Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
![Line up of decommissioned FAPLA combat vehicles in the South African National Museum of Military History: Ural-4320, PT-76, and T-34-85 tank.](/Images/godic/202501/12/FAPLA_Lineup5852.JPG")
![FAPLA's air defence network in 1987.](/Images/godic/202501/12/Soviet-supplied_air_defence_systems_in_Angola5853.png")
The People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA or Forças Armadas Populares de Libertação de Angola) was originally the armed wing of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) but later (1975–1991) became Angola's official armed forces when the MPLA took control of the government.