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List of equipment of the National Army of Colombia

This is a list of equipment used by the National Army of Colombia.

Land vehicles edit

Model Units in service Status Origin Image
Armoured vehicles
LAV III 50[1] In service[2]   Canada  
EE-9 Cascavel 121 In service   Brazil  
Infantry transport vehicles
M-113A2 28 (+ up to 60 in storage)[3] In service   United States  
EE-11 Urutu 100 In service   Brazil  
M-1117 87[4][5] In service   United States  
Humvee 800 In service   United States  
Plasan Sand Cat 22 In service[6]   Israel  
RG-31 Nyala 4 In service   South Africa  
ISBI Meteoro 16 In service   Colombia  
Hunter TR-12 2 In production[7]   Colombia  

Multipurpose vehicles edit

Vehicle Units in service Status Origin Image
Multipurpouse vehicles
M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck In service   United States  
AIL Abir In service   Israel  
M151 MUTT In service   United States  
Ford Super Duty In service   United States  

Artillery edit

Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Image
Field artillery
BAE Land Systems/Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 Howitzer 15 In service   Spain  
GIAT/Nexter LG-1 Howitzer 20 In service   France  
M101 Howitzer 75 In service   United States  

Infantry weapons edit

Model Origin Type Image Details
M-4 Commando Mortar   South Africa Commando mortar  
M30 mortar   United States 106mm heavy mortar  
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1   France 120mm heavy mortar  
Nimrod   Israel Surface-to-surface missile  
M116 howitzer   United States Mountain gun  

Self-propelled artillery edit

System Units in service Status Origin Image
Self-propelled artillery
Joya SAA-1 6 In service   United States
  France
  Colombia

Systems of anti-aircraft defense edit

Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Photo
Anti-aircraft defense specialized vehicles
M-8 Tow AA 20 In service   United States  
M-462 Abir Nimrod Anti-aircraft system 500 In service   Israel  
Nimrod Anti-aircraft system 40 In service   Israel  
Anti-aircraft batteries Eagle Eye 120 In service   United States
  Israel		  
Oerlikon dual gun system 75 In reserve   Switzerland  
Bofors M1 150 In reserve   Sweden  
M8/M-55 AAA 75 In reserve   United States
  Israel
  Colombia		  
FIM-92 Stinger 60 In service   United States
 
MBDA Mistral In service   France  

Weapons edit

Model Origin Type Image Details
Pistols
Córdova   Colombia Pistol   Standard issue pistol to Colombian Army
Beretta M9   Italy
  United States		 Pistol  
M1911 pistol   United States Pistol  
IWI Jericho 941   Israel Pistol  
Assault rifles
IMI Galil   Israel Assault rifle   Standard issue rifle. Produced under license by Indumil.[8] Also adopted the Galil ACE rifle by the middle of 2010, produced by Indumil.[9] FARC rebels use captured examples against the Colombian armed forces.[10]
IWI Tavor   Israel Assault rifle   The Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces, in the army, marines and in the Colombian national police.[11][better source needed]
IWI ACE   Israel Assault rifle   Is the new standard-issue assault rifle of the Army, Navy (including Colombian Marine Corps), Air Force and Police of Colombia.[12] Manufactured by an agreement between Indumil and IWI for export markets in Colombia.
M16 rifle   United States Assault rifle   M16A2 used
M4 carbine   United States Carbine   M4A1s as part of a 2008 Foreign Military Sales.[13] More M4/M4A1s announced to be sold via FMS program in 2017.[14]
Submachine guns
Uzi   Israel Submachine gun  
Heckler & Koch MP5   West Germany Submachine gun   Used by special forces
Support weapons
IWI Negev   Israel Light machine gun   Standard Issue Light machine gun
Daewoo Precision Industries K3   South Korea Light machine gun   400 K3s acquired in 2006.[15]
M249 light machine gun   United States Light machine gun  
M2 Browning Machine Gun   United States Heavy machine gun  
M60 machine gun   United States General-purpose machine gun  
FN MAG   Belgium General-purpose machine gun  
M1919 Browning machine gun   United States Medium machine gun  
Sniper rifles
Armalite AR-10   United States Sniper rifle  
Barrett M82   United States Anti-materiel rifle  
Barrett M95   United States Anti-materiel rifle  
IMI Galatz   Israel Sniper rifle  
M24 SWS   United States Sniper rifle  
Remington MSR   United States Sniper rifle   Used by Colombian Special Forces.[16]
Grenade launchers
Mk 19 grenade launcher   United States Grenade machine gun  
M79 grenade launcher   United States Grenade launcher  
M203 grenade launcher   United States Grenade launcher  
Milkor MGL   South Africa Grenade launcher   Indumil produces the MGL Mk 1 under license.[17][18]
Anti-armour
RPG-22   Russia Rocket-propelled grenade  
Spike (missile)   Israel Anti-tank missile
Anti-ship missile		   Total 300 Spike-MR/LR and 15 Spike-ER missiles.[citation needed] The Colombian National Army Aviation's fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Arpia IV[19]-series helicopters are armed with three variants of the Spike: the ER, LR and NLOS.[20]
BGM-71 TOW   United States Anti-tank missile   18 BGM-71 mounted on HMMWVs
APILAS   France Anti-tank weapon  
M72 LAW   United States
  Norway		 Anti-tank weapon  
AT4   Sweden Anti-tank weapon

Aircraft edit

Main article: Colombian National Army Aviation
Name Origin Type Version(s) In service[21] Notes
Fixed wing
Gulfstream Turbo Commander   United States Transport Commander 1000 2
Beechcraft King Air   United States Transport 90
200
350 		4
Beechcraft Super King Air   United States Electronic warfare 200
350 		4
Convair 580   United States Airliner 1
Cessna 208 Caravan   United States Utility 5
Aero Commander 500   United States Utility Rockwell 685 Commander 2
CASA C-212 Aviocar   Spain Transport 3
Antonov An-32   Ukraine Transport 2
Helicopters
UH-1 Iroquois
UH-1N Twin Huey 		  United States /
  Canada 		Utility helicopter UH-1H
UH-1N 		64 41 of the UH-1N Twin Hueys are retired Canadian Forces aircraft.[22]
Mil Mi-17   Russia Transport helicopter Mi-17 MD 20 One lost on 25 February 2013[23] and in 2024[24]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk   United States
  Poland 		Transport/Combat helicopter UH-60L
S-70i 		53
7[25] 		Including the 15 from Plan Colombia. Two UH-60 lost on 22 February 2013 and on 5 February 2024.[26][27] All S-70i helicopters used by the Special Operations Aviation Battalion.[25]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
RQ-11 Raven   United States Reconnaissance RQ-11B 15 Special Forces[28]

References edit

  1. ^ "Colombia aprueba la compra de 50 blindados GDLS 8x8 LAV III".
  2. ^ Colombia; Armored vehicles procurement programs summary Archived 2015-05-09 at the Wayback Machine – Dmilt.com, 3 January 2014
  3. ^ Erich Saumeth Cadavid (25 May 2023). "Colombian Army down to half of its APC fleet". Janes. The Colombian Army has 28 operational M113A2 armoured personnel carriers
  4. ^ Colombian Army Acquires 28 Additional ASV Armored Personnel Carriers – Deagel.com, 22 August 2013
  5. ^ "Colombia receives armored vehicles from US Southern Command in handover ceremony". United States Army. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ Colombia selects the Oshkosh Sandcat – Armyrecognition.com, December 20, 2012
  7. ^ El Ejército de Colombia adquiere un nuevo Hunter TR-12 para el Departamento de Huila – Infodefensa.com, 17 July 2013
  8. ^ "INDUMIL – Industria Militar". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ^ "IWI Galil ACE 5.56 mm assault rifle (Israel), Rifles". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  10. ^ "Partes de guerra – FARC-EP Bloque Martín Caballero". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  11. ^ IMI Tavor. Unffmm.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-31. Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "IWI Galil ACE 5.56 mm assault rifle (Israel), Rifles". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 17 September 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2008". The Gun Zone. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  14. ^ "Colt Capitalizes on Foreign Military Sales Program - The Firearm Blog". 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
  15. ^ Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2006". Gun Zone. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  16. ^ "Colombia Special Forces using Remington MSR -". The Firearm Blog. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Milkor MGL-140 Multi-Range Grenade Launcher (MRGL) (2008)". Military Factory. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Grenade Launcher MGL" (in Spanish). Indumil. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  19. ^ "Fuerza Aérea Colombiana presenta su nuevo helicóptero de ataque Arpía IV". Webinfomil.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  20. ^ "Rafael sharpens Spike missile offering". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  21. ^ World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 13, December 11, 2012
  22. ^ "CH-135 detailed list".
  23. ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 31.
  24. ^ "Identifican a los 9 muertos en accidente de helicóptero en Bolívar". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  25. ^ a b Colombian Army receives two new S-70i helicopters - Janes.com, 4 September 2013
  26. ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 30.
  27. ^ "4 muertos y 3 heridos tras accidente de helicóptero del Ejército en Chocó". El Nuevo Siglo (in Spanish). 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  28. ^ Colombia; US donates ScanEagle UAV's to FAC Archived 2014-01-04 at the Wayback Machine – Dmilt.com, March 19, 2013
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