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Cyprus NATIONAL SECURITY
Armed Forces: National Guard--13,000 active in
1989,
1,800
of whom officers and NCOs seconded from the Greek Army;
66,000
first-line and 30,000 second-line reserves as of 1990.
Five active
battalions: two mechanized; one armored; one artillery;
one
commando.
[The Turkish Cypriot Security Force consisted of an
estimated
4,000 men; most officers seconded from the Turkish Army;
5,000
first-line and 10,000 second-line reserves as of 1989. The
force
organized into seven infantry battalions equipped with
light
weapons. The Turkish Cypriot Security Force, supported by
an
estimated 30,000 soldiers of the Turkish Army, organized
into two
infantry divisions and an armored brigade.]
Military Equipment: As of 1990, National Guard's
weapons
included 30 AMX B-2 tanks, 27 armored infantry fighting
vehicles,
over 100 armored personnel carriers, several hundred
howitzers,
mortars, recoilless rifles and other pieces of artillery,
20 SA-7
missiles, 6 Gazelle helicopters, and 3 coastal patrol
boats.
[Turkish forces equipped with several hundred M-47 and
M-48
tanks, 105 mm, 155mm, and 203mm guns and howitzers, and
Bell Uh-1D
helicopters.]
Other Forces: United Nations Peace-keeping Force
in
Cyprus
(UNICYP) consisted of about 2,000 men as of 1990,
organized into
four infantry battalions along national lines. As of 1990,
British
Army and Royal Air Force had about 4,000 troops stationed
in two
Sovereign Base Areas. Army organized into one infantry
battalion
and two infantry companies and one armed reconnaissance
squadron;
RAF unit consisted of one squadron with five Wessex
helicopters.
Army equipped with six Gazelle helicopters.
Military Budget: In 1990 about US$325 million.
[Planned Turkish Cypriot budget of US$3.9 million for
1990; most
defense costs borne by Turkey.]
Police: Cyprus Police Force personnel amounted
to 3,700
in
1989.
Data as of January 1991
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