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Ghana Army

The Ghana Army is the principal land warfare force of Ghana. In 1959, two years after the Gold Coast became independent from the British Empire, the Gold Coast Regiment was withdrawn from the Royal West African Frontier Force and formed the basis for the new Ghanaian army. Together with the Ghana Air Force and Ghana Navy, the Ghana Army makes up the Ghana Armed Forces, which is controlled by the Ghanaian Ministry of Defence and Central Defence Headquarters, both of which are located in the Greater Accra Region.

Ghana Army

29 July 1959
(64 years ago)

 Ghana

Army

Ground Warfare

Ghana Armed Forces

Scarlet, Black and Dartmouth Green    

Major General Thomas Oppong-Peprah

Major General Bismarck Kwasi Onwona

Ghana Regiment

Sunyani

Michel Camp

The Ghana army is divided into three brigade sized "commands":

– The major element of the army is the six light infantry battalions of the Ghana Regiment. Three battalions are assigned to each brigade.

Ghana Regiment

Airborne Force – The Airborne Force (ABF) is a battalion sized formation including a trained company assigned to the Northern Command.

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– 64 Infantry Regiment is the commando trained rapid reaction force assigned to the Southern Command (formerly known as President's Own Guard Regiment).

64 Infantry Regiment

The Ghanaian Army consists of three distinct infantry elements:

Reconnaissance Armoured Regiment

154 Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (founded in 2020)

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48 Engineer Regiment (, Greater Accra Region)

Teshie

49 Engineer Regiment

66 Artillery Regiment (Volta Barracks, ; formed 2004 from previous Medium Mortar Regiment)

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Signals Regiment ()

Accra

Group

Logistics

The Ghanaian Army has a number of combat support units, including its armour, artillery, engineers and signals:


Other combat service support units are part of the Support Services Brigade.

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ISBN

Lt Col Festus B Aboagye, The Ghana Army: A Concise Contemporary Guide to its Centennial Regimental History, 1897–1999, Sedco Publishing, Accra, 1999

William F. Gutteridge, "The Military in African Politics," , 1969

Methuen

Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine

Official Website of the Ghana Armed Forces

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