This is a list of equipment used by the National Army of Colombia.
Model | Units in service | Status | Origin | Image |
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Armoured vehicles | ||||
82[1] | In service[2] | |||
121 | In service | |||
Infantry transport vehicles | ||||
28 (+ up to 60 in storage)[3] | In service | |||
100 | In service | |||
87[4] [5] | In service | |||
800 | In service | |||
22 | In service[6] | |||
4 | In service | |||
16 | In service | |||
2 | In production[7] | |||
Vehicle | Units in service | Status | Origin | Image |
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Multipurpouse vehicles | ||||
M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck | In service | |||
In service | ||||
In service | ||||
In service | ||||
Vehicle/System | Firm number in service | Status | Origin | Image |
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Field artillery | ||||
BAE Land Systems/Santa Bárbara Sistemas 155/52 Howitzer | 15 | In service | ||
GIAT/Nexter LG-1 Howitzer | 20 | In service | ||
75 | In service | |||
Vehicle/System | Firm number in service | Status | Origin | Photo | |
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Anti-aircraft defense specialized vehicles | |||||
M-8 Tow AA | 20 | In service | |||
M-462 Abir Nimrod Anti-aircraft system | 500 | In service | |||
Nimrod Anti-aircraft system | 40 | In service | |||
Anti-aircraft batteries Eagle Eye | 120 | In service | |||
Oerlikon dual gun system | 75 | In reserve | |||
Bofors M1 | 150 | In reserve | |||
M8/M-55 AAA | 75 | In reserve | |||
FIM-92 Stinger | 60 | In service | |||
MBDA Mistral | In service |
Model | Origin | Type | Image | Details | ||
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Pistols | ||||||
Standard issue pistol to Colombian Army | ||||||
Pistol | ||||||
Pistol | ||||||
Pistol | ||||||
Assault rifles | ||||||
Standard issue rifle. Produced under license by Indumil.[8] Also adopted the Galil ACE rifle by the middle of 2010, produced by Indumil.[9] FARC rebels use captured examples against the Colombian armed forces.[10] | ||||||
Assault rifle | The Colombian Army operates the TAR-21 for their special forces, in the army, marines and in the Colombian national police.[11] | |||||
Assault rifle | Is the new standard-issue assault rifle of the Army, Navy (including Colombian Marine Corps), Air Force and Police of Colombia.[12] Manufactured by an agreement between Indumil and IWI for export markets in Colombia. | |||||
Assault rifle | M16A2 used | |||||
Carbine | M4A1s as part of a 2008 Foreign Military Sales.[13] More M4/M4A1s announced to be sold via FMS program in 2017.[14] | |||||
Submachine guns | ||||||
Used by special forces | ||||||
Support weapons | ||||||
Standard Issue Light machine gun | ||||||
400 K3s acquired in 2006.[15] | ||||||
Sniper rifles | ||||||
Used by Colombian Special Forces.[16] | ||||||
Grenade launchers | ||||||
Indumil produces the MGL Mk 1 under license.[17] [18] | ||||||
Anti-armour | ||||||
Total 300 Spike-MR/LR and 15 Spike-ER missiles. The Colombian National Army Aviation's fleet of Sikorsky UH-60 Arpia IV[19] -series helicopters are armed with three variants of the Spike: the ER, LR and NLOS.[20] | ||||||
Anti-tank missile | 18 BGM-71 mounted on HMMWVs | |||||
APILAS | Anti-tank weapon | |||||
Anti-tank weapon | ||||||
Anti-tank weapon | ||||||
See main article: article and Colombian National Army Aviation.
Name | Origin | Type | Version(s) | In service[21] | Notes | |
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Fixed wing | ||||||
Gulfstream Turbo Commander | Transport | Commander 1000 | 2 | |||
Beechcraft King Air | Transport | 90 200 350 | 4 | |||
Beechcraft Super King Air | Electronic warfare | 200 350 | 4 | |||
Convair 580 | Airliner | 1 | ||||
Cessna 208 Caravan | Utility | 5 | ||||
Aero Commander 500 | Utility | Rockwell 685 Commander | 2 | |||
CASA C-212 Aviocar | Transport | 3 | ||||
Antonov An-32 | Ukraine | Transport | 2 | |||
Helicopters | ||||||
UH-1 Iroquois UH-1N Twin Huey | / | Utility helicopter | UH-1H UH-1N | 64 | 41 of the UH-1N Twin Hueys are retired Canadian Forces aircraft.[22] | |
Mil Mi-17 | Transport helicopter | Mi-17 MD | 20 | One lost on 25 February 2013[23] and in 2024[24] | ||
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk | Transport/Combat helicopter | UH-60L S-70i | 53 7[25] | Including the 15 from Plan Colombia. Two UH-60 lost on 22 February 2013 and on 5 February 2024.[26] [27] All S-70i helicopters used by the Special Operations Aviation Battalion. | ||
Unmanned aerial vehicles | ||||||
RQ-11 Raven | Reconnaissance | RQ-11B | 15 | Special Forces[28] |