Army
During World War II, the Portuguese had:
- 1 Portuguese infantry company up to the start of World War II replaced by-
- 1st Light Mozambique (Mozambique Caçadores) Company
- 2nd Light Mozambique (Mozambique Caçadores) Company
- 1 Portuguese artillery company (Companhia de Artilharia)
- 1 heavy machine gun infantry (Companhia de Metralhadoras)
- 2 native infantry companies (Companhia Indigena de Caçadores)
- 1 depot section
- military detachment in Taipa (Destacamento militar na Taipa)
- military detachment at Ilha Verde (Destacamento militar na Ilha Verde)
- 497 men - 22 officers, 35 NCO's and 440 soldiers, including 224 native soldiers increasing to 797 men in 1940.
Following the war the machine gun company was changed to an armoured cavalry squadron equipped with armoured cars. Five indigenous companies (Companhia Indígena de Caçadores) were posted at Colane, Flora, Ilha Verde, Mong Ha and Portas do Cerco. An anti-tank (Companhia de Anti-Carro) was posted at Ramal dos Mouros.
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