Wellington claimed he had "an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced Staff".
France already has a regular 200-soldier contingent in the CAR whose strength is comparable to the CAR's ill-equipped 5,000-soldier army.
The only purpose of this ill-equipped army is to protect the dictators by oppressing the citizenry.
Virtually all observers agree that facing down Haiti's ill-equipped and undisciplined 7,000-man army would take little in the way of force.
U.S. troops withdrew from Korea in 1949, leaving the South Korean army relatively ill-equipped.
There was, Mao knew well, a wealth of war ordnance and materiel that could be of incalculable assistance to his ill-equipped army.
The government's policy of neutrality had left Belgium with an outdated and ill-equipped army and air force.
There was no hint of resistance from Haiti's small and ill-equipped army.
He and his ill-equipped army began to march towards Gaul and then back towards Rome several times in vain attempts to avoid a battle.
However, his ill-equipped army of around 40,000 could do little more than besiege Londonderry.