
Mamba South Africa MRAP 40
RG-31 Nyala South Africa MRAP 15
Buffel South Africa MRAP 51
Casspir South Africa MRAP 42
Eland Mk7 South Africa Armoured Car 40
Alvis Saladin United Kingdom Armoured Car 36 --
Ferret United Kingdom Scout Car 15 --
BRDM-1 Soviet Union Scout Car 98 --
BRDM-2 Soviet Union Scout Car 100 --
SAMIL South Africa Utility Vehicle 450
Land forces -- Army equipment
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000-45,000 and consisted of land forces and an air wing. After Uganda achieved independence in October 1962, British officers retained most high-level military commands. Ugandans in the rank and file claimed this policy blocked promotions and kept their salaries disproportionately low. These complaints eventually destabilized the armed forces, already weakened by ethnic divisions. Each post-independence regime expanded the size of the army, usually by recruiting from among people of one region or ethnic group, and each government employed military force to subdue political unrest.