Ethiopian Ground Forces
The Ethiopian Ground Forces (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ምድር ኀይል, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā midir ḫäyil) is the land service branch of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. It is the senior of the two uniformed military branches. It engages in land warfare and combined arms operations, including armored and mechanized operations as well as air assault operations.
For the former army of Ethiopia, see Army of the Ethiopian Empire.Ethiopian Ground Forces
26 October 1907 (116 years, 5 months)[1]
- Gugsa Wale's rebellion
- Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- World War II
- Korean War
- United Nations Operation in the Congo
- Eritrean War of Independence
- 1964 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
- Ogaden War
- 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
- Ethiopian Civil War
- Eritrean–Ethiopian War
- Somalia War (2006–2009)
- 2007–2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden
- Oromo conflict
- Tigray War
- 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
- War in Amhara
Lieutenant General Asrat Dinero
Gen Getachew Gudina
Gen Bacha Debele
Gen Hassen Ibrahim
Lt.Gen. Alemeshet Degefe
Lt.Gen. Belay Seyoum
Lt.Gen. Zewdu Belay
Lt.Gen. Shuma Abdeta
Lt.Gen. Mohammed Tesema
Lt.Gen. Hachalu Sheleme
Lt.Gen. Mesele Meseret
Maj. Gen Endalcachew w/Kidan
Maj. Gen Tesfaye Ayalew
Maj. Gen Adamneh Mengiste
Maj. Gen Mulualem Admasu
Maj. Gen Berhanu Bekele
Brig.Gen. Shambel Beyene (Bale Kezeraw)
Brig.Gen. Marye Beyene
History[edit]
1990–1991 order of battle[edit]
Gebru Tareke listed Ethiopian ground forces in 1990 as comprising four revolutionary armies organized as task forces, eleven corps, twenty-four infantry divisions, and four mountain divisions, reinforced by five mechanized divisions, two airborne divisions, and ninety-five brigades, including four mechanized brigades, three artillery brigades, four tank brigades, twelve special commandos and para commandos brigades – including the Spartakiad, which became operational in 1987 under the preparation and guidance of North Koreans – seven BM-rocket battalions, and ten brigades of paramilitary forces.[4]
Forces underarms were estimated at 230,000 in early 1991.[5] Mengistu's People's Militia had also grown to about 200,000 members. The mechanized forces of the army comprised 1,200 T-54/55, 100 T-62 tanks, and 1,100 armored personnel carriers (APCs), but readiness was estimated to be only about 30 percent operational, because of the withdrawal of financial support, lack of maintenance expertise and parts from the Soviet Union, Cuba, and other nations.[6]