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{{Short description|Combined military forces of Mali}}
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| name = Malian Armed Forces
| native_name = {{lang|fr|Forces Armées Maliennes}}
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| founded = {{start date and age|df=y|1960|10|10}}<ref name=toure2011>[http://www.primature.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6066:cinquantenaire-du-20-janvier&catid=5 DISCOURS DE AMADOU TOUMANI TOURE, PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, : CINQUANTENAIRE DU 20 JANVIER] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722220213/http://www.primature.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6066%3Acinquantenaire-du-20-janvier&catid=5 |date=22 July 2011 }} (''Speech by [[Amadou Toumani Touré]], President of the Republic Demi-Centennial of 20 January''), primature.gov.ml, 20 January 2011.  The President of Mali's Demi-Centennial Army Day speech, with a detailed history of the formation of the Malian Armed Forces and withdrawal of French forces.</ref><ref name=toure2010>[http://www.primature.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3626%3A49eme-anniversaire-du-20-janvier&catid=5&Itemid=100037   49EME ANNIVERSAIRE DU 20 JANVIER] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722220314/http://www.primature.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3626%3A49eme-anniversaire-du-20-janvier&catid=5&Itemid=100037 |date=22 July 2011 }}, Discours de Amadou Toumani TOURE, Président de la République,(''49th Anniversary of 20 January, speech by [[Amadou Toumani Touré]], President of the Republic of [[Mali]]''), primature.gov.ml, 20 January 2010.  The President of Mali on the History of the Malian Armed forces.</ref><ref name=konate2009>[http://www.primature.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1580:fete-de-larmee--bientot-un-demi-siecle-dexistence&catid=29&Itemid=100110 Fete de l'armee: Beintot un demi siecle.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722220200/http://www.primature.gov.ml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1580%3Afete-de-larmee--bientot-un-demi-siecle-dexistence&catid=29&Itemid=100110 |date=22 July 2011 }} S. Konate. L’Essor n°16365, 2009-01-19.  Reprinted on primature.gov.ml.</ref>
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| branches = Malian Army<br>[[Malian Air Force]]<br>Malian Gendarmerie<br>Republican Guard<br>[[Law enforcement in Mali|National Police]] ({{lang|fr|Sûreté Nationale}})
| headquarters = [[Bamako]]
| website = {{URL|fama.ml/}}
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| minister = [[Sadio Camara]]
| minister_title = Minister of Defence
| commander = [[Oumar Diarra]]
| commander_title = Chief of General Staff 
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| active = 40,000 plus 4,800 paramilitary forces
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| amount = $200–300 million ($5 million procurement) (FY03)
| percent_GDP = 3% (FY01)
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The '''Malian Armed Forces''' ({{langx|fr|links=no|Forces Armées Maliennes}}, '''FAMa''') consists of the Army ({{langx|fr|Armée de Terre|links=no}}), Republic of Mali Air Force ({{langx|fr|Force Aérienne de la République du Mali|links=no}}), and National Guard.<ref>{{cite web|title=The World Factbook|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mali/|publisher=United States Federal Government|website=Central Intelligence Agency|date=12 January 2017|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330032030/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/mali/|url-status=live}}</ref> They number some 7,000 and are under the control of the Minister of Armed Forces and Veterans. The [[Library of Congress]] as of January 2005 stated that "[t]he military is underpaid, poorly equipped, and in need of rationalization. Its organisation has suffered from the incorporation of Tuareg irregular forces into the regular military following a 1992 agreement between the government and Tuareg rebel forces."<ref name=LOC>Library of Congress, [http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Mali.pdf Country Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405122603/http://memory.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles/Mali.pdf |date=5 April 2015 }}, January 2005</ref>

In 2009, the IISS Military Balance listed 7,350 soldiers in the Army, 400 in the Air Force, and 50 in the Navy.<ref name=IISS2009>IISS Military Balance 2009 p.310</ref> The Gendarmerie and local police forces (under the Ministry of Interior and Security) maintain internal security. The IISS listed paramilitary total force as 4,800 personnel: 1,800 in the Gendarmerie (8 companies), 2,000 in the Republican Guard, and 1,000 police officers. A few Malians receive military training in the United States, France, and Germany.

Military expenditures total about 13% of the national budget. [[Mali]] is an active contributor to peacekeeping forces in West and Central Africa; the Library of Congress said that in 2004 Mali was participating in United Nations operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo ([[MONUC]], 28 personnel including 27 observers), Liberia ([[UNMIL]], 252 personnel, including 4 observers), and Sierra Leone (3 observers).

==History==
The Malian armed forces were initially formed by Malian conscript and volunteer veterans of the [[French Armed Forces]]. In the months preceding the formation of the Malian armed forces, the French Armed Forces withdrew from their bases in Mali.

[[File:VOA Mali National Guard soldier.jpg|thumb|right|A national guard soldier walks by demonstrators at Bamako airport.]]
Among the last bases to be closed were those at [[Kati]], on 8 June 1961, [[Tessalit]] (''base aérienne secondaire''), on 8 July 1961, [[Gao]] (''base aérienne 163 de Gao''), on 2 August 1961, and Air Base 162 at Bamako (''base aérienne 162 de Bamako''), on 5 September 1961.<ref name="toure2011" />

On 1 October 1960, the Malian army was formally installed through a speech by Chief of Staff Captain Sekou Traore. On 12 October the same year, the army held its first parade in Bamako under the command of Captain Tiemoko Konate. The army initially consisted of a battalion in [[Ségou]] and included units scattered across the territory. A memo from the Chief of Staff ordered a realignment of the battalion. A command and services detachment in Bamako was created, and the engineer company in Ségou, the first Saharan motorized company of [[Gao]], the Saharan Motor Company of [[Kidal]], the Arouane nomad group, nomadic group of Timetrine (in the commune of [[Timtaghène]]), the 1st Reconnaissance Company and Nioro 2nd Reconnaissance Company Tessalit. By 16 January 1961, Mali's army totaled 1,232 men.<ref name="toure2011" /><ref name="konate2009" />

In the sixties and seventies, Mali's army and air force relied primarily on the Soviet Union for materiel and training.<ref name="LOC" />

On 19 November 1968, a group of young Malian officers staged a bloodless coup and set up a 14-member military junta, with Lieutenant [[Moussa Traoré]] as president. The military leaders attempted to pursue economic reforms, but for several years faced debilitating internal political struggles and the disastrous Sahelian drought. A new constitution, approved in 1974, created a one-party state and was designed to move Mali toward civilian rule. The military leaders remained in power.<ref name="Herbert Howe 2005, p.277">Herbert Howe, Ambiguous Order: Military Forces in African States, Lynne Rienner, 2005, p.277</ref>

[[Moussa Traoré]] improved relations with [[France]] and other Western countries after the coup, but Mali remained dependent on the Soviet Union for the arming and training of the [[Malian Armed Forces]]. Approximately 50 Soviet [[military advisor]]s provided armour, artillery and parachute training to Mali's military, and trained all of Mali's pilots.<ref name="DCI76">{{cite web|author=Director of Central Intelligence |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/67519.pdf |title=NIE 11-10-76 Soviet Military Policy in the Third World |date=21 October 1976 |publisher=[[Department of State]] |pages=28 |access-date=2009-07-20 }}</ref> The Soviets also improved the Malian Air Force base in [[Mopti]], and occasionally used Malian airfields to stage supply flights for groups it supported in [[Angola]].<ref name="DCI76" />

Single-party presidential and legislative elections were held in June 1979, and General Moussa Traoré received 99% of the votes. His efforts at consolidating the single-party government were challenged in 1980 by student-led anti-government demonstrations, which were brutally put down, and by three coup attempts. The Traore government ruled throughout the 1970s and 1980s. On 26 March 1991, after four days of intense anti-government rioting, a group of 17 military officers, led by subsequent President [[Amadou Toumani Touré]], arrested President Traoré and suspended the constitution. They formed a civilian-heavy provisional ruling body, and [[History of Mali#Transition to multiparty democracy|initiated a process that led to democratic elections]].<ref name="Herbert Howe 2005, p.277" />

The [[Tuareg rebellion (1990–95)|Tuareg rebellion]] began in 1990 when Tuareg separatists attacked government buildings around [[Gao]]. The armed forces' reprisals led to a full-blown rebellion in which the absence of opportunities for Tuareg in the army was a major complaint. The conflict died down after [[Alpha Konaré]] formed a new government and made reparations in 1992. Also, Mali created a new self-governing region, the [[Kidal Region]], and provided for greater Tuareg integration into Malian society. In 1994, Tuareg, reputed to have been trained and armed by Libya, attacked Gao, which again led to major Malian Army reprisals and to the creation of the Ghanda Koi [[Songhai people|Songhai]] [[militia]] to combat the Tuareg.  Mali effectively fell into [[civil war]].

As of June 2008, service commanders were Colonel Boubacar Togola (Armée de Terre), Colonel Waly Sissoko (Armée de l'Air), Lieutenant-Colonel Daouda Sogoba (Garde Nationale) et du Colonel Adama Dembélé (Gendarmerie Nationale).<ref>[http://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=32145 État-major général des armées : Le colonel Gabriel Poudiougou promu Général de brigade] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309183609/http://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=32145 |date=9 March 2012 }}. L'Indépendant, 12/06/2008</ref>

The Malian army largely collapsed during the war against Tuareg separatists and Islamist rebels in early 2012. In a span of less than fourth months at the start of 2012, the Malian army was defeated by the rebels who seized more than 60% of the former Malian territory, taking all camps and position of the army, capturing and killing hundreds of Malian soldiers, while hundred others deserted or defected.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Dixon|first1=Robyn|author-link=Robyn Dixon (journalist)|last2=Labous|first2=Jane|date=4 April 2012|title=Gains of Mali's Tuareg rebels appear permanent, analysts say|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Johannesburg and London|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-04-la-fg-mali-tuaregs-20120404-story.html|access-date=10 February 2022|archive-date=10 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210061205/https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-apr-04-la-fg-mali-tuaregs-20120404-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the rebel advance, a group of soldiers from the Kati camp near Bamako staged a coup on 22 March 2012 which overthrew Malian president [[Amadou Toumani Touré]]. After the junta seized power, they successfully repelled a counter coup on 30 April by loyalists from the red berets elite units.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9238385/Mali-counter-coup-fails.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Mike | last=Pflanz | title=Mali counter-coup fails | date=1 May 2012 | access-date=4 April 2018 | archive-date=5 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405090458/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9238385/Mali-counter-coup-fails.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

The Malian military was rebuilt by French forces, and is now capable of conducting counter terrorism operations. In February 2020, the army stated that up to 200 Malian troops arrived in Kidal, a Northern city. This was the first time the army was deployed in this area because of the Tuareg Separatists rebels that chased out the army since 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-security-idUSKBN2072K0|title=Mali troops return to key northern city after six-year absence|date=2020-02-13|work=Reuters|access-date=2020-02-14|language=en|archive-date=14 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214055553/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mali-security-idUSKBN2072K0|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 1 November 2019, the [[Islamic State in the Greater Sahara|IS-GS]] militants killed at least 50 soldiers in the [[2019 Indelimane attack]] in the [[Ménaka Region]] of Mali.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/militants-kill-54-attack-mali-army-post-claims-responsibility-n1075721|title=Militants kill 54 in attack on Mali army post, ISIS claims responsibility|website=[[NBC News]]|date=3 November 2019 |access-date=12 December 2019}}</ref>

Since the 2020 coup, the military received equipment from Turkish forces.<ref name=Turkey/>

On 7 September 2023, at least 154 civilians and fifteen Malian soldiers were killed when al-Qaeda linked [[Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin|JNIM]] militants [[Tombouctou and Bamba attacks|simultaneously attacked]] a Malian military camp at [[Bamba, Mali|Bamba]] and the civilian boat ''Tombouctou'' on the [[Niger River]] near the village of [[Banikane, Gourma-Rharous]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-01 |title=Mali : Les groupes islamistes armés et l'armée prennent les civils pour cible |url=https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2023/11/01/mali-les-groupes-islamistes-armes-et-larmee-prennent-les-civils-pour-cible |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214185052/https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2023/11/01/mali-les-groupes-islamistes-armes-et-larmee-prennent-les-civils-pour-cible |archive-date=14 December 2023 |access-date=2024-01-01 |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |language=fr}}</ref>

In July 2024, [[Strategic Framework for the Defense of the People of Azawad|CSP-DPA]] rebels and JNIM militants killed dozens of Russian mercenaries and Malian government forces during the [[Battle of Tinzaouaten (2024)|Battle of Tinzaouaten]].<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Darya Tarasova |author2=Tim Lister |author3=Avery Schmitz |date=2024-07-29 |title=Dozens of Russian mercenaries killed in rebel ambush in Mali, in their worst known loss in Africa |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/africa/russian-mercenaries-wagner-killed-mali-intl-latam/index.html |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> On 17 September 2024, JNIM militants [[2024 Bamako attacks|attacked several locations]] across [[Bamako]], the capital of Mali, including police and military installations, killing at least 77 people and injuring 255 others.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 17, 2024 |title=Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/attack-by-al-qaeda-linked-group-in-mali-killed-more-than-70-people |access-date=September 20, 2024 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Army==

Manpower is provided by two-year selective conscription. Mali apparently has six military regions, according to Jane's World Armies. The 1st Military Region and 13th Combined Arms Regiment may be in [[Gao]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/34329.pdf |title=State Department |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524234010/https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/34329.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The 3rd Military Region appears to be at [[Kati]].<ref>http://www.malikounda.com/nouvelle_voir.php?idNouvelle=20217{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The 4th Military Region is at [[Kayes]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://africacenter.org/community/acss-chapters/mali/ |title=Mali &#124; Africa Center for Strategic Studies |access-date=9 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228075627/http://africacenter.org/community/acss-chapters/mali/ |archive-date=28 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the 5th Military Region is at [[Timbuktu]].<ref name=10SFG>[[United States European Command]], [http://www.eucom.mil/article/21784/110-Special-Forces-Group-Supports-Pan-Sahel 1/10 Special Forces Group Supports Pan Sahel Initiative] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926112850/http://www.eucom.mil/article/21784/110-Special-Forces-Group-Supports-Pan-Sahel |date=26 September 2012 }}, 2004</ref>

The 512 Regiment was reported within the 5th Military Region in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eucom.mil/english/FullStory.asp?article=Special-Operations-Command-Europe-Trains-African |title=Special Operations Command Europe Trains African Soldiers &#124; EUCOM, Stronger Together |access-date=24 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927125017/http://www.eucom.mil/english/FullStory.asp?article=Special-Operations-Command-Europe-Trains-African |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2010 [[Agence France-Presse]] reported that French training would be given to the 62nd Motorized Infantry Regiment of the 6th Military Region, based at [[Sévaré]].<ref name=ennaharonline>Ennaharonline.com, [http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/international/3658.html French troops for anti-terrorist training in Mali] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052416/http://www.ennaharonline.com/en/international/3658.html |date=8 August 2014 }}, 13 April 2010.</ref> The same story said that the regiment consisted of three Rapid Intervention Companies (CIR) and AFP said it was "considered the elite...of the Malian army."<ref name="ennaharonline" />

Mali is one of four Saharan states which created a Joint Military Staff Committee in 2010, to be based at [[Tamanrasset]] in southern [[Algeria]]. Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, and Mali were to take part.<ref>{{cite news |date=21 April 2010 |title=Saharan states to open joint military headquarters |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8633851.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423121056/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8633851.stm |archive-date=23 April 2010 |access-date=22 April 2010 |publisher=BBC}}. See also http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/231198 [https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/231198] – 09ALGIERS0048, on Tamanrassat committee</ref>

The ''134e Escadron de Reconnaissance'' (reconnaissance squadron) was to be trained to operate the French [[ACMAT Bastion]] APC by the [[EUTM Mali]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mali: training in the use of the armored vehicle "Bastion"|date=22 February 2016|url=http://en.difesaonline.it/news-forze-armate/missioni/mali-addestramento-allutilizzo-del-veicolo-blindato-bastion|website=difesaonline.it|access-date=5 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106010550/http://en.difesaonline.it/news-forze-armate/missioni/mali-addestramento-allutilizzo-del-veicolo-blindato-bastion|archive-date=6 January 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Army controls the small navy (approx. 130 sailors and 3 river patrol boats).

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width=70%
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! colspan="5" | List of Malian generals
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! Nº !! Rank !! Name !! Corps of origin !! Date of nomination
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| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | '''1st republic 1960 – 1968'''
|-
| 01 || Général de Brigade || [[:fr:Abdoulaye Soumaré (militaire malien)|Abdoulaye SOUMARÉ]] (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 29 December 1960
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | '''2nd republic, 1968 – 1991'''
|-
| 02 || Général d'Armée || [[Moussa Traoré]] (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 1974/79
|-
| 03 || Général de Division || [[Amadou Baba Diarra]] (deceased) || Armour || 1981/84
|-
| 04 || Général de Division || Filifing SISSOKO (deceased) || [[Air Force]] || 1982/84
|-
| 05 || Général de Division || Sékou LY (deceased) || Armour || 1984/86
|-
| 06 || Général de Brigade || Bougary SANGARÉ (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 1985/89
|-
| 07 || Général de Brigade || Abdoulaye OUOLOGUEM (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 1985/89
|-
| 08 || Général de Brigade || Amara DANFAGA (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 1985/90
|-
| 09 || Général de Brigade || Sory Ibrahim SILLA (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 1987/90
|-
| 10 || Général de Brigade || Mamadou COULIBALY || [[Air Force]] || 1987/91
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | '''3rd republic, [[Alpha Oumar Konaré]], 1991 – 2002'''
|-
| 11 || Général d'Armée || [[Amadou Toumani Touré|Amadou Toumani TOURÉ]] (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 20 January 1995
|-
| 12 || Général de Division || Bourama Siré TRAORÉ || [[Air Force]] || 1997/99
|-
| 13 || Général de Division || Cheick O. DIARRA (deceased) || [[Air Force]] || 1997/99
|-
| 14 || Général de Division || Kafougouna KONÉ || [[Infantry]] || 1997/99
|-
| 15 || Général de Division || Tiécoura DOUMBIA || [[Artillery]] || 1997/99
|-
| 16 || Général de Brigade || Mamadou DOUCOURÉ || [[Air Force]] || 1997/99
|-
| 17 || Général de Brigade || Abdoul Karim DIOP || [[Military engineering|Engineers]] || 1997/99
|-
| 18 || Général de Brigade || Siriman KEITA (deceased) || [[Infantry]] || 1999/2000
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | '''3rd republic, [[Amadou Toumani Touré]], 2002 – 2010'''
|-
| 19 || Général de Brigade || Seydou TRAORÉ || [[Infantry]] || 2005
|-
| 20 || Général de Brigade || Salif TRAORÉ || [[Air Force]] || 2006
|-
| 21 || Général de Brigade || Sadio GASSAMA || [[Infantry]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 22 || Général de Brigade || Toumani SISSOKO || [[Infantry]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 23 || Général de Brigade || Pangassy SANGARÉ || [[Armour]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 24 || Général de Brigade || Tiefolo TOGOLA || [[Infantry]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 25 || Général de Brigade || Brahima COULIBALY || [[Artillery]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 26 || Général de Brigade || Lassana KONÉ || [[Armour]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 27 || Général de Division || Youssouf BAMBA || [[Air Force]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 28 || Général de Division || [[Souleymane Sidibé (politician)|Souleymane Sidibé]] (deceased) || [[Gendarmerie]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 29 || Général de Brigade || Naïny TOURÉ || [[Gendarmerie]] || 1 January 2007
|-
| 30 || Général de Division || Gabriel POUDIOUGOU || [[Infantry]] || 12 June 2008
|-
| 31 || Général de Brigade || Mahamane TOURÉ || [[Infantry]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 32 || Général de Brigade || Mamadou DIALLO || [[Infantry]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 33 || Général de Brigade || Kalifa KEITA || [[Armour]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 34 || Général de Brigade || Bégrélé SIORO || [[Air Force]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 35 || Général de Brigade || Mamadou TOGOLA || [[Air Force]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 36 || Général de Brigade || Siaka SANGARÉ || [[Air Force]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 37 || Général de Brigade || Samballa DIALLO || [[Gendarmerie]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 38 || Général de Brigade || Sirakoro SANGARÉ || [[Engineers]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 39 || Général de Brigade || Djibril SANGARÉ || DCSSA || 1 October 2010
|-
| 40 || Général de Brigade || Mohamed COULIBALY || DCSSA || 1 October 2010
|-
| 41 || Général de Brigade || Kani DIABATÉ || DCSSA || 1 October 2010
|-
| 42 || Général de Brigade || Minkoro KANÉ || [[Infantry]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 43 || Général de Brigade || Youssouf GOÏTA || [[Infantry]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 44 || Général de Brigade || Yakouba SIDIBÉ || [[Artillery]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 45 || Général de Brigade || Ismaïla CISSÉ || [[Artillery]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 46 || Général de Brigade || Lamine DIABIRA || [[Armour]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 47 || Général de Brigade || Cheick Fanta M. MAIGA || Administration || 1 October 2010
|-
| 48 || Général de Brigade || Hamet SIDIBÉ || [[Air Force]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 49 || Général de Brigade || Hamidou SISSOKO || [[Gendarmerie]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 50 || Général de Brigade || Idrissa DJILLA || [[Engineers]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 51 || Général de Brigade || Sékou Hamed NIAMBÉlÉ || DTTA (transmission) || 1 October 2010
|-
| 52 || Général de Brigade || Mady MACALOU || DCSSA || 1 October 2010
|-
| 53 || Général de Brigade || Fanta KONIPO (décédé) || DCSSA || 1 October 2010
|-
| 54 || Général de Brigade || Amadou Baba TOURÉ (décéssed) || [[Infantry]] || 1 October 2010
|-
| 55 || Général de Brigade || Waly SISSOKO || [[Air Force]] || 1 January 2012
|-
| 56 || Général de Brigade || Soumana KOUYATE || [[Air Force]] ||  1 January 2012
|-
| 57 || Général de Brigade || Mady Boubou KAMISSOKO || [[Gendarmerie]] || 1 January 2012
|-
| 58 || Général de Brigade || Mamadou Lamine BALLO || [[Engineers]] || 1 January 2012
|-
| 59 || Général de Brigade || Antoine Ibrahima NIENTAO || DCSSA || 1 January 2012
|}
Sources: [http://maliactu.net Mali Actu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827212548/http://maliactu.net/ |date=27 August 2014 }} 17 February 2012: [http://maliactu.net/2012/liste-des-generaux-du-mali-sous-att-a-quoi-servaient-ils-quel-sera-leur-sort.html Liste des généraux du Mali sous ATT : À quoi servaient-ils ? Quel sera leur sort ?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421202859/http://maliactu.net/2012/liste-des-generaux-du-mali-sous-att-a-quoi-servaient-ils-quel-sera-leur-sort.html |date=21 April 2012 }} and [https://web.archive.org/web/20120211125923/http://www.lemonde-duniya.net/ Le Monde-Duniya] du 12 avril 2012: [http://www.lemonde-duniya.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1129:les-generaux-du-mali&catid=7:gouvernance&Itemid=2 Les Generaux du MALI]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

== Equipment ==
The goal of this list is to comprehensively catalogue Mali's current and past inventory of (armoured fighting) vehicles and heavy weaponry.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=Sons of Bamako - Malian Armed Forces Fighting Vehicles |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/10/sons-of-bamako-malian-armed-forces.html |access-date=2023-03-21 |website=Oryx |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008205214/https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2021/10/sons-of-bamako-malian-armed-forces.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Historically a major recipient of Soviet military aid, frequent arms deliveries in the 1970s and 1980s turned Mali into one of the strongest militaries in western Africa, operating advanced equipment such as dedicated tank destroyers, S-125 SAM systems and MiG-21bis jet fighters.<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+Equipment currently in service with the Malian Army
!Name
!Image
!Origin
!In service
!Notes
|-
! colspan="5" |Tanks
|-
|[[T-54/T-55|T-54]]
|[[File:T-54 (1951).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|(Rarely used operationally).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[PT-76|PT-76 Mod. 1952]]
|[[File:PT-76 01.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Rarely used operationally).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Type 62|Type-62]] 
|[[File:Type 62 light tank 20220203.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|(In operational condition but not in active use).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs)
|-
|[[BRDM-2]]
|[[File:BRDM-2 in Polish service.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs)
|-
|[[BMP-1]] 
|[[File:Bulgarian bmp-1.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|(In operational condition but not in active use).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Armoured Personnel Carriers
|-
|[[BTR-152]]
|[[File:BTR-152 in Technical museum Togliatty.JPG|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[BTR-60|BTR-60PB]] 
|[[File:BTR-60PB side.JPEG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(At least one operates without a turret).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[BTR-70]]
|[[File:BTR-70, museum, Togliatti-1.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[WZ-551|VN2C]]
|[[File:PLA Hong Kong Garrison ZSL92B.JPG|150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Fahd (armored personnel carrier)|Fahd]]
|[[File:Mali Army APC in 1997.JPEG|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles
|-
|[[STREIT Group|Typhoon 4x4]]
|[[File:Streit Typhoon.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="5" |{{UAE}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[STREIT Group Spartan|Gladiator]] 
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[STREIT Group|Typhoon 6x6]] 
|
|N/A
|(Armed with a HMG).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[STREIT Group|Tornado 6x6]]
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[STREIT Group|Shrek One]]
|[[File:KrAZ_Shrek-M.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|OTT PUMA M36-15 
|
| rowspan="5" |{{SAF}}
|N/A
|(Armed with a 12.7mm DShK).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Paramount Maurader
|[[File:Marauder Multi Role Armoured Vehicle (9676433800).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Casspir]]
|[[File:Texas National Guardsmen exchange best practices with Burundi soldiers.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Casspir|OTT Casspir]] 
|[[File:2014 08 31 Kurtunwaarey-8 (14916053890).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Armed with a 12.7mm DShK).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[RG-31 Nyala]]
|[[File:RG-31 Nyala.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Used by the Gendarmerie).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|VP11
|
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMVs)
|-
|[[Petit Véhicule Protégé|Panhard PVP]] 
|[[File:Festival automobile international 2011 - Panhard PVP APC - 01.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{FRA}}
|N/A
|(Armed with a 12.7mm M2 HMG).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[ACMAT Bastion]]
|[[File:MINUSMA Goundam 2015.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[ACMAT Bastion]]
|[[File:U.S. Army Africa medics mentor in Botswana 2010 (4348749990)-crop-Acmat Ambulance.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Ambulance).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[URO VAMTAC]]
|[[File:75 Aniversario de la Academia General del Aire URO VAMTAC (28827213528).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{ESP}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Stark Motors Storm
|
|{{QAT}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Raycolt KLTV|Kia KLTV]]
|[[File:Kia KLTV at ADAS 2018.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{KOR}}
|N/A
|(Armed with a 7.62mm PKM LMG).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[VN-4]]
|[[File:NORINCO VN-4 4x4 VEN.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[STREIT Group|Cougar]] 
|[[File:Kraz-Cougar.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{UAE}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[STREIT Group|Python]] 
|
|N/A
|(Not yet seen).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
|-
|Lynx CS/VP11
|
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Utility Vehicles
|-
|[[ACMAT ALTV]]
|[[File:Les familles des otages français renouvellent leurs appels pour la libération (5937103356).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{FRA}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[ACMAT ALTV|ACMAT ALTV Ambulance]]
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|MasstecH T4
|[[File:Vigipirate - gare de Lille (Technamm Masstech T4).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Kia KM450|Kia KM420]]
|[[File:Bangladesh Army KIA KM420. (35411089176).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{KOR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Kia KM450]] 
|[[File:LRR KIA KM-450 trucks 01.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Kia KM450|Kia KM450 Ambulance]]
|[[File:Kia KM451 Ambulance.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Dongfeng EQ2050|Dongfeng EQ2500]] 
|[[File:Dongfeng EQ2050 Xiamen 01 2019-10-25.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Toyota Land Cruiser]]
|[[File:Pakistan Army Toyota Land Cruiser.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="7" |{{JAP}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Toyota Land Cruiser|Toyota Land Cruiser Ambulance]]
|[[File:Bangladesh Army Land Cruiser 70 ambulance. (31366598591).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Toyota Land Cruiser Prado]]
|[[File:TOYOTA LAND CRUISER PRADO (J150) China (9).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Toyota Land Cruiser|Toyota Land Cruiser GXR]]
|[[File:Toyota GXR.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Nissan NP300]] 
|[[File:Nissan Navara NP300 2016 (25149025714).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Nissan|Nissan Frontera]]
|[[File:SEF Nissian.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mitsubishi L200]]
|[[File:Mitsubishi L200 (MSP15) 01.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Land Rover Defender]]
|[[File:Land Rover Defender 90.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{UK}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Land Rover Defender]]
|[[File:Land Rover Defender Ex-KFOR Ambulance.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Ambulance).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Towed Artillery
|-
|100mm [[MT-12|MT-12 'Rapira']]
|[[File:ParkPatriot2015part6-42.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|122mm [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]]
|[[File:122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRLs)
|-
|107mm [[Type 63 multiple rocket launcher|Type-63]]
|[[File:Type1963_107mm_Rocket_Launcher.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|122mm [[BM-21 Grad#Variants|9P122 'Grad-P']]
|[[File:Grad-P-batey-haosef-1.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|122mm [[BM-21 Grad|BM-21 'Grad']]
|[[File:BM-21 Grad Armed Forces of Ukraine.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Mortars
|-
|60mm [[M57 mortar|M57]]
|[[File:Минобацач М57 60мм.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{YUG}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|82mm [[82-BM-37]]
|[[File:82-BM-37 Chornomorsk 2021 G1.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|120mm [[120-PM-43 mortar|PM-43]]
|[[File:120-PM-43 Mortar.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |(Self-propelled) Anti-Aircraft Guns
|-
|12.7mm [[DShK]]
|[[File:Soviet_DSHK_Model_1938_12.7mm_Heavy_Machine_Gun_(9885042345).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|14.5mm [[ZPU|ZPU-1]] 
|[[File:ZPU ZPU-1 Anti-aircraft Guns (49367464347).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|14.5mm [[QJG-02]]
| [[File:Eqtedar 40 defence exhibition (2020) (090).jpg|170px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|23mm [[ZSU-23-4 Shilka|ZSU-23-4 'Shilka']]
|[[File:Shilka at Tula (2017).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|(Rarely used operationally).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
|-
|Hawker Q800X
|
|{{FRA}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Trucks
|-
|[[ACMAT|ACMAT VLRA 4x4]] 
|[[File:ACMAT VLRA 3285x2465.JPG|150x150px]]
| rowspan="6" |{{FRA}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[ACMAT|ACMAT VLRA 6x6]]
|[[File:VLRA 3e régiment du matériel.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Berliet|Berliet GBC-180]]
|[[File:Renault GBC 180 photo-8.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Renault|Renault T430]]
|[[File:Renault T 430 tanker. Free image Spielvogel 1.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Renault Kerax]]
|[[File:Bangladesh Army Renault Kerax 380.34T tractor head. (35064178110).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Renault Kerax|Renault Kerax Wrecker]]
|[[File:Bangladesh Army Renault Kerax wrecker (28883368506).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[SNVI|SNVI M120]]
|[[File:SNVI M120.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Algeria}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[SNVI|SNVI M230]]
|[[File:SNVI Military Truck M230.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[SNVI|SNVI M350]]
|[[File:SNVI Military Truck M350.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Iveco|Iveco 330.30 ANW]]
|[[File:Iveco 330.30 ANW 1994 (9630436791).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{ITA}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Iveco EuroCargo|Iveco Eurocargo]]
|[[File:Iveco Eurocargo.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|DAF 2800 6x4
|[[File:DAF YB-626.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{NED}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[MAN KAT1|MAN KAT1 4x4]]  
|[[File:Bundeswehr MAN 5to.gl (edited).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="9" |{{GER}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[MAN KAT1|MAN KAT1 6x6]]  
|[[File:MAN HX42M 6×6 Havelbiwak-2022.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[MAN TGS|MAN TGS 35.440]]  
|[[File:MAN TGS 35.440 ohne Aufbau.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes-Benz MB1017]]  
|[[File:MB 1017.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz Actros]]
|[[File:Mercedes-Benz Actros 1848 BlueTec 5-5.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz Atego]]
|[[File:Mercedes-Benz Atego Lippujuhlan päivä 2013.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Magirus|Magirus Eckhauber]]
|[[File:Magirus Militärpritsche.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(3. Generation).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Unimog|Unimog 1300]]
|[[File:Mercedes Benz Unimog 1300 L.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Unimog|Unimog 1300]]
|[[File:Fliegerhorst Nörvenich Unimog Rettungswagen - 9106631915.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Ambulance).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Ural-4320]] 
|[[File:Ural-4320 1 Zakarpattya.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{RUS}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[GAZ Sadko|GAZ-3308 'Sadko']]
|[[File:Interpolitex2016part2-11.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Dongfeng Motor Corporation|Dongfeng EQ1092F]]
|
| rowspan="9" |{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Dongfeng Motor Corporation|Dongfeng EQ140-1C]]
|[[File:Dongfeng_truck_in_Yangon.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Dongfeng EQ240/EQ2081|Dongfeng EQ240]] 
|[[File:Dongfeng_EQ240_China_2017-04-05.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|FAW CA1122J
| 
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Howo Sinotruk 4x4 
|[[File:Sinotruk Howo T7H 500 - Front and left side IAA 2018.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Howo Sinotruk 6x6 
|[[File:Royal Thai Army, Sinotruk Howo 6x6 tractor unit..jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Hongyan Genlyon
|[[File:Public Transport Maintenance 3-39 at Lücunnanzhan (20180701164149).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Jiefang J5 
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Sachman SX2190
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Engineering Vehicles
|-
|Caterpillar bulldozer
|[[File:IDF-D9-Zachi-Evenor-001.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|M-Boot
|[[File:M-Boot 3.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{GER}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

=== Equipment formerly in service ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Equipment formerly in service
!Name
!Image
!Origin
!In Stock
!Notes
|-
! colspan="5" |Tanks
|-
|[[T-34/85]]
|[[File:Tank T-34.JPG|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[FT-17]]
|[[File:Renault FT-17.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{FRA}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs)
|-
|[[BTR-40]]
|[[File:BTR-40 Kyiv 20025.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|9P133
|[[File:9P133 in Piešťany v2.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Some repurposed as fire-support vehicles armed with ZU-23s).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Towed Artillery
|-
|76mm [[ZIS-3|ZiS-3]]
|[[File:ZIS-3 76 mm gun-4632.JPG|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|85mm [[85 mm divisional gun D-44|D-44]]
|[[File:85 mm divisional gun (D-44) 001.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRLs)
|-
|132mm [[BM-13]]
|[[File:BM-13-Katjuscha Berlin.JPG|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Anti-Aircraft Guns
|-
|14.5mm [[ZPU|ZPU-2]] 
|[[File:ZPU-2 Lutsk.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|37mm [[37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)|M-1939]]
|[[File:37mm anti-aircraft cannon 61-K (1939) in Perm.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Surface-To-Air Missile Systems (SAMs)
|-
|[[S-125 Neva/Pechora|S-125]]
|[[File:S-125 vojni muzej.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Radars
|-
|[[P-12 radar|P-12/18 'Spoon Rest']]
|[[File:029 - P-18 'Spoon Rest' (30927711337).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[P-15 radar|P-15 'Flat Face A']]
|[[File:033 - P-15 'Flat Face' (44953622575).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|SNR-125 'Low Blow' 
|[[File:SNR-125 2.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(for S-125), (Not yet seen).<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Utility Vehicles
|-
|[[UAZ-452]] 
|[[File:UAZ 452 front q.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[UAZ-469]] 
|[[File:UAZ-469 (4713547953).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[GAZ-69]] 
|[[File:Газ-69.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Beijing BJ212]]
|[[File:Beijing BJ212 BJ2023CHB2 Longyan 01 2022-08-06.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Volkswagen Iltis|VW Iltis]]
|[[File:Iltis arriving Schaffen-Diest 2015.JPG|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{GER}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)|VW T3]]
|[[File:VW T3 (side).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Land Rover Series III]]
|[[File:Land Rover Series III Lightweight 1979 - front.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{UK}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Trucks
|-
|[[GAZ-66]]
|[[File:GAZ 66.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="4" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|
|-
|[[ZIL-131|ZiL-131]] 
|[[File:NVA ZiL-131.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[ZIL-157|ZiL-157]]
|[[File:ZiL-157, 12. Internationales Maritimes-Fahrzeugtreffen, Ribnitz-Damgarten (P1060451).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[MAZ-537]]
|[[File:MAZ-537 at Migalovo Air Force base -01.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Ural-4320|Ural-4320 Crane]]
|[[File:Ural-4320 Fahrzeugtreffen Hohenleipisch.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{RUS}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz SK]]
|[[File:Mercedes-Benz SK 3235 (2).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="5" |{{GER}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz W113|Mercedes-Benz 1113]]
|[[File:Oslo - Mercedes-Benz 1113.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Double Cabin).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|MAN Hauber
|[[File:MAN 13.168 HA. (DMF) 01.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Magirus Eckhauber
|[[File:Magirus Militärpritsche.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Unimog|Unimog Ambulance]]
|[[File:Mercedes Unimog Military Ambulance at Erfgoeddag 2017, Gunfire Museum pic1.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Ambulance).<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Renault R340
|[[File:Renault R340TI Major left-front.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{FRA}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Unknown Truck
|
|N/A
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Engineering Vehicles
|-
|GSP-55
|[[File:Selbstfahrende Fähre mit Gleiskette GSP-55 (36933748336).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[PTS (vehicle)|PTS]]
|[[File:PTS-2 - RaceofHeroes-part2-36.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Hanomag Dozer
|[[File:Royal Dutch Army Hanomag photo-2.JPG|150x150px]]
|{{GER}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Grader
|[[File:Caterpillar 12G grader MD3.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Unknown Loader 
|
|N/A
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|Unknown Roller
|
|N/A
|N/A
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

== Training establishments ==
The Malian armed forces have at least two significant training establishments:
* '''[[Joint Military School (Mali)|Joint Military School]]''' at [[Koulikoro]]
* '''Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping Training School''' at [[Bamako]] ([[:fr:École de maintien de la paix Alioune Blondin Beye de Bamako]])
The Alioune Bloundin Beye school is the tactical-level component of a trio of three ECOWAS peacekeeping training schools: the Alioune Bloundin Beye school (EMPABB), the [[Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre]] in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] (operational level), and the Nigerian [[National Defence College, Nigeria|National Defence College]] (strategic level).<ref>http://www.ambafrance-gh.org/spip.php?article115 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707011541/http://www.ambafrance-gh.org/spip.php?article115 |date=7 July 2010 }}. Retrieved September 2011</ref> The school has trained over 6900 students since its opening and is currently supported financially and technically by seven countries and as well as the [[ECOWAS]].<ref>http://www.empbamako.org/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225010802/http://www.empbamako.org/ |date=25 February 2015 }} Retrieved February 2015</ref>

==Air Force==
{{main|Malian Air Force}}
[[File:Mali ECOMOG troops hangar.jpg|thumb|right|Malian soldiers stand MiG 21bis fighters at [[Bamako–Sénou International Airport|Bamako–Sénou International]]]]
The Mali Air Force (''Armée de l'air du Mali'') was founded in 1961 with French supplied military aid. This included [[MH.1521 Broussard]] utility monoplane followed by two [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C-47]] transports until Soviet aid starting in 1962 with four [[Antonov AN-2 Colt]] biplane transports and four [[Mil Mi-4|Mi-4]] light helicopters.<ref>''World Aircraft Information Files''. Brightstar Publishing, London. Files 337, Sheet 04.</ref> It used to operate MiG jets but is currently equipped with cargo aircraft, light attack aircraft and helicopters.

== References ==
{{reflist|33em}}
{{CIA World Factbook|year=2003}}

==Further reading ==
*'Insurgency, disarmament, and insecurity in Northern Mali 1990–2004,' in Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman (eds.) Armed and Aimless Armed Groups, Guns, and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region, [[Small Arms Survey]], {{ISBN|2-8288-0063-6}}, May 2005
*Mahamadou Nimaga, 'Mali', in Alan Bryden, Boubacar N'Diaye, 'Security Sector Governance in Francophone West Africa: Realities and Opportunities,' DCAF/Lit Verlag, 2011.
*Jared Rudacille, "[https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA606274.pdf Security Sector Reform's Utility in Conflict Prevention] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606022156/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA606274.pdf |date=6 June 2022 }}," Monograph written as part of a degree requirement at the US [[School of Advanced Military Studies]], November 2013. ''(Includes case study of US aid to security sector reform in Mali, 2004–2012.)''

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Military of Mali}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkFBjBqWzAc Soldiers training during the Northern Mali conflict] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102140218/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkFBjBqWzAc |date=2 January 2017 }}
* http://www.jamana.org/lesechos/articles/2005/septembre/ec1_actu15_0905.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316120929/http://www.jamana.org/lesechos/articles/2005/septembre/ec1_actu15_0905.html |date=16 March 2012 }} – two new Malian generals, total eight
* https://web.archive.org/web/20101224193445/http://www.wikileaks.ch/cable/2009/12/09BAMAKO815.html – "Closing ceremony of JCET training for Malian army"

{{Mali topics}}
{{Military of Africa}}

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