# List of modern equipment of the Brazilian Army

List of equipment in service with the Brazilian Army.

## Infantry equipment

The Army's arsenal of firearms (individual and collective) was estimated at 299,300 weapons in 2010: 52,100 pistols, 500 revolvers, 9,100 submachine guns, 89,000 bolt-action rifles, 143,300 automatic rifles and 5,300 medium machine guns. 1,800 heavy machine guns, 800 81-millimeter mortars and 400 60-millimeter mortars were counted separately as light weapons. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimated 1,436 81 mm mortars in 2024 and included them in its calculation of total artillery strength.
This armamament and communications and personal protection equipment are in replacement, since 2016, by new standards defined by the Combatente Brasileiro (COBRA) project. The former service rifle, the FAL and its variants, is giving way to Imbel's IA2. Total service rifle demand to phase out the FAL family has been reported in the press as in the 140 thousand or 200 thousand range.
Individual protective equipment includes aramid helmets and bulletproof vests with no standard supplier or material. The latter must have a level III protection in NIJ standards. 2009 technical standards specified an outer covering in polyamide fabric, but did not determine a material for other components. Camouflage follows a lizard-style pattern, inspired on the French TAP47 and the Portuguese 1960s pattern. It consists of wide dark brown and dark green strokes on a lighter background.

### Pistols

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Imbel M973 | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2023 |
| Taurus M975 | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2023 |
| Imbel MD1 GC | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2023 |

### Submachine guns

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Taurus M972 | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2010 |
| Taurus SMT-9 | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2015 |
| Heckler & Koch MP5SD | Germany | 9×19mm | Under replacement by the UMP in 2016 |
| Heckler & Koch UMP | Germany | 9×19mm | In use by the Special Operations Command in 2016 |

### Rifles

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Fuzil 7,62 mm M964 (FAL) | Brazil | 7,62×51mm | 1964 – present, under replacement by the IA2 (2018) |
| Fuzil 7,62mm M964 A1 (ParaFAL) | Brazil | 7,62×51mm | 1964 – present, under replacement by the IA2 (2018) |
| Mosquetão 7,62 mm M968 ("MosqueFAL") | Brazil | 7,62×51mm | 1968 – present (2022); ceremonial and training use |
| Imbel IA2 | Brazil | 5,56×45mm 7,62×51mm | 2013 – present (2022) |
| Heckler & Koch HK417 | Germany | 7,62×51mm | In use in 2017 by the Special Operations Command |
| Heckler & Koch HK416 | Germany | 5,56×45mm | In use in 2020 by the Special Operations Command |
| Colt M4 | United States | 5,56×45mm | In use in 2023 by the Special Operations Command |

### Shotguns

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Mossberg 590A1 | United States | 12 ga | In use in 2017 |
| Boito (unspecified model) | Brazil | 12 ga | In use in 2023 |
| CBC (unspecified model) | Brazil | 12 ga | In use in 2023 |

### Machine guns

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Browning M2 | United States | 12,7×99mm | In use in 2020 |
| Fuzil Metralhadora 7,62 M964 FAP (Fuzil Automático Pesado) | Brazil | 7,62×51mm | 1970s – present, under replacement by the FN Minimi (2022) |
| M971 MAG | Belgium | 7,62×51mm | 1970s – present, under replacement by the FN Minimi (2022) |
| FN Minimi | Belgium | 5,56×45mm 7,62×51mm | Pre-2013 – present (2022) |
| MG3 | Germany | 7,62×51mm | In use in 2022 as secondary armament in Leopard 1 tanks |

### Sniper rifles

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Imbel AGLC | Brazil | 7,62×51mm | In use in 2022 |
| Remington M40 | United States | 7,62×51mm | In use in 2016 by the Special Operations Command |
| Remington MSR | United States | 7,62×51mm | In use in 2016 by the Special Operations Command |
| M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System | United States | 7,62×51mm | In use in 2017 by the Special Operations Command |

### Grenade launchers

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| M79 | United States | 40 mm | In use in 2010 |
| Condor AM-600 | Brazil | 37/38 and 38.1 mm | In use in 2019 |
| ST Engineering 40GL Mk1 | Singapore | 40 mm | In use in 2022 |
| M203 | United States | 40 mm | In use in 2023 |

### Recoilless weapons

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period | Image |
| Carl-Gustaf M3 | Sweden | 84mm | 1990s – present (2019) | |
| AT4 | Sweden | 84mm | 1990s – present (2022) | |

### Anti-tank guided missiles

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| MAX 1.2 AC | Brazil | 50 to 60 missiles, 200 ordered (2023) | 2023 – present (2024) | |
| Spike LR2 | Israel | 10 launchers and 100 missiles | 2024 – present | |

### Light and medium mortars

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Morteiro 60 mm M949 AGR | Brazil | | In use in 2010 |
| Morteiro Leve 60 mm Hotchkiss | France | | In use in 2022 |
| Morteiro Médio 81 mm Brandt | France | 651 (2024) | |
| Morteiro Médio 81 mm M936 AGR | Brazil | 484 (2024) | |
| Morteiro Médio 81 mm Royal Ordnance (L16A2) | United Kingdom | 72 (2024) | |
| Morteiro Médio Antecarga 81 mm | Brazil | 92 (2024) | 2013 – present (2024) |

### Helmets

| Name | Origin | Period | Image |
| Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) | Brazil | 1993 – present (2016) | |
| Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) | Brazil | In use in 2016 | |

### Night vision and thermography

| Name | Origin | Period |
| CORAL-CR | Brazil | In use in 2017 |
| LORIS | Brazil | In use in 2022 |
| AN/PVS-7 Bravo | United States | In use in 2022 |
| LUNOS | | In use in 2022 |
| MUNOS | | In use in 2022 |

## Armor

By IISS estimates, the Brazilian Army fielded over 2,250 armored fighting vehicles in 2023, the highest number in Latin America, although modern models were a minority of this total. This number includes 292 main battle tanks and 1,466 armored personnel carriers. In the Army's terminology, formations equipped with tracked vehicles are "armored" units, while those with wheeled vehicles are "mechanized".

### Tanks

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| M60 A3TTS | United States | 31 (2024) | 1997 – present (2024) |
| Leopard 1A1BE | Germany | 41 (2024) | 1997 – present (2024) |
| Leopard 1A5BR | Germany | 220 (2024) | 2009 – present (2024) |

### Tank destroyers

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Centauro II | Italy | 2 in use, 96 in an unsigned contract (2024) | 2023 – present (2024) | |

### Armored cars

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| EE-9 Cascavel | Brazil | 409 (2024) | 1970s – present (2024), under partial replacement by the Centauro II | |

### Personnel carriers

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| M113 | United States | 198 M113A1, 386 M113BR, 12 M113A2 (2024) | 1965 – present (2024) |
| EE-11 Urutu | Brazil | 5 M2, 41 M6; under replacement by the VBTP-MR Guarani (2024) | 1970s – present (2024) |
| VBTP-MR Guarani | Brazil | Total order of 1,580 units (2016) ~575 (2024) 700+ (2024) | 2014 – present (2024) |
| M577 A2 | United States | 64 (2024) | 2016 – present (2024) |
| VBMT-LSR Guaicurus (Iveco LMV) | Italy/Brazil | 48 in use, 420 on order (2024) | 2018 – present (2024) |

### Recovery vehicles

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| M578 | United States | 14 (2024) | 1971 – present (2024) |
| Bergepanzer 2 | Germany | 13 (2024) | 1990s – present (2024) |
| M88A1 | United States | 8 (2024) | 2016 – present (2024) |
| MaxxPro MRV-PK | United States | 20 (2023) | 2023 – present (2023) |

### Engineering vehicles

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Viatura Blindada Especializada Lançadora de Ponte Leopard 1 (Panzerschnellbruecke Biber) | Germany | 5 (2024) | 2011 – present (2024) | |
| Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs | Germany | 5 (2024) | 2010 | |

## Artillery

The IISS calculated a total of 2,263 artillery pieces in Army service in 2024, including 109 self-propelled howitzers and 412 towed howitzers. Self-propelled field artillery groups service armored brigades, while towed artillery is part of other brigades. Missile and rocket launchers are concentrated in the Army Artillery Command in Formosa, Goiás.

### Missile and rocket artillery

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Astros II | Brazil | 44 launchers and 39 auxiliary vehicles (2023) 38 launchers (20 Mk3M and 18 Mk6) (2024) | 1990s – present (2024) | |
| AV-VBL | Brazil | | In use in 2021 as a specialized vehicle in Astros II batteries | |

### Self-propelled howitzers

| Name | Origin | Number | Caliber | Period | Image |
| M109 | United States | 109 (37 M109A3, 40 M109A5, 32 M109A5+) | 155 mm | 1999 – present (2024) | |
| M992 A2 | United States | 40 (2022) | | In service in 2022 as the M109's resupply vehicle | |

### Towed howitzers

| Name | Origin | Number | Caliber | Period |
| M114 | United States | 81 (2024) | 155 mm | 1940s – present (2024) |
| M101/M102 | United States | 231 (2024) | 105 mm | 1940s – present (2024) |
| OTO Melara Mod 56 | Italy | 60 (2024) | 105 mm | 1970s – present (2024) |
| L118 | United Kingdom | 40 (2024) | 105 mm | 1991 – present (2024) |

### Heavy mortars

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| MO 120-RT (Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté) | France | ~200 (2022) | | |
| Morteiro Pesado 120 mm M2 Raiado | Brazil | ~400 (2022) 268 (2024) | | |

## Air defense

Having deactivated its towed antiaircraft guns in 2023, the Army's sole air defense platforms are self-propelled antiaircraft guns and man-portable missiles, both operated by the artillery arm. All available systems are restricted to defense against low altitude targets.

### Self-propelled guns

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Krauss-Maffei Gepard 1A2 | Germany | 34 | 2013 – present (2023) | |

### MANPADS

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| 9K338 Igla-S | Russia | | 2015 – present (2023) | |
| RBS 70 Mk.2 and NG | Sweden | | 2014 – present (2023) | |

### Mobile surveillance radars

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Saber M60 | Brazil | | 2011 – present (2024) | |

## Unarmored vehicles

Unarmored vehicles in Army service are classified by category (administrative or operational) and usage (transport, tractor, trailer, semi-trailer and special). Administrative vehicles perform routine activities, confidential missions and logistical support in exercises and military operations. Operational vehicles have direct tactical or logistical roles in exercises and operations. 8,500 wheeled unarmored vehicles, from fuel tankers to refrigerated trucks, were acquired from 2012 to 2015, equivalent to a renewal of 40% of the inventory, according to General Staff figures.
In the truck sector, the main supplier by around 2015 was MAN's Latin American division, provider of a fleet of over five thousand Volkswagen vehicles. The standard off-road light vehicle in 2019 was Agrale's Marruá. The motorcycle inventory comprised 699 units in 2012: 193 from Harley-Davidson, the largest in service, 307 from Honda and 168 from Yamaha. The remainder was older, from no longer extant brands such as Agrale.

### Trucks

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Mercedes-Benz Unimog 4x4 Série U | Germany | | 1967 – present (2024) |
| Terex UAI M1-50 6x6 | Brazil | | 1980s – present (2015?) |
| Mercedes-Benz LAK 1418 | Brazil | | 1992 – ? (in use in 2017) |
| Ford Cargo | Brazil | | 1987 – present (2022) |
| Volkswagen Worker | Brazil | 860 ordered (2013) | 2007 – present (2024) |
| Mercedes-Benz Atron | | | 2007–2008 – present (2023) |
| Mercedes-Benz Axor | | | 2007–2008 – present (2023) |
| VW 31.390 Prime | | | In use in 2018 |
| Mercedes-Benz Atego | | | In use in 2019 |
| Iveco Stralis | | | In use in 2019 |
| Volvo NL 12 360 | | | In use in 2019 |
| Tatra 815 (T-815-7 and T-815-2) | Czech Republic | 14 (2021) | 2019 – present (2021) |
| Mercedes-Benz Munck | | | In use in 2019 |
| Mercedes-Benz Accelo | | | In use in 2021 |

### Buses

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Comil Svelto | Brazil | 135 new (2013) | 2003 – present (2013) |
| Volksbus Mascarello | | | In use in 2019 |
| Volare W9 | Brazil | | In use in 2020 |
| Agrale Mascarelo GranMini | Brazil | | In use in 2022 |
| Volare Attack 9 | Brazil | | In use in 2022 |
| Fiat Ducato Minibus | | | In use in 2022 |

### Light vehicles

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Volkswagen Kombi (pickup) | Brazil | | 1961 – present (2021) |
| Chevrolet Série 10 | Brazil | | 1975 – present (2021) |
| Toyota Bandeirante | Brazil | | 1980s – present (2019) |
| Land Rover Defender | Brazil | | 1990s – present (2019) |
| Agrale Marruá family | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| AM2 | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| AM11 | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| AM20 | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| AM21 | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| AM23 | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| AM31 | Brazil | > 4 000 (2019) | 2006 – present (2019) |
| Chivunk | Brazil | 10 pilot batch vehicles in adaptation (2023) | |
| Ford F-350 | | | In use in 2012 |
| Troller T4 | Brazil | | 2004 – ? |
| Mitsubishi Pajero | | | In use in 2021 |
| Toyota Hilux | Argentina | | In use in 2020 |
| Ford Ranger | | | In use in 2021 |
| Volkswagen Gol City | | | In use in 2019 |
| Renault Master dCI | | | In use in 2019 |
| Ford Fiesta Sedan | | | In use in 2022 |
| Nissan March SV 1.6 | | | In use in 2022 |
| Mercedes-Benz Greencar | | | In use in 2016 |
| Peugeot 408 | | | In use in 2021 |
| Chevrolet Spin LTZ | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Doblo Essence | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Punto Sporting | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer, Citroen Jumper | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Marea ELX | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Uno Mile | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Toro | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Strada | | | In use in 2021 |
| Fiat Palio Young | | | In use in 2021 |
| Ford Fiesta Hatch | | | In use in 2021 |
| Ford Focus Sedan | | | In use in 2021 |
| Ford Fusion | | | In use in 2021 |
| Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | | | In use in 2021 |
| Iveco Daily | | | In use in 2021 |
| SsangYong Actyon Sports GLX | | | In use in 2021 |
| Nissan Frontier | | | In use in 2021 |
| Nissan Versa | | | In use in 2021 |
| Mahindra CD/CS 2.2 HWK | | | In use in 2021 |
| Renault Logan Expression | | | In use in 2021 |
| Renault Master | | | In use in 2021 |

### Motorcycles

| Name | Number | Period |
| Yamaha XT | | In use in 2021 |
| Honda XRE | | In use in 2019 |
| Honda NXR | | In use in 2021 |
| Harley-Davidson Road King Police | 193 (2012) | |

## Water transport

Combat engineering units field small boats, crosswalks, rafts and pontoon bridges for river crossings. In the Pantanal and Amazon theaters, where options for ground transport are few, other units resort to river transport. Manaus, Amazonas, headquarters a peculiar logistical unit, the Amazon Military Command's Boat Center (Portuguese: Centro de Embarcações do Comando Militar da Amazônia, CECMA).

### Motorboats

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Embarcação Patrulha Grupo (EPG) & Embarcação Patrulha Esquadra (EPE) ("voadeiras") | | | |
| Guardian 25 | United States | 12 (2014) | 2014 – present (2023) |
| DGS Raptor 999 | Brazil | 2 (2021) | 2021 – present (2023) |
| COTECMAR Lancha de Patrulha Ribeirinha (LPR) 40 Mk2B | Colombia | 2 (2013) | 2013 – present (2023) |

### Catamarans

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Jacaretinga class | | 4 (2021) | 2020 – present (2021) | |

### Ferries

| Name | Number |
| 4700 ton | 11 (2023) |
| 1000 ton | 1 (2023) |
| 400 ton | 1 (2023) |

### Tugboats

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Type1 and Type 2 | | 6 (2020) | | |

### Ferry boats

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| | | 3 in the CECMA (2020), 2 in the Northern Military Command(2023) | | |

### River crossings

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Aluminum crosswalk | | | In use in 2024 |
| Light raft | | | In use in 2019 |
| Mabey Logistic Support Bridge | United Kingdom | | In use in 2013 |
| General Dynamics Floating Support Bridge | | | In use in 2018 |
| Ribbon-type Krupp FFB 2000 raft | | | In use in 2019 |
| General Dynamics Improved Ribbon Bridge | | 2 (2020) | 2019 – present (2020) |

## Aircraft

Brazilian Army Aviation in its current format, created in 1986, has no fixed-wing aircraft and flies rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) and unmanned aerial vehicles. The helicopters, 95 in total in 2023, are grouped in two categories, maneuver and reconnaissance and attack. There is no dedicated attack helicopter. A bid to acquire Short C-23 Sherpa transport planes, which would resurrect fixed-wing aviation in the Army, peaked with a June 2020 presidential decree authorizing the operation of this type of aircraft. This decree was soon revoked after heavy criticism from Brazilian Air Force officers.