Basic Training: Soviet

Update courtesy Charles Doty.

Albania

• AK-47 Assault Rifle
• RPD Machine Gun
• Uses T-54, Tank.  Also, about 45% of their main battle tanks are T-34.
• Uses RPG-7 (actually, the Chinese copy)
• In addition to BTR-60 (actually, a Chinese copy), uses BTR-50, BTR-40, BTR-152, and Chinese Type 531.
• They do not use the PT-76, but do use (in very small numbers) BRDM-1.

The Albanian army's support weapons are either WWII Soviet weapons or Chinese artillery pieces.

Air Force

Aircraft in use:

• J-7 Fighter (Chinese MiG-21)
• J-6 Fighter (Chinese MiG-19)
• J-4 Fighter/Bomber (Chinese MiG-17?)
• J-2 Fighter/Bomber (Chinese MiG-15?)
• C-5 Transport (Chinese An-2)
• Li-5 Transport (Chinese)
• Z-5 (Chinese Mi-4)
• Il-76

The operablity,  is questionable as they have not had a
reliable source for spare parts since they had a falling-out with  the
Chinese in 1976. 

Navy

Primarily a coastal defense force.  Consists of mainly Chinese-bud small
craft such as ydro-foil torpedo boats, fast gunboats, patrol craft and
post-WWII Soviet mine-sweepers (none of the last were build later than the
'50's).  The Albanian navy also has 2 Soviet-built Whiskey class submarines,
but it is doubtful that these are operational.  Additionally, the army has 6 battalions of coastal artillery (130 and 152mm).

As far as military actions, there has been some internal strife over the
last few years.
 

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