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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
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the beauty of propaganda, i think the Ethiopians were thinking more of their immensly superior military capabilities
[edit] Ground Equipment
Tanks: 170
T-54/55, 50
T-62, 50
T-72.
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IFV/APCs: 25
BMP-1, 110
M113, 10
BTR-152, 14
BTR-60.
Reconnaissance vehicles: 250
BRDM-2.
Artillery: 5
2S1(M1974), 17
M109.
[edit] Aircraft
Helicopters: 8
Mil Mi-6 Hook, 14
Mil Mi-14 Haze, 14
Mil Mi-17 Hip-H, 15
Mil Mi-24 Hind, 3
Aérospatiale SA-316 Alouette III, and 4
Aérospatiale SA-330 Puma.
Fighter aircraft: 21
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed, 18
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker[22].
Ground attack Aircraft: 32
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23BN Flogger-F[22], and 4
Sukhoi Su-25 Frogfoot.
Cargo aircraft:
Antonov An-2 Colt,
Antonov An-12 Cub,
Antonov An-26 Curl,
Antonov An-32 Cline, and 3
Lockheed C-130 Hercules.
Trainer aircraft: 5
Aermacchi SF.260TP and 14
Aero L-39 Albatros.
[edit] Weapons
Assault Rifles:
AK-47,
Heckler & Koch G3 .
Machine Guns:
PKM,
DSHK .
Anti-tank missiles: 22
M220 BGM-71 TOW.
Air-to-air missiles:10
R-73 (AA-11 Archer),
R-27 (AA-10 Alamo)
[edit] References
and the 220 million dollars given by the US House of Representatives in 2006. Ethiopia is like China, they have this booming military that is powerful irregardless of the absolute poverty that exists for the majority of people.