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Armed Forces of Uruguay

Armed Forces of Uruguay
Fuerzas armadas del Uruguay
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Founded 1828
Service branches

Military Cockade of Uruguay.svg National Army
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Roundel of Uruguay.svg Uruguayan Air Force
Headquarters Montevideo, Uruguay
Leadership
President of the Republic Tabaré Vázquez
Minister of Defense Vacant
Manpower
Military age 18-49
Available for
military service
831,297, age 15–49 (2003 est.)
Fit for
military service
672,030, age 15–49 (2003 est.)
Reaching military
age annually
(2003 est.)
Active personnel 24,000 (2001) (ranked 93)
Expenditures
Budget $492 million (2008)
Percent of GDP 1.1% (2008)
Industry
Foreign suppliers  United States
 Brazil
 Argentina
 Israel
 Canada
 Russia
 North Korea
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Uruguay

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The Armed Forces of Uruguay (Fuerzas armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay) consist of an army, navy, and air force. These three branches are constitutionally subordinate to the president through the Minister of Defense. By offering early retirement incentives, the government has trimmed the armed forces to about 16.800 for the army; 6.000 for the navy; and 3.000 for the air force. As of February 2003, Uruguay has more than 2.500 soldiers deployed on 12 UN Peacekeeping missions. The largest groups are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Haiti. There is also an 58-man contingent in the MFO in the Sinai.

The Army consists of some 15,000 personnel organized into four divisions.

It is equipped with 15 Israeli Ti-67 (T-55) main battle tanks, 17 American M24 and 46 M41A1 Walker Bulldog light tanks, 24 American M113A1 armored personnel carriers, 15 Czech BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and 130 OT-64 SKOT APCs, 64 German Condor APCs, 15 Brazilian EE-9 Cascavel and 18 EE-3 Jararaca armored cars, and 48 Russian lightly armored GAZ-3937 amphibious vehicles. In 2008, Uruguay also purchased 44 6x6 Mowag Piranha APCs rehabilitated by FAMAE in Chile after initial service in the Canadian Army after that another batch of 100 of Grizzlys and 5 Huskys and has 4 sets of RM-70 rocket launcher Multiple rocket launcher. The army operates 40 Land Rover Defender 110SW vehicles, and is looking to buy between 30 and 40 more.


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