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The German Uruguayans in Uruguay numbers ca. 10,000 German expatriates and 320,000 people of German descent. [2] Most of them live in the Montevideo area, ...
The sinking of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee is the best known event of Uruguay during World War II. Mr. Montero de Bustamante, Uruguayan Chargé d'Affaires in the United Kingdom, speaking at a 1943 ceremony to name a Royal Air Force Spitfire fighter funded by Uruguayan donations. Uruguay remained neutral for most of World War II.
Germany: Replacing the FN MAG. [6] Browning M1919.30-06 Springfield: Medium machine gun United States: M1919A4 and M1919A6 models used. [2] Browning M2.50 BMG: Heavy machine gun United States: M2HB model used. [2] Grenade launchers GP-30: 40 mm caseless grenade Underslug grenade launcher Russia: Used by peacekeepers in Congo. [5] STK 40 [7] 40 ...
The Army consists of some 15,000 personnel organized into four divisions.. It is equipped with 15 Israeli Ti-67 (T-55) Main Battle Tanks (MBTs), 17 American M24 Chaffee light tanks, 46 M41A1 Walker Bulldog light tanks, 24 American M113A1 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs), 15 Czech BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), 130 OT-64 SKOT APCs, 64 German Condor APCs, 15 Brazilian EE-9 Cascavel ...
Uruguayan people of German-Jewish descent (3 P) Pages in category "Uruguayan people of German descent" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.
The National Army of Uruguay (Spanish: Ejército Nacional del Uruguay) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. The largest military branch, it is organized and trained to plan, execute and conduct the military actions for National Defense in the terrestrial sphere. [ 1 ]
The German School of Montevideo, is a German binational school that opened in 1857. It was the first German School to open in South America. There is a joint Uruguay Germany university-entrance examination which qualifies takers for university in both countries. A German-language school is run by the Mennonites. A cultural cooperation accord ...
These German commanders also received honorary military or leading titles between their units at charge; for example Helmuth von Pannwitz received the title of "Ataman" from his Cossack units. Generalleutnant Helmuth von Pannwitz; Oberst Hans-Joachim von Schultz; Oberstleutnant Günther von Steinsdorff; Oberst von Baath; Oberst Freiherr von Nolcken