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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]
Pages in category "Military equipment of Brazil" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... List of modern equipment of the Brazilian Army; S.
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.
Brazil's armed forces are the second largest in the Americas, after the United States, and the largest in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere by the level of military equipment, with 334,500 active-duty troops and officers. [4] [5] Brazilian soldiers were in Haiti from 2004 until 2017, leading the United Nations Stabilization Mission .
List of active Brazilian military aircraft is a list of military aircraft currently in service with the Brazilian Armed Forces. Brazilian Air Force ...
Pages in category "Brazilian Army" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... List of modern equipment of the Brazilian Army; M.
Pages in category "Brazilian military-related lists" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... List of modern equipment of the Brazilian Army; L.
The Brazilian Army Aviation (Portuguese: Aviação do Exército; AvEx) is the air segment of the Brazilian Army, operating rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) in conjunction with surface forces such as the 12th Light Infantry Brigade (Airmobile). Originally founded with aircraft in 1919, it ceased to exist in 1941, re-emerging in its current ...