Equipment of the Argentine Army lists weapons, vehicles, aircraft, and other

materiel Materiel (; ) refers to supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context. In a military context, the term ''materiel'' refers either to the specifi ...

that either are in service or have served with the

Argentine Army The Argentine Army ( es, Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander- ...

, since the early 1900s. Totals for each item are estimated as per sources cited. Items not yet in service but planned for future use are listed in a separate section. Status (confirmed or presumed) of each item is one of the following: * INS = in active service * RSV = in reserve (not in active service, stored for eventual use) * RET = retired (no longer in service or in reserve) * TBC = to be confirmed (current status unclear)

Tanks

Armored vehicles

Utility vehicles

Artillery

Air defence systems

Anti-tank weapons

Small arms

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M240 The M240 – officially the Machine Gun, 7.62 mm, M240 – is the U.S. military designation for the FN MAG, a family of belt-fed, gas-operated medium machine guns that chamber the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. The M240 has been used by the ...

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Rheinmetall MG 3 The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 ''Einheitsmaschinengewehr'' (Universal machine gun) that fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser ...

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, Machine gun mounted on tanks SK-105. MG74 version manufactured by

Steyr Mannlicher Steyr Arms () is a firearms manufacturer based in Sankt Peter in der Au, Austria. Originally part of Steyr-Daimler-Puch, it became independent when the conglomerate was broken up in 1989. Prior to 1 January 2019, the company was named Steyr M ...

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AA-52 machine gun The ''AA-52'' (full designation in French: ''Arme Automatique Transformable Modèle 1952'', "Transformable automatic weapon model 1952") is one of the first French-produced guns of the post–World War II era. It was manufactured by the French g ...

, , General-purpose machine gun mounted on armoured vehicles. , - ,

M2 Browning The M2 machine gun or Browning .50 caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed towards the end of World War I by John Browning. Its design is similar to Browning's earlier M1919 Browning machine gun, w ...

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Heavy machine gun A heavy machine gun (HMG) is significantly larger than light machine gun, light, medium machine gun, medium or general-purpose machine guns. HMGs are typically too heavy to be man-portable (carried by one person) and require weapon mount, mountin ...

, , Heavy support machine gun mounted on vehicles. The M2HB version is being replaced by the M2QCB. , - ! colspan="6", Sniper rifles , - ,

Steyr SSG 69 The SSG 69 (''Scharfschützengewehr 69'', literally Sharpshooter Rifle 69) is a bolt-action sniper rifle produced by Steyr Mannlicher that serves as the standard sniper rifle for the Austrian Army. Adopted in 1969 (hence the designation), it w ...

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7.62×51mm NATO The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It is a standard for small arms among NATO countries. First developed in the 1950s, the cartridge had first been introduced in U.S. service fo ...

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Sniper rifle A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment and optics for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses of the military sniper. The modern sniper rifle is a por ...

, , Standard service sniper rifle.Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (January 27, 2009). . , - ,

M24 SWS The M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) or M24 is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, ''M24'' being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988. The M24 is refe ...

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Designated marksman rifle A designated marksman rifle (DMR) is a modern telescopic sight, scoped high-Accuracy and precision, precision rifle used by infantrymen in the designated marksman (DM) role. It generally fills the engagement effective range, range gap between ...

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Steyr HS .50 The Steyr HS .50 and the Steyr HS .460 are single-shot anti materiel sniper rifles manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher and chambered in .50 BMG and .460 Steyr, respectively. Unlicensed variants of the HS. 50 include the AM-50 Sayyad produced by Ir ...

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Anti-materiel rifle An anti-materiel rifle (AMR) is a rifle designed for use against military equipment, structures, and other hardware (materiel). Anti-materiel rifles are chambered in significantly larger calibers than conventional rifles and are employed to elimin ...

, , Standard long range & anti-materiel sniper rifle. , - ! colspan="6", Grenade launchers , - ,

M203 The M203 is a single-shot 40 mm under-barrel grenade launcher designed to attach to a rifle. It uses the same rounds as the older stand-alone M79 break-action grenade launcher, which utilizes the high-low propulsion system to keep recoil forces ...

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40 mm 40 mm grenade (also styled 40mm grenade) is a generic class-name for grenade launcher ammunition ( subsonic shells) in caliber. The generic name stems from the fact that several countries have developed or adopted grenade launchers in ...

Grenade launcher A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially-designed large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke or gas warhead. Today, the term generally refers to a class of dedicated firearms firing unitary grenade cartridges. The mos ...

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Automatic grenade launcher An automatic grenade launcher (AGL) or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher that is capable of fully automatic fire, and is typically loaded with either an ammunition belt or magazine. These weapons are often mounted on vehicles or helicopte ...

, Heavy support grenade launcher mounted on vehicles.

Infantry equipment

Uniforms, and personal protection equipment * Uniforme de Combate Argentino (UCA): Battledress, standard uniform system ( MultiCam) *

U.S. Woodland The U.S. Woodland is a camouflage pattern that was used as the default camouflage pattern issued to the United States Armed Forces from 1981, with the issue of the Battle Dress Uniform, until its replacement in the mid to late 2000s. It is a four ...

: Battledress, locally manufactured. Will be replaced by UCA. *

MARPAT MARPAT (short for Marine pattern) is a multi-scale camouflage pattern in use with the United States Marine Corps, designed in 2001 and introduced from late 2002 to early 2005 with the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU), which replaced ...

: Battledress, Used by special forces. * MICH: Standard combat helmet. *

PASGT Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT, pronounced ) is a combat helmet and ballistic vest that was used by the United States military from the early 1980s until the mid-2000s, when the helmet and vest were succeeded by the Lightweight ...

: Combat helmet. Will be replaced by MICH. * M1 helmet: Combat helmet, locally manufactured. Will be replaced by MICH. Tactical and communication equipment * Harris Falcon III: Communications radio system. *Niro:

Night vision device A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD), night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision. The dev ...

, locally manufactured. Used in FN FAL *Litton M949: Night vision device. *

AN/PVS-4 AN/PVS-4 (Night Vision Sight, Individual Served Weapon, AN/PVS-4) is the U.S. military designation for a specification of the first second generation passive Night vision device. The AN/PVS-4 first saw widespread use during the Gulf War and lat ...

: Night vision device. *

AN/PVS-5 The AN/PVS-5 is a dual-tube night-vision goggle used for aviation and ground support. It uses second-generation image-intensifier tubes. The United States Army still has PVS-5 on supply but are very rarely used. The AN/PVS-5 is based on the SU-50 ...

: Night vision device. *

AN/PVS-7 The AN/PVS-7 is a single tube night vision device. Third generation image intensifiers are standard for military night vision. The PVS-7 is auto-gated to prevent image intensifier damage if exposed to intense light. The goggles have active night vis ...

: Night vision device. * Mepro 21: Electro-optical sights. Used in modernized FN FAL. *

EOTech EOTECH is an American company that designs, manufactures, and markets electro-optic and night vision products and systems. The company is headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan. They produce holographic weapon sights for small arms that have bee ...

: Electro-optical sights. Grenades and mines *GME FMK-2 Mod. 0: Fragmentation hand grenade, locally manufactured. *

M67 grenade The M67 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the United States military. The M67 is a further development of the M33 grenade, itself a replacement for the M26-series grenades used during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the older Mk ...

: Fragmentation hand grenade. * FMK-1 mine: Plastic anti-personnel mine, 8 centimeters in diameter and 150 grams of explosive charge. * Expal P4B: Plastic anti-personnel mine, 8 centimeters in diameter and 180 grams of explosive charge. * FMK-3 mine: Plastic anti-tank mine, 24 centimeters in diameter and 6.5 kilograms of explosive charge. * FMK-5 mine: Metal anti-tank mine, 254 millimeters in diameter. *

SB-81 mine The SB-81 is an Italian plastic cased minimum metal anti-tank blast mine dating from the early 1980s. The mine uses an air pressure based fuze, which gives it protection against overpressure and blast. It can therefore be regarded as a blast resis ...

: Plastic anti-tank mine, 24 centimeters in diameter and 2 kilograms of explosive charge. *FMK-1 Mod.0: Shaped charge, 2350 grams of TNT and 467 millimeters long. *FMK-3 Mod.0: Shaped charge, 5510 grams of TNT and 414 millimeters long.

Radars

Vessels

Engineers

Aircraft

The

Argentine Army Aviation The Argentine Army Aviation ( es, Comando de Aviación de Ejército, AvEj) is the army aviation branch of the Argentine Army. Their members have the same rank insignia and titles as the rest of the Army. Along with its primary role of supporting ...

service operated since its creation in 1956 both fixed and rotary wing aircraft; these are detailed in a separate list for ease of maintenance.

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External links

* {{in lang, es}
EQUIPAMIENTO DEL EJÉRCITO - Argentine Army official website
(accessed 2016-10-09) Army Equipment

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