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List of equipment of the Peruvian Army

This is a list of equipment used by the Peruvian Army.

Infantry weapons

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Pistols

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
Taurus PT92   9x19mm   Brazil Semi-automatic pistol PT92AFD and PT92AFD-M, standard sidearm of the Peruvian Army, Special Forces.
Browning Hi-Power   9x19mm   Belgium Semi-automatic pistol General Issue sidearm[1]
Glock 17   9x19mm   Austria Semi-automatic pistol Limited use as a sidearm[1]

Shotguns

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
Winchester 1300   12-gauge   United States Pump-action shotgun Parachute Commandos and Special Forces[2]

Assault rifles and carbines

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
AKM   7.62×39mm   Soviet Union Assault rifle Standard issue rifle of military police.[2]
Type 68[3]   7.62×39mm   North Korea Assault rifle
MPi-KM 72   7.62x39mm   East Germany Assault Rifle
F2000   5.56×45mm   Belgium Bullpup
Assault rifle 		Special forces
Galil ACE[4][5]   5.56×45mm   Israel Assault rifle
Galil MAR   5.56×45mm   Israel Assault rifle Special forces[1]
Galil SAR   5.56×45mm   Israel Assault rifle Special forces[2]
IWI Tavor   5.56×45mm   Israel Bullpup
Assault rifle
M16A2[6]   5.56×45mm   United States Assault rifle
SOAR[7]   5.56×45mm   Philippines
  United States 		Assault rifle
SAR-21   5.56×45mm   Singapore Bullpup
Assault rifle 		Special forces.[8]
Wieger STG942   5.56×45mm   East Germany Assault rifle Special forces[1]
Zastava M21[9]   5.56×45mm   Serbia Assault rifle

Battle and sniper rifles

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
L96A1   7.62×51mm   United Kingdom Sniper rifle [2]
Barrett M82   .50 BMG   United States Anti-materiel rifle
FAL 50.00
FAL 50.41 / FALO 		  7.62×51mm   Belgium Battle rifle
FN FAL 50.62   7.62×51mm   Belgium Battle rifle Standard issue rifle[2]
Heckler & Koch G3   7.62×51mm   West Germany Battle rifle
McMillan TAC-50   .50 BMG   United States Anti-materiel rifle Special forces[10]
SR-99 Galatz   7.62×51mm   Israel Sniper rifle [2]
Steyr SSG 69   7.62×51mm   Austria Sniper rifle [2]

Submachine guns

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
Star Model Z-45[11]   9×23mm   Francoist Spain Submachine gun
BXP 9×19mm   South Africa Submachine gun Special forces.[1]
Heckler & Koch MP5[12]   9×19mm   West Germany Submachine gun MP5A4 MP5A5 MP5SD MP5K
FN P90   5.7×28mm   Belgium Submachine gun
Personal defense weapon 		Parachute Commandos and Special Forces[2]
Uzi[13]   9×19mm   Israel Submachine gun
FMK-3   9×19mm   National Reorganization Process Submachine gun

Machine guns

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
FN Minimi   5.56×45mm   Belgium Squad automatic weapon [2][14]
Ultimax 100   5.56×45mm   Singapore Squad automatic weapon
Mini-SS   5.56×45mm   South Africa General purpose machine gun Special forces[1]
Browning M1919A4
Browning M1919A4A6 		  .30-06 Springfield   United States Medium machine gun
Heckler & Koch HK21E   7.62×51mm   West Germany General purpose machine gun
RPD   7.62×39mm   Soviet Union Squad automatic weapon
PK
PKM 		  7.62×54mmR   Soviet Union General purpose machine gun [2]
RPK-74   5.45x39mm   Soviet Union Squad automatic weapon
FN MAG   7.62×51mm   Belgium General purpose machine gun
Browning M2   .50 BMG   United States Heavy machine gun
M134 Minigun[15]   7.62×51mm   United States Rotary
Medium machine gun

Portable anti-materiel weapons

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
RPG-22 Neto   72.5 mm   Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade Standard RPG for anti-tank teams alongside RPG-7[2]
RPG-7V   85mm   Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade Standard RPG for anti-tank teams.

Airtronic RPG-7[16] and RPG-7V variants[2]

Alcotán-100   100mm   Spain Anti-tank rocket launcher 74 launchers with 660 rockets, for cavalry, mountain infantry, special forces[17]
Panzerfaust 3   110mm   West Germany /   Germany
  Japan - Licensed)		 Anti-tank rocket launcher 181 launchers with 1,700 rockets, for armoured infantry and special forces[17]

Armoured fighting vehicles

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Name Image Origin In service Notes
Main Battle Tanks
K2 Black Panther     South Korea ? Hyundai Rotem has signed an agreement with Peru to supply K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles.[18]
T-55     Soviet Union ~165 75+ in store[19]
Light tanks
AMX-13     France Originally 108 of which 78 armed with the 105 mm cannon while 30 with the 75 mm, the 75 mm armed vehicles have been phased out since 2009 and some were used for the Alacrán projects. some with 9M133 Kornet-E[19]
Reconnaissance
BRDM-2     Soviet Union ~30 [19]
Fiat 6616     Italy ~15 [19]
M9A1     United States ~50 [19]
Armoured personnel carriers
K808     South Korea ? Hyundai Rotem has signed an agreement with Peru to supply K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles.[18]
M113A1     United States ~120 [19]
BTR-50     Soviet Union some CP[19]
UR-416     West Germany ~150 [19]
Fiat 6614     Italy ~25 [19]

Engineering & maintenance vehicles

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Name Image Origin In service Notes
Armored recovery vehicles
M578     United States ? [19]
Armoured vehicle-launched bridges
GQL-111     China ? [19]

Anti-tank-anti-infrastructure

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Name Image Origin caliber In service Notes
missile carriers
M1165A2     United States 152mm ~22 with 9K135 Kornet E[19]
missiles
HJ-73C     China 120mm ? [19]
9K11 Malyutka     Soviet Union 125mm [19]
9K135 Kornet E     Russia 152mm [19]
Spike-ER     Israel 170mm [19]
recoilless rifles
M40A1     United States 106mm ? [19]

Artillery

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Name Image Origin caliber In service Notes
self-propelled howitzers
M109A2     United States 155mm ~12 [19]
towed howitzers
M101     United States 105mm ~44 [19]
M2A1   ~24 [19]
M-56     Yugoslavia ~60 [19]
Model 56     Italy ~24 [19]
D-30     Soviet Union 122mm ~36 [19]
M-46   130mm ~36 [19]
M114     United States 155mm ~36 [19]
Model 50     France ~30 [19]
multiple rocket launchers
BM-21 Grad     Soviet Union 122mm ~22 [19]
Type-90B     China ~27 [19]
mortars
?   ? 81mm ~350 [19]
  107mm [19]
M106A1     United States 107mm ~24 [19]
Expal Model L     France
  Spain 		120mm 300+ [19]

Air defense

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Name Image Origin caliber In service Notes
Surface-to-air missiles
9K310 Igla-1     Soviet Union 72mm ? [19]
9K32 Strela-2   [19]
9K36 Strela-3   [19]
self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
ZSU-23-4     Soviet Union 23mm ~35 [19]
towed anti aircraft guns
ZU-23-2     Soviet Union 23mm ~80 [19]
ZU-23   ~50 [19]

Army aviation

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Aircraft Image Origin In service Notes
Transport
An-32     Soviet Union 3 [20]
Beech 1900     United States 1 [20]
Cessna 208   1 [20]
Citation XLS   1 [20]
King Air 350   1 [20]
Combat helicopter
AW109     Italy 1 [20]
Mi-8     Soviet Union 43 [20]
Mi-17     Russia [20]
Mi-171   [20]
Mi-2     Polish People's Republic 1 [20]
Training aircraft/helicopters
Enstrom 280     United States 1 [20]
Enstrom F-28   2 [20]
R44   1 [20]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Montes, Julio A. (August 2011). "Peruvian Small Arms: Gunning for the Shining Path". Small Arms Defense Journal.
  3. ^ "Fusiles De Asalto" (in Spanish). Desarrollos Industriales Casanave Perú. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  4. ^ Johnson, Steve (30 November 2010). "Peru licenses the new Galil ACE rifle". The Firearm Blog. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Inauguran Planta de Producción de Fusiles Galil". Ejército del Perú (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-28.
  6. ^ Jane's Special Forces Recognition Guide, Ewen Southby-Tailyour (2005) p. 446.
  7. ^ Ferfrans Rate Reduction System. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
  8. ^ "Weapon". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Blic Online – NATO vojnici nose srpske puške". Blic Online. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  10. ^ Perú, Ministerio de Defensa del (2021-10-28), INAUGURACIÓN DEL VIII SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA PARA LA DEFENSA Y PREVENCIÓN DE DESASTRES ( SITDEF PERU 2021 ), retrieved 2022-03-14
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  13. ^ Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (27 January 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009–2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon, Surry: Jane's Information Group. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5. OCLC 268790196.
  14. ^ Perú, Ministerio de Defensa del (2013-04-12), MINISTRO DE DEFENSA INAUGURÓ EL V SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA PARA LA DEFENSA, retrieved 2022-03-14
  15. ^ "Perú inspecciona las ametralladoras M-134D adquiridas a Dillon Aero". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  16. ^ USA Now An Exporter Of The RPG-7 – Thefirearmblog.com, 1 August 2013
  17. ^ a b Peru receives, displays new anti-tank weapons – Janes.com, 4 August 2013
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