List of equipment of the National Army of Colombia

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

Land vehicles[]

Model Units in service Status Origin Image
Armoured vehicles
LAV III 32 In service[1]  Canada 20110912 WN S1015650 0030.jpg - Flickr - NZ Defence Force.jpg
EE-9 Cascavel 118 In service  Brazil Cascavel EE-009.JPG
Infantry transport vehicles
M-113 130 In service  United States M113A1-latrun-1.jpg
EE-11 Urutu 100 In service  Brazil Tanque de Guerra en las calles de Cúcuta.JPG
M-1117 67[2] In service  United States Bulgarian m1117.JPG
Humvee 800 In service  United States HUMVEECH.jpg
Plasan Sand Cat 14 In service[3]  Israel Oshkosh SandCat side.jpg
RG-31 Nyala 4 In service  South Africa Convoy (5375064599).jpg
ISBI Meteoro 16 In service  Colombia Tanqueta isbi.jpg
Hunter TR-12 2 In production[4]  Colombia F0205060 52c14142734d4.jpg

Multipurpose vehicles[]

Vehicle Units in service Status Origin Image
Multipurpouse vehicles
M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck In service  United States M35 REO pic5.JPG
AIL Abir In service  Israel Abir.jpg
M151 MUTT In service  United States AMG M151 A2 (1978) GB (owner Gavin Broad).JPG
Ford Super Duty In service  United States 2008 Ford F-250.jpg

Artillery[]

Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Image
Field artillery
BAE Land Systems/Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 Howitzer 15 In service  Spain SBS 155-52 (3).JPG
GIAT/Nexter LG-1 Howitzer 20 In service  France Giat LG-1.jpg
M101 Howitzer 75 In service  United States M2-105-mm-howitzer-batey-haosef-1.jpg

Infantry field artillery[]

Model Origin Type Image Details
M-4 Commando Mortar  South Africa Commando mortar 60mm Patmor.jpg
M30 mortar  United States 106mm heavy mortar M30 mortar at the War Remnants Museum.jpg
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1  France 120mm heavy mortar Mor120.jpg
Nimrod  Israel Surface-to-surface missile Paris Air Show 2007-06-24 n27.jpg
M116 howitzer  United States Mountain gun Two M116 75mm Howitzers in Chengkungling 20111009.jpg

Self-propelled artillery[]

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[]

Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Photo
Anti-aircraft defense specialized vehicles
M-8 Tow AA 20 In service  United States Pzj Tow PIRANHA - Schweizer Armee - Steel Parade 2006.jpg
M-462 Abir Nimrod Anti-aircraft system 500 In service  Israel Militar auto Colombia.JPG
Nimrod Anti-aircraft system 40 In service  Israel Nimrod anti-tank system.png
Anti-aircraft batteries Eagle Eye 120 In service  United States
 Israel		 Bofors 40mm (2), Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, France.JPG
Oerlikon dual gun system 75 In reserve   Switzerland 35 mm Oerlikon.jpg
Bofors M1 150 In reserve  Sweden Bofors-40-L70-hatzerim-2-1.jpg
M8/M-55 AAA 75 In reserve  United States/ Israel/ Colombia M2 Machine gun on flak.JPG
FIM-92 Stinger 60 In service  United States
1-7 repels enemy assault at Lava Training Area 140203-M-OM885-094.jpg
MBDA Mistral In service  France Mistral-2.jpg

Weapons[]

Model Origin Type Image Details
Pistols
Cordova  Colombia Pistol Indumil-Cordova.jpg Standard issue pistol to Colombian Army.
Beretta M9  Italy
 United States		 Pistol M9-pistolet.jpg
M1911 pistol  United States Pistol M1911A1.png
IWI Jericho 941  Israel Pistol Jericho 941F.jpg
Assault rifles
IMI Galil  Israel Assault rifle Standard issue rifle. Produced under license by Indumil.[5] Also adopted the Galil ACE rifle by the middle of 2010, produced by Indumil.[6] FARC rebels use captured examples against the Colombian armed forces.[7]
IWI Tavor  Israel Assault rifle IWI-Tavor-TAR-21w1.jpg The Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces, in the army, marines and in the Colombian national police.[8]
IWI ACE  Israel Assault rifle IWI-ACE-N-22-5 56mm-NATO-Magazine-1.jpg Is the new standard-issue assault rifle of the Army, Navy (including Colombian Marine Corps), Air Force and Police of Colombia.[9] Manufactured by an agreement between Indumil and IWI for export markets in Colombia.
M16 rifle  United States Assault rifle M16A2 Rifle with M203 Grenade Launcher (7414627064).jpg M16A2 used.
M4 carbine  United States Carbine PEO M4 Carbine RAS M68 CCO.jpg M4A1s as part of a 2008 Foreign Military Sales.[10] More M4/M4A1s announced to be sold via FMS program in 2017.[11]
Submachine guns
Uzi  Israel Submachine gun Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg
Heckler & Koch MP5  West Germany Submachine gun Heckler & Koch MP5 b.jpg Used by special forces.
Support weapons
IWI Negev  Israel Light machine gun IWI-Negev-Zachi-Evenor-01-white.jpg Standard Issue Light machine gun.
Daewoo Precision Industries K3  South Korea Light machine gun Daewoo K3 machine gun 0.jpg 400 K3s acquired in 2006.[12]
M249 light machine gun  United States Light machine gun M249 Automatic Rifle.jpg
M2 Browning Machine Gun  United States Heavy machine gun Patria AMV XA-360 Kokonaisturvallisuus 2015 05 Protector RWS.JPG
M60 machine gun  United States General-purpose machine gun M60GPMG.jpeg
FN MAG  Belgium General-purpose machine gun FN MAG white background.jpg
M1919 Browning machine gun  United States Medium machine gun Browning M1919a.png
Sniper rifles
Armalite AR-10  United States Sniper rifle AR-10T---Dragunova-20160409.jpg
Barrett M82  United States Anti-materiel rifle M82A1 barrett.jpeg
Barrett M95  United States Anti-materiel rifle Barrett M95SP.jpg
IMI Galatz  Israel Sniper rifle Galil-Sniper-Galatz-r001.jpg
M24 SWS  United States Sniper rifle PEO M24 SWS-03.jpg
Remington MSR  United States Sniper rifle Remington MSR.JPG Used by Colombian Special Forces.[13]
Grenade launchers
Mk 19 grenade launcher  United States Grenade machine gun MK19-02.jpg
M79 grenade launcher  United States Grenade launcher M79 Grenade Launcher (7414625716).jpg
M203 grenade launcher  United States Grenade launcher PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.jpg
Milkor MGL  South Africa Grenade launcher Milkor MGL.jpg Indumil produces the MGL Mk 1 under license.[14][15]
Anti-armour
RPG-22  Russia Rocket-propelled grenade RPG-22 at exhibition «Presence».png
Spike (missile)  Israel Anti-tank missile
Anti-ship missile		 Euro-Spike MR Lippujuhlan päivä 2014 4.JPG 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[16]-series helicopters are armed with three variants of the Spike: the ER, LR and NLOS.[17]
BGM-71 TOW  United States Anti-tank missile Hires 090509-A-4842R-001a.jpg 18 BGM-71 Mounted on HMMWVs.
APILAS  France Anti-tank weapon Apilas Lippujuhlan päivä 2014.JPG
M72 LAW  United States
 Norway		 Anti-tank weapon M72 ASM RC Kokonaisturvallisuusmesssut 2015.jpg
AT4  Sweden Anti-tank weapon AT-4Launcher.jpeg

Aircraft[]

Main article: Colombian National Army Aviation
Name Origin Type Version(s) In service[18] 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 2
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.[19]
Mil Mi-17  Russia Transport helicopter Mi-17 MD 21 One lost on 25 February 2013.[20]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk  United States
 Poland 		Transport/Combat helicopter UH-60L
S-70i 		54
7[21] 		Including the 15 from Plan Colombia. One UH-60 lost on 22 February 2013.[22] All S-70i helicopters used by the Special Operations Aviation Battalion.[21]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
RQ-11 Raven  United States Reconnaissance RQ-11B Special Forces[23]

References[]

  1. ^ Colombia; Armored vehicles procurement programs summary Archived 2015-05-09 at the Wayback Machine – Dmilt.com, 3 January 2014
  2. ^ Colombian Army Acquires 28 Additional ASV Armored Personnel Carriers – Deagel.com, 22 August 2013
  3. ^ Colombia selects the Oshkosh Sandcat – Armyrecognition.com, December 20, 2012
  4. ^ El Ejército de Colombia adquiere un nuevo Hunter TR-12 para el Departamento de Huila – Infodefensa.com, 17 July 2013
  5. ^ "INDUMIL – Industria Militar". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  6. ^ "IWI Galil ACE 5.56 mm assault rifle (Israel), Rifles". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  7. ^ "Partes de guerra – FARC-EP Bloque Martín Caballero". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  8. ^ IMI Tavor. Unffmm.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-31. Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine[better source needed]
  9. ^ "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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2008". The Gun Zone. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2006". Gun Zone. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  13. ^ "Colombia Special Forces using Remington MSR -". The Firearm Blog. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Milkor MGL-140 Multi-Range Grenade Launcher (MRGL) (2008)". Military Factory. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  15. ^ "Grenade Launcher MGL" (in Spanish). Indumil. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Fuerza Aérea Colombiana presenta su nuevo helicóptero de ataque Arpía IV". Webinfomil.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  17. ^ "Rafael sharpens Spike missile offering". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  18. ^ World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 13, December 11, 2012
  19. ^ "CH-135 detailed list".
  20. ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 31.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b Colombian Army receives two new S-70i helicopters - Janes.com, 4 September 2013
  22. ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 30.
  23. ^ 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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