Tech Teams of the "Democratic Republic of Congo"
Tech Teams of the "Democratic Republic of Congo"
1- DRC Armed Forces: Consists of about 25,000 personnel. It consists of one infantry division (with three infantry brigades); one airborne brigade (with three parachute battalions and one support battalion); one special forces (commando/counterinsurgency) brigade; one independent armored brigade; and two independent infantry brigades (each with three infantry battalions, one support battalion). Official mission is to defend country against all internal and external threats, but in practice primary task has been suppressing perceived internal threats to the regime. Its main military requirements includes new military vehicles, jeeps, and communications equipment, as well as foreign assistance in repairing and maintaining equipment already in the inventory. A considerable portion of military equipment is not operational, primarily as a result of shortages of spare parts, poor maintenance, and theft.
2- DRC Military Equipments: Wide variety of poorly maintained equipment, mostly of United States, French, and Chinese origin. Most equipment not operational because of shortages of spare parts, poor maintenance, and theft.
3- Central Bank of the D.R.C:
4- National Electric Company: It sets price controls, and it reviews all investments in the sector.
5- DRC Navy: D.R.C's 1,300-member navy includes 600 marines and operates a small ocean-going force with larger river and lake flotillas. Because its Atlantic Coast is only about forty kilometers long, Lake Tanganyika is the largest body of water that the navy patrols, so the navy's primary mission is to control illegal entry into the country and to conduct antismuggling patrols as well. The navy has bases at Banana on the coast; at Boma, Matadi, and Kinshasa on the lower Congo; and at Kalemie, on Lake Tanganyika. A dry dock at Boma is used to repair the navy's patrol craft. The service reportedly has only a few vessels that can operate for short periods in the ocean. Its inventory includes small numbers of Chinese-made fast patrol craft (inshore) as well as three ex-North Korean torpedo boats, without torpedo tubes, which are normally only marginally operational. In addition, two United States-made coastal patrol craft, along with as many as eighteen French-built patrol craft, patrol the lakes and rivers (although their operational status is uncertain).
6- DRC Air Force: The air force consists of approximately 1,800 personnel and provides close air support, aerial reconnaissance, and transport support for the other services. To accomplish this mission, the air force is organized into one fighter squadron, one counterinsurgency squadron, one transport wing, one helicopter squadron, and a training element.