List of current equipment of the Chilean Army

This is a list of equipment of the Chilean Army currently in use. It includes firearms, indirect fire weapons, military vehicles, aircraft and watercraft.

Weapons

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Pistols

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Name Image Origin Type Cartridge Details
FAMAE FN-750     Czech Republic /   Chile Semi-automatic pistol 9×19 mm Pistol is a clone of the CZ 75 produced locally by FAMAE and used by the Chilean Army.[1]
CZ P-07     Czech Republic
Taurus PT809     Brazil
Glock 17     Austria
Beretta Px4 Storm[2]     Italy Used by the Lautaro Special Operations Brigade (BOE).[3]

Battle / assault rifles

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Name Image Origin Type Cartridge Details
SIG SG 510-4 FAMAE[4]      Switzerland /   Chile Battle rifle 7.62×51 mm Manufactured locally by FAMAE.[5]

As of 2014 they began to be progressively replaced by the IWI Galil ACE co-produced by FAMAE.[6]

IMI Galil[4]     Israel Assault rifle 5.56×45 mm
SIG SG 540/540-1 FAMAE[4][7]      Switzerland /   Chile Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Locally manufactured by FAMAE since 1991.[7]

As of 2014 they began to be progressively replaced by the IWI Galil ACE co-produced by FAMAE.[6]

SIG SG 542/542-1 FAMAE[4]   Battle Rifle 7.62×51mm
SIG SG 543/543-1 FAMAE[4][8]   Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Manufactured locally by FAMAE.[4]
Colt M-4 Panther[3][4]     United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by the BOE.[3] It is a special operations optimized rifle model (SOPMOD).[9]

As of 2021 they began to be gradually replaced by the IWI ARAD, after more than a decade of service.[10]

SIG SG 556      Switzerland Assault rifle 5.56×45mm A smaller number acquired in the 2000s.[5]
Heckler & Koch G36[4]     Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm
IWI Galil ACE 22 NC     Israel /
  Chile
Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Standard army rifle co-produced at FAMAE from 2015.[11]
IWI ARAD     Israel Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Acquired by the BOE around 2021.[10]

Sniper rifles

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
Barrett M82A1   US Anti-materiel sniper rifle 12.7×99 mm   Used by the BOE.[3]
SIG Sauer SSG 3000[12]   CH Sniper rifle 7.62×51 mm  
PGM 338   FR Sniper rifle 8.6×70 mm   Used by the BOE.[13]
APR 338   CH Sniper rifle 8.6×70mm   Used by the BOE.[13]
MARS-H   US Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm   Acquired by the BOE in 2021.[14]

Submachine guns

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
Taurus SM-12[4]   BR Submachine gun 9×19 mm  
Heckler & Koch MP5   DE Submachine gun 9×19mm   Used by the BOE.[3]
Ingram MAC-10[4][15]   US Submachine gun 9×19mm  
FN P90[4]   BE Submachine gun 5.7×28 mm  
SAF-FAMAE[4]   CL Submachine gun 9×19mm   Submachine guns produced and manufactured by FAMAE.[4]
Mini SAF-FAMAE[4]

Machine guns

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
Browning M2[16]   US Heavy machine gun 12.7×99 mm   Machine gun used in the Chilean Army since 1943.[16] Currently used in M109 howitzers, M113 armored personnel carriers, Mowag Piranha 6x6 and 8x8 armoured fighting vehicles, HMMWV 4x4 vehicles, among others.[16]
MG 1/MG 3[4]   DE General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51 mm   The Chilean Army was one of the first operators of the machine gun. Used as an infantry weapon, and also as a coaxial weapon on Leopard 2A4 tanks and Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles.[16]
FN MP3   BE Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm   Machine guns pods on MD-530F helicopters of the Chilean Army Aviation Brigade (BAVE).[17]
FN MAG   BE General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm   Used as a coaxial weapon on Leopard 1V tanks.[18]
FN M3M (GAU-21)   BE /   US Heavy machine gun 12.7×99mm   Machine guns mounted on helicopters AS532 Cougar of the BAVE.[19]
FN MAG 58M (FN LPH)   BE General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm  
FN Minimi[3][4]   BE Light machine gun 5.56×45 mm
7.62×51mm
  The procurement process for this machine gun began in the 2010s.[20] It can be mounted on HMMWV 4x4 vehicles.[21]
M249   BE /   US Light machine gun 5.56×45mm  

Shotguns

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
Meriva Standard Pump   PH Riot shotgun 12 bore   Acquired by the Chilean Army Logistics Division in 2020.[22]
Armsel Striker   SA Combat shotgun 12 bore   Used by the BOE.[13]

Grenade launchers

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
Mk 19   US Automatic grenade launcher 40×53 mm   Mounted on HMMWV 4x4 vehicles, M113 armored personnel carriers and Mowag Piranha 6x6 and 8x8 armoured fighting vehicles.[21][23][24][25]
Milkor MGL   SA Revolver grenade launcher 40×51 mm
M203   US Coupled grenade launcher 40×46 mm  
IWI GL 40   IL Coupled grenade launcher 40×46 mm   It is used in Galil ACE 22 NC and IWI Arad rifles.[26]
CIS 40 AGL MK-10   SG Automatic grenade launcher 40x53 mm   Automatic grenade launchers acquired in 2014.[27]

Indirect fire weapons

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Anti-material weapons

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
M40A1   US /   ES Recoilless rifle 106 mm   There are a significant number of M40A1s built in the 1970s by the company Santa Bárbara Sistemas, and modernized over a decade ago. They are used from M249 Storm 4X4 vehicles.[28] 213 M40A1s as of 2016.[29]
Carl Gustaf M3   SE Man-portable recoilless rifle 84 mm   Version in service more than 10 years ago.[30]
M72 LAW[31]   US Rocket-propelled grenade 66 mm  
AT4[31]   SE Disposable anti-tank launcher 84 mm  
Spike LR
Spike ER
  IL Anti-tank guided missile 130 mm
170 mm
  The Spike LR was acquired in 2006 and in 2014 began receiving the ER version. They are used from portable launchers and also from mounts on AIFV armoured vehicles and HMMWV 4x4 vehicles.[32] Total 2,200 Spike MR, Spike LR and Spike ER missiles.[33]

Mortars

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Name Origin Type Cartridge Image Details
Light mortar 60 mm   The BOE uses a commando-type mortar of this caliber.[3]
M29[34]   US Medium-weight mortar 81 mm  
  IL   The army uses mortars of this caliber from Soltam Systems and FAMAE.[35]
  CL
Soltam M-65   IL Heavy mortar 120 mm   Mortars acquired in the late 1970s. Can be towed by military vehicles such as the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U1300 4x4 truck.[36]
  CL   Used as a mortar carrier on Mowag FAMAE Piranha 6x6 armoured fighting vehicles.[37]
Elbit TT6   IL Used on M106A2 mortar carriers.[23]
Cardom[38]   IL Recoil mortar system  

Air defense systems

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Name Origin Type Image Details
Mistral 1   FR Short range air defense   Air defense system acquired in 1997. They are mounted on Mercedes-Benz Unimog 1300 4x4 trucks and use EL/M-2106 NG tactical radars from Elta Systems.[39]

Howitzers

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Name Image Cartridge Type Origin Numbers Details
M101   105 mm/33 caliber Towed howitzer   US 136 The NA M101/33 towed howitzer is the institution's oldest serving artillery model, purchased from the United States after World War II.[40] The army acquired 190 of these howitzers, of which 136 were modernized in the late 1990s, changing from a 22-caliber barrel to a 33-caliber one for greater range.[40][41]

They can use trucks like the Mercedes-Benz Unimog 4x4 to tow them.[42]

OTO Melara M-56/14 P   105 mm/14 caliber Mountain howitzer   IT < 53 59 M-56/14 P mountain howitzers acquired in 1963.[41][43]
Soltam M-71   155 mm/39 caliber Towed howitzer   IL < 60 36 Soltam M-68s purchased in the 1970s and later upgraded to Soltam M-71 standard and 24 Soltam M-71 howitzers purchased in the 1980s.[41]

They use MAN 22-361 and Mercedes-Benz AK 2632 artillery tractor trucks, both 6x6.[4]

Self-propelled artillery

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Name Image Cartridge Type Origin Numbers Details
M109A3 CL
M109A5 CL
  155 mm/39 caliber Self-propelled artillery   US 48 The army has 48 units, of which 24 are M109A3s purchased second-hand in Switzerland in 2004 and another 24 used units are M109A5s acquired in the United States; 12 between 2013 and 2014, and the other 12 in 2015.[40]

Units purchased from the United States were upgraded prior to delivery and received upgrades such as the M284 cannon and its M182 mounting. The M109 has the M2 Browning machine gun as a secondary weapon.[44]

Rocket artillery

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Name Image Cartridge Type Origin Numbers Details
LAR-160   160 mm Multiple rocket launcher   IL 8 Acquired in the mid-1990s. They are mounted on Mercedes-Benz MB 2653 6x6 trucks and are armed with the 35 km Mark IV rocket, which is manufactured by FAMAE.[40] Its believed that 8 launching systems were sold to the Chilean Army in 2008.

Vehicles

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Tanks

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Name Image Caliber Type Origin Quantity Details
Leopard 1V   105 mm Main battle tank   DE < 200 In 1997, 200 second-hand tanks belonging to the Royal Netherlands Army were purchased. They arrived in Chile between 1999 and 2000.[18] In 2008, they began to be replaced by Leopard 2A4 tanks in the north of the country. Currently, there are only units in service in southern Chile.[45]

As main weapon it uses the L7A3 rifled gun, and as secondary weapons he mounts two FN MAG machine guns; having one of the machine guns anti-aircraft function.[18]

Leopard 2A4CHL   120 mm 186 In 2006, 140 second-hand tanks were purchased in Germany, with more units later. It is estimated a total of 186 tanks purchased by the army, which were destined for northern Chile.[46]

As main weapon it uses the L/44 smoothbore gun, and as secondary weapons it mounts two MG 3 machine guns; having one of the machine guns anti-aircraft function.[46]

Armoured infantry vehicles

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Name Image Type Origin Quantity Details
M113A1[4]
M113A2[4]
  Armoured personnel carrier / utility   US /   CL ≃ 408 60 M113A1s purchased in the 1970s. 128 second-hand M113A2s purchased in Italy in 1996. This was followed by a batch of 14 M113A2 Plus with dozer blades, minesweepers and polymer tube slingshot launchers with a recovery crane for engineers. 158 second-hand M113A2s purchased in the United States in 2003.[23]

The army has other versions of the M113. It has an anti-armor version, M106A2 mortar carrier and M577 command units. There are 48 M548 ammunition vehicles purchased from Canada, plus units from the United States and Italy. FAMAE converted 22 German M113s into ambulances and 8 M548s into fuel tankers.[23]

The M113s are armed with Browning M2 machine guns and Mk 19 grenade launchers. The anti-armor version is armed with the KBA-B cannon and the M106A2 with the Elbit TT6 mortar.[23]

M108 VBCL   Armoured utility carrier   US 21 They are units that serve for command and control.[47] (Former Belgian Army)
Mowag Piranha   Armoured fighting vehicle / utility   CH /   CL ≃ 177 Some 200 6x6 units were built under license by Cardoen Industries and FAMAE in the 1980s. The army originally received the version armoured combat vehicle for troop transport (VTP), 120 mm mortar carrier vehicle, anti-aircraft vehicle with turreted Ramta TCM-20 and Elta/M 2106 anti-aircraft defense radar vehicle.[Note 1] Later, some units were transformed by FAMAE into ambulances, command post vehicles, armored anti-armor vehicles and minesweepers. Also, 22 8x8 units that were built under license by FAMAE in the 1990s.[24][25]

The Mowag 6x6 and 8x8 are armed with Browning M2 machine guns and Mk 19 grenade launchers. The anti-armor version is armed with the KBA-B cannon.[24][25]

The army has ceded 45 units to the Carabineros de Chile between 2018 and 2022.[48][49]

M1151A1 HMMWV[4]
M1165 HMMWV[50]
  Armoured tactical vehicle   US 565[51]

(includes M1097A2 variant)

The BOE uses the M1165 HMMWV 4x4 vehicle. They have a central mount for a Browning M2 HB machine gun or a Mk 19 grenade launcher, and also have a side mount in the passenger position and in the cargo area for an FN Minimi machine gun.[21][50]
AIFV-B
YPR-765
  Infantry fighting vehicle / utility   US 169 139 AIFV-B vehicles belonging to the Belgian Army acquired in 2006. There is the personnel transport version with 12.7×99 mm machine guns, the version with tower and KBA-B02 cannon, the command version, the telecommunications version and the version with dozer blade. Some personnel carriers integrated the Spike LR missile. Later, YPR-765s were purchased in the Netherlands.[52]

It is estimated that the army has a total of 169 units between AIFV-B and YPR-765.[52]

Marder 1A3   Infantry fighting vehicle   DE 180 to 270 146 second-hand units purchased in Germany in 2008. Further purchases were made later, and the estimated total number reached 270 units. Through the Centurion project, 180 units were enabled.[24]

As its main weapon it has a Mk 20 Rh-202 cannon, and as a secondary weapon an MG 3 coaxial machine gun.[24]

Light utility vehicles

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Name Image Type Origin Quantity Details
Toyota FJ45   Sport utility vehicle   JP N/A 4x4 vehicles that by 2020 are few in service and are used as telecommunications vehicles.[4]
M240 Storm I[4][47]   Off-road utility vehicle   IL N/A These 4x4 vehicles are also used to mount the M40A1 recoilless rifles.[47]
Land Rover Defender 90 / 110 / 130[53]   Off-road utility vehicle   UK /   CL N/A These 4x4 vehicles use Spanish Arpa trailers.[4]
Land Rover Defender Toqui A-2[4][47][54] N/A These 4x4 vehicles were built in Chile for long-range reconnaissance missions.[4]
Honda XR250 Tornado[55]   Off-road motorcycle   JP N/A
M1097A2 HMMWV   Light utility vehicle   US N/A At the end of 2005 the first 4x4 vehicles of this variant were received. There are them for exploration and reconnaissance missions, transport of troops, command and communications, among others. There is also a Spike ER missile launcher version.[50]
Honda CB250 Twister   Road-going motorcycles   JP 3 3 motorcycles acquired in 2019 for the Intelligence Regiment No. 1 Soberanía.[56]
Can-Am Outlander   Off-road quad bike   CA N/A Off-road quad bike 4x4 used by the BOE.[57]

Support trucks

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Name Image Type Origin Quantity Details
Mack Granite   Heavy duty truck   US 6 6 6x4 trucks donated by the United States government in 2018; 4 are dump trucks and 2 tankers.[58]
Nissan NP300 Navara   Light pickup truck   JP N/A 4x4 pickup trucks purchased in 2021 and used for utility functions.[59]
Chevrolet Colorado LT MT 4WD   Light pickup truck   US 12 12 4x4 pickup trucks purchased in 2022 by the Logistics Division of the Chilean Army.[60]
International LT625   tractor truck   US 2 2 6x4 traction trucks acquired in 2023 by the Logistics Division of the Chilean Army for cargo transportation.[61]

Engineering vehicles

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Name Image Type Origin Quantity Details
Mowag Piranha   Minesweeper armoured vehicle   CH /   CL N/A 6x6 units converted by FAMAE for Pearson Engineering plow minesweeper functions.[24]
M113A2 Plus   Utility armoured vehicle   US 14 14 M113 with dozer blades, minesweepers and polymer tube slingshot launchers with a recovery crane for engineers.[23]
BrPz Biber AVLB   Armoured vehicle-launched bridge   DE /   CL 3 These are modified versions of the Leopard 1 tank for engineering work. In 2001, the army acquired 3 BrPz Biber AVLBs, 3 PIPZ-1 AEVs, 2 tanks for detonating mines with the Pearson Engineering system, and 3 vehicles converted to transport bridge sections.[62][63]

In 2017, the army received a class 70 folding steel bridge prototype developed by FAMAE and Dictuc, similar to the aluminum bridge on the BrPz Biber AVLB, but expanding its transit capacity for larger-tonnage vehicles.[18][62][63]

PIPZ-1 AEV   Armoured recovery vehicle   DE 3
  Minesweeper armoured vehicle   DE 2
  Armoured vehicle transports bridge sections   DE 3
Bergepanzer 2000 (BPZ 2000)
Bergepanzer 2000 WISENT (BPZ 2000-W)
  Armoured recovery vehicle   DE 35[64] These are modified versions of the Leopard 1 tank for engineering work. They were acquired by the army in the early 2000s.[18][63]
Leguan   Armoured vehicle-launched bridge   DE N/A
Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs   Armoured recovery vehicle   DE N/A
Viablft   Armoured breaching vehicle and tube fascine launcher   DE /   CL 7 Vehículo de Ingenieros Abridor de Brechas y Lanzafajinas de Tubos (Viablft) developed by FAMAE that is mounted on a Leopard 1 chassis. The first 2 units were delivered to the army in 2004, and in 2015 the delivery of 5 more units was completed.[62]
VIPP   Armoured vehicle transports bridge sections   DE /   CL N/A Vehículo de Ingenieros Porta Puente (VIPP) developed by FAMAE that complements the BrPz Biber AVLB bridge-launching armoured vehicle, transporting sections of bridge that are transferred to the latter.[62]
AIFV-B   Utility armoured vehicle   US N/A They are units that use dozer blades.[52]
MW 370   Mine clearing vehicle   DE /   UK 2 In 2008, 2 MW 370 were acquired from MineWolf Systems (now part of Pearson Engineering) and 3 Bozena 5 from Way Industry.[65]
Bozena 5   Mine clearing vehicle   SK 3
Sifting Excavator   Mine clearing excavator   US 1 The army operates 1 Sifting Excavator unit and 1 Demining Loader unit.[66]
Demining Loader   Mine clearing loader   US 1
HAMM 3410   Road roller   DE 1 1 unit donated by the United States government in 2018.[58]

Aircraft

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Unmanned aerial vehicles

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Name Image Origin Type Role Number Details
Láscar[3]   Chile UAV fixed-wing Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance N/A UAV developed by the Chilean Army since 2008.[67][68]
SpyLite     Israel Miniature UAV N/A An unknown number of these UAVs were acquired in 2013.[69]
DJI Inspire 1 V2[70]     China UAV quadcopter N/A
DJI Inspire 2   2[71] Acquired by the Comando de Ingenieros (Cinge) of the Chilean Army.[71]
DJI Mavic Pro[70]   N/A
DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise Advanced   4[72] Units acquired for the BOE in 2021.[72]
DJI Mavic 3   2[73] A Mavic 3 Thermal and a Mavic 3 Classic were acquired for the Fuerza de Tarea "Los Ángeles" of the Chilean Army for patrol work in the Macrozona Sur.[73]
DJI Air 3   2[74] Acquired by the Escuela de Artilleria of the Chilean Army.[74]

Watercraft

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Name Image Origin Type Number Details
Zodiac[75]     France Inflatable boat N/A
Pumar   Chile The army has acquired various models of Pumar boats produced by ASMAR shipyards over the years.[76][77][78]
Lancha de Transporte de Pasajeros (LTP)   Passenger transport boat 1[79] Boat Capitán IHL ordered to be built by the army in ASMAR, Talcahuano in 2015. Incorporated into the army in 2016 and destined for O'Higgins Lake for troop transport functions.[79][80]
Transport barge 1[81] Barge Aunashaka built by Sociedad Astilleros Tenglo Ltda., Puerto Montt in 2018 and intended for transport functions in the Beagle Channel.[81][82]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ The vehicles with turreted Ramta TCM-20 were converted to command, telecommunications and VTP vehicles, with the turrets being withdrawn from service.[4]

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