List of equipment of the Brazilian Marine Corps explained

This is a list of current and historical equipment of the Brazilian Navy's Corps of Naval Fusiliers (CFN), also known as the Brazilian Marine Corps.

Light weapons

The CFN's firearms inventory as of 2010 was estimated at 4,300 pistols, 2,400 submachine guns, 17,600 automatic rifles, 1,600 medium machine guns and 300 heavy machine guns.[1] Individual marines wear two camouflage patterns, the older lizard standard and, since 2021, a digital pattern for urban environments.[2] [3] The lizard pattern consists of a light green background with brown and dark green strokes. It is used by all three branches of the Armed Forces and can be distinguished in the Navy by its lighter tones compared to Army camouflage. Parade uniforms have a bold red color.[4] [5]

Pistols

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
Taurus PT92AFBrazil9×19mmIn use in 2014[6]
Taurus PT 24/7G2Brazil9×19mmIn use in 2014

Submachine guns

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
Taurus MT-9ABrazil9×19mmIn use in 2014
Heckler & Koch MP5SDGermany9×19mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos
Heckler & Koch MP5KA4Germany9×19mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos
IMI Mini-UziIsrael9×19mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos

Rifles

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
Mauser 1908Germany7.65×53mmIn use in 1929[7]
SAFN-49Belgium7.62×63mm1957 – 1978[8]
M1 GarandUnited States7.62×63 mmIn training use in the 1950s[9]
FN FALBrazil7.62×51mmIn limited use in 2014
Colt M16A2United States5.56×45mm1997 – present (2014)
Colt M4United States5.56×45mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos

Shotguns

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
Mossberg 590United States12 gaIn use in 2014

Machine guns

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
Fuzil Automático PesadoBrazil7.62×51mmIn use in 2012
FN MAGBelgium7.62×51mmIn use in 2014
FN MinimiBelgium5.56×45mmIn use in 2014
Browning M2HBUnited States12.7×99mmIn use in 2014

Sniper rifles

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
Parker-Hale M85United Kingdom7.62×51mmUnder replacement by the PGM Ultima Ratio in 2014
PGM Ultima RatioFrance7.62×51mmIn use in 2014

Anti-materiel rifles

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
PGM Hecate IIFrance12.7×99mmIn use in 2014

Grenade launchers

!Name!Origin!Caliber!Period!Image
SB LAG 40Spain40mmIn use in 2010[10]
M203United States40mmIn use in 2012
Mk 19United States40mmIn use in 2014[11]

Recoilless weapons

!Name!Origin!Number!Caliber!Period!Image
M20 Super BazookaUnited States89 mmIn use in 1997
M40A1 gunUnited States8 (1997)[12] 106 mmIn use in 1997
AT-4Sweden84 mmIn use in 2012[13]

Anti-tank guided missiles

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
RBS 56 BillSweden18 (2012)In use in 2021[14]

Light and medium mortars

!Name!Origin!Number!Caliber!Period!Image
M60 BrandtFrance103 (2012)60 mmIn use in 2014
M29A1United States26 (2012)
18 (2024)		81 mmIn use in 2024

Armor

Armored fighting vehicles are present in the CFN since July 20 1973, when the Motorized Transport Battalion received five units of the EE-11 Urutu. Armored vehicles would be used in this battalion, renamed Amphibious Vehicles Battalion in 1985,[15] and in the Tank Company, created in 1980 to employ the EE-9 Cascavel.[16] The latter was disbanded in 2003 and its assets joined with a company of the Amphibious Vehicles Battalion to form the Marine Armor Battalion. Most of the CFN's armor is organized within this battalion.[17] The Amphibious Vehicles Battalion operates the Assault Amphibious Vehicle, locally known as the Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (CLAnf).[18] By the International Institute for Strategic Studies's (IISS) estimate, as of 2024 the CFN operated 18 light tanks, 60 armored personnel carriers, 47 amphibious armored vehicles and two armored engineering vehicles.

Light tanks

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
SK-105 KürassierAustria17 A2S and 1 4KH7FA (recovery vehicle) (2001)2001 – present (2024)

Armored cars

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
EE-9 CascavelBrazil61980 – 1998[19]

Personnel carriers

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
EE-11 UrutuBrazil51973 – earlier than 1986[20]
M113United States30 (24 M113A1 transports, 2 M125 A1 mortar carriers, 2 M571 A1 command posts, 1 XM806E1 recovery vehicle and 1 M113 A1G repair team carrier) (1974)
66% in operation (2010)		1974[21] – present (2024)
Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (Assault Amphibious Vehicle 7A1)United States11 (1997)
26 (2012)
49 (13 AAV-7A1, 20 AAVP-7A1 RAM/RS, 2 AAVC-7A1 RAM/RS, 12 LVTP-7, 1 AAVR-7, 1 AAVR-7A1 RAM/RS) (2024)		1986[22] – present (2024)
Mowag Piranha IIICSwitzerland30 (2024)2007[23] – present (2024)
Oshkosh L-ATVUnited States12 (2024)[24] 2023 – present (2024)

Artillery

Artillery has a tradition with Brazil's marines since the 19th century.[25] Under different names, the CFN was an artillery force until its conversion into infantry in 1847.[26] A new artillery unit was founded in 1962 and since 1993 named Marine Artillery Battalion.[25] The IISS estimated a total of 65 artillery pieces in service in 2024, from multiple rocket launchers to howitzers and medium mortars.

Missile and rocket launchers

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
Astros FN 2020Brazil6 (2024)2014 – present (2024)

Howitzers

!Name!Origin!Number!Caliber!Period!Image
M114United States6 (2012)155 mmIn use in 2024
M101United States15 (1997)
6 (2010)[27]
18 (2024)		105 mmPossibly in use in 2024
L118United Kingdom18 (2012)105 mm1999[28] – present (2024)[29]

Heavy mortars

!Name!Origin!Number!Caliber!Period!Image
Soltam K6A3Israel6 (2012)120 mmIn use in 2014

Air defense

The CFN fields a single anti-aircraft artillery battery,[30] created in 1995[31] and organized under the Air Combat Battalion.[32] Its armament consists of anti-aircraft guns and man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), both of which are exclusively for low-altitude targets..

Anti-aircraft guns

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
Bofors Bofi-R C70Sweden6 (2012)In use in 2021

MANPADS

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
MBDA MistralFrance18 (2012)[33] 1994[34] – present (2021)[35]

Mobile surveillance radars

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
Saab Giraffe 50AT with a Hägglund BV-206D tractorSweden1996 – present (2021)
Saber M60Brazil2014 – present (2021)

Unarmored vehicles

Amphibious vehicles

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
GMC DUKW[36] United States341970[37] – 1980s
Biselli CamAnfBrazil5

Trucks

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
Mercedes-Benz Unimog[38] Brazil148 U2150 (2003)90 U5000 requested(2020)1999 – present (2022)
Ford CargoBrazil15 (2013)[39]
Mercedes-Benz AxorIn use in 2019[40]
Mercedes-Benz 1725In use in 2019
Mercedes-Benz AtegoIn use in 2022
Iveco Tector 240 E 2013In use in 2023

Light vehicles

!Name!Origin!Number!Period!Image
Land Rover DefenderIn use in 2019; under replacement by the Agrale Marruá[41]
Chevrolet S10Under replacement by the Agrale Marruá in 2013
Agrale MarruáBrazil2008[42] – present (2013)

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Padilha. Luiz. 2021-05-08. Marinha lança oficialmente o novo uniforme camuflado do CFN. Defesa Aérea & Naval. 2024-09-01.
  3. Web site: Padilha. Luiz. 2019-05-06. Conheça a nova camuflagem do uniforme dos Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha do Brasil. Defesa Aérea & Naval. 2024-09-01.
  4. Web site: Escola de Aprendizes-Marinheiros de Santa Catarina. As cores da tradição. 2024-09-20.
  5. Web site: Marinha do Brasil. Símbolos e costumes dos fuzileiros navais. 2024-09-01.
  6. Olive. Ronaldo. 2014-01-27. Brazil's Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais. https://web.archive.org/web/20220703181312/https://sadefensejournal.com/brazils-corpo-de-fuzileiros-navais/. 2022-07-03. Small Arms Defense Journal. 6. 1.
  7. Noticiário. 1929. Revista Marítima Brasileira. 4. Imprensa Naval. Rio de Janeiro. p. 600.
  8. Web site: Olive. Ronaldo. 2016-08-10. Fuzil “Frankenstein” apreendido pela PMERJ. Revista Tecnologia & Defesa. 2024-08-28.
  9. Lopes. Hudson Ferreira. 2019. Almirante Sylvio de Camargo: Sua importância para o Brasil durante sua gestão como Comandante Geral do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, no período compreendido entre 1945 e 1956. Monograph. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. p. 39.
  10. Web site: Carneiro. Mário Roberto Vaz. 2010. Fuzileiros blindados. Revista Segurança & Defesa via Operacional.pt. 2024-09-01.
  11. Web site: InfoDefensa. 2014-04-02. Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais adquire 23 novos CLAnfs. 2024-09-01.
  12. Book: Hudson, Rex. A.. 1998. Brazil: a country study. Washington, D.C.. Federal Research Division. p. 501.
  13. Web site: Comando do Material de Fuzileiros Navais. Armamento Leve. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120826123325/http://www.mar.mil.br/cmatfn/armamentos/armamentos_leves.htm. 2012-08-26.
  14. Web site: Janes - OSINT Insights. 2021-09-10. Brazilian Marine Corps details new modernisation plan. 2024-08-30.
  15. Web site: ECSB Defesa. 50 anos de blindados no Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais da Marinha do Brasil 1973 - 2023. 2024-08-30.
  16. Web site: Carneiro. Mário Roberto Vaz. Os CCL-SL dos Fuzileiros. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20031024221002/http://www.segurancaedefesa.com:80/cccfn.html. 2003-10-24. Revista Segurança & Defesa.
  17. Web site: Padilha. Luiz. 2023-06-28. Batalhão de Blindados de Fuzileiros Navais comemora seu 20° aniversário. Defesa Aérea & Naval. 2024-08-30.
  18. Web site: Marinha do Brasil. 2019-04-26. Batalhão de Viaturas Anfíbias realiza teste de operação em água com os novos carros lagarta anfíbios. 2024-08-31.
  19. Souza. João Paulo de. 2020. CCL-SL SK105A2S e o Significado dos Carros de Combate no Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais. Ação de Choque. Centro de Instrução de Blindados. Santa Maria. 18. p. 29.
  20. Ferreira. Gil Cordeiro Dias. October–December 2014. O dia em que o Urutu afundou.... Revista Marítima Brasileira. 134. 10/12. p. 28-29, 33.
  21. Velloso. Ludovico Alexandre Cunha. Fonseca. Paulo José Chaves. 2010. Histórico das origens: Batalhão de Blindados de Fuzileiros Navais. Âncoras e Fuzis. 40.
  22. Ferreira. Gil Cordeiro Dias. Haverá uma cavalaria anfíbia?. 1996. A Defesa Nacional. 774. p. 127.
  23. Web site: Revista Segurança & Defesa. Piranha IIIC no CFN. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080506125057/http://www.segurancaedefesa.com/PiranhaIIIC_no_CFN.html. 2008-05-06.
  24. Web site: Wiltgen. Guilherme. 2024-07-19. Marinha recebe último lote com quatro Oshkosh JLTV. Marinha do Brasil, via Defesa Aérea & Naval. 2024-08-31.
  25. Web site: Acervo Arquivístico da Marinha do Brasil. 2013-11-11. Fundo BTLART - Batalhão de Artilharia de Fuzileiros Navais. 2024-09-01.
  26. Cantídio. Luiz Carlos da Silva. 1993. O combatente anfíbio — Parte 1. Revista Marítima Brasileira. 113. 7/9. Rio de Janeiro. Serviço de Documentação Geral da Marinha. p. 34-35.
  27. Web site: InfoDefensa via Forças Terrestres. 2010-09-19. Marinha do Brasil interessada no obuseiro M777 da BAE Systems. 2024-09-13.
  28. Web site: Marinha do Brasil. Obuseiro 105mm L118 LIGHT GUN. 2024-08-30.
  29. Book: International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Military Balance 2024. 2024. Routledge. 978-1-003-48583-4. p. 418-419.
  30. Sperduto. Hugo Marques. 2019. A necessidade de uma Bateria de Artilharia Antiaérea junto à 7ª Brigada de Infantaria Mecanizada para a defesa antiaérea da Região Nordeste. Monograph. Escola de Artilharia de Costa e Antiaérea. p. 30-31.
  31. Revista Marítima Brasileira. 112. 10-12. October–December 1995. Reorganização administrativa do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais. p. 307-308.
  32. Web site: Wiltgen. Guilherme. 2022-11-08. FAB realiza o Exercício Conjunto Escudo-Tínia 2022. Força Aérea Brasileira via Defesa Aérea & Naval. 2024-09-01.
  33. Book: Livro Branco de Defesa Nacional. 2012. Ministério da Defesa. Brasília. p. 95-96.
  34. Karp. Aaron. 2009. O excedente de armas leves na América do Sul: um relatório. Small Arms Survey. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Genebra. p. 37.
  35. Web site: Moralez. João Paulo. 2021-01-01. Brasil avança na obtenção da defesa antiaérea de média altura. Tecnologia & Defesa. 2024-08-20.
  36. Web site: Bastos. Expedito Carlos Stephani. 2004-06-10. DUKW - Caminhão anfíbio do CFN - o patinho feio gigante. ECSB Defesa. Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. 2024-08-31.
  37. Motta. Sérgio Luiz de Mello Furtado. 2005. Os carros anfíbios do passado. Âncoras e Fuzis. 29. p. 8.
  38. Web site: Marinha do Brasil. Viaturas Operativas 5 Ton 4x4 UNIMOG U5000. 2024-09-01.
  39. Web site: Fan. Ricardo. 2013-04-05. Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais adquire 122 novas viaturas. DefesaNet. 2024-09-01.
  40. Web site: Fotos de Viaturas. September 2016. Forças Armadas. 2024-02-02.
  41. Web site: Forças Terrestres. 2013-11-04. Fuzileiros Navais em Natal-RN receberão viaturas Marruá em 2014. 2024-09-01.
  42. Web site: Sala de Imprensa Agrale S.A.. 2008-08-21. Marinha do Brasil recebe viaturas militares Agrale Marruá. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090120062719/http://www.secco.com.br/agrale.asp?id=6816. 2009-01-20.

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