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POLICE
• PARAMILITARY
Be PARAMILITARY
John Andrade
M
STOCKTON
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Andrade, John
World police and paramilitary forces.
1. Police 2. Paramilitary forces
I. Title
363.3 HV7921
ISBN 978-1-349-07784-7 ISBN 978-1-349-07782-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-07782-3
Published in the United States and Canada by Stockton Press, 1985
15 East 26th Street, New York, N.Y. 10010, USA.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Andrade, John M.
World police and paramilitary forces.
Bibliography: p.
1. Police-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Paramilitary
forces--Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
HV7921.A59 1985 363.2 85-17247
ISBN 978-0-943818-14-6
GazeUehelicopter.Firstflownin1967andinproductionsince1971,theAerospatialeSA341GazeUeistypicalofthehelicopterscurrently
inusebypoliceandparamilitaryforces.TheSA342MillustratedhasthemarkingsoftheFrenchGendermarieandisfittedwithaPA
system for crowdcontrolduties.
SaracenandWheelbarrow.Manytypesofarmouredvehicleareinservicewithparamilitaryforces.TheAlvisFV603(C)Saracenarmoured
personnelcarriershownisused bytheBritishArmyinNorthernIrelandinsupportofthe localinternalsecurityforces.The reverse
flowcoolingsystemindicatesthatitwasbuiltfor useintheMiddleEast.Notetheturrettraversedtotherearandthering mountfor
a7.62mmmachinegun.TotherightofthepictureisaWheelbarrowMk7,aremote-controlledbombdisposalmachine.Thephotograph
wastakenat TemplemoreAvenue, EastBelfast,inMay 1977followingareportofasuspectcar which hadbeen abandoned.
A. Rugerrevolver.TheRuger Police ServiceSixisthe revolvermostwidelyused byUSpoliceforcesandgovernmentagencies,and
bycertainLatinAmericanpoliceforces.Itisavailableinbluedorstainlesssteelfinish,inachoiceofbarrellengthsandinthreecalibres
- .357Magnum(shownhere),.38Special,and9mmParabellum.
B.BrowningFNpistol.Designedin1925byJohnM.Browning,the9mmBrowningHigh-PowerhasbeenbuiltinBelgiumbyFNunder
licencesince1935.Oneofthemostreliableself-loadingpistolscurrentlyavailable,itisinservicewithmilitaryandpoliceforcesofover
50countries.Themodelillustratedhereisthe BritishArmyPistol,BrowningFN, 9mm,HighPower No2,Mk 1.
CoUzisubmachinegun. The 9mmUzisubmachinegunwasdevelopedfrom theCzechmodels 23and25SMGsbyLt UzielGaland
isinproductionbyIMI atRamatHaSharon,Israel, andFNatHerstal,Belgium. Itisavailablewithafoldingmetalstock,asshown,
orwith awoodenstock,andispopularwiththe NAillarmedandparamilitaryforces becauseofitssimplicityandreliability.
Sankeyarmouredvehicle.TheGKNSankeyAT105wasdevelopedfrom theearlierAT104andisavailableinanumberofversions,
includingtheAT105-EarmouredpersonnelcarrierandtheAT105-Pinternalsecurityvehicle(shownhere).ThestandardAT105-P
hasanoptional7.62mmmachinegunintheturret,bulletproofwindscreen,andprovisionforrotatingbeacons,siren,hand-operated
searchlights,andaPAsystem. Itmaybeadaptedforbombdisposalduties.
Shorland.TheShorlandwasdevelopedin 1965tomeettherequirementsofthe RoyalUlsterConstabulary,andenteredproduction
asanarmouredpatrolcar;otherversionsweresubsequentlyintroduced.TheShorlandillustratedhereistheMk3,basedonthe109-inch
wheelbaseLandRover,andpoweredbya2.6litreRoverengineratedat91hp.Armamentconsistsofa7.62mmGPMGinamanually
operatedturret.AllRUeShorlandsweretransferredtotheUlsterDefenceRegimentandBritishArmyunitsinNorthernIrelandduring
the late 1970s.TheShorlandisalso inusewith the Dutch,Portuguese,andotherparamilitaryforces.
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CONTENTS
Ciskei 183
Colombia 47
Preface and Acknowledgements viii
Comoros 49
Introduction
IX Congo 50
SelectedBibliography xiii
CostaRica 51
Afghanistan 1
Cuba 52
Albania 2
Cyprus 53
Algeria 3
Czechoslovakia 54
Andorra 4
Denmark 55
Angola 5
Djibouti 56
Anguilla 6
Dominica 57
Antiguaand Barbuda 7
DominicanRepublic 58
Argentina 8
Ecuador 59
Australia 10
Egypt 60
Austria 14
EISalvador 61
Bahamas 16
EquatorialGuinea 62
Bahrain 17
Ethiopia 63
Bangladesh 18
FalklandIslands 64
Barbados 19
Fiji 65
Belgium 20
Finland 66
Belize 22
France 67
Benin 23
Guiana 73
Bermuda 24
Gabon 74
Bhutan 25
Gambia 75
Bolivia 26
GermanDemocraticRepublic 76
Bophuthatswana 182
GermanFederalRepublic 77
Botswana 27
Ghana 79
Brazil 28
Gibraltar 80
Brunei 30
Greece 81
Bulgaria 31
Grenada 82
BurkinaFaso 32
Guatemala 83
Burma 33
Guinea 84
Burundi 34
Cambodia 35 Guinea-Bissau 85
Cameroon 36 Guyana 86
Canada 37 Haiti 87
CapeVerde 39 Honduras 88
CaymanIslands 40 HongKong 89
CentralAfricanRepublic 41 Hungary 90
Chad 42 Iceland 91
Chile 43 India 92
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WORLD POLICE AND PARAMILITARY FORCES
Indonesia 94 Niger 148
Iran 95 Nigeria 149
Iraq 96 Norway 150
Ireland 97 Oman 152
Israel 99 Pakistan 153
Italy 101 Panama 154
IvoryCoast 106 PapuaNew Guinea 155
Jamaica 107 Paraguay 156
Japan 109 Peru 157
Jordan 112 Philippines 158
Kenya 113 Poland 159
Kiribati 114 Portugal 161
Korea,North 115 PuertoRico 225
Korea, South 116 Qatar 164
Kuwait 117 Romania 165
Laos 118 Rwanda 166
Lebanon 119 StChristopher 167
Lesotho 120 StHelena 168
Liberia 121 StLucia 169
Libya 122 StVincentand the Grenadines 170
Liechtenstein 123 Samoa,Western 233
Luxembourg 124 San Marino 171
Madagascar 125 SaoTomeePrincipe 172
Malawi 126 SaudiArabia 173
Malaysia 127 Sengal 174
Maldives 128 Seychelles 175
Mali 129 SierraLeone 176
Malta 130 Singapore 177
Mauritania 131 SolomonIslands 178
Mauritius 132 Somalia 179
Mexico 133 SouthAfrica 180
Monaco 135 SouthWestAfrica 184
MongolianRepublic 136 Spain 187
Montserrat 137 SriLanka 189
Morocco 138 Sudan 190
Mozambique 13.9 Suriname 191
Nauru 140 Swaziland 192
Nepal 141 Sweden 193
Netherlands 142 Switzerland 195
NetherlandsAntilles 144 Syria 198
New Zealand 145 Taiwan 46
Nicaragua 147 Tanzania 199
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Thailand 200 Vanuatu 228
Togo 201 VaticanCityState 229
Tonga 202 Venda 186
Transkei 185 Venezuela 230
TrinidadandTobago 203 Vietnam 231
Tunisia 204 Virgin Islands(Br.) 232
Turkey 205 VirginIslands(USA) 226
TurksandCaicosIslands 206 YemenArabRepublic 234
Tuvalu 207 Yemen, People's Democratic
Uganda 208 Republicof 235
UnionofSovietSocialist Republics 209 Yugoslavia 236
UnitedArabEmirates 212 ZaIre 237
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Zambia 238
NorthernIreland 213 Zimbabwe 239
UnitedStatesofAmerica 221
Uruguay 227 Equipment 241
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