🛡️Images showing elements of the General Directorate of Presidential Security (DGSP) on a Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 "BJ" pickup truck. The soldiers are equipped with Israeli-made AK Alpha assault rifles, a Chinese-made QLZ-87 (or Type 87) 35mm automatic grenade launcher mounted
on the roof, and Russian-made PKM machine guns mounted on the port (left) and starboard (right) sides. This setup is called a "helicopter" or "battery deployment." It transforms a simple commercial pickup truck into a combat vehicle, often referred to as a technical.
on the roof, and Russian-made PKM machine guns mounted on the port (left) and starboard (right) sides. This setup is called a "helicopter" or "battery deployment." It transforms a simple commercial pickup truck into a combat vehicle, often referred to as a technical.
🛡️Images showing two Chinese-made Type 305 PH patrol boats belonging to the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC🇨🇬)
The boats are deployed by the 321st Flotilla, part of the 32nd Naval Group of the Congolese Navy🇨🇬
🛡️Images showing a powerful WL 50 front loader manufactured by the Russian company UMG CDM (formerly UMG), belonging to the General Directorate of Presidential Security (DGSP🇨🇬). 1/2
🛡️Images showing elements of the General Directorate of Presidential Security (DGSP🇨🇬) on a Toyota Land Cruiser pickup truck equipped with a W85 heavy machine gun, also known as the QJC-88 heavy machine gun, designed in the People's Republic of China. Pointe-Noire, May 2026
This is the logical consequence of a decision to dismiss a gendarme from the military for losing his military equipment. His military uniform was confiscated because, in fact, the uniform belongs to the state, not the individual.
🛡️Disturbing images from Ivory Coast show Ivorian gendarmes pointing their weapons at a colleague who is being stripped of his military equipment. Before he is escorted out of the barracks.
🛡️Images showing Cobra militiamen, supporters of Denis Sassou Nguesso during the 1997 civil war. Two of the militiamen in the image are carrying a Soviet-made RPO-A Shmele thermobaric launcher, used to destroy structures or vehicles, and a Chinese-made Type 56 assault rifle.
The operators wear lightweight ballistic or tactical protective helmets (bump helmet type), tactical life jackets (automatic inflatable or with integrated buoyancy) with standard tactical fatigues, integrated or added knee pads for joint protection, and tactical gloves. 2/2
🛡️Photo showing a rapid intervention team (a visiting team) from the 312th Marine Rifle Battalion of the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC🇨🇬) aboard a BK-10 fast assault boat (also known as Project 02450) designed by the Russian Kalashnikov Concern group . 1/2
🛡️Image showing two Cobra militiamen, one armed with a Russian-made AKS-74U compact assault rifle and the other with an Israeli-made Galil SAR assault rifle. Brazzaville, 1997
Sawing off the stock of one's assault rifle, or even the barrel to shorten it, was a very common practice among militiamen in the Republic of Congo. "Sawed-off" is the term often used for this type of modification. 2/2
🛡️Image showing members of the Congolese Armed Forces (FAC🇨🇬), one of whom is armed with a Chinese-made Type 56-2 assault rifle with a "jungle magazine"