Obscure African conflict THREAD #1: The Toyota War

What do you get when you square up a ragtag army of Chadians in pickup trucks against a more powerful and better armed Libyan army?

You get the Toyota War, one of the biggest L's for Libya and an interesting conflict regardless
As a disclaimer: I'm going to be including a few misc images of technicals and Libyan/Chadian stuff as often as I can in this thread, since there aren't many images I could find about the conflict. I should add this war did help cement the technical as a modern tool of warfare
By 1987, Libya's expeditionary force comprised of 8,000 soldiers, hundreds of tanks and supporting artillery and helicopters, however, it suffered from low morale and poor organization, along with the setbacks of fighting unaided in a foreign country and fears of a coup at home.
The western-backed Chad was supported primarily by France, whom had launched Operation Manta in the mid-1980s to limit Libyan expansion north of the 16th parallel. Knowing the disorganization of Libyan forces, their garrisons began to resemble separated, vulnerable "islands" in-
-the desert. Libya was also facing a highly-motivated Chadian National Armed forces of 10,000 men and experienced commanders. Although relatively outdated and reliant on the French air force to keep the Libyan air force at bay, the Chadians had a new tactic up their sleeves.
Chad would rely primarily upon Toyota pickup trucks converted into impromptu gun trucks or antitank vehicles, many of these trucks being fitted with MILAN ATGMs and other weapons.

With a reconquest in sight, Chad would first place its sights on a Libyan comms base at Fada.
Fada was defended by 2,000 Libyans backed by armor and artillery, while Chad sent somewhere between 4,000 to 5,000 men against the Libyan garrison. Taking advantage of his army's superior knowledge of the terrain, the highly-mobile Chadians quickly surrounded the Libyan position.
In the battle of Fada, 784 Libyans were killed, 100 tanks destroyed, while only 50 FANT soldiers died. The unexpected defeat prompted Gaddafi to launch airstrikes on Chad, which Franced retliated to with strikes of their own on Libyan radars, blinding Libya's air force in Chad.
In March 1987, the main Libyan air base of Ouadi Doum, defended by minefields, tanks, and 5,000 soldiers, was overtaken by Chadian forces. Although strongly defended, the Libyan base fell to a smaller Chadian attacking force of technicals armed with ATGMs and machine guns.
Reportedly, in the first three months of 1987, Libya had lost 3,000 soldiers, numerous tanks, fixed-wing aircraft, and helicopters, with some being destroyed by Libya to prevent its use by Chadian forces

At Ouadi Doum, Libyans fleeing the Chadians ran through their own mines.
The defeat at Ouadi Doum saw Libyan forces isolated in foreign territory and unable to provide CAS to its troops, exposing Libya's weakness to a highly-mobile enemy. Libya would begin its withdrawal from Northern Chad, leaving the country open for a Chadian counteroffensive.
In August 1987, against France's wishes, Chad advanced into the disputed Aozou Strip, occupying the town of Aouzu. Libya finally retook the town by the end of August, matching Chad's use of Toyotas with the use of jeeps, light armored vehicles, and other desert warfare strategies
In response, in September 1987, Chad, supported by U.S. intelligence, surprise raided the Libyan air base at Maaten al-Sarra, killing 1,000 Libyans, destroying 32 aircraft in the process before withdrawing into Chadian soil.
With the international perception of Libya's military competence deteriorating, and with France's patience of an uncontrollable Chad waning, a ceasefire was organized in 1994, with the International Court finally recognizing the disputed Aouzou Strip as Chadian territory.
So, all in all, what did this result in?

It showed the world that, once again, a technologically superior but mostly incompetent military force could be stunted by a smaller one with little more than armed pickup trucks, motivation, better mobility, and better tactics.
The war also cemented the Toyota truck (or pickup trucks in general) as a highly-effective and versatile tool of modern warfare now-since adopted by irregular non-state actors and proper armies alike as an important part of their combat doctrine and aesthetics.
The technical — and the Toyota truck — has now effectively been deified in modern war in the eyes of many insurgencies, becoming things like means of transportation, mobile weapons platforms, and even vehicle-based suicide trucks, depending on the need and materials available.
All in all, I find it quite ironic that something so mundane in our society like a pickup truck would turn into a lethal, effective, and instantly-recognizable tool of warfare elsewhere in the world. It's almost poetic, even.
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