Guatemala
Guatemala
1960-1996 Counter-insurgency against URNG guerrillas
Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG)- Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
The URNG was composed of four main groups:
Ejercito Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP)- Guerrilla Army of the Poor
Organizacion Revolucionario del Pueblo en Armas (ORPA)-Revolutionary Organization of Armed People
Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (FAR)- Rebel Armed Forces
Partido Guatemalteco del Trabajo (PGT)- Guatemalan Party of Labor
08 March 2013- The U.S. donates 34 Hino transport trucks and 42 Jeep J8 4x4 wheeled vehicles along with a boat, night vision and communications equipment to the Border Security forces of Guatemala.
Around 40,000 total military personnel?
Air Force
Fuerza Aerea Guatemalteca (FAG)
1,000 personnel
3 main air bases
Pilatus PC-7 trainer/light attack aircraft (5)
Fokker F27 utility aircraft (2)
Beechcraft King Air utility aircraft (8)
Beechcraft Super King Air utility aircraft (4)
Cessna 206 Stationair utility aircraft (2)
Cessna 210 Centurion utility aircraft (2)
Piper PA-31 Navajo utility aircraft (1)
ENAER T-35 Pillan Chilean made trainer aircraft (4)
Cessna T-41 Mescalero trainer aircraft (1)
Bell Jet Ranger utility helicopter (6)
Bell UH-1 Iroquois (4)
Bell 412 transport helicopter (3)
Navy
Marina de la Defensa Nacional (MDN)
1,000 personnel
2 port bases
Broad Class patrol craft (1)
GC-1051 Kukulkan
Dauntless Class patrol boat (1)
Iximche
Commercial Cruiser Class patrol boats (2)
GC-851 Utatlan
GC-852 Subteniente Osorio Sarvia
Cutlass Class patrol boats (6)
GC-651 Tecuruman
GC-652 Kaibil Balar
GC-653 Azumanche
GC-654 Tzacol
GC-655 Bitol
BH-656 Gucumatz
Inmensa Class patrol boats (3+)
Vigilant Class patrol boats (8)
GC-271
GC-272
GC-273
GC-274
GC-275
GC-276
GC-277
GC-278
River Patrol Craft (16)
Machete Class Landing Craft, Personnel (2)
D-361 Picuda
D-362 Barracuda
Vehicle and Passenger Ferry (1)
T-691 "15 de Enero"
Training Sail boats (2)
Margarita
Ostuncalco
Training Craft (1)
Mendieta
3 Dabur class patrol boats (israeli made)?
1 Jagaren Class patrol boat (Swedish made)?
Brigada de Infanteria de Marina (BIM)
Naval Infantry
Policia Naval (PN)
Curso de Adiestramiento para Infantes de Marina Naval (CAIMAN) course
Guardacostas (Coast Guard)
Patrol boats
Army
Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala (ENG)
Danto (Tapir) 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carriers based on the M54A2 or M809 5 ton truck. 20mm gun. Designed and built by the War Materials Service of Guatemala (Servicio de Material de Guerra or SMG).
Vehiculo Blindado Liviano Multiproposito (VBLM) "Armadillo"
4x4 armored personnel carriers. Copy of the V-100. Made in Guatemala (70)
Produced by the War Materials Service of Guatemala (Servicio de Material de Guerra or SMG).
4x4 armored personnel carriers. Copy of the V-100. Made in Guatemala (70)
Produced by the War Materials Service of Guatemala (Servicio de Material de Guerra or SMG).
Jeep 4x4 wheeled utility vehicles
Hino transport trucks
ECIA 120mm mortars. Spanish made. (18)
M30 107mm mortars (12)
M-1 81mm mortars (55)
Soltam C-08 60mm mortars. israeli made.
M2 60mm mortars
M-1974 FMK-1 105mm recoilless guns. Made in Argentina. (64)
M67 90mm recoilless guns (64)
M72 LAW anti-tank rocket launchers
M20 Super Bazooka anti-tank rocket launchers
M202 Flash incendiary rocket launchers?
M203 under barrel grenade launchers
M79 grenade launchers
M2 Browning .50 cal machine guns
M1919 Browning .30 cal machine guns
FN MAG machine guns
FN 2000 assault rifles
Tavor TAR-21 assault rifles. israeli made.
M16 assault rifles
AKM assault rifles
Vz. 58 assault rifles
CAR-15 assault rifles
Galil assault rifles. israeli made.
AR-10 assault rifles
M1 Garand rifles
M4 carbines
FN P90 carbines
AKS-74U sub-machine guns
Uzi sub-machine guns. israeli made.
Micro Uzi sub-machine guns. israeli made.
Beretta M12 sub-machine guns
Thompson sub-machine guns
FMK-3 sub-machine guns. Made in Argentina
Madsen M-53 sub-machine guns
MAC-11 sub-machine guns
MAC-10 sub-machine guns
M3 sub-machine guns
FN Five Seven pistols
Browning High Power
Jericho 941 pistols. israeli made.
Star Model BM pistols. Made in Spain
SIG Sauer P226 pistols
Walther P38 pistols
Glock 19 pistols
Beretta 92 pistols
M1911 pistols
.38 Special revolvers
Artillery
M101 towed 105mm howitzers (12)
M102 towed 105mm howitzers (8)
M-56 towed Yugoslavian made 105mm howitzers (56)
M-116 towed 75mm guns (12)
Air Defense
Blowpipe shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles
M42 Duster self propelled 2x40mm anti-aircraft guns (5)
GAI-DO1 towed 20mm anti-aircraft guns (16)
TCM-20 towed 2x20mm anti-aircraft guns. israeli made.
Servicio de Material de Guerra (SMG)- War Materials Services. Branch of the armed forces.
Designed and built the Danto (Tapir) 6x6 armored vehicle
Production of Vehiculo Blindado Liviano Multiproposito (VBLM) "Armadillo" armored vehicles.
Brigada Especial de Operaciones de Selva (BEOS)- Special Operations Jungle Brigade
Brigada Especial de Operaciones de Montana (BEOM)- Special operations Mountain Brigade
also called Brigada de Operaciones de Montana (BOM)
Green beret
Brigada de Paracaidista- Paratroop Brigade
Servicio de Material de Guerra (SMG)- War Materials Services. Branch of the armed forces.
Designed and built the Danto (Tapir) 6x6 armored vehicle
Production of Vehiculo Blindado Liviano Multiproposito (VBLM) "Armadillo" armored vehicles.
Brigada Especial de Operaciones de Selva (BEOS)- Special Operations Jungle Brigade
Brigada Especial de Operaciones de Montana (BEOM)- Special operations Mountain Brigade
also called Brigada de Operaciones de Montana (BOM)
Green beret
Brigada de Paracaidista- Paratroop Brigade
Special Forces
Kaibil
Maroon beretReserva Militares de Guatemala (RM)
Support regular Guatemalan army units during times of war, natural disasters and national emergencies.
Policia Nacional Civil (PNC)
National Civil Police
Fuerzas Especiales de Policia (FEP)
Police Special Forces
Tavor TAR-21 bullpup rifles
Guatemalan Intelligence
Companies
Industria Militar
Manufactures uniforms, books, shoes and boots for the military.
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