List of equipment of the National Army of Colombia

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 III32In service[1] Canada
EE-9 Cascavel118In service Brazil
Infantry transport vehicles
M-113130In service United States
EE-11 Urutu100In service Brazil
M-111767[2]In service United States
Humvee800In service United States
Plasan Sand Cat14In service[3] Israel
RG-31 Nyala4In service South Africa
ISBI Meteoro16In service Colombia
Hunter TR-122In production[4] Colombia

Multipurpose vehicles
Vehicle Units in service Status Origin Image
Multipurpouse vehicles
M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truckIn service United States
AIL AbirIn service Israel
M151 MUTTIn service United States
Ford Super DutyIn service United States

Artillery
Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Image
Field artillery
BAE Land Systems/Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 Howitzer15In service Spain
GIAT/Nexter LG-1 Howitzer20In service France
M101 Howitzer75In service United States

Infantry field artillery
Model Origin Type Image Details
M-4 Commando Mortar South AfricaCommando mortar
M30 mortar United States106mm heavy mortar
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1 France120mm heavy mortar
Nimrod IsraelSurface-to-surface missile
M116 howitzer United StatesMountain gun

Self-propelled artillery
System Units in service Status Origin Image
Self-propelled artillery
Joya SAA-16In 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 AA20In service United States
M-462 Abir Nimrod Anti-aircraft system500In service Israel
Nimrod Anti-aircraft system40In service Israel
Anti-aircraft batteries Eagle Eye120In service United States
 Israel
Oerlikon dual gun system75In reserve  Switzerland
Bofors M1150In reserve Sweden
M8/M-55 AAA75In reserve United States/ Israel/ Colombia
FIM-92 Stinger60In service United States
MBDA MistralIn service France

Weapons
Model Origin Type Image Details
Pistols
Cordova ColombiaPistolStandard issue pistol to Colombian Army.
Beretta M9 Italy
 United States		Pistol
M1911 pistol United StatesPistol
IWI Jericho 941 IsraelPistol
Assault rifles
IMI Galil IsraelAssault rifleStandard 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 IsraelAssault rifleThe Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces, in the army, marines and in the Colombian national police.[8]
IWI ACE IsraelAssault rifleIs 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 StatesAssault rifleM16A2 used.
M4 carbine United StatesCarbineM4A1s 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 IsraelSubmachine gun
Heckler & Koch MP5 West GermanySubmachine gunUsed by special forces.
Support weapons
IWI Negev IsraelLight machine gunStandard Issue Light machine gun.
Daewoo Precision Industries K3 South KoreaLight machine gun400 K3s acquired in 2006.[12]
M249 light machine gun United StatesLight machine gun
M2 Browning Machine Gun United StatesHeavy machine gun
M60 machine gun United StatesGeneral-purpose machine gun
FN MAG BelgiumGeneral-purpose machine gun
M1919 Browning machine gun United StatesMedium machine gun
Sniper rifles
Armalite AR-10 United StatesSniper rifle
Barrett M82 United StatesAnti-materiel rifle
Barrett M95 United StatesAnti-materiel rifle
IMI Galatz IsraelSniper rifle
M24 SWS United StatesSniper rifle
Remington MSR United StatesSniper rifleUsed by Colombian Special Forces.[13]
Grenade launchers
Mk 19 grenade launcher United StatesGrenade machine gun
M79 grenade launcher United StatesGrenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher United StatesGrenade launcher
Milkor MGL South AfricaGrenade launcherIndumil produces the MGL Mk 1 under license.[14][15]
Anti-armour
RPG-22 RussiaRocket-propelled grenade
Spike (missile) IsraelAnti-tank missile
Anti-ship missile		Total 300 Spike-MR/LR and 15 Spike-ER missiles.[16] The Colombian National Army Aviation's fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Arpia IV[17]-series helicopters are armed with three variants of the Spike: the ER, LR and NLOS.[18]
BGM-71 TOW United StatesAnti-tank missile18 BGM-71 Mounted on HMMWVs.
APILAS FranceAnti-tank weapon
M72 LAW United States
 Norway		Anti-tank weapon
AT4 SwedenAnti-tank weapon

Aircraft
Main article: Colombian National Army Aviation
Name Origin Type Version(s) In service[19] 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.[20]
Mil Mi-17  Russia Transport helicopter Mi-17 MD 21 One lost on 25 February 2013.[21]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk  United States
 Poland		 Transport/Combat helicopter UH-60L
S-70i		 54
7[22]		 Including the 15 from Plan Colombia. One UH-60 lost on 22 February 2013.[23] All S-70i helicopters used by the Special Operations Aviation Battalion.[22]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
RQ-11 Raven  United States Reconnaissance RQ-11B Special Forces[24]

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
  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.
  17. "Fuerza Aérea Colombiana presenta su nuevo helicóptero de ataque Arpía IV". Webinfomil.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  18. "Rafael sharpens Spike missile offering". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  19. World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 13, December 11, 2012
  20. http://www.rwrwalker.ca/CF_twin_huey.html
  21. Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 31.
  22. Colombian Army receives two new S-70i helicopters - Janes.com, 4 September 2013
  23. Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 30.
  24. 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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