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The Argentine Army (Spanish: Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. Command authority is exercised through the Minister of Defense.
Vehiculos Tacticos del Ejercito Argentino (in Spanish) (1st ed.). 1884 Editorial - Buenos Aires (2014). ISBN 9789509822962. Archived from the original on 2017-01-22; Cicalesi, Juan Carlos; Rivas, Santiago. TAM – The Argentine Tanque Argentino Mediano – History, Technology, Variants. International Specials (in English and German).
Orders, decorations, and medals of Argentina include: . Decorations and medals. Order of the Liberator General San Martín (Orden "del Libertador General San Martín"); Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat (Cruz "La Nación Argentina al Heróico Valor en Combate")
The Ballester–Molina was designed to offer the Argentine Federal Police and other armed forces a cheaper alternative to the "Sistema Colt Modelo 1927", itself a licensed copy of the Colt M1911A1, built under the supervision of Colt engineers. Production of the Ballester–Molina began in 1938 and ceased in 1953.
The oldest forces of the Argentinian military are the Argentinian Army and the Argentinian Navy, both created in 1810, during the Argentine War of Independence, while the Argentinian Air Force was established in 1945.
Argentina had eight complete infantry brigades: 4th Airborne Infantry Brigade in Córdoba; 5th Mountain Brigade in Tucumán; 9th Brigade in the Santa Cruz Province close to the Falklands; the well-equipped 6th and 8th Mountain Infantry Brigades along the Chilean border; 11th Brigade, (cold-adapted) in the extreme south; and 3rd (Jungle) and 7th (Jungle) Brigades facing Brazil and Uruguay.
"Celebración del día del Ejército Argentino" [Celebration of the Argentine Army Day]. Fuerzas Aeronavales. fuerzasaeronavales.com; Ay, Carlos (9 August 2012). "Agusta 109 in Argentine military service". gacetaeronautica.com; Ay, Carlos (28 October 2013).
1st Tank Cavalry Regiment; Regimiento de Caballería de Tanques 1: Active: 1 March 1822 - 8 February 1905 10 February 1930 - present [1]: Country: Argentine Republic