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Venezuela: Kalashnikov AK-103 [14] 7.62×39mm: Produced under license [14] purchased in 2006 with ammunition for $52 million. Two contracts signed in 2006 for $474.6 million to produce AK-103s. [14] Standard issue assault rifle. Belgium: FN FNC: 5.56×45mm NATO: Also used by the commandos of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB). France: FAMAS F1 ...
The mission of the Strategic Operations Command of Venezuela is to assist the Venezuelan National Armed Forces in geographical and aerospace operations. [2] Part of its responsibility is providing a unified national air defense capability, as well as for holding joint exercises to enhance combat readiness.
The Spanish Minister of Defense, Pedro Morenes, has defended the sale of military equipment to Venezuela, and reported that a delegation from the public company Navantia has traveled to the capital of the country, Caracas, to try to sell new products to the Chávez government. Morenes has made these statements during a speech at the plenary ...
Neither Venezuela nor Guyana have militaries that are ready for a full-scale war – but that may not stop Nicolás Maduro from manufacturing a crisis. Venezuela’s military may prompt a crisis ...
Model Image Type Origin Quantity Notes Norinco VN-4: Armoured Personnel Carrier China 656: Originally 141 purchased in 2012, [2] with additional 50 in 2013. [3] 300 more ordered during the 2014 Venezuelan protests, [4] 165 more ordered during the 2017 Venezuelan protests [5]
President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana’s territorial waters as ...
The Bolivarian Army of Venezuela (Spanish: Ejército Bolivariano), is the land arm of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela. [2] Also known as Bolivarian Army ( Ejército Bolivariano , EB), its role is to be responsible for land-based operations against external or internal threats that may put the sovereignty of the nation at risk.
The U.S. also supplied military overflights monitoring Venezuelan troop and other activities at the height of tensions in December, in the days leading up to a Dec. 3 referendum in Venezuela that ...