List of equipment of the Chilean Army

This is a list of equipment used by the Chilean Army.des premier 689

Firearms

Weapon Caliber Origin Picture Notes
Pistols and submachine guns
FAMAE FN-750 9×19mm NATO  Chile Main pistol. Locally produced version of the CZ-75.
Beretta Px4 9x19mm NATO / .40 S&W / .45 ACP  Italy Special forces
HK MP5A5 9×19mm NATO  Germany
FAMAE SAF 9×19mm NATO  Chile Standard issue submachine gun. Locally designed variation on the SG 540.
FAMAE SAF-200 9×19mm NATO  Chile Tactical variation of the regular SAF
Assault rifles and carbines
SIG SG 510[1] 7.62×51mm NATO   Switzerland Mainly used by reserves
SG 540-1M 5.56×45mm NATO   Switzerland Standard issue rifle
Galil ACE.[2]  Israel In 2014, the ACE began to be deployed in the Chilean Army,[3] replacing SIG 540.
M4 carbine  United States Special Forces
Sniper rifles
FAMAE FD-200 7.62×51mm NATO  Chile Locally produced version of the SG 540 modified as a sniper rifle
Barrett M82A1M 12.7×99mm NATO  United States
PGM 338 .338 Lapua Magnum (8.6x70mm)  France
SIG Sauer SSG 3000 7.62×51mm NATO   Switzerland
Machine guns
FN MINIMI 5.56×45mm NATO  Belgium Light machine gun
MG3 7.62×51mm NATO  Germany General-purpose machine gun
M60E4 7.62×51mm NATO  United States General-purpose machine gun
FN M2HB-QCB 12.7×99mm NATO  United States Heavy machine gun
Grenade launchers
M203 40×46 mm  United States Designed to be attached to a rifle
Milkor MGL 40×53 mm  South Africa Grenade launcher
Mk 19 Mod 3 40×53mm  United States Automatic grenade launcher

Infantry support weapons

Quantity Weapon Origin Notes
Anti-tank guided missile launchers
2,700 Spike  Israel MR/LR/ER missiles
Anti-tank recoilless rifles
Carl Gustaf M2 Recoilless Rifle  Sweden 84 mm
M40 recoilless rifle  United States 106 mm / some of them are mounted on vehicles
M67 recoilless rifle  United States 90 mm
Anti-tank weapons
AT4  Sweden 84 mm

Armour

Quantity Type Origin Notes Photo
Tanks
170+[4] Leopard 2A4CHL  Germany 120 mm gun. May be upgraded to 2A5CHL in the near future.
100 Leopard 1V  Germany
 Netherlands
105 mm gun
Infantry fighting vehicles
280[5] Marder 1A3  Germany
139[6] AIFV-B/YPR-765  Belgium
 Netherlands
Some equipped with Spike LR missiles
Armoured personnel carriers
369[7] M113A1/A2  United States
275[8] MOWAG Piranha   Switzerland
 Chile
Built under license in Chile by FAMAE, in various configurations. 250 6x6 and 25 8x8.
Armored wheeled vehicles
500+ HMMWV  United States
180 Land Rover Defender  United Kingdom
400+ AIL Storm  Israel
230 Toqui A-2  Chile
Artillery
8 LAR-160  Israel
14 RAYO FAMAE  Chile
8 SLM FAMAE  Chile
24 M109A5  United States 24 requested in 2011, 12 delivered in 2012 and 12 more in 2015[9]
24 M109 KAWEST  United States
  Switzerland
Bought in 2004
36 Soltam M-71  Israel Bought in 1982
74 M101 howitzer  United States
54 OTO Melara Mod 56  Italy

Aircraft

Quantity[10] Aircraft Origin Service versions
Fixed wing
2 C-212 Aviocar  Spain C-212-300 Aviocar
3 CN-235  Spain CN-235 M-100
3 Cessna 208 Caravan  United States Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
1 Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign  United States Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign
Helicopters
2 to be sold Aerospatiale SA 330 Puma  France Aerospatiale SA-330L Puma
10 Eurocopter AS532 Cougar  France Eurocopter 8 AS-532AL Mk-1 Cougar + 2 AS-532ALe Mk-II
4 Eurocopter AS350  France Eurocopter AS-350B3 Ecureuil
2 Eurocopter AS355  France Eurocopter AS-355N Ecureuil 2
9 McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender  United States McDonnell Douglas MDD-369FF Defender
Unmanned aerial vehicles
6+ BlueBird SpyLite  Israel [11]

References

  1. Jane's infantry weapons, 2009-2010 2009/2010 (35th ed.). Jane's Information Group. 5 January 2009. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
  2. "FIDAE: Chilean Army Selects Galil ACE as New Standard Rifle". Defense News. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014.
  3. "El Ejército de Chile comienza a desplegar el nuevo fusil Galil ACE" [The Chilean Army begins to deploy the new Galil ACE rifle]. defensa.com (in Spanish). 24 September 2014.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2012-10-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. https://www.armyrecognition.com/chilie_chilean_army_armed_land_ground_forces_uk/chile_chilean_army_armed_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligence_pictures.html
  7. http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php
  8. https://www.armyrecognition.com/chilie_chilean_army_armed_land_ground_forces_uk/chile_chilean_army_armed_land_ground_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligence_pictures.html
  9. "Chile's armed forces receive 12 M109A5 155mm self-propelled howitzers". worlddefencenews.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  10. World Air Forces 2013 Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, pg 12, December 11, 2012 - http://www.scramblemagazine.nl/index.php?option=com_mildb&view=search&Itemid=60&af=cl
  11. BlueBird seals SpyLite deal with Chilean army Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine - Flightglobal.com, April 9, 2013
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