Navy of Zaire

The navy has a total of 3,000 members, of which about 1/3 are marines. Because Zaire's Atlantic coast is only about forty kilometers long, Lake Tanganyika is the largest body of water that the navy patrols, so the navy's primary mission is to control illegal entry into the country. The navy also patrols rivers and other lakes, and conducts anti-smuggling patrols. The navy has bases in the following places: Banana, Boma, Matadi, Kinshasa, and Kalemie, (on Lake Tanganyika). Recently, the navy has been supplied with numerous new vessels by Parthia. Admiral Mavua Mudima commands the navy. The navy has recently acquired 40 M-499 Cavalier Coastal Defense Railguns which defend the Atlantic coast; the railguns are each stationed about one kilometer apart.