two Fire Direction Artillery Battalions and one Multiple Rocket Launchers battalion) 1 Engineer Regiment, Mufulira 6 Construction Regiment, raised March 2017? 1 mechanised battalion 6 light infantry battalions, titled 1 to 6 Battalions Zambia Regiment 1 Commando Battalion (special forces), Ndola 48 Marine Unit, Kawambwa, raised July 2015. 3 reserve infantry battalions (7 to 9 Battalions Zambia Regiment) Support units (logistics, transport, medical, ordnance, electrical and mechanical engineering) Specialist schools (armour, artillery, engineers and signals) Equipment Small arms RPG-7 FN FAL Heckler & Koch G3 AKM AK-47 Sterling submachine gun DShK PK machine gun Vehicles and towed artillery Zambia Air Force The Zambia Air Force is a small air force that developed from the Northern Rhodesian Air Wing as well as the former Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force. In recent years the aircraft inventory has largely been updated with Chinese aircraft reflecting the increasing closeness between the Zambian Defence Force and China. During 1999 eight Karakorum-8 jet trainers were delivered and in 2006 the Zambia Air Force received two Xian MA60 and five Yakovlev Yak-12 transport aircraft from China. During March 2012 a further eight K-8 were received. Four Harbin Z-9 helicopters were delivered in June 2012, with a further four delivered by March 2013 (when one of the new aircraft was lost in an accident, see below). In April 2014 six Hongdu L-15 Falcon supersonic lead-in fighter/trainer jets were ordered from China, the first arriving in December 2015. Around the same time orders were placed for six SIAI-Marchetti SF.260TW trainer aircraft, one Alenia C-27J Spartan transport aircraft, and a number of Russian-made Mil Mi-17 helicopters. These orders were expected to be delivered during 2016. Recent aircraft losses On 13 March 2013 a Harbin Z-9 helicopter crashed while attempting to land at Lusaka City Airport. The pilot, Major Misapa Mukupa, was killed, and the co-pilot, Lieutenant Kenneth Chilala, was injured. The helicopter was taking part in Youth Day celebrations and it was suggested the accident was caused by a national flag attached to the aircraft coming loose and then entangled in the tail rotor. On 15 January 2014 a Saab MFI.17 Supporter trainer crashed some 40 km from Livingstone. Both crew were killed. On 19 May 2014 a Saab MFI.15 crashed in Lusaka West. Both crew were killed. The crew were the Deputy Commander ZAF, Major-General Muliokela Muliokela, and Colonel Brian Mweene. On 14 September 2015 an Agusta-Bell