At the beginning of 1994, the Moldovan army (under the Ministry of Defense) consisted of 9,800 men organized into three motor rifle brigades, one artillery brigade, and one reconnaissance/assault battalion. Its equipment consisted of fifty-six ballistic missile defenses; seventy-seven armored personnel carriers and sixty-seven "look-alikes;" eighteen 122 mm and fifty-three 152 mm towed artillery units; nine 120 mm combined guns/mortars; seventy AT-4 Spigot, nineteen AT-5 Spandrel, and twenty-seven AT-6 Spiral anti-tank guided weapons; a 73 mm SPG-9 recoilless launcher, forty-five MT-12 100 mm anti-tank guns; and thirty ZU-23 23 mm and twelve S-60 57 mm air defense guns. Moldova has received some arms from former Soviet stocks maintained on the territory of the republic as well as undetermined quantities of arms from Romania, particularly at the height of the fighting with Transnistria.
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Stamp: Coat of Arms of the National Army of Moldova Envelope: September 3 - National Army Day. Guard of Honour at the Ștefan cel Mare in Chișinău
True Date of Issue: 03/09/2006
Michel Catalogue No.
U190
MoldovaStamps Catalogue No.
U189
Posta Moldovei Catalogue No.
PMF 72
Posta Moldovei Order No.
168
Posta Moldovei COD No.
13/2006
Includes an Inflation Tariff Stamp
NO
Philatelic Status
VALID: Official Issue of the Post Office (Entered Into Postal Circulation)
Envelope Size (mm)
162 x 114
Prepaid Stamp Face Value
0.60 Lei
Tariff Stamp Face Value
0.00 Lei
Total Face Value
0.60 Lei
Applicable Postal Rate
0.60 Lei (1.1.2006-31.12.2006) Letters/Domestic/Moldova/Surface Mail/Unregistered