WAG

Personnel & posture

GDP (est.)

$3B

Order of battle

• Africa Corps

  • Core contractors3,000 – 8,000

    Sudan gold routes

  • CAR deployment800 – 1,500

    Presidential guard

  • Mali Sahel500 – 1,200

    Junta partnership

  • Libya eastern300 – 800

    Logistics and training

  • Syria (legacy)200 – 500

    Oil field security

• Combatants

  • Light infantry contractors5,000 – 12,000

    Direct action

• Artillery

  • Mortars & tube artillery50 – 150

    Fire support

  • AK / PKM / RPG2,000 – 5,000

    Infantry weapons

• UAV

  • Commercial ISR drones30 – 80

    Reconnaissance

• Revenue

  • Gold & resource taxation0

    Primary funding

• Supply

  • Russian arms resupply0

    Air and sea routes

Bases & infrastructure (24)

• Wagner / Africa Corps Ministry of Defense

  hub

  National command and crisis coordination

  command

• Wagner / Africa Corps Army Headquarters

  military base

  Ground forces command and mobilization center

  army

• Wagner / Africa Corps Primary Air Base

  airport

  Combat aviation and airlift hub

  air

• Wagner / Africa Corps Naval Base

  port

  Fleet homeport and coastal defense

  naval

• Wagner / Africa Corps Main Seaport

  port

  Strategic maritime trade and logistics gateway

  trade

• Wagner / Africa Corps Defense Industrial Complex

  factory

  Ammunition, vehicles, and sustainment production

  manufacturing

• Wagner / Africa Corps Munitions plant

  factory

  Artillery shells, small arms, explosives

  ammunition

• Wagner / Africa Corps Oil & gas refinery

  factory

  Fuel processing and petrochemicals

  energy

• Wagner / Africa Corps Integrated Air Defense Site

  military base

  Long-range SAM coverage for capital region

  air_defense

• Wagner / Africa Corps Early Warning Radar

  military base

  Air and missile tracking

  air_defense

• Wagner / Africa Corps Combined Arms Training Area

  military base

  Brigade-level exercises and mobilization

  training

• Wagner / Africa Corps Border Defense Outpost

  military base

  Frontier surveillance and rapid response

  army

• Wagner / Africa Corps Cyber Command Center

  hub

  Offensive/defensive cyber operations

  cyber

• Wagner / Africa Corps Forward Corps HQ

  military base

  Theater-level ground command

  army

• Wagner / Africa Corps Secondary Airfield

  airport

  Dispersal, training, and surge capacity

  air

• Port Sudan contractor sector

  port

  Red Sea logistics interest.

  naval

• Bangui PMC base (CAR)

  military base

  Presidential guard training.

  covert

• Berengo palace training camp

  military base

  CAR Wagner instruction center.

  army

• Bamako advisory cell

  hub

  Mali junta security partnership.

  command

• Gao Sahel operations sector

  military base

  Mali counter-insurgency.

  army

• Benghazi eastern liaison

  hub

  Libya eastern faction support.

  command

• Africa Corps coordination (Moscow)

  hub

  MoD PMC successor command.

  command

• Bangui PMC base

  military base

  CAR presidential guard training.

  covert

• Bamako advisory cell

  hub

  Mali junta partnership.

  command

Deployable units (17)

• 1st Mechanized Brigade (Wagner / Africa Corps)armor
• 3rd Infantry Division HQarmy
• 7th Artillery Regimentarmy
• Air Defense Battalion (capital)sam
• Special Operations Task Grouparmy
• Coastal Defense Regimentnavy
• Tactical UAV Squadrondrone
• Logistics Support Brigadefacility · Supply and transport hub
• Armored Cavalry Squadronarmor
• Combat Aviation Wing (detachment)air
• Sudan gold-route security detachmentarmy · RSF-aligned contractors
• CAR presidential guard trainersarmy · Direct combat advisors
• Mali Sahel strike teamarmy · Counter-insurgency operations
• Libya eastern logistics convoylogistics · Arms and fuel smuggling
• Syria oil field securityfacility · Deir ez-Zor protection
• UAV reconnaissance celldrone · Commercial drone ISR
• Contract mortar & artillery teamfacility · Indirect fire support

Theater glossary

Africa Corps

Russian MoD PMC successor to Wagner Group — formalized 2024.

Wagner Group

Private military company — Prigozhin era predecessor.

Darfur gold

Artisanal mining — RSF revenue and PMC security.

Berengo

CAR training camp — Wagner instruction site.

Sahel partnership

Mali and Burkina junta security contracts.

Gold smuggling

Sudan–UAE–Russia nexus — strategic revenue stream.

Chokepoint

Narrow sea or land passage where trade or military traffic can be blocked.

Rare earth

Elements used in magnets, motors, and precision weapons — China dominates refining.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve — emergency crude stockpile.

TSMC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing — advanced logic fab cluster.

Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz — ~20% of global oil transits.

Malacca

Strait of Malacca — busiest shipping lane between Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Suwałki corridor

Poland–Lithuania land bridge — NATO logistics vulnerability.

Cobalt belt

DRC–Zambia mining corridor — battery supply chain.

Lithium triangle

Chile–Argentina–Bolivia brine deposits — EV battery input.

Grain corridor

Black Sea / Danube export routes — global food security.

Red Sea corridor

Bab el-Mandeb through Suez — Houthi interdiction risk.

Taiwan Strait lane

Kaohsiung–Busan chip & container sea lane under blockade exercise.

Black Sea grain lane

Odesa/Danube export routes under missile and mine threat.

Horn access lane

Djibouti–Massawa–Assab Red Sea port competition axis.