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This is a list of equipment used by the National Army of Colombia.

Land vehicles

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Model Units in service Status Origin Image
Armoured vehicles
LAV III 82[1] In service[2]  Canada
EE-9 Cascavel 121 In service  Brazil
Infantry transport vehicles
M-113A2 28 (+ up to 60 in storage)[3] In service  United States
EE-11 Urutu 100 In service  Brazil
M-1117 87[4][5] In service  United States
Humvee 800 In service  United States
Plasan Sand Cat 22 In service[6]  Israel
RG-31 Nyala 4 In service  South Africa
ISBI Meteoro 16 In service  Colombia
Hunter TR-12 10 In production[7]  Colombia

Multipurpose vehicles

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Vehicle Units in service Status Origin Image
Multipurpouse vehicles
M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck In service  United States
AIL Abir In service  Israel
M151 MUTT In service  United States
Ford Super Duty In service  United States

Artillery

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Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Image
Field artillery
BAE Land Systems/Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 Howitzer 15 In service  Spain
GIAT/Nexter LG-1 Howitzer 20 In service  France
M101 Howitzer 75 In service  United States

Mortars

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Model Origin Type Image Details
M-4 Commando Mortar  South Africa Commando mortar
M30 mortar  United States 106mm heavy mortar
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1  France 120mm heavy mortar
Nimrod  Israel Surface-to-surface missile
M116 howitzer  United States Mountain gun

Self-propelled artillery

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System Units in service Status Origin Image
Self-propelled artillery
Joya SAA-1 6 In service  United States
 France
 Colombia

Systems of anti-aircraft defense

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Vehicle/System Firm number in service Status Origin Photo
Anti-aircraft defense specialized vehicles
M-8 Tow AA 20 In service  United States
M-462 Abir Nimrod Anti-aircraft system 500 In service  Israel
Nimrod Anti-aircraft system 40 In service  Israel
Anti-aircraft batteries Eagle Eye 120 In service  United States
 Israel
Oerlikon dual gun system 75 In reserve  Switzerland
Bofors M1 150 In reserve  Sweden
M8/M-55 AAA 75 In reserve  United States
 Israel
 Colombia
FIM-92 Stinger 60 In service  United States
MBDA Mistral In service  France

Weapons

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Model Origin Type Image Details
Pistols
Córdova  Colombia Pistol Standard issue pistol to Colombian Army
Beretta M9  Italy
 United States		 Pistol
M1911 pistol  United States Pistol
IWI Jericho 941  Israel Pistol
Assault rifles
IMI Galil  Israel Assault rifle Standard issue rifle. Produced under license by Indumil.[8] Also adopted the Galil ACE rifle by the middle of 2010, produced by Indumil.[9] FARC rebels use captured examples against the Colombian armed forces.[10]
IWI Tavor  Israel Assault rifle The Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces, in the army, marines and in the Colombian national police.[11][better source needed]
IWI ACE  Israel Assault rifle Is the new standard-issue assault rifle of the Army, Navy (including Colombian Marine Corps), Air Force and Police of Colombia.[12] Manufactured by an agreement between Indumil and IWI for export markets in Colombia.
M16 rifle  United States Assault rifle M16A2 used
M4 carbine  United States Carbine M4A1s as part of a 2008 Foreign Military Sales.[13] More M4/M4A1s announced to be sold via FMS program in 2017.[14]
Submachine guns
Uzi  Israel Submachine gun
Heckler & Koch MP5  West Germany Submachine gun Used by special forces
Support weapons
IWI Negev  Israel Light machine gun Standard Issue Light machine gun
Daewoo Precision Industries K3  South Korea Light machine gun 400 K3s acquired in 2006.[15]
M249 light machine gun  United States Light machine gun
M2 Browning Machine Gun  United States Heavy machine gun
M60 machine gun  United States General-purpose machine gun
FN MAG  Belgium General-purpose machine gun
M1919 Browning machine gun  United States Medium machine gun
Sniper rifles
Armalite AR-10  United States Sniper rifle
Barrett M82  United States Anti-materiel rifle
Barrett M95  United States Anti-materiel rifle
IMI Galatz  Israel Sniper rifle
M24 SWS  United States Sniper rifle
Remington MSR  United States Sniper rifle Used by Colombian Special Forces.[16]
Grenade launchers
Mk 19 grenade launcher  United States Grenade machine gun
M79 grenade launcher  United States Grenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher  United States Grenade launcher
Milkor MGL  South Africa Grenade launcher Indumil produces the MGL Mk 1 under license.[17][18]
Anti-armour
RPG-22  Russia Rocket-propelled grenade
Spike (missile)  Israel Anti-tank missile
Anti-ship missile		 Total 300 Spike-MR/LR and 15 Spike-ER missiles.[citation needed] The Colombian National Army Aviation's fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Arpia IV[19]-series helicopters are armed with three variants of the Spike: the ER, LR and NLOS.[20]
BGM-71 TOW  United States Anti-tank missile 18 BGM-71 mounted on HMMWVs
APILAS  France Anti-tank weapon
M72 LAW  United States
 Norway		 Anti-tank weapon
AT4  Sweden Anti-tank weapon

Aircraft

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Main article: Colombian National Army Aviation
Name Origin Type Version(s) In service[21] 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 3
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.[22]
Mil Mi-17  Russia Transport helicopter Mi-17 MD 20 One lost on 25 February 2013[23] and in 2024[24]
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk  United States
 Poland 		Transport/Combat helicopter UH-60L
S-70i 		53
7[25] 		Including the 15 from Plan Colombia. Two UH-60 lost on 22 February 2013 and on 5 February 2024.[26][27] All S-70i helicopters used by the Special Operations Aviation Battalion.[25]
Unmanned aerial vehicles
RQ-11 Raven  United States Reconnaissance RQ-11B 15 Special Forces[28]

References

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  1. ^ "Colombia aprueba la compra de 50 blindados GDLS 8x8 LAV III".
  2. ^ Colombia; Armored vehicles procurement programs summary Archived 2015-05-09 at the Wayback Machine – Dmilt.com, 3 January 2014
  3. ^ Erich Saumeth Cadavid (25 May 2023). "Colombian Army down to half of its APC fleet". Janes. The Colombian Army has 28 operational M113A2 armoured personnel carriers
  4. ^ Colombian Army Acquires 28 Additional ASV Armored Personnel Carriers – Deagel.com, 22 August 2013
  5. ^ "Colombia receives armored vehicles from US Southern Command in handover ceremony". United States Army. 19 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ Colombia selects the Oshkosh Sandcat – Armyrecognition.com, December 20, 2012
  7. ^ "Colombia buys four Hunter TR-12 MRAP vehicles". Jane's.com. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  8. ^ "INDUMIL – Industria Militar". Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  9. ^ "IWI Galil ACE 5.56 mm assault rifle (Israel), Rifles". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
  10. ^ "Partes de guerra – FARC-EP Bloque Martín Caballero". Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  11. ^ IMI Tavor. Unffmm.com. Retrieved on 2010-08-31. Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2008". The Gun Zone. Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Daniel Watters. "The 5.56 X 45mm: 2006". Gun Zone. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  16. ^ "Colombia Special Forces using Remington MSR -". The Firearm Blog. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Milkor MGL-140 Multi-Range Grenade Launcher (MRGL) (2008)". Military Factory. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  18. ^ "Grenade Launcher MGL" (in Spanish). Indumil. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  19. ^ "Fuerza Aérea Colombiana presenta su nuevo helicóptero de ataque Arpía IV". Webinfomil.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  20. ^ "Rafael sharpens Spike missile offering". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  21. ^ World Air Forces 2013 - Flightglobal.com, pg 13, December 11, 2012
  22. ^ "CH-135 detailed list".
  23. ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 31.
  24. ^ "Identifican a los 9 muertos en accidente de helicóptero en Bolívar". www.eluniversal.com.co (in European Spanish). 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  25. ^ a b Colombian Army receives two new S-70i helicopters - Janes.com, 4 September 2013
  26. ^ Air Forces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. April 2013. p. 30.
  27. ^ "4 muertos y 3 heridos tras accidente de helicóptero del Ejército en Chocó". El Nuevo Siglo (in Spanish). 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  28. ^ 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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