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This is a list of equipment used by the Peruvian Army.

Infantry weapons

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Pistols

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
Taurus PT92 800x308 9x19mm  Brazil Semi-automatic pistol PT92AFD and PT92AFD-M, standard sidearm of the Peruvian Army, Special Forces.
Browning Hi-Power 800x308 9x19mm  Belgium Semi-automatic pistol General Issue sidearm[1]
Glock 17 800x308 9x19mm  Austria Semi-automatic pistol Limited use as a sidearm[1]

Shotguns

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
Winchester 1300 12-gauge  United States Pump-action shotgun Parachute Commandos and Special Forces[2]

Assault rifles and carbines

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
AKM 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union Assault rifle Standard issue rifle of military police.[2]
Type 68[3] 7.62×39mm  North Korea Assault rifle
MPi-KM 72 7.62x39mm  East Germany Assault Rifle
F2000 5.56×45mm  Belgium Bullpup
Assault rifle 		Special forces
Galil ACE[4][5] 5.56×45mm  Israel Assault rifle
Galil MAR 5.56×45mm  Israel Assault rifle Special forces[1]
Galil SAR 5.56×45mm  Israel Assault rifle Special forces[2]
IWI Tavor 5.56×45mm  Israel Bullpup
Assault rifle
M16A2[6] 5.56×45mm  United States Assault rifle
SOAR[7] 5.56×45mm  Philippines
 United States 		Assault rifle
SAR-21 5.56×45mm  Singapore Bullpup
Assault rifle 		Special forces.[8]
Wieger STG942 5.56×45mm  East Germany Assault rifle Special forces[1]
Zastava M21[9] 5.56×45mm  Serbia Assault rifle

Battle and sniper rifles

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
L96A1 7.62×51mm  United Kingdom Sniper rifle [2]
Barrett M82 .50 BMG  United States Anti-materiel rifle
FAL 50.00
FAL 50.41 / FALO 		7.62×51mm  Belgium Battle rifle
FN FAL 50.62 7.62×51mm  Belgium Battle rifle Standard issue rifle[2]
Heckler & Koch G3 7.62×51mm  West Germany Battle rifle
McMillan TAC-50 .50 BMG  United States Anti-materiel rifle Special forces[10]
SR-99 Galatz 7.62×51mm  Israel Sniper rifle [2]
Steyr SSG 69 7.62×51mm  Austria Sniper rifle [2]

Submachine guns

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
Star Model Z-45[11] 9×23mm  Francoist Spain Submachine gun
BXP 9×19mm  South Africa Submachine gun Special forces.[12]
Heckler & Koch MP5[13] 9×19mm  West Germany Submachine gun MP5A4 MP5A5 MP5SD MP5K
FN P90 5.7×28mm  Belgium Submachine gun
Personal defense weapon 		Parachute Commandos and Special Forces[2]
Uzi[14] 9×19mm  Israel Submachine gun
FMK-3 9×19mm  National Reorganization Process Submachine gun

Machine guns

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
FN Minimi 5.56×45mm  Belgium Squad automatic weapon [2][15]
Ultimax 100 5.56×45mm  Singapore Squad automatic weapon
Mini-SS 5.56×45mm  South Africa General purpose machine gun Special forces[1]
Browning M1919A4
Browning M1919A4A6 		.30-06 Springfield  United States Medium machine gun
Heckler & Koch HK21E 7.62×51mm  West Germany General purpose machine gun
RPD 7.62×39mm  Soviet Union Squad automatic weapon
PK
PKM 		7.62×54mmR  Soviet Union General purpose machine gun [2]
RPK-74 5.45x39mm  Soviet Union Squad automatic weapon
FN MAG 7.62×51mm  Belgium General purpose machine gun
Browning M2 .50 BMG  United States Heavy machine gun
M134 Minigun[16] 7.62×51mm  United States Rotary
Medium machine gun

Portable anti-materiel weapons

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Model Image Caliber Origin Type Details
RPG-22 Neto 72.5 mm  Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade Standard RPG for anti-tank teams alongside RPG-7[2]
RPG-7V 85mm  Soviet Union Rocket-propelled grenade Standard RPG for anti-tank teams.

Airtronic RPG-7[17] and RPG-7V variants[2]

Alcotán-100 100mm  Spain Anti-tank rocket launcher 74 launchers with 660 rockets, for cavalry, mountain infantry, special forces[18]
Panzerfaust 3 110mm  West Germany /  Germany
 Japan - Licensed)		 Anti-tank rocket launcher 181 launchers with 1,700 rockets, for armoured infantry and special forces[18]

Armoured fighting vehicles

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Name Image Origin In service Notes
Main Battle Tanks
K2 Black Panther  South Korea ? Hyundai Rotem has signed a agreement with Peru to supply K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles.[19]
T-55  Soviet Union ~165 75+ in store[20]
Light tanks
AMX-13  France ~96 some with 9M133 Kornet-E[20]
Reconnaissance
BRDM-2  Soviet Union ~30 [20]
Fiat 6616  Italy ~15 [20]
M9A1  United States ~50 [20]
Armoured personnel carriers
K808  South Korea ? Hyundai Rotem has signed a agreement with Peru to supply K2 tanks and K808 armored vehicles.[19]
M113A1  United States ~120 [20]
BTR-50  Soviet Union some CP[20]
UR-416  West Germany ~150 [20]
Fiat 6614  Italy ~25 [20]

Engineering & maintenance vehicles

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Name Image Origin In service Notes
Armored recovery vehicles
M578  United States ? [20]
Armoured vehicle-launched bridges
GQL-111  China ? [20]

Anti-tank-anti-infrastructure

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Name Image Origin caliber In service Notes
missile carriers
M1165A2  United States 152mm ~22 with 9K135 Kornet E[20]
missiles
HJ-73C  China 120mm ? [20]
9K11 Malyutka  Soviet Union 125mm [20]
9K135 Kornet E  Russia 152mm [20]
Spike-ER  Israel 170mm [20]
recoilless rifles
M40A1  United States 106mm ? [20]

Artillery

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Name Image Origin caliber In service Notes
self-propelled howitzers
M109A2  United States 155mm ~12 [20]
towed howitzers
M101  United States 105mm ~44 [20]
M2A1 ~24 [20]
M-56  Yugoslavia ~60 [20]
Model 56  Italy ~24 [20]
D-30  Soviet Union 122mm ~36 [20]
M-46 130mm ~36 [20]
M114  United States 155mm ~36 [20]
Model 50  France ~30 [20]
multiple rocket launchers
BM-21 Grad  Soviet Union 122mm ~22 [20]
Type-90B  China ~27 [20]
mortars
? ? 81mm ~350 [20]
107mm [20]
M106A1  United States 107mm ~24 [20]
Expal Model L  France
 Spain 		120mm 300+ [20]

Air defense

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Name Image Origin caliber In service Notes
Surface-to-air missiles
9K310 Igla-1  Soviet Union 72mm ? [20]
9K32 Strela-2 [20]
9K36 Strela-3 [20]
self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
ZSU-23-4  Soviet Union 23mm ~35 [20]
towed anti aircraft guns
ZU-23-2  Soviet Union 23mm ~80 [20]
ZU-23 ~50 [20]

Army aviation

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Aircraft Image Origin In service Notes
Transport
An-32  Soviet Union 3 [21]
Beech 1900  United States 1 [21]
Cessna 208 1 [21]
Citation XLS 1 [21]
King Air 350 1 [21]
Combat helicopter
AW109  Italy 1 [21]
Mi-8  Soviet Union 43 [21]
Mi-17  Russia [21]
Mi-171 [21]
Mi-2  Polish People's Republic 1 [21]
Training aircraft/helicopters
Enstrom 280  United States 1 [21]
Enstrom F-28 2 [21]
R44 1 [21]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "wiw_sa_peru - worldinventory". 2016-05-29. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Montes, Julio A. (August 2011). "Peruvian Small Arms: Gunning for the Shining Path". Small Arms Defense Journal.
  3. ^ "Fusiles De Asalto" (in Spanish). Desarrollos Industriales Casanave Perú. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  4. ^ Johnson, Steve (30 November 2010). "Peru licenses the new Galil ACE rifle". The Firearm Blog. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Inauguran Planta de Producción de Fusiles Galil". Ejército del Perú (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-28.
  6. ^ Jane's Special Forces Recognition Guide, Ewen Southby-Tailyour (2005) p. 446.
  7. ^ Ferfrans Rate Reduction System. Retrieved on October 27, 2007.
  8. ^ "Weapon". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Blic Online – NATO vojnici nose srpske puške". Blic Online. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  10. ^ Perú, Ministerio de Defensa del (2021-10-28), INAUGURACIÓN DEL VIII SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA PARA LA DEFENSA Y PREVENCIÓN DE DESASTRES ( SITDEF PERU 2021 ), retrieved 2022-03-14
  11. ^ Gander, Terry J. (2000). "National inventories, Peru". Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001-2002. p. 3247.
  12. ^ "wiw_sa_peru - worldinventory". 2016-05-29. Archived from the original on 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  13. ^ Montes, Julio A. (August 2011). "Peruvian Small Arms: Gunning for the Shining Path" (PDF). Small Arms Defense Journal: 25–29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
  14. ^ Jones, Richard D.; Ness, Leland S., eds. (27 January 2009). Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009–2010 (35th ed.). Coulsdon, Surry: Jane's Information Group. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5. OCLC 268790196.
  15. ^ Perú, Ministerio de Defensa del (2013-04-12), MINISTRO DE DEFENSA INAUGURÓ EL V SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA PARA LA DEFENSA, retrieved 2022-03-14
  16. ^ "Perú inspecciona las ametralladoras M-134D adquiridas a Dillon Aero". Infodefensa.com (in Spanish). 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  17. ^ USA Now An Exporter Of The RPG-7 – Thefirearmblog.com, 1 August 2013
  18. ^ a b Peru receives, displays new anti-tank weapons – Janes.com, 4 August 2013
  19. ^ a b Fretay, Halna du. "Hyundai Rotem Secures Strategic Defense Agreement with Peru for K2 Tanks and K808 Armored Vehicles". armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 13, 2024). The Military Balance 2024 (1st ed.). Routledge. p. 448. ISBN 978-1032780047.
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