MALAGASY NATIONAL POLICE

2. It will be noticed that a number of French nationals are still
maintained as active members of the Malagasy police force. As a matter
of fact, there are more than three times as many French nationals in the
Officers (title) rank than Malagasy. This peculiar situation will be
discussed in detail under "Evaluation" (X-A, page 66).
E. Table of Equipment
1. Armament -
The impression is that the Malagasy Police have inherited from
the French a collection of sundry weapons which they try, as best they
can, to fit into their organization. As a rule, the Malagasy policeman
is not armed, but a small supply of weapons is kept at the Precinct Head­
quarters for issuance in case of emergency. Most of the arms and ammu­
nition is concentrated in the Flying Brigade Headquarters where they are
maintained by experienced armorers.
Location
Weapons
I Flying Brigade Others Total
Machine Gun 8 nm
Automatic Rifle MAS 7.5
Sub-Machine Gun MAT 9 m/m
Sub-Machine Gun STEN 9 m/m
Carbine 8 m/m
Automatic Pistol 9 m/m
Automatic Pistol 7.65 long
Old Pistols & revolvers of
varied make & caliber
Surveyed 1892 revolvers
-21 ­
4 - 4
150 - 150
99 10 109
93 155 248
- 1 1
- 13 13
100 100 200
96 344 440
108 -- 108