Army_of_Venezuela

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National Army of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Ejército Nacional de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Venezuelan Army Flag
Active	19 April 1810 - Present
Country	Venezuela
Branch	Army of Venezuela
Role	To protect and guaranty the permanent sovereignty of the nation against any external, or internal threats.
Size	100,350 (2007)^[1]
Patron	Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Motto	Forger of liberties
Colors	blue and red.
Engagements	Venezuelan War of Independence Hispanic American wars of independence Federal War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Simon Bolivar Francisco de Miranda

The National Army of Venezuela is one of the four professional branches of the Armed Forces of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. It has the responsibility for land-based operations against external, or internal threats that may put the sovereignty of the nation at risk.

It is the largest military branch of Venezuela, which in 24 June 1821 won a huge military victory against the Empire of Spain, which lead to the independence of the nation. It later contributed to the independence of the present-day countries of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Bolivia.

1 Equipment
2 References
3 External links

Equipment

Infantry

Assault Rifle

Venezuelan AK-103.

Venezuelan soldiers in a military parade, holding an AK-103.

AK-103 7.62x39 mm Assault rifle- 100,000
AK-104 7.62x39 mm Assault carbine- 5,000
FN FAL 7.62x51 mm Battle rifle- 60,000 delivered, 300,000+ produced
FN FNC 5.56x45mm NATO Assault Rifle- 50,000+ delivered
Heckler & Koch G3 7.62x51 mm Battle rifle- 10,000 delivered

Sniper Rifle

Dragunov SVU 7.62x54mmR Sniper rifle- 1,000
Dragunov SVD 7.62x54mmR Sniper rifle- 4,000

Machine guns

FN MINIMI 5.56x45 mm Light machine gun
FN MAG 7.62x51 mm Medium machine gun

Infantry AT Arms

Bofors AT4 84mm rocket launcher
Bofors 84mm Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
M40 recoilless rifle 106mm recoilless cannon
IMI MAPATS-2 ATGM.
RPG-7^[2]

Armor

Tanks and combat vehicles

Two Venezuelan soldiers inside an AMX-30.

84 AMX-30 Main battle tank-
36 AMX-13C.90 Light tank
78 Scorpion 90 FV-101 Light tank Porelorti
42 Dragoon 300 LFV2 Armored car
92 T-72 Main Battle Tank ordered.^[3]
135 BMP-3 on order

APCs

75 AMX-13 VTT-VCI- (25 VTT/VCI +10 VTT/LT +20 VTT/PM +12 VTT/PC +8 VTT/TB)
4 FV104 Samaritan
2 FV105 Sultan
4 FV106 Samson
59 Dragoon AFV APC - (25 APC +21 PM +11 PC +2 R)
80 V-100/V-150 Commando- (50 LAV-100, 30 LAV-150)
100 V-300
10 TPz Fuchs

Derivatives of the AMX-13, V-100 and Dragoon 300 are used for ambulance, vehicle recovery, artillery companion and command post roles.

Transport

Tiuna multipurpose military vehicle (4899 produced locally)
Pinzgauer High Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle (244 Units)
Jeep Wrangler (144 Units)
M151 MUTT jeeps (144 Units)
Steyr-Daimler-Puch L-80

Artillery

Ground artillery

25 AMX-13/LAR-160 160mm Multiple rocket launcher
10 AMX-13/Mle F.3 155mm self propelled howitzer
24 M114 155 mm howitzer
40 M101A1 105mm howitzer
40 OTO Melara M-56 105mm howitzer
60 Thomson Brandt MO-120 120mm mortar
VE-NILANGAL Rocket Launcher
50 BM-30 Smerch on order

Anti-Aircraft

Soldiers marching in a military parade holding the AT-4.

* Bofors RBS-70

50 SA-18 Grouse
TOR-M1 SPAAM 8 on order
12 Panhard AML S 530 twin 20mm AA
10 AMX-13 Rafaga twin 35mm AA
6 M35 Fenix twin 35mm AA

Aircraft

Venezuelan Mil Mi-35.

Helicopters

19 Mil Mi-17V-5 Panare
3 Mil Mi-26T-2 Pemon
10 Mil Mi-35M-2 Caribe
2 Bell 412SP
8 Bell 412HP
10 Bell 205A-1/UH-H Huey
1 Bell 206B Jet Ranger
3 AS-61D Sea King
10 Mil Mi-28 on order, 4 to be delivered in 2009

Fixed wing

References

External links

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