Brazilian Armed Forces
| Brazilian Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
| Forças Armadas Brasileiras | |
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| Founded | 1822; as the Armed Forces of the Empire of Brazil |
| Service branches | Exército Brasileiro Marinha do Brasil Força Aérea Brasileira |
| Headquarters | Esplanada dos Ministérios, Brasília |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Diogo da Silva Telo e Meneses |
| Personnel | |
| Military age | 18 - 45 years of age for compulsory military service |
| Conscription | 10 to 12 months |
| Active personnel | 360,000 |
| Reserve personnel | 340,000 |
| Expenditure | |
| Budget | $200 billion reals |
| Percent of GDP | 1.7% |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Embraer, Avibras, NUCLEP, Companhia Brasileira de Cartuchos, IMBEL, Taurus, Helibras, EMGEPRON, Agrale, Mectron, Aero Bravo, Itaguaí Construções Navais, Indústria Aeronáutica Neiva, Troller, INACE, Usiminas, XMobots, Condor, Industria Aeronáutica e Serviços |
The Brazilian Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas Brasileiras) are the military forces of the Seventh Federative Republic of Brazil. It consists of three service branches, those being the Army, Navy, and Air Force, which are currently deployed to varying degrees in Operation Piraña, the Mormon Bush War, and the Venezuelan Intervention.
Exército Brasileiro
Equipment
Armoured Vehicles 2,366
Type 10 - MBT - (300 on order)
Type 10BR - MBT - (300 on order)
VBTP-MR Guarani - APC - 615
M113BR - APC - 596
EE-9 Cascavel - reconnaissance - 409
Iveco LMV - infantry mobility - 48 (1,416 on order)
Centauro II - tank destroyer - 2 (96 on order)
Leopard 1A1BR - MBT - 128
Leopard 1A5BR - MBT - 250
M60A3 TTS - MBT - 91
Artillery ???
ASTROS II Mk 3M - MLRS - 38
ASTROS II Mk 6 - MLRS - 22
M109A3 - SPH - 37
M109A5 - SPH - 100
M109A5+ - SPH - 32
OTO Melara Mod 56 - towed howitzer - 72
M114 - towed howitzer - 92
M101 - towed howitzer - 320
M102 - towed howitzer - 19
L118 - towed howitzer - 36
120mm M2 RAIADO - towed mortar - 550
Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1 - towed mortar - 214
Air Defence 172
HQ-22 - long-range air defence system - 24
Barak 8 - long-range air defence system - 12
Hisar-BR - medium-range air defence system - (36 on order)
KORKUT - SPAAG - 100
Flakpanzer Gepard - SPAAG - 36
Oerlikon GDF - AAG - 38
Bofors 40mm L/70 - AAG - 24
Support 413
Agrale Marruá AM20 VCC - command and control - 125
AV-VBL - command and control - 32
M577A2 - command and control - 154
M992A2 - ammunition supply - 40
Bergepanzer 2 - armoured recovery - 7
M578 - armoured recovery - 17
M88A1 - armoured recovery - 17
MaxxPro MRV - armoured recovery - (20 on order)
Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs - armoured engineering - 6
Mabey Logistic Support Bridge - bridging system - 16
Improved Ribbon Bridge System - bridging system - 3
Panzerschnellbruecke Biber - bridging system - 4
PP-64 Wstęga - bridging system - 6
Unarmoured Vehicles
Tatra 815 - heavy truck - 14
Volkswagen Worker - heavy truck - 5,000
Volkswagen Constellation - heavy truck - 950
Mercedes-Benz Accelo - cargo truck - 62
Hyundai HD 78 - cargo truck - 148
UAI-TEREX M1-50 6×6 - utility truck - 85
Atego 1720A 4×4 - utility truck - 2,000
UNIMOG U100L - utility truck - 32
UNIMOG U1300L - utility truck - 106
Mercedes-Benz Axor 1829 - utility truck - 285
Ford Cargo 2629 - tanker - 600
Volvo N L10 - tractor unit - 36
Mercedes-Benz Axor 2544 - tractor unit - 162
Iveco Trakker - tractor unit - 65
Toyota Hilux - utility vehicle - 1,000
Ford F-series - utility vehicle - 540
John Deere M-Gator A1 - utility vehicle - 22
Agrale Marruá AM21 - utility vehicle - 300
Agrale Marruá AM23 - utility vehicle - 1,200
Troller T4 - offroading car - 100
Land Rover Defender - offroading car - 941
JPX Montez - offroading car - 750
Toyota Bandeirante - offroading car - 960
Agrale Marruá AM2 - offroading car - 1,000
Agrale Marruá AM11 REC - offroading car - 1,100
Chivunk - offroading car - 40
Mitsubishi Pajero Sport - SUV - 120
Comil Svelto - bus - 300
Volkswagen Volksbus - bus - 570
Yamaha XT660R - motorcycle - 1,100
Harley-Davidson Road King Police - motorcycle - 193
Honda XRE 300 - motorcycle - 720
Rotorcraft 93
Helibras EC725 - transport - 15
Helibras AS532 - transport - 8
Helibras AS550 - attack - 33
HM-1 Pantera - attack - 33
Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk - utility - 4
UAVs 67
Atobá - loitering munition - ???
FT-100 Horus - LASE ISTAR - ???
DJI Mavic - LASE ISTAR - 60
DJI Matrice 300 - LASE ISTAR - 4
Nauru 1000c - MALE ISTAR - 3
Marinha do Brasil
Equipment
Submarines 9
Type 218SG diesel-electric attack submarine - 4
Riachuelo-class diesel-electric attack submarine - 4
Tupi-class diesel-electric attack submarine - 2
Álvaro Alberto-class nuclear attack submarine - 1 under construction
Carriers 2
Atlântico-class helicopter carrier - 1
São Paulo-class aircraft carrier - 1 under construction
São Bernardo do Campo-class aircraft carrier - planned
Amphibious Warfare 3
Makassar-class landing platform dock - 2
Foudre-class landing platform dock - 1
Round Table-class landing platform dock - 1
Newport-class tank landing ship - 1
Destroyers 1
Type 051B destroyer - 1
Frigates 16
Type 23 frigate - 12
Type 22 frigate - 1
Niterói-class frigate - 4
Tamandaré-class frigate - 4 under construction
Corvettes 2
Inhaúma-class corvette - 2
Offshore Patrol 24
Imperial Marinheiro-class corvette - 1
Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel - 3
Macaé-class offshore patrol vessel - 3, 1 under construction
Bracui-class offshore patrol vessel - 4
Grajaú-class offshore patrol vessel - 12
Training 8
Aspirante Nascimento-class aviso - 3
Cisne Branco-class full-rigged ship - 1
Niterói-class frigate - 2
Tupi-class diesel-electric attack submarine - 2
Auxiliary 26
Parnaíba-class river monitor - 1
Aratu-class minesweeper - 6
Almirante Gastão Motta-class replenishment oiler - 1
Guillobel-class submarine rescue ship - 1
Almirante Hess-class torpedo recovery ship - 1
Vital de Oliveira-class survey ship - 1
Cruzeiro do Sul-class survey ship - 1
Aspirante Moura-class research ship - 1
Antares-class survey ship - 1
Sirius-class survey ship - 1
Almirante Maximiano-class ice-strengthened oceanographic research ship - 1
Ary Rongel-class ice-strengthened oceanographic research ship - 1
Almirante Saldanha-class Antarctic support ship - 1 under construction
Almirante Guilhem-class tug - 2
Triunfo-class tug - 3
Mearim-class tug - 3
Aviação Naval Brasileira 77
F/A-18A Hornet - carrier fighter - 57
A-4KU Skyhawk - carrier fighter - 6
S-70B Seahawk - ASW helicopter - 6
Westland Lynx Mk. 21A - ASW helicopter - 4
Helibras EC725 - utility helicopter - 13 (3 on order)
Helibras AS350 - utility helicopter - 17 (15 on order)
Airbus H135 - utility helicopter - 3
F/A-18B Hornet - jet trainer - 18
Bell 206 - rotorcraft trainer - 10
Força Aérea Brasileira
Equipment
Combat Aircraft 104
F-39E Gripen - multirole - (28 on order)
A-1M International - attack - 8 (38 on order)
Embraer EMB 314 - COIN - 30
AMX International - attack - 38
Electronic Warfare 29
Embraer Lineage 1000 - Air Force Communications Gateway System - (5 on order)
Embraer E-99 - AWACS - 2
Embraer E-99M - AWACS - 3
Embraer R-99 - remote sensing - 3 (7 on order)
Embraer EMB 110B - surveillance - 3
Learjet 35 - surveillance - 6
Maritime Patrol 15
P-95 Bandeirulha - MPA - 12
Lockheed P-3AM - MPA - 3
Aerial Refuelling 2
Airbus A330-200 MRTT - tanker - 1
KC-130M Hercules - tanker - 1
Transport 145
Airbus A319 - Air Force One - 1
Airbus A330-200 - Air Force One - 2
Embraer E190 - Air Force One - 2
Embraer Phenom 100 - VIP - 2 (2 on order)
Embraer Lineage 1000 - VIP - (25 on order)
Embraer EMB 110 - utility - 45
Cessna 208 - utility - 30
C-130M Hercules - transport/SAR - 8
CASA C-295 - transport/SAR - 9
Embraer C-390 - airlift - 6 (13 on order)
Embraer VC-97 - VIP - 19
Embraer ERJ-145 - VIP - 6
Rotorcraft 35
Eurocopter AS532 - Air Force One - 2
Helibras EC725 - transport - 12 (4 on order)
Sikorsky UH-60L - utility - 16 (3 on order)
Trainers 268
Embraer EMB 312 - basic trainer - 102
Embraer EMB 314 - basic trainer - 62
Northrop F-5M - jet trainer - 4
Northrop F-5EM - jet trainer - 42
AMX-T International - jet trainer - 8 (22 on order)
JAS 39F Gripen - conversion trainer - (8 on order)
Eurocopter AS350 - rotorcraft trainer - 20 (12 on order)
UAVs 920
CH-901 - loitering munition - 800
Wing Loong-10 - HALE multi-mission - 100
Bayraktar Akıncı - MALE-multi mission - 20
BZK-005 - MALE reconaissance - 20
IAI Heron - MALE ISTAR - 2
Hermes 450 - MALE ISTAR - 4
Hermes 900 - MALE ISTAR - 3