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The Brazilian Army (Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordinating itself, in the Federal Government's structure, to the Ministry of Defense, alongside the Brazilian Navy and Air Force.
The Brazilian Army Readiness Forces (Forças de Prontidão do Exército Brasileiro in Portuguese), is a division of the Army created to be ready for real combat 365 days per year.
The Army's arsenal of firearms (individual and collective) was estimated at 299,300 weapons in 2010: 52,100 pistols, 500 revolvers, 9,100 submachine guns, 89,000 bolt-action rifles, 143,300 automatic rifles and 5,300 medium machine guns. 1,800 heavy machine guns, 800 81-milimeter mortars and 400 60-milimiter mortars were counted separately as light weapons. [1]
The Brazilian army is moving armored vehicles and more troops to Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state that borders both Venezuela and Guyana after Venezuelans voted in a referendum on Sunday to ...
By Bruno Kelly. MANAUS (Reuters) - A convoy of military trucks and armored vehicles set off for Brazil's northern border on Friday to reinforce the presence of the Brazilian army in response to ...
The Brazilian Army General Staff (Portuguese: Estado-Maior do Exército - EME) is the general management body responsible for the coordination of the Brazilian Army, the land force of the Brazilian Armed Forces. [3] [4]
The Brazilian army monitored the federal operation against the coup plotters, which was carried out on Tuesday in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro, Goias and Amazonas states.
This list shows the present and future strategic re-equipment and modernization programs of the Brazilian Armed Forces that was based on the documents of the National Defense Strategy of 2008, and subsequent versions of the Defense White Paper that outline the major defense programs in Brazil from 2008 until 2040.