 Chadian Armed Forces

The Chadian Armed Forces ("Forces Armées Tchadiennes" or FAT) were the army of the central government of Chad from 1960 to 1979, under the southern presidents François Tombalbaye and Félix Malloum, until the downfall of the latter in 1979, when the head of the "gendarmerie", Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué, assumed command.Joined by gendarmerie units, FAT became a regional force representing primarily the Sara ethnic group of the five southern prefectures.