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Equipment of the Argentine Army lists weapons, vehicles, aircraft, and other materiel that either are in service or have served with the Argentine Army, since the early 1900s. Totals for each item are estimated as per sources cited. Items not yet in service but planned for future use are listed in a separate section.
Argentine Army soldier firing a MARA. The MARA is a weapon of 78 mm caliber with a fiberglass launcher tube 70 cm in length when transported that is extended to 1 meter when ready to fire. The launcher weighs about 4.2 kg, can be reused up to five times when using training ammunition, and is disposable when firing live ammunition.
I.Ae. 24 Calquin aircraft production, 1950. The Argentine defense industry has developed, over the years, different programs to improve the armed forces of Argentina.The first major steps to establish a defense industry were made during the Second World War and they received a boost during the 1970s after the United States imposed an arms embargo due to human rights violations.
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.
Weapons of Argentina (4 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Military equipment of Argentina" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Model Image Caliber Origin Details M249 SAW: 5.56×45mm NATO United States Standard issue light machine gun. FN MAG: 7.62×51mm NATO Belgium Argentina Standard issue general-purpose machine gun.
Naval weapons of Argentina (1 C) Pages in category "Weapons of Argentina" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The FARA 83 (Spanish: Fusil Automático República Argentina; "Argentine Republic Automatic Rifle") or FAA 81, "Argentine Automatic Rifle" (Spanish: Fusil Automático Argentino) was a rifle locally designed and developed for the Argentine Army in the 1980s. It is one of the first indigenously designed assault rifles in South America.