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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 ...
In 1913 the Superior Technical Office responsible for the development of military doctrine, organization and training of the army, was founded. In 1920 the Military Aviation School of Venezuela was established. It was located in Maracay and was inaugurated the first of January of the next year to train the nation's military pilots.
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.
Unlike other military academies, it is a system of Military academies, which offers studies in the different components that make up the armed forces of Venezuela. It is similar to several military academies in the world. It is a system of 5 military schools united in one single unit, also integrated by other schools and institutes recently ...
Just like so many military academies in the world, the NGMA is a medium-sized, highly residential baccalaureate college, with a full-time, four-year undergraduate program that emphasizes instruction in the arts, sciences, and professions with no graduate program, preparing men and women to take on the challenge of being commissioned officers of the Venezuelan National Guard.
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 ...
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.
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 ...