Used also by Ecuadorian UN operatives and jungle warfare units. M4s sold as a 2008 Foreign Military Sales package. įormer standard rifle of the Army, it was replaced by the HK 33 since 1994, the FN FAL is still used by some units such as Jungle Infantry where the 7.62mm round has its advantages. They will be used for conscript training. Īlso called within the NATO SA-7 “Grail”.Īlso called within the NATO SA-16 'Gimlet' (earlier versions) or SA-18 'Grouse'. Ģ20 launchers available, these were efficiently used during the Cenepa War. Mounted on Aérospatiale Gazelle helicopters.Ĥ x 12.7 mm air defence gun/ 12.7×99mm NATO

The AMX-13 based Mk F3 is the smallest and lightest 155mm motorized gun carriage ever produced. The Tatra T813 'Kolos' 8×8 truck serves as carrier platform. Mounted on vehicles 6圆 Kamaz PTC E6 43118 6.7 TD Cummins 226 kW Įquipped with Anti-tank or Anti-aircraft weapon-systems. The CUCV II was procured by the Ecuadorian military in limited quantities.

Less reliable sources suggest that 500 Humvees are currently in use within the Armed Forces. Other anti-tank variants include the Chinese HJ-8 system. The Israeli MAPATS anti-tank version was created in 2009. ġ18 Humvees were donated by US NAS in 2003. Second lot bought in August 2009 as transport variant. Work on upgrading the AMX-13s started in Ecuador late in 1988 and was completed in 1990.įirst lot bought by Ecuador in February 2009 as a reconnaissance variant. Fives-Cail Babcock provided kits to modify the 105 mm gun and its ammunition system to allow APFSDS rounds to be fired. SOPELEM supplied the basic day version of its SOPTAC 18 fire-control system with laser rangefinder and its control unit. In 1988, Ecuador upgraded its fleet of 108 AMX-13 light tanks armed with 105 mm guns. The Army's present day equipment is mostly of Western origin. Only in the 1980s did it begin to develop a modest domestic arms industry as the Directorate of Army Industries manufactured rifle ammunition, uniforms, boots, and other consumable items. The rotary wing of the Ecuadorian Army depends on HAL Dhruv helicopters from India. Historically, the Ecuadorian Army depended on a wide variety of foreign suppliers like India, the United States and Germany for virtually all of its equipment needs.

This is a list of equipment of the Ecuadorian Army.

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