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Historical rifles showcased at the Marine Corps Museum in Rio de Janeiro
This is a list of current and historical equipment of the Brazilian Navy 's Corps of Naval Fusiliers (CFN), also known as the Brazilian Marine Corps .
The CFN's firearms inventory as of 2010 was estimated at 4,300 pistols , 2,400 submachine guns , 17,600 automatic rifles , 1,600 medium machine guns and 300 heavy machine guns .[ 1] Individual marines wear two camouflage patterns, the older lizard standard and, since 2021, a digital pattern for urban environments .[ 2] [ 3] The lizard pattern consists of a light green background with brown and dark green strokes. It is used by all three branches of the Armed Forces and can be distinguished in the Navy by its lighter tones compared to Army camouflage. Parade uniforms have a bold red color.[ 4] [ 5]
Anti-materiel rifles [ edit ]
Name
Origin
Number
Caliber
Period
Image
M20 Super Bazooka
United States
89 mm
In use in 1997[ 13]
M40A1 gun
United States
8 (1997) [ 13]
106 mm
In use in 1997
AT-4
Sweden
84 mm
In use in 2012[ 10]
Anti-tank guided missiles [ edit ]
Name
Origin
Number
Period
Image
RBS 56 Bill
Sweden
18 (2012) [ 14]
In use in 2021[ 15]
Light and medium mortars [ edit ]
Name
Origin
Number
Caliber
Period
Image
M60 Brandt
France
103 (2012) [ 14]
60 mm
In use in 2014[ 6]
M29A1
United States
26 (2012) [ 14]
18 (2024) [ 16]
81 mm
In use in 2024[ 16]
Armored fighting vehicles are present in the CFN since July 20 1973, when the Motorized Transport Battalion received five units of the EE-11 Urutu . Armored vehicles would be used in this battalion, renamed Amphibious Vehicles Battalion in 1985,[ 17] [ 18] and in the Tank Company, created in 1980 to employ the EE-9 Cascavel .[ 19] The latter was disbanded in 2003 and its assets joined with a company of the Amphibious Vehicles Battalion to form the Marine Armor Battalion.[ 20] Most of the CFN's armor is organized within this battalion.[ 21] The Amphibious Vehicles Battalion operates the Assault Amphibious Vehicle , locally known as the Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (CLAnf).[ 22] By the International Institute for Strategic Studies 's (IISS) estimate, as of 2024 the CFN operated 18 light tanks , 60 armored personnel carriers , 47 amphibious armored vehicles and two armored engineering vehicles .[ 16]
Artillery has a tradition with Brazil's marines since the 19th century.[ 27] Under different names, the CFN was an artillery force until its conversion into infantry in 1847.[ 28] A new artillery unit was founded in 1962 and since 1993 named Marine Artillery Battalion.[ 27] The IISS estimated a total of 65 artillery pieces in service in 2024, from multiple rocket launchers to howitzers and medium mortars.[ 16]
Missile and rocket launchers [ edit ]
Name
Origin
Number
Caliber
Period
Image
Soltam K6A3
Israel
6 (2012) [ 14]
120 mm
In use in 2014[ 6] [ b]
The CFN fields a single anti-aircraft artillery battery,[ 31] created in 1995[ 32] and organized under the Air Combat Battalion.[ 33] Its armament consists of anti-aircraft guns and man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), both of which are exclusively for low-altitude targets..[ 34]
Name
Origin
Number
Period
Image
Bofors Bofi-R C70
Sweden
6 (2012) [ 14]
In use in 2021[ 34]
Name
Origin
Number
Period
Image
MBDA Mistral
France
18 (2012) [ 14]
1994[ 35] – present (2021)[ 34]
Mobile surveillance radars [ edit ]
Name
Origin
Number
Period
Image
Saab Giraffe 50AT with a Hägglund BV-206D tractor
Sweden
1996 – present (2021)[ 34]
Saber M60
Brazil
2014 – present (2021)[ 34]
Amphibious vehicles [ edit ]
Name
Origin
Number
Period
Image
GMC DUKW[ 36]
United States
34
1970[ 37] – 1980s[ 36]
Biselli CamAnf[ 36]
Brazil
5
^ According to the IISS report;[ 16] the National Defense White Paper made no mention of this model in its list of equipment.[ 14]
^ Ommitted by the IISS in its 2024 report.[ 16]
^ a b Dreyfus, Pablo; Lessing, Benjamin; Nascimento, Marcelo de Sousa; Purcena, Júlio César (2010). Small Arms in Brazil: Production, Trade, and Holdings (PDF) . Geneva: Small Arms Survey. p. 121-123.
^ Padilha, Luiz (2021-05-08). "Marinha lança oficialmente o novo uniforme camuflado do CFN" . Defesa Aérea & Naval . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ Padilha, Luiz (2019-05-06). "Conheça a nova camuflagem do uniforme dos Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha do Brasil" . Defesa Aérea & Naval . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ "As cores da tradição" . Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros de Santa Catarina . Retrieved 2024-09-20 .
^ "Símbolos e costumes dos fuzileiros navais" . Marinha do Brasil . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Olive, Ronaldo (2014-01-27). "Brazil's Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais" . Small Arms Defense Journal . Vol. 6, no. 1. Archived from the original on 2022-07-03.
^ "Noticiário" . Revista Marítima Brasileira . No. 4. Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Naval. 1929. p. 600.
^ Olive, Ronaldo (2016-08-10). "Fuzil "Frankenstein" apreendido pela PMERJ" . Revista Tecnologia & Defesa . Retrieved 2024-08-28 .
^ Lopes, Hudson Ferreira (2019). Almirante Sylvio de Camargo: Sua importância para o Brasil durante sua gestão como Comandante Geral do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, no período compreendido entre 1945 e 1956 (PDF) (Monograph). Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. p. 39.
^ a b c "Armamento Leve" . Comando do Material de Fuzileiros Navais . Archived from the original on 2012-08-26.
^ Carneiro, Mário Roberto Vaz (2010). "Fuzileiros blindados" . Revista Segurança & Defesa via Operacional.pt . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ "Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais adquire 23 novos CLAnfs" . InfoDefensa . 2014-04-02. Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ a b c d Hudson, Rex. A. (1998). Brazil: a country study . Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division. p. 501.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Livro Branco de Defesa Nacional (PDF) . Brasília: Ministério da Defesa. 2012. p. 95-96.
^ "Brazilian Marine Corps details new modernisation plan" . Janes - OSINT Insights . 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2024-08-30 .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q International Institute for Strategic Studies (2024). The Military Balance 2024 . Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-48583-4 . p. 418-419.
^ a b c Ferreira, Gil Cordeiro Dias (October–December 2014). "O dia em que o Urutu afundou..." (PDF) . Revista Marítima Brasileira . Vol. 134, no. 10/12. p. 28-29, 33.
^ a b "50 anos de blindados no Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha do Brasil 1973 - 2023" . ECSB Defesa . Retrieved 2024-08-30 .
^ a b c Carneiro, Mário Roberto Vaz. "Os CCL-SL dos Fuzileiros" . Revista Segurança & Defesa . Archived from the original on 2003-10-24.
^ a b c Velloso, Ludovico Alexandre Cunha; Fonseca, Paulo José Chaves (2010). "Histórico das origens: Batalhão de Blindados de Fuzileiros Navais" . Âncoras e Fuzis . No. 40.
^ Padilha, Luiz (2023-06-28). "Batalhão de Blindados de Fuzileiros Navais comemora seu 20° aniversário" . Defesa Aérea & Naval . Retrieved 2024-08-30 .
^ "Batalhão de Viaturas Anfíbias realiza teste de operação em água com os novos carros lagarta anfíbios" . Marinha do Brasil . 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2024-08-31 .
^ Souza, João Paulo de (2020). "CCL-SL SK105A2S e o Significado dos Carros de Combate no Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais" . Ação de Choque . No. 18. Santa Maria: Centro de Instrução de Blindados. p. 29.
^ Ferreira, Gil Cordeiro Dias (1996). "Haverá uma cavalaria anfíbia?" . A Defesa Nacional . No. 774. p. 127.
^ "Piranha IIIC no CFN" . Revista Segurança & Defesa . Archived from the original on 2008-05-06.
^ a b Wiltgen, Guilherme (2024-07-19). "Marinha recebe último lote com quatro Oshkosh JLTV" . Marinha do Brasil, via Defesa Aérea & Naval . Retrieved 2024-08-31 .
^ a b "Fundo BTLART - Batalhão de Artilharia de Fuzileiros Navais" . Acervo Arquivístico da Marinha do Brasil . 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ Cantídio, Luiz Carlos da Silva (1993). "O combatente anfíbio — Parte 1" . Revista Marítima Brasileira . Vol. 113, no. 7/9. Rio de Janeiro: Serviço de Documentação Geral da Marinha. p. 34-35.
^ "Marinha do Brasil interessada no obuseiro M777 da BAE Systems" . InfoDefensa via Forças Terrestres . 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2024-09-13 .
^ "Obuseiro 105mm L118 LIGHT GUN" . Marinha do Brasil . Retrieved 2024-08-30 .
^ Sperduto, Hugo Marques (2019). A necessidade de uma Bateria de Artilharia Antiaérea junto à 7ª Brigada de Infantaria Mecanizada para a defesa antiaérea da Região Nordeste (PDF) (Monograph). Escola de Artilharia de Costa e Antiaérea. p. 30-31.
^ "Reorganização administrativa do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais" . Revista Marítima Brasileira . Vol. 112, no. 10–12. October–December 1995. p. 307-308.
^ Wiltgen, Guilherme (2022-11-08). "FAB realiza o Exercício Conjunto Escudo-Tínia 2022" . Força Aérea Brasileira via Defesa Aérea & Naval . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ a b c d e Moralez, João Paulo (2021-01-01). "Brasil avança na obtenção da defesa antiaérea de média altura" . Tecnologia & Defesa . Retrieved 2024-08-20 .
^ Karp, Aaron (2009). "O excedente de armas leves na América do Sul: um relatório" (PDF) . Small Arms Survey . Genebra: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. p. 37.
^ a b c Bastos, Expedito Carlos Stephani (2004-06-10). "DUKW - Caminhão anfíbio do CFN - o patinho feio gigante" . ECSB Defesa . Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Retrieved 2024-08-31 .
^ Motta, Sérgio Luiz de Mello Furtado (2005). "Os carros anfíbios do passado" . Âncoras e Fuzis . No. 29. p. 8.
^ "Viaturas Operativas 5 Ton 4x4 UNIMOG U5000" . Marinha do Brasil . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ Fan, Ricardo (2013-04-05). "Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais adquire 122 novas viaturas" . DefesaNet . Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ a b c d e "Forças Armadas" . Fotos de Viaturas . September 2016. Retrieved 2024-02-02 .
^ a b c "Fuzileiros Navais em Natal-RN receberão viaturas Marruá em 2014" . Forças Terrestres . 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2024-09-01 .
^ "Marinha do Brasil recebe viaturas militares Agrale Marruá" . Sala de Imprensa Agrale S.A . 2008-08-21. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20.
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