Brazilian Army
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Active | 1824 - |
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Country | Brazil |
Branch | Army |
Size | 190,000 active personnel 82 aircraft |
Part of | Ministry of the Army |
Headquarters | Brasília/DF |
Patron | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva |
Motto | Braço Forte, Mão Amiga |
March | "Canção do Exército" |
Anniversaries | August 25 (Soldier's Day) April 19 (Brazilian Army Day) |
Engagements | War of Independence Argentina-Brazil War War of the Farrapos War of the Triple Alliance World War I |
Commander-in-Chief | President João de Oliveira Mendonça |
Commander | Gen. Paulo Mendonça (no relation to the President) |
Notable commanders | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Eurico Gaspar Dutra Artur da Costa e Silva |
The Brazilian Army (Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro) is the land arm of the Brazilian military.
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Organization
Strength
Active troops: 190,000
Reserves:
- Trained first-line: 1,115,000
- Subject to immediate recall: 400,000
- Second-line: 225,000
Headquarters
General HQ:
- Army General Headquarters (Quartel-General do Exército) - Brasília
Military Commands:
- Amazon Military Command - HQ: Manaus
- East Military Command - HQ: Rio de Janeiro
- Northeast Military Command - HQ: Recife
- Plateau Military Command - HQ: Brasília
- South Military Command - HQ: Porto Alegre
- Southeast Military Command - HQ: São Paulo
- West Military Command - HQ: Campo Grande
Military Regions:
- 1st Military Region - States of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo (HQ: Rio de Janeiro)
- 2nd Military Region - State of São Paulo (HQ: São Paulo)
- 3rd Military Region - State of Rio Grande do Sul (HQ: Porto Alegre)
- 4th Military Region - State of Minas Gerais (HQ: Belo Horizonte)
- 5th Military Region - States of Paraná and Santa Catarina (HQ: Curitiba)
- 6th Military Region - States of Bahia and Sergipe (HQ: Salvador)
- 7th Military Region - States of Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas (HQ: Recife)
- 8th Military Region - States of Pará and Maranhão (HQ: Belém)
- 9th Military Region - State of Mato Grosso (HQ: Campo Grande]]
- 10th Military Region - States of Ceará and Piauí (HQ: Fortaleza)
- 11th Military Region - State of Goiás and the Distrito Federal (HQ: Brasília)
- 12th Military Region - State of Amazonas (HQ: Manaus)
Main units
- 1 armored cavalry brigade
- 2 armored battalions
- 2 mechanized infantry battalions
- 1 armored artillery battalion
- 3 mechanized infantry brigades
- 3 mechanized infantry battalions
- 1 armored battalion
- 1 armored artillery battalion
- 4 mechanized cavalry brigades
- 3 armored battalions
- 1 mechanized infantry battalion
- 1 artillery battalion
- 12 motorized infantry brigades
- 1 mountain brigade
- 1 parachute infantry brigade
- 1 special operations brigade
- 4 jungle infantry brigades
- 1 frontier brigade
Equipment
Individual weapons
- FN M2HB .50 BMG heavy machine gun
- M971 7.62×51mm general purpose machine gun
- M964 FAP 7.62×51mm squad automatic weapon
- IMBEL MD-3 5.56×45mm assault rifle
- M964A1 7.62×51mm assault rifle
- IMBEL MD97 5.56×45mm assault rifle
- M4 5.56×45mm carbine (used by special forces)
- Taurus M972 9×19mm submachine gun
- IMBEL M973 9×19mm pistol
- Taurus M975 9×19mm pistol
- Barrett M82A1 12.7×99mm anti-materiel rifle (used by special forces)
- Heckler & Koch PSG-1 7.62×51mm sniper rifle (used by special forces)
- ACGL 7.62×51mm sniper rifle
- AT4 81mm anti-tank weapon
Artillery
- M108 105mm self-propelled howitzer
- M109A5 155mm self-propelled howitzer
- ASTROS II self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
- SS-30 (fires 127mm rockets)
- SS-40 (fires 180mm rockets)
- SS-60 (fires 300mm rockets)
- SS-80 (fires 300mm rockets)
- AV-SF-70 Skyfire 70mm rocket system
- M114 155mm towed howitzer
- L118 105mm towed howitzer
- OTO Melara Mod 56 105mm towed howitzer
- M101A1 105mm towed howitzer
- M2 120mm towed mortar
- M30 107mm towed mortar
- M936 AGR 81mm towed mortar
- RO 81mm towed mortar
- M949 AGR 60mm light mortar
- Brandt 60 60mm light mortar
- Oerlikon 35mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon
- Bofors 40mm L/70 towed anti-aircraft autocannon
- Bofors 40mm L/60 towed anti-aircraft autocannon
- M40 106mm recoilless rifle
- Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle
Missiles
- ERYX anti-tank guided missile
- MILAN anti-tank guided missile
- 9K38 Igla (SA-18) surface-to-air missile
- Roland 2 surface-to-air missile
- FOG-MPM anti-tank/surface-to-air missile
Armored vehicles
- Leopard 2A5 main battle tank (being upgraded to 2A6 standard)
- EE-T2 Osório main battle tank
- M60A3 main battle tank (being upgraded to M60T standard)
- MB-3 Tamoyo III medium tank (being modernized)
- M41B/C Walker Bulldog light tank (being upgraded to M41D standard)
- EE-3 Jararaca scout car (being modernized)
- EE-9 Cascavel armored reconnaissance vehicle (being modernized)
- EE-11 Urutu armored personnel carrier (being modernized)
- EE-18 Sucuri II tank destroyer (being modernized)
- EE-T4 Ogum armored fighting vehicle (being modernized)
- AV-VBL light multi-purpose armored vehicle
- AV-VB4-RE light armored reconnaissance vehicle
- CBTP SL Charrua armored personnel carrier
- M113A3 armored personnel carrier
Support vehicles
- M60 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB)
- M60 Armored Vehicle Launched MICLIC (Mine-Clearing Line Charge),
- M60 Panther remotely-controlled mine-clearing tank
- M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV)
- M88A1 armored recovery vehicle
- Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer
- M1083 standard cargo truck
- M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck
- Heavy Equipment Transport System
- Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
- Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement all-terrain vehicle
- Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle
- Logistics Vehicle System (LVS)
- Pionierpanzer 3 Kodiak combat engineer vehicle
- Bergepanzer BPz3 Büffel armored recovery vehicle
- AIL Storm II mini-SUV
- Plasan Sand Cat all-wheel drive off-road vehicle
- Wolf all-wheel drive off-road vehicle
Helicopters
- Eurocopter AS 532UE Cougar transport helicopter
- Eurocopter AS 550A-2 Fennec scout/liaison/attack helicopter
- Eurocopter AS 365K Panther transport/attack helicopter
- Helibras HB 350-1 utility/attack helicopter
- Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk transport helicopter
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