Armoured Vehicles and Heavy Equipment in Latin American Service, 1990

Taken from several sources, these are as accurate as I can currently make them. Some numbers/types/designations are open to question, and I have given the most likely figure (in my opinion) when conflict arose between sources. Please let me know if you can correct/add to these - I intend to put a "stats and pictures" page up when I get the time!

Argentina

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 96 M4 Sherman
  • 200 TAM
  • 60 AMX-13
  • 220 Kürassier (tank destroyer)
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 250 M113
  • 3 M-557 Command Vehicles
  • 80 Mowag Roland APC
  • 75 M3 half-tracks
  • 180 AMX VTP
  • 160 TAM VTP
  • 48 Panhard ERC-90
• Artillery:
  • 50 M-59 towed 155mm guns
  • 200 105mm howitzers (M-101 or M-56 pack)
  • 70 M-114 towed 155mm howitzers
  • 24 AMX Mk F3 155mm SP
  • 68 CITEFA Models 77 and 81 155mm
  • 6 M-109 155mm SP
  • 20 M7 105mm SP (in reserve)
  • 200 81mm mortar
  • 120 120mm mortar (some SP versions)
  • SAPBA-1 (127mm MRL)
  • SALM-Pampera (105mm MRL)
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • SS-11 and SS-12
  • Cobra
  • Mathogo
  • Mamba
  • 105mm RCL
  • 90mm RCL
  • 75mm RCL
  • 89mm M-65 rocket launcher
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • Blowpipe
  • 6 Roland units
  • SAM-7
  • Tigercat
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 50 90mm M-117 (training)
  • 40mm
  • K-63 35mm
  • HS-83/4 30mm
  • Rh 202 twin HSS-669 20mm

Bolivia

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 12 Scorpion
  • 36 Kürassier
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 60 M113
  • 24 Mowag Roland APC
  • 24 EE-9 Cascavel
  • 15 V-100 Commando
  • 24 EE-11 Urutu
• Artillery:
  • 6 M-116 75mm pack howitzer
  • 20 LeFH-18 (105mm WW2 German howitzers!)
  • 25 M-101
  • 26 75mm howitzers
  • 45 81mm mortars
  • 60mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 106mm RCL
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 50 Twin 20mm Oerlikon guns (pre-WW2)

Brazil

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 140 M-3 Stuart
  • 295 M-41B Walker Bulldog
  • 80 X-1A (upgraded Stuart)
  • 30 X-1A2 (upgraded Stuart)
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 150 EE-11 Urutu
  • 22 M-59
  • 606 M-113
  • 138 EE-9 Cascavel
  • 29 M-8 Greyhound
• Artillery:
  • 240 coastal guns: 57mm to 304.8mm, including 26 152mm Mk 5 (6")
  • 420 towed 105mm howitzers
  • 60 M-7/-108 105mm SP
  • 150 M-114 155mm howitzers (90 being upgraded)
  • SS-06 108mm MRL
  • SS-40 180mm MRL
  • SS-60 300mm MRL (including some SP versions)
  • 81mm mortars
  • 107mm (4.2") mortars
  • 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 300 COBRA
  • 240 M-18A1 57mm RCL
  • 20 75mm RCL
  • 106mm RCL
  • 89mm (3.5") rocket launcher
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • Hawk
  • 4 Roland II units
  • 12 FILA AD systems with RBS-70
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • M-55 quad 12.7mm
  • 240 40mm
  • 30 35mm
  • 180 57mm
  • M-1A1 90mm

Chile

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 70 M-4A3 Sherman
  • 21 AMX-30
  • 15 M-3 Stuart
  • 50 M-24 Chaffee
  • 60 M-41 Walker Bulldog
  • 47 AMX-13
  • M-51 "Super Shermans" (ex-IDF)
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 115 M-113
  • 30 EE-11 Urutu
  • VTP-1
  • VTP-2
  • 150 Mowag Piranha 4x4 APC
  • 30 EE-9 Cascavel
  • Piranha 6x6 Armoured Car
• Artillery:
  • 72 M-101 105mm howitzer
  • 36 M-56 105mm pack howitzer
  • 12 MK F3 155mm SP
  • M-1 81mm mortars
  • 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • Milan
  • Mamba
  • M-18 57mm RCL
  • 106mm RCL
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • 12 Crotale/Cactus
  • 50 Blowpipe
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • HS-639 20mm
  • K-63 twin 35mm
  • 57mm

Colombia

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 30 M-4A3 Sherman
  • 30 M-3A1 Stuart
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 120 EE-9 Cascavel
  • 80 EE-11 Urutu
  • 20 M-8 Greyhound
  • 60 M-3A2 halftracks
  • EE-3 Jararaca
  • 50 M-113
• Artillery:
  • 50 M-101 105mm howitzer
  • 20 M-116 75mm howitzer
  • M-19 60mm mortars
  • 100 M-1 81mm mortars
  • 148 M-2 107mm (4.2") mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • M-20 75mm RCL
  • M-40 106mm RCL
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 30 M-1A1 40mm

Costa Rica

• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 1 UR-416
  • M-113
• Artillery:
  • 81mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 90mm rocket launcher

  NB Costa Rica has no Army as such! There are Civil Guards with some military functions, however.

Cuba

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 350 T-62
  • 650 T-54/55
  • 325 T-34/85 (static/coastal defence or reserve)
  • 15 IS-2 (static defence)
  • 60 PT-76
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 100 BRDM-1/-2
  • 50 BMP-1
  • BMD
  • 500 BTR-40/-60/-152
• Artillery:
  • 1,200 towed guns (M-1942 76mm, 85mm, 122mm, M-46 130mm and 152mm)
  • 100 SU-100 (in static defence?)
  • BM-21 122mm MRL
  • BM-14 140mm MRL
  • BM-24 240mm MRL
  • 70 FROG-4/-7 Surface-to-Surface Missiles
  • M-38-43 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • AT-1 Snapper
  • AT-3 Sagger
  • 57mm RCL
  • 600 AT guns (including M-1943 57mm, M-45 85mm and T-12 100mm)
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • 250 SA-2/-3/-6/-7/-9
  • SA-13/-14 delivered in 1990
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • ZU-23 (23mm)
  • M-53 twin 30mm (SP on BTR-60P?)
  • 37mm
  • 57mm
  • 85mm
  • 100mm
  • ZSU-23-4 SPAAG
  • ZSU-57 SPAAG

Ecuador

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 30 M-3 Stuart
  • 81 AMX-13
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 20 M-113
  • 55 AMX-VCI
  • 10 EE-9 Cascavel armoured cars
  • 10 UR-416
  • 15 M-3 halftracks
  • 18 EE-11 Urutu
  • 27 AML-60 armoured cars
• Artillery:
  • 50 105mm howitzers (M-101 towed or M-56 pack)
  • 10 M-198 towed 155mm howitzers
  • 10 Mk F3 155mm SP
  • 400 81mm mortars
  • 12 160mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 90mm RCL
  • 106mm RCL
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • 240 Blowpipe
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 30 40mm
  • 30 GDF-002 twin 35mm
  • 28 M-167 20mm
  • 44 M-163 Vulcan 20mm SP

El Salvador

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 12 AMX-13 (possibly never in service in El Salvador!)
  • 3 M-3 Stuart
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 8 UR-416s
  • 23 M-114 (locally-converted for troop transports, often mistaken for M-113)
  • 10 Panhard AML-90
• Artillery:
  • 30 M-101 105mm howitzers
  • 6 M-102 105mm howitzers
  • 14 Yugoslav M-56 105mm howitzers
  • 6 M-114 155mm howitzers
  • 111 81mm mortars
  • 8 UB-M-52 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • M-27 LAW
  • 430 M-67 90mm RCL
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 40mm

Guatemala

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 8 AMX-13
  • 10 M-41A3 Walker Bulldog
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 10 M-113
  • 10 RBY-1
  • 7 V-150 Commando APC
  • 5 M-8 Greyhound
  • 6 M-3A1 scout car
• Artillery:
  • 36 M-101 howitzers
  • 96 M-116 75mm pack howitzers
  • M-1 81mm mortars
  • 107mm (4.2") mortars
  • 12 EC1A 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 106mm RCL
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 12 M-1A1 40mm
  • 20mm

Honduras

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 12 Scorpion
  • 3 Scimitar
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 10 RBY-1
  • 70 Saladin
• Artillery:
  • 12 75mm pack howitzer
  • 24 M-101 105mm howitzer
  • 60mm mortars
  • M-1 81mm mortars
  • 30 Soltam M-65 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • Carl Gustaf
  • 106mm RCL

Mexico

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 40 M-3 Stuart
  • 20 M-5 Stuart
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 40 HWK-11
  • 35 M-3A1 halftrack
  • 30 Mowag ROLAND
  • AMX-10P
  • Sedena 1000
  • 15 M-8 Greyhound
  • 40 Panhard M-11 VBL
  • 60 Panhard ERC-90F
• Artillery:
  • 18 M-116 75mm pack howitzer
  • 50 M-101 105mm howitzer
  • 6 M-8 75mm SP
  • M-7 105mm SP
  • 1,500 60mm and 81mm mortars
  • 60 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • Milan (including 8 Panhard M-11 VBL)
  • 106mm RCL
  • 30 M-3 37mm AT gun
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 40 12.7mm

Nicaragua

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 150 T-54/55
  • 25 PT-76
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 145 BTR-60/-152
  • 50 BRDM-2
  • 2 T17E1 Staghound armoured cars?
• Artillery:
  • 36 D-20 152mm howitzers
  • 30 D-30 122mm howitzers
  • 40 BM-21 122mm MRL
  • M-1942 76mm guns
  • 24 M-43 120mm mortars
  • 82mm mortars
  • 60mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 98 ZIS-2 57mm AT guns
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • 350 SA-7
  • 100 SA-14/-16
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 200 14.5mm
  • 100 ZPU-1/-2/-4 23mm
  • 30 ZU-23 23mm
  • 37mm
  • 56 M-1939 100mm

Panama

• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 15 V-150 APC
  • 4 V-150 armoured car
  • 12 V-300 armoured car
• Artillery:
  • 60mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 90mm RCL

Paraguay

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 13 M-4A3 Sherman
  • 12 M-3A1 Stuart
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 12 M-2/-3 halftracks
  • 10 EE-11 Urutu APC
  • 12 M-8 Greyhound armoured cars
  • 25 EE-9 Cascavel armoured cars
• Artillery:
  • 25 Model 1927/1934 75mm howitzers
  • 10 Model 1927 105mm howitzers
  • 81mm mortars
  • 107mm (4.2") mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 75mm RCL
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 10 M-1A1 40mm
  • 20 20mm

Peru

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 320 T-54/55
  • 110 AMX-13
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 60 M-8/-20 Greyhound
  • 300 M-113
  • 228 UR-416
  • 20 Fiat/OTO 6616
• Artillery:
  • 130 M-101 105mm howitzers
  • 30 D-30 122mm howitzers
  • 30 M-46 130mm guns
  • 10 M-56 105mm pack howitzers
  • 12 M-116 75mm pack howitzers
  • 12 M-109A2 SP
  • 12 Mk F3 155mm SP
  • 14 BM-21 122mm MRL
  • 81mm mortars
  • 300 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • Cobra
  • M-40A1 106mm RCL
  • 105mm RCL
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • SA-3
  • SA-7
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 40 L/60 40mm
  • M-1 40mm
  • 36 ZSU-23-4 23mm SPAAG

Uruguay

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 22 M-41A1 Walker Bulldog
  • 17 M-24 Chaffee
  • 15 Scorpion
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 18 M-113
  • 22 BDX
  • 45 Condor APC
  • 28 M-3A1 scout cars
  • 22 FN-4-RM-62
  • 15 EE-9 Cascavel
• Artillery:
  • 6 M-114A2 155mm howitzers
  • 20 M-101 105mm howitzers
  • 8 M-102 105mm howitzers
  • 12 Bofors M-1902 75mm howitzers
  • 5 107mm (4.2") mortars
  • 40 81mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • 10 106mm RCL
  • 57mm rocket launcher
  • 30 M-1 57mm AT gun
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 6 M-167 Vulcan 20mm
  • 2 L/60 40mm

Venezuala

• Main Battle Tanks:
  • 81 AMX-30
  • 36 AMX-13
  • 35 M-18 Hellcat tank destroyers
• Armoured Personnel Carriers and other AFVs:
  • 25 AMX-VCI
  • 20 UR-416
  • 80 V-100
  • 74 AMX-13VTT
  • 38 EE-11 Urutu 6x6
  • 15 M-8 APC
  • 10 AML-245
  • 60 M-706E1
  • 12 M-8 Greyhound
  • 15 Shorland armoured patrol cars
• Artillery:
  • 75mm pack howitzers
  • 40 M-56 105mm pack howitzers
  • 30 M-101 105mm howitzers
  • 20 Mk F3 155mm howitzers
  • 10 M-109 155mm SP
  • 36 LAR 160mm SP MRL
  • 100 81mm mortars
  • 85 120mm mortars
• Anti-Tank Guided Weapons, Recoilless Rifles and other AT:
  • SS-11
  • AS-11
  • 106mm RCL
  • Carl Gustaf
• Surface-to-Air Missiles:
  • 6 Roland units
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery:
  • 36 Breda 40mm L/70 towed
  • 42 other 40mm
  • 20 M-42A1 twin SPAAG ("Duster")
  • 12 AML S-530 twin 20mm SPAAG

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