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The Argentine Army (Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land armed force branch of the Argentine military and the senior military service of the country. The following is a list of Argentine Army regiments and other elements organized by corps and brigades to which they are attached The Argentine Army ( Ejército Argentino, EA is the land armed force branch of the Argentine military and the senior military service of the country The following is a list of the officers which led the Argentine Army between 1962 and the present day The following table displays the rank insignia worn by officers of the Argentine Army. The following is a display of rank insignia used by enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers of the Argentine Army, including field dress parade dress and everyday dress uniforms An army (from Latin Armata "act of arming" via Old French armée) in the broadest sense is the land-based Armed forces
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History
The Army's official foundation date is May 29th, 1810 (celebrated in Argentina as the Army Day), four days after the Spanish colonial administration in Buenos Aires was overthrown. The new national army was formed out of several pre-existent colonial militia units and locally-manned regiments (most notoriously the Patricios Regiment, which to this date is still an active Army unit). These units had previously fought the British invasions of the Río de la Plata in 1806 and 1807. The British invasions of the Río de la Plata (Invasiones Inglesas del Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish
Independence and civil wars
Several armed expeditions were sent to the Upper Peru (now Bolivia), Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile to fight Spanish forces and secure Argentina's newly-gained independence. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. The most famous of these expeditions was the one led by General José de San Martín, who led a 5000-man army across the Andes Mountains to expel the Spaniards from Chile and later from Perú. José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín ( 25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850) was an Argentine The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. While the other expeditions failed in their goal of bringing all the dependencies of the former Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata under the new government in Buenos Aires, they prevented the Spaniards from crushing the rebellion. The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was the last and most shortlived Viceroyalty created by Spain in 1776
During the civil wars of the first half of the 19th Century the Argentine Army became fractionalized under the leadership of the so-called caudillos ("leaders" or "warlords"), provincial leaders who waged a war against the centralist Buenos Aires administration. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Caudillo is a Spanish ( caudilho in Portuguese word usually used to designate "a political-military leader at the head of an authoritarian power However, the Army was briefly re-unified during the war with the Brazilian Empire. The Empire of Brazil was a political entity that comprised present-day Brazil under the rule of Emperors Pedro I and his son Pedro II. (1824-1827).
It was only with the establishment of a Constitution (which explicitly forbade the provinces from maintaining military forces of their own) and a national government recognized by all the provinces that the Army became a single force, absorbing the older provincial militias. The Army went on to fight the War of the Triple Alliance in the 1860s together with Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay. The War of the Triple Alliance, also known as the Paraguayan War, and the Great War in Paraguay itself was fought from 1864 to 1870 and caused more deaths than any After that war, the Army became involved in Argentina's Conquista del Desierto ("Conquest of the Desert"): the campaign to occupy Patagonia and root out the natives, who conducted looting raids throughout the country. The Conquest of the Desert (Conquista del desierto was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s which established Argentine dominance Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina
1880-1960s
Between 1880 and 1930 the Army sought to become a professional force without active involvement in politics, even though many a political figure -President Julio Argentino Roca, for example- benefitted from a past military career. Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz ( July 17, 1843 - October 19, 1914) was an army general who served as President of Argentina from The Army prevented the fall of the government in a number of Radical-led uprisings. The Radical Civic Union (in Spanish Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a Political party in Argentina. Meanwhile, the military in general and the Army in particular contributed to develop Argentina's unsettled southern frontier and its incipient industrial complex.
In 1930, a small group of Army forces (not more than 600 troops) deposed President Hipólito Yrigoyen without much response from the rest of the Army and the Navy. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Irigoyen Alem ( July 12 1852 &ndash July 3 1933) was twice President of Argentina (from The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic ( Armada de la República Argentina — ARA is the Navy This was the beginning of a long history of political intervention by the military. Another coup, in 1943, was responsible for bringing an obscure colonel into the political limelight: Juan Perón. Juan Domingo Perón (October 8 1895 &ndash July 1 1974 was an Argentine Colonel and Politician, elected three times as President of Argentina
Even though Perón had the support of the military during his two consecutive terms of office (1946-1952 and 1952-1955), his increasingly repressive government alienated many officers, which finally led to a military uprising which overthrew him in September of 1955. Between 1955 and 1973 the Army and the rest of the military became vigilant over the possible re-emergence of Peronism in the political arena, which led to two new coups against elected Presidents in 1962 (deposing Arturo Frondizi) and 1966 (ousting Arturo Illia). Arturo Frondizi Ercoli ( October 28, 1908 - April 18, 1995) was the President of Argentina between 1 May Arturo Umberto Illia ( Pergamino Buenos Aires, August 4, 1900 - Córdoba, January 18 1983) was President of Argentina It should be noted that political infighting eroded discipline and cohesion within the army, to the extent that there was armed fighting between contending military units during the early 1960s.
1960s and the military junta
The military government which ruled Argentina between 1966 and 1973 saw the growing activities of groups such as Montoneros and the ERP, and also a very important social movement. The Montonero Peronist Movement (Movimiento Peronista Montonero was an Argentine left-wing Peronist guerrilla group active during the 1960s and 1970s Social movements are a type of group action. They are large informal groupings of Individuals and/or Organizations focused on specific During Héctor Cámpora's first months of government, a rather moderate and left-wing Peronist, approximatively 600 social conflicts, strikes and factory occupations had taken place. Héctor José Cámpora Demaestre (1909-1980 was president of Argentina from May 25 until July 13 1973. Worker self-management (or autogestion) is a form of workplace decision-making in which the workers themselves agree on choices (for issues like customer care general production [1]. Following the June 20, 1973 Ezeiza massacre, left and right-wing Peronism broke apart, while the Triple A death squad, organized by José López Rega, closest advisor to María Estela Martínez de Perón, started a campaign of assassinations against left-wing opponents. The Ezeiza massacre took place on June 20, 1973 near the Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina. José López Rega ( 17 October 1916 &ndash 9 June 1989) was Argentina 's Minister of Social Welfare during the Peronist María Estela Martínez Cartas de Perón (born February 4, 1931) better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón or Isabel Perón, is a former But Isabel Perón herself was ousted during the March 1976 coup by a military junta.
The new military government, self-named Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, put a stop to the guerrilla's campaigns, but soon it became known that extremely violent methods and severe violations of human rights had taken place, in what the dictatorship called a "Dirty War" — a term refused by jurists during the 1985 Trial of the Juntas. The National Reorganization Process (in Spanish, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, often simply El Proceso) was the name used by its leaders This article refers to the Argentine Dirty War for the British film of the same name see Dirty War (film. The Trial of the Juntas (Spanish Juicio a las Juntas) was the judicial trial of the members of the de facto military government that ruled Argentina Batallón de Inteligencia 601 became infamous during this period. The Batallón de Inteligencia 601 ( 601st Intelligence Battalion) was a special military intelligence service of the Argentine Army active This special unit also participated in the training of Nicaraguan Contras with US assistance, among whom John Negroponte. The Contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua 's FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional Sandinista Junta of National Hon John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939 in London, England, United Kingdom) (ˌnɛgroʊˈpɒnti is an American This, coupled with the defeat in the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas ), led the military to relinquish power to a civilian government in 1983. The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur also called the Falklands Conflict/Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the
French cooperation
French journalist Marie-Monique Robin has found in the archives of the Quai d'Orsay, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, the original document proving that a 1959 agreement between Paris and Buenos Aires instaured a "permanent French military mission," formed of militaries who had fought in the Algerian War, and which was located in the offices of the chief of staff of the Argentine Army. This is a list of the ground forces from Argentina that took part in the Falklands War. Marie-Monique Robin (born 1960 is an award-winning French journalist For the Cuban cigar brand see Quai d'Orsay (cigar brand. The Quai d'Orsay is a Quai in the VIIe arrondissement The Algerian War ( French: Guerre d'Algérie; 1954-1962 also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria 's independence from She showed how Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's government secretly collaborated with Videla's junta in Argentina and with Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile. Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing (born 2 February 1926 is a French centre - right politician who was President of the French The National Reorganization Process (in Spanish, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, often simply El Proceso) was the name used by its leaders Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (November [2].
Green deputies Noël Mamère, Martine Billard and Yves Cochet deposed on September 10, 2003 a request for the constitution of a Parliamentary Commission on the "role of France in the support of military regimes in Latin America from 1973 to 1984" before the Foreign Affairs Commission of the National Assembly, presided by Edouard Balladur. Noël Mamère (born December 25, 1948 in Libourne, Gironde, France) is a French Politician of the Martine Billard (born Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, 1952-10-07 is a French politician and Députée Martine Billard entered Yves Cochet is a French politician member of The Greens. He was minister in the government of Lionel Jospin. Édouard Balladur (born 2 May 1929 is a French right-wing Politician. Apart of Le Monde, newspapers remained silent about this request. Le Monde (The World is a [3] However, deputy Roland Blum, in charge of the Commission, refused to hear Marie-Monique Robin, and published in December 2003 a 12 pages report qualified by Robin as the summum of bad faith. Roland Blum ( Les Pennes-Mirabeau, 12 July 1945- is a French conservative politician member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP It claimed that no agreement had been signed, despite the agreement found by Robin in the Quai d'Orsay[4][5]
When Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin traveled to Chile in February 2004, he claimed that no cooperation between France and the military regimes had occurred. For the Cuban cigar brand see Quai d'Orsay (cigar brand. The Quai d'Orsay is a Quai in the VIIe arrondissement Dominique de Villepin (born Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (dɔminik də vilpɛ̃ &mdash) on 14 November 1953 in Rabat, Morocco [6]
Modern times
Since the return to civilian rule in 1983, the Argentine military have been reduced both in number and budget and, by law, cannot intervene anymore in internal civil conflicts. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) They became more professional, especially after conscription was abolished. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority
In 1998 Argentina was granted Major non-NATO ally status by the United States. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Major non-NATO ally ( MNNA) is a designation given by the United States government to exceptionally close allies who have close strategic working relationships The modern Argentine Army is fully committed to international peacekeeping under United Nations mandates, humanitarian aid and emergencies relief. Peacekeeping, as defined by the United Nations, is "a way to help countries torn by conflict create conditions for sustainable peace The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security
Command Organization
Under the Argentine Constitution, the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, exercising his command authority through the Minister of Defense. The constitution of Argentina is one of the primary sources of exisiting law in Argentina. The President of Argentina (full title President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the Head of state
The Army is headed by a Chief of the General Staff directly appointed and removed by the President. The General Staff of the Army (Estado Mayor General del Ejército) includes the Chief of Staff, a Deputy Chief of the General Staff and the heads of the General Staff's six departments (Jefaturas). The current departments of the General Staff (known also by their Roman numerals) are:
- Personnel (Jefatura I - Personal)
- Intelligence (Jefatura II - Inteligencia)
- Operations (Jefatura III - Operaciones)
- Materiel (Jefatura IV - Material)
- Finance (Jefatura V - Finanzas)
- Welfare (Jefatura VI - Bienestar)
The General Staff also includes the General Inspectorate and the General Secretariat.
There are also a number of Commands and Directorates responsible for development and implementation of policies within the Army regarding technological and operational areas and handle administrative affairs. As of 2005 these include the following:
- Communications and Computer Command (Comando de Comunicación e Informática)
- Education and Doctrine Command (Comando de Educación y Doctrina)
- Engineers Command (Comando de Ingenieros)
- Remount and Veterinary Command (Comando de Remonta y Veterinaria)
- Health Command (Comando de Sanidad)
- Materiel Logistics Command (Comando Logístico de Material)
- Army Historical Directorate (Dirección de Asuntos Históricos del Ejército)
- Research, Development and Production Directorate (Dirección de Investigación, Desarrollo y Producción)
- Planning Directorate (Dirección de Planeamiento)
- Transportation Directorate (Dirección de Transporte)
- General Staff Directorate (Dirección del Estado Mayor General del Ejército)
The current Chief of the General Staff (since May 2003) is Lieutenant General Roberto Bendini.
Structure
- See also: List of Argentine Army Regiments
The Army is structured into three corps, to which are attached varying numbers of brigades of armor, mechanized forces and infantry. The following is a list of Argentine Army regiments and other elements organized by corps and brigades to which they are attached A brigade is a Military unit Echelon: is Each brigade is in turn composed of several regiments of each combat arm, plus several company-sized support units. A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel. Each regiment or artillery group is actually more of a reinforced battalion, and the regimental designator is a legacy of the Argentine War of Independence, during which the Argentine Army fielded traditional regiment-sized units. The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine forces under Manuel Belgrano and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal A major problem of today's Army is that most of its combat units are understrength in manpower due to budgetary limitations; the current Table of Organization and Equipment being established at a time during which the Army could rely on larger budgets and conscripted troops. Current plans call for expansion of combat units until all combat units are again full-strength, as soon as budget constraints allow for the induction of new volunteers.
In the 1960's the Army was reorganised into five Army Corps. This structure replaced the old structure based on divisions following the French model. There was a further reorganisation in 1991, when brigades were assigned to six new divisions, two stationed at Santa Cruz and Mendoza. [7]
Argentine Army 2007
Army forces are distributed throughout the country and are geographically grouped into three Army Corps (roughly equivalent in terms of nominal organization to an U. S. Army division). Each Army Corps has an area of responsibility over a determined region of the country; Second Army Corps covers the northeast of the country, Third Army Corps covers the center and northwest of Argentina and Fifth Army Corps covers the south and Patagonia. Llao LLaojpg|thumb|250px| Lake Nahuel Huapi, near Bariloche, Argentina Both First and Fourth Army Corps were dissolved in 1984 and 1991 respectively, as part of the country's military reorganization; their dependent units were reassigned to the remaining three Army Corps.
There are no intermediate division level units; each Army Corps is composed by a variable number of Brigades. To date (2007), the Argentine Army has ten brigades: two armored brigades (1st and 2nd), four mechanized brigades (5th, 9th, 10th and 11th), two mountain brigades (6th and 8th), one paratroopers brigade (4th) and one jungle brigade (12th). The 7th Infantry Brigade was dissolved in early 1985, while the 3rd Infantry Brigade was transformed into the 3rd Motorized Brigade (Training), and existed until late 2002, when it was finally dissolved.
Depending on its type, each brigade includes two to five Cavalry or Infantry Regiments, one or two Artillery Groups, a scout cavalry squadron, one battalion or company-sized engineer unit, one intelligence company, one communications company, one command company and a battalion-sized logistical support unit. The terms "regiment" and "group", found in the official designations of cavalry, infantry and artillery units, are used due to historical reasons, these units being more accurately described as light battalions; similar-sized units that do not belong to the above-mentioned services are referred to as "battalions". In addition to their service, Regiments and Groups are also specialized according to their area of operations (Mountain Infantry, Jungle Infantry, Mountain Cavalry), their equipment (Tank Cavalry, Light Cavalry, Mechanized Infantry) or their special training (Paratroopers, Commandos, Air Assault, Mountain Cazadores or Jungle Cazadores). Regiments are made up by three maneuver sub-units (companies in infantry regiments and squadrons in cavalry regiments) and one command and support sub-unit for a total of 250 to 400 troops. This low number of troops per unit is due to the dwindling manpower available to the Army (and the Argentine military in general) since the abolition of conscription in 1995; budgetary concerns force the Army to turn down many volunteers. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority The Army's future plans contemplate a reorganization of the Table of Organization and Equipment and increasing the number of active-duty troops to allow at least the combat units to be fully-manned.
In 2006 a Rapid Deployment Force (FDR) was created based on the 4th Paratroopers Brigade. The Rapid Deployment Force ( Spanish: Fuerza de Despliegue Rápido, FDR is a joint Special operations division of the Argentine Armed Forces The 4th Paratroopers Brigade is a unit of the Argentine Army especialised on airbone assault operations
Argentine Army Plan 2025
This is a new plan for the reorganisation of the Argentine Army called Plan Ejército Argentino 2025. This plan replaced the organisation based on Army Corps that was implemented in the 1960's with a new organisation based on Divisions. The Army would be divided into three Divisions: Northern, Western and Southern Division. Also the plan includes the idea to create a Land Operations Command (COTER, Comando de Operaciones Terrestres) including the 4th Paratroopers Brigade, the 1st Armour Brigade, one mechanised Brigade and the 601st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Force. The 4th Paratroopers Brigade is a unit of the Argentine Army especialised on airbone assault operations In 2005 the Argentine Army created the Special Operations Forces Group. The Special Operations Forces Group ( Spanish: Agrupación de Fuerzas de Operaciones Especiales, AFOE is a special operations unit of the Argentine This was the first operational element of the Argentine Army Plan.
Ranks
Insignia for all ranks except Volunteers is worn on shoulder boards. Ranks from Senior Colonel onwards use red-trimmed shoulderboards and the suns denoting rank are gold-braid; the suns on other officers' shoulder boards are metallic. Senior Colonels and Generals also have golden wreath leaves on their coat lapels.
The rank insignia for Volunteers 1st Class, 2nd Class and Brevet 2nd Class is worn on the sleeves. Collar versions of the ranks are used in combat uniforms.
Officers
| NATO Rank Code | Argentinian Rank | Translation | US Army equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| OF-8 / OF-9 | Teniente General | Lieutenant General | Lieutenant General / General |
| OF-7 | General de División | Divisional General | Major General |
| OF-6 | General de Brigada | Brigade General | Brigadier General |
| OF-5 | Coronel Mayor * | Colonel Major | Colonel (no exact equivalent) |
| OF-5 | Coronel | Colonel | Colonel |
| OF-4 | Teniente Coronel | Lieutenant Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel |
| OF-3 | Mayor | Major | Major |
| OF-2 | Capitán | Captain | Captain |
| OF-1 | Teniente Primero | First Lieutenant | First Lieutenant |
| OF-1 | Teniente | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant (senior) |
| OF-D | Subteniente | Sub-lieutenant | Second Lieutenant (junior) |
. Lieutenant General is a Military rank used in many countries The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the Divisional General is a rank used in many armies to denote a rank of general corresponding to command of a division Brigade General is a rank used in many armies to denote the lowest rank of general corresponding to command of a brigade Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Lieutenant Colonel ( Lieutenant-Colonel in English from the French grade 's spelling is a rank of Commissioned officer in the armies Major is a Military rank the use of which varies according to country First Lieutenant is a Military rank. The rank of Lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations (see Comparative military ranks Lieutenant (abbreviated Lt or Lieut) is a Military, Naval, Paramilitary, Fire service, Emergency medical services Sub-Lieutenant is a military rank It is normally a junior officer rank * honorary rank for long-serving colonels who have not been promoted to Brigade General; the rank is junior to Brigade General but senior to Colonel. Brigade General is a rank used in many armies to denote the lowest rank of general corresponding to command of a brigade
Non-commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men
| Argentinian Rank | Translation |
|---|---|
| Suboficial Mayor | Senior Sub-Officer, Sub-Officer-Major |
| Suboficial Principal | Principal Sub-Officer |
| Sargento Ayudante | Staff Sergeant, Adjutant Sergeant |
| Sargento Primero | First Sergeant |
| Sargento | Sergeant |
| Cabo Primero | First Corporal |
| Cabo | Corporal |
| Voluntario Primero | First Volunteer |
| Voluntario Segundo | Second Volunteer |
| Voluntario Segundo en Comisión | Brevet Second Volunteer |
Equipment
The following are estimated totals for the weapon systems of the Argentine Army in service as of 2006:
Total Vehicles : 5860 vehicles (aprox. Adjutant is a military rank or appointment In some armies it is an officer who assists a more senior officer while in other armies it is a rank which normally corresponds Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations )
Fighting Vehicles
- 230 x TAM medium tanks
- 118 x SK-105 Kurassier light tanks plus 40 Patagon in production
- 50 x AMX-13/105 light tanks being replaced by the indigenous 40 Patagon
- 50 x Panhard AML-90 reconnaissance vehicles
- 106 x VCTP infantry fighting vehicles plus variants
- 520 x M113 armored personnel carriers plus variants (M577,M106,M548,. The Tanque Argentino Mediano ("Argentine Medium Tank" or TAM, is the main battle tank in service with the Argentine Army. The SK-105 Kürassier is an Austrian Light tank or Tank destroyer armed with a rifled 105mm gun in an oscillating turret The AMX-13 was a French Light tank produced from 1953 to 1985 The Panhard AML (called the AML 245 by Panhard) 60/90 is a light armoured car with permanent 4x4 drive for mobility The Tanque Argentino Mediano ("Argentine Medium Tank" or TAM, is the main battle tank in service with the Argentine Army. . . )
- 13 x vctm
- 9 x vcpc
- 6 x vccdt
- 2 x vc amun
- 47 x Mowag Grenadier
- 10 x Glover Tactica
Support Vehicles
- 790 x Mercedes-Benz MB 1112/1113/1114
- 100 x Mercedes-Benz MB 1720
- 1913 x Mercedes-Benz Unimog U-416/421/431
- 919 x Mercedes-Benz MB 230G utility vehicles
- 485 x Ford F-100
- 147 x Isuzu Trooper
- 340 x Ford M151A2 MUTT jeeps
- 70 x Chevrolet M1008
- 50 x Lohr Fiader for use by Paratrooper Brigade
- 40 x Humvees for use in UN peacekeeping missions
- 20 x FIAT 697
Small arms
Anti-tank weapons
- BGM-71 TOW
- Mathogo ATGW
- M72 LAW
- AT4
Artillery
- 24 x AMX Mk F3 self-propelled 155 mm artillery
- 17 x VCA Palmaria self-propelled 155 mm artillery
- 109 x CITEFA Model 77 155 mm artillery
- 70 x OTO Melara Mod 56 105 mm artillery
- 4 x Slam PAMPERO 105mm multiple rocket launcher
- 60 x M-101 105 mm artillery
- 50 x Slam SAPBA 127mm multiple rocket launcher
- 48 x M-114 155 mm artillery
- 2 X CALA 30 155 mm artillery
- 400 x 120 mm mortars
- 1100 x 81 mm mortars
- 214 x 60 mm mortars
- 250 x 40 mm L 56,24 & L 60 BOFORS anti aircraft cannon
- 100 x 35 mm L 90 OERLIKON anti aircraft cannon
- 21 x 30 mm Hispano Suiza anti aircraft cannon
- 550 x 20 mm anti aircraft cannon
- 4 x Roland anti aircraft missile launchers
- 1124 x 12,7 mm (Browning M-50)
Aircraft
| Aircraft | Origin | Type | Versions | In service[8] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aérospatiale SA 315 Lama |  France |
Search and rescue | SA 315B | 6 | |
| Agusta A109 |  Italy |
Scout/attack helicopter | 5 | ||
| Alenia G.222 | Italy |
Transport | 3 | ||
| Beechcraft Queen Air 65 |  United States |
Staff transport | 65-B80 | 5 | |
| Bell 205 | United States |
Utility helicopter | 205A1 UH-1H Huey II |
31 6 |
Up to 22 being modernized to Huey II as Program Hornero |
| CASA C-212 Aviocar |  Spain |
Transport | C-212-200 | 4 | |
| Cessna 180 Skywagon | United States |
Utility | U-17 | 5 | May be withdrawn |
| Cessna 207 | United States |
Utility | T207 | 8 | |
| Cessna 550 Citation | United States |
VIP transport | Citation I | 4 | |
| Cessna T-41 Mescalero | United States |
Trainer | T-41D | 10 | |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |  Canada |
Utility | DHC-6-200 DHC-6-300 |
1 2 |
|
| Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma | France Germany Spain |
Antarctic support helicopter | AS 332B | 3 | Out of service |
| Fairchild SA-226 Merlin | United States |
Staff transport | Merlin IIIA Merlin IIIB Merlin IVA |
2 1 5 |
|
| Grumman OV-1 Mohawk | United States |
Intelligence & Electronic Warfare | OV-1D | 12 | Additional 10 in storage for spares |
| Hiller UH-12 | United States |
Training helicopter | UH-12E | 12 | |
| Rockwell Sabreliner 75 | United States |
VIP transport | Sabreliner 75A | 10 | |
| Changhe Z-11 |  China |
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See also
- Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War
- 601st Commando Company
- 602nd Commando Company
- 601st Intelligence Battalion
- SIDE
References
- ^ Hugo Moreno, Le désastre argentin. This is a list of the ground forces from Argentina that took part in the Falklands War. The 601 Commando Company (Compañía de Comandos 601 is a special operations unit of the Argentine Army, created January 5 1982. The 602 Commando Company (Compañía de Comandos 602 is a special operations unit of the Argentine Army, created May 21st, 1982. The Batallón de Inteligencia 601 ( 601st Intelligence Battalion) was a special military intelligence service of the Argentine Army active History The Secretariat of Intelligence was created in 1946 when Juan Perón 's first presidency established it by Executive Decree 337/46 under the denomination of Péronisme, politique et violence sociale (1930-2001), Editions Syllepses, Paris, 2005, p. 109 (French)
- ^ Conclusion of Marie-Monique Robin's Escadrons de la mort, l'école française (French)
- ^ MM. Giscard d'Estaing et Messmer pourraient être entendus sur l'aide aux dictatures sud-américaines, Le Monde, September 25, 2003 (French)
- ^ « Série B. Marie-Monique Robin (born 1960 is an award-winning French journalist Le Monde (The World is a Amérique 1952-1963. Sous-série : Argentine, n° 74. Cotes : 18. 6. 1. mars 52-août 63 ».
- ^ RAPPORT FAIT AU NOM DE LA COMMISSION DES AFFAIRES ÉTRANGÈRES SUR LA PROPOSITION DE RÉSOLUTION (n° 1060), tendant à la création d'une commission d'enquête sur le rôle de la France dans le soutien aux régimes militaires d'Amérique latine entre 1973 et 1984, PAR M. ROLAND BLUM, French National Assembly (French)
- ^ Argentine : M. de Villepin défend les firmes françaises, Le Monde, February 5, 2003 (French)
- ^ Jane's Defence Weekly 2 February 1991
- ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007. The French National Assembly. The other is the Senate ( “Sénat”) Le Monde (The World is a "JDW" redirects here For the biologist with the same initials see James D Aviation Week & Space Technology, often abbreviated Aviation Week or AW&ST, is a weekly Magazine. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ El Ejército probó y está cerca de comprar un lote de helicópteros chinos
External links
- (Spanish) Official website
- (Spanish) Organization and equipment
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