Täpset võitlejate arvu ei tea vist keegi. Ilmselt on neid piisavalt, et valitsusvägedele peavalu valmistada ning võimalik et ka teisi grupeeringuid endaga liituma meelitada. Sest ega see praegune isalt pojale üleantud valitsus seal pole mingi palavalt armastatud demokraatlik jõud, vaid tundub selline Aafrika värk, et ühed suguharud kes võimul ja teised kes mitte.
Reuters vahendab, et FACT-il võib olla praegu "mitu tuhat" võitlejat ning osa vägesid teenib veel Liibüas Haftari. Relvastus on ka vist keskmise hõimusõdalasega võrreldes parem kuna papa Deby sai pihta ju kaudtulest mürsu ("shell" - mürsk või miinipilduja miin?) plahvatusega.
Estimates vary on FACT's firepower and the number of fighters, but it appears that its ranks have grown.
Tubiana said his sources said that FACT had deployed 400-450 vehicles into Chad, which could carry several thousand fighters.
"He [FACTi pealik Mahdi Ali Mahamat] suffered losses. But some more probably joined once they were in Chad. It is also possible that they didn’t bring all their forces from Libya," he said.
At its inception in April 2016, the group said it had 1500 fighters. Early photos showed small groups of young men in desert fatigues beside pickup trucks with rifles and ammunition.
The United Nations Libya panel of experts said in its Dec. 2019 report that FACT had about 700 fighters.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/wh ... 021-04-21/