5-430: Revolutionary Guard may refer to: Revolutionary Guard Corps of Libya Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran See also [ edit ] Republican guard Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Revolutionary Guard . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-635: The Jamahiriyyah Guard, was a paramilitary elite unit that played the role of key protection force of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi , until his death in October 2011. Composed of 3,000 men hand-picked from Gaddafi's tribal group in the Sirte region, the Guard was well armed, being provided with T-54 and T-62 tanks, APCs , MRLs , SA-8 SAMs and ZSU-23-4 anti-aircraft guns taken from
15-501: The Revolutionary Committees, became entrenched within the military. They served as a parallel channel of control, a means of ideological indoctrination in the barracks, and an apparatus for monitoring suspicious behavior. The Revolutionary Guards reportedly held the keys to ammunition stockpiles at the main military bases, doling it out in small quantities as needed by the regular forces. Their influence increased after
20-610: The army inventory. As of 2005, its commander was Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi , a cousin of the former Libyan leader. The Revolutionary Guard developed from the Revolutionary Committees , even if the latter had at first been introduced only into workplaces and communities, and not extended to the Armed Forces . After the early 1980s, however, the Revolutionary Guard, as a paramilitary wing of
25-468: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Revolutionary_Guard&oldid=875555451 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Revolutionary Guard Corps The Libyan Revolutionary Guard Corps ( Liwa Haris al-Jamahiriya ), also known as
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