Handbook of the Cuban Armed Forces 1979

by Defense Intelligence Agency

Original issue, DIA bulletin, 220 pages including 10 pull out pages, 6" x 8", dated April 1979, Handbook on the Cuban Armed Forces. Consists of information most current as of 1 March 1979 - a little old by today's standards - however, I assume that the majority of the information is still current for the Cuban Armed Forces. Covers historical development, missions and capabilities, national organization of the Armed Forces, components of the Cuban Armed Forces, Foreign military ties, the Cuban Army (personnel, equipment, the Cuban Soldier, incentives and discipline, logistics, the Army Reserve, paramilitary units and forces, Department of State Security, Civil Defense, The Cuban Revolutionary Navy, missions, strength, naval vessels, personnel and training, The Cuban Air and Air Defense Force, composition and strength, missions and capabilities, equipment, aircraft, maintenance, Civil Aviation and Air Fields, Cuban Military Strategy and Tactics, special warfare, uniforms and insignia of all branches of the Cuban Armed Forces. Have extensive photographes and 10 pull out pages of equipment, vessels and aircraft. Good color plates of uniforms and insignia for the Army, Navy and Air Force.

220 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1979

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