# List of equipment of the Brazilian Marine Corps

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. Individual marines wear two camouflage patterns, the older lizard standard and, since 2021, a digital pattern for urban environments. 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.

### Pistols

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period | Image |
| Taurus PT92AF | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2014 | |
| Taurus PT 24/7G2 | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2014 | |

### Submachine guns

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Taurus MT-9A | Brazil | 9×19mm | In use in 2014 |
| Heckler & Koch MP5SD | Germany | 9×19mm | In use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos |
| Heckler & Koch MP5KA4 | Germany | 9×19mm | In use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos |
| IMI Mini-Uzi | Israel | 9×19mm | In use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos |

### Rifles

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Mauser 1908 | Germany | 7.65×53mm | In use in 1929 |
| SAFN-49 | Belgium | 7.62×63mm | 1957 – 1978 |
| M1 Garand | United States | 7.62×63 mm | In training use in the 1950s |
| FN FAL | Brazil | 7.62×51mm | In limited use in 2014 |
| Colt M16A2 | United States | 5.56×45mm | 1997 – present (2014) |
| Colt M4 | United States | 5.56×45mm | In use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos |

### Shotguns

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period | Image |
| Mossberg 590 | United States | 12 ga | In use in 2014 | |

### Machine guns

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| Fuzil Automático Pesado | Brazil | 7.62×51mm | In use in 2012 |
| FN MAG | Belgium | 7.62×51mm | In use in 2014 |
| FN Minimi | Belgium | 5.56×45mm | In use in 2014 |
| Browning M2HB | United States | 12.7×99mm | In use in 2014 |

### Sniper rifles

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period | Image |
| Parker-Hale M85 | United Kingdom | 7.62×51mm | Under replacement by the PGM Ultima Ratio in 2014 | |
| PGM Ultima Ratio | France | 7.62×51mm | In use in 2014 | |

### Anti-materiel rifles

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period | Image |
| PGM Hecate II | France | 12.7×99mm | In use in 2014 | |

### Grenade launchers

| Name | Origin | Caliber | Period |
| SB LAG 40 | Spain | 40mm | In use in 2010 |
| M203 | United States | 40mm | In use in 2012 |
| Mk 19 | United States | 40mm | In use in 2014 |

### Recoilless weapons

| Name | Origin | Number | Caliber | Period |
| M20 Super Bazooka | United States | | 89 mm | In use in 1997 |
| M40A1 gun | United States | 8 (1997) | 106 mm | In use in 1997 |
| AT-4 | Sweden | | 84 mm | In use in 2012 |

### Anti-tank guided missiles

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| RBS 56 Bill | Sweden | 18 (2012) | Possibly in use in 2021 | |

### Light and medium mortars

| Name | Origin | Number | Caliber | Period | Image |
| M60 Brandt | France | 103 (2012) 67 (2019) | 60 mm | In use in 2019 | |
| M29A1 | United States | 26 (2012) 32 (2019) 18 (2024) | 81 mm | In 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, and in the Tank Company, created in 1980 to employ the EE-9 Cascavel. 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. The Amphibious Vehicles Battalion operates the Assault Amphibious Vehicle, locally known as the Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (CLAnf). 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 Kürassier | Austria | 17 A2S and 1 4KH7FA (recovery vehicle) (2001) 10 (2019) | 2001 – present (2024) | |

### Armored cars

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| EE-9 Cascavel | Brazil | 6 | 1980 – 1998 | |

### Personnel carriers

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| EE-11 Urutu | Brazil | 5 | 1973 – earlier than 1986 |
| M113 | United States | 30 (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 – present (2024) |
| Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (Assault Amphibious Vehicle 7A1) | United States | 11 (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 – present (2024) |
| Mowag Piranha IIIC | Switzerland | 30 (2024) | 2007 – present (2024) |
| Oshkosh L-ATV | United States | 12 (2024) | 2023 – present (2024) |

## Artillery

Artillery has a tradition with Brazil's marines since the 19th century. Under different names, the CFN was an artillery force until its conversion into infantry in 1847. A new artillery unit was founded in 1962 and since 1993 named Marine Artillery Battalion. The IISS estimated a total of 65 artillery pieces in service in 2024, from multiple rocket launchers to howitzers and medium mortars. This number includes the M101 howitzer, which is absent from multiple official Brazilian listings, including the 2012 National Defense White Paper.

### Missile and rocket launchers

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Astros FN 2020 | Brazil | 6 (2024) | 2014 – present (2024) | |

### Howitzers

| Name | Origin | Number | Caliber | Period |
| M114 | United States | 6 (2012) 5 (2019) | 155 mm | 1977 – present (2024) |
| M101 | United States | 15 (1997) 6 (2010) 18 (2024) | 105 mm | Possibly in use in 2024 |
| L118 | United Kingdom | 18 (2019) | 105 mm | 1999 – present (2024) |

### Heavy mortars

| Name | Origin | Number | Caliber | Period | Image |
| Soltam K6A3 | Israel | 6 (2012) 7 (2019) | 120 mm | 1995 – present (2019) | |

## Air defense

The CFN fields a single anti-aircraft artillery battery, created in 1995 and organized under the Air Combat Battalion. 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 C70 | Sweden | 6 (2012) | Possibly in use in 2021 | |

### MANPADS

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| MBDA Mistral | France | 18 (2012) 10 (2019) | 1994 – present (2021) | |

### Mobile surveillance radars

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| Saab Giraffe 50AT with a Hägglund BV-206D tractor | Sweden | | 1996 – present (2021) | |
| Saber M60 | Brazil | | 2014 – present (2021) | |

## Unarmored vehicles

According to statistics provided by the Navy, as of 2019 the Marine Corps fielded 975 unarmored and wheeled operational vehicles, of which 560 were in the light and medium categories and 415 in the heavy category.

### Amphibious vehicles

| Name | Origin | Number | Period | Image |
| GMC DUKW | United States | 34 | 1970 – 1980s | |
| Biselli CamAnf | Brazil | 5 | | |

### Trucks

| Name | Origin | Number | Period |
| Mercedes-Benz Unimog | Brazil | 148 U2150 (2003) 90 U5000 requested(2020) | 1999 – present (2022) |
| Ford Cargo | Brazil | 15 (2013) | |
| Mercedes-Benz Axor | | | In use in 2019 |
| Mercedes-Benz 1725 | | | In use in 2019 |
| Mercedes-Benz Atego | | | In use in 2022 |
| Iveco Tector 240 E 2013 | | | In use in 2023 |

### Light vehicles

| Name | Origin | Period |
| Land Rover Defender | | In use in 2019; under replacement by the Agrale Marruá |
| Chevrolet S10 | | Under replacement by the Agrale Marruá in 2013 |
| Agrale Marruá | Brazil | 2008 – present (2013) |