Dominican Army
The Dominican Army (), is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican army has 28,750 active duty personnel. It consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, a combat service support brigade and the air cavalry squadron.
Equipment
Small arms
Note: This equipment is also used by the other branches of the Armed Forces, and the Counter-terrorism group.
Rifles:
Colt M16 rifle 5. 56 mm
Colt M4A1 5. 56mm
AR-15 5. 56
IMI Galil 5. 56mm
Galatz 7. 62mm
Heckler & Koch G3 7,62 mm
Shotguns
Daewoo USAS-12
Mossberg 500
Franchi SPAS-15
Sub-machine-guns
Heckler & Koch MP5
FN P90 5. 7x28mm
Uzi
CZ Scorpion Evo 3
Machine-guns
M-2 12. 7mm
FN MAG 7. 62 mm
M-60A1 7. 62 mm
FN Minimi 5. 56mm
M249 light machine gun 5. 56mm
Hand-guns
Browning BDM
Browning Hi-Power
Taurus PT92
Jericho 941
Anti-armour weapons
Bofors m/45 105 mm (28) 37 mm Gun M3; A/T guns (3) M40-A1C1 106mm recoilless rifle
Artillery
Reinosa howitzers 105mm/26 howitzers (12) M-101 105 mm howitzers (4) M3 105 mm howitzers (N/A)
Motor vehicles
Humvee (102) URO VAMTAC 1,500 kg 4x4 (60-80 total. 40-60 in 2000; 20 in 2001) Carolina Growler UV100DB 4x4, (2002) (rebuilt M151A2) UV100DB 4x4 (80) Carolina Wolverine Model 450 (4 x 4) (40 in 2002) Jeep J8 4x4
Nissan Patrol ML-6 4x4
Land Rover 4x4 (non-tactical roles) Polaris ATV 6x6 (several dozen) M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck (90) Pegaso 3055 6x6 (12) URO VAMTAC MT 15. 14, MT 18. 14 and MT 18. 16 (80-100) Daihatsu Delta 4x4 trucks
References
Other websites
Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane' s | IHS
Dominican Republic / Tables
Latin American Light Weapons National Inventories
Dominican Republic Land Forces military equipment, armament and vehicles Dominican Army
Ejercito Nacional (EN)
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