Malawian Defence Force

Malawian Defence Force ndi gulu lankhondo la boma lomwe lili ndi udindo woteteza dziko la Malawi. Zinachokera kumagulu a British King's African Rifles, magulu atsamunda omwe adakhazikitsidwa ufulu usanayambe mu 1964.

Asilikali amapangidwa motsogozedwa ndi Unduna wa Zachitetezo.

Malawi Army

Dziko la Malawi lisanalandire ufulu wodzilamulira linkadalira zida zake zankhondo ku Rhodesia, chifukwa gulu lankhondo la atsamunda la Britain nthawi zambiri linkakhazikitsidwa m'mayiko onse, m'malo motengera madera awo. Gulu la Malawi Rifles linakhazikitsidwa pamene dzikolo lidalandira ufulu wodzilamulira kuchokera ku dziko la United Kingdom m’chaka cha 1964. Gulu lake loyamba lankhondo linapangidwa kuchokera ku gulu loyamba lankhondo la King’s African Rifles. Atalandira ufulu wodzilamulira gulu lankhondolo linakhala 1st Battalion, The Malawi Rifles (King's African Rifles). Iwo anali ku likulu la asilikali a Malawi ku Cobbe Barracks, Zomba. Cobbe Barracks adatchulidwa mu May 1958 kwa General General Alexander Cobbe VC, yemwe adatumikira ndi King's African Rifles. A Rifles akuti anali ndi mphamvu za amuna 2,000 panthawi yodzilamulira. Pa 6 July 1966 Malawi idakhala dziko la Republic ndipo Kamuzu Banda adakhala mtsogoleri woyamba. Pambuyo pamwambo wolumbirira ntchito yake yoyamba inali yopereka gulu lankhondo lokhala ndi mtundu wake wa pulezidenti komanso mtundu watsopano wa regimental. Zinali motsogozedwa ndi Brigadier Paul Lewis, waku Britain wochokera kunja; Wales Colonel Dudley Thornton adalamulira 1965-67. Mu 1966 zikuwoneka kuti mwina 60% ya maofesala mu batalioni anali maofesala omwe sanatumizidwe.

Pambuyo pa Vuto la Cabinet la 1964, Asilikali a Malawi adawononga zigawenga za a Henry Chipembere m'boma la Mangochi ndi m'boma la Machinga mu 1965. Wina mwa nduna zomwe zidachotsedwa pa nthawi yamavuto a Cabinet ndi Yatuta Chisiza. Chisiza adathawira ku Tanzania, ndipo adakhazikitsa Socialist League of Malawi, chipani chotsutsa kwambiri cha Malawi. Anayambanso kuchita zigawenga zolimbana ndi ulamuliro wa Banda. Mu 1967 Chisiza ndi ena asanu ndi anayi adalowa m'boma la Mwanza kuchokera ku Tanzania. Pamkangano wotsatira ndi Army and Young Pioneers pa 9 October 1967 iye ndi mamembala ena awiri a zigawenga anaphedwa; asanu anagwidwa; ndipo enawo anathawa.