Military of Peru
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| Military of Peru Fuerzas Armadas del Perú |
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 T-55 tanks at a parade in Lima, Peru |
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| Founded | 1821 |
| Service branches | Peruvian Army Peruvian Navy Peruvian Air Force |
| Headquarters | Lima |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Alan Garcia Perez |
| Minister of Defense | Antero Flores Araoz |
| Chief of staff | Jorge Montoya Manrique |
| Military age | 17 |
| Conscription | Two years |
| Available for military service |
unknown, age 17-45[2] |
| Fit for military service |
unknown, age 17-45[2] |
| Reaching military age annually |
unknown |
| Active personnel | 120,658 (2001)[1] |
| Expenditures | |
| Percent of GDP | 1.3% (2003 est.) |
The Peruvian Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Perú) are the military services of Peru. They are composed of an Army, a Navy and an Air Force. Their primary mission is to safeguard the country's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity against any threat. As a secondary mission they participate in economic and social development as well as in civil defense tasks.[3]
It is considered to the National Police of Peru inside the armed forces although in fact it is an organism different with a different civil mission, however, their performance and preparation in function to more than two decades of fight antiterrorist, it has conferred to this, in the case of Peru, an extremely military character, with important terrestrial, aquatic and air attack forces and with a personnel of 140,000 troops. The Peruvian armed forces depend on the Ministry of Defense, the National Police of Peru, of the Ministry of Interior.
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[edit] Personnel
| Personnel (as of 2001)[1] | |
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| Commissioned Officers | 10,337 |
| Non-commissioned officers | 38,008 |
| Cadets | 2,108 |
| NCO in training | 2,549 |
| Enlisted | 67,356 |
| Civilians | 26,570 |
| Total | 120,658 (excl. civilians) |
[edit] Army
Headquartered in Lima, it has a strength of 75,000 troops divided in four military regions with headquarters in Piura, Lima, Arequipa and Iquitos. Every military region assigned several brigades of which there are different types, including infantry, cavalry and armored. There are also several groups and battalions which operate independently.
The equipment of the Peruvian Army includes several types of tanks (T-55 and AMX-13), armoured personnel carriers (M-113, UR-416), artillery (D30, M101, M109 and M114 howitzers), antiaircraft systems (ZSU-23-4 Shilka) and helicopters (Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-17).
[edit] Navy
Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú) is organized in five naval zones headquartered in Piura, Lima, Arequipa, Iquitos and Pucallpa. It has a strength of around 25,000 troops divided between the Pacific Operations and the Amazon Operations General Commands and the Coast Guard.
The Pacific fleet flagship is the cruiser BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81), named for the XIX-century Peruvian Admiral which fought in the War of the Pacific (1879-1883). The fleet also includes 8 Lupo class frigates (two built in Peru), 6 PR-72P class corvettes, 4 Terrebonne Parish class landing ships, 2 Type 209/1100 and 4 Type 209/1200 class German-built diesel submarines (the biggest submarine force in South America), as well as patrol vessels, tankers and cargo ships. Peruvian Navy has also a naval aviation force, several naval infantry battalions and special forces units.
[edit] Air Force
On May 20, 1929, the aviation divisions of the Peruvian army and navy were merged into the Peruvian Aviation Corps (CAP, Cuerpo de Aviación del Peru). In 1950, the corps was reorganized again and became the Peruvian Air Force (FAP, Fuerza Aérea del Perú).
The Peruvian Air Force is divided into 6 wing areas, headquartered in Piura, Chiclayo, Lima, Arequipa, Rioja and Iquitos. With a strength of 35,000 troops, the FAP counts in its arsenal with MiG-29 (interceptor) and Mirage 2000 (interdictor / multirole aircraft).
It also has Su-25 close-support aircraft, Mi-25 attack helicopters, Mi-17 transport helicopters, Aermacchi MB-339, Embraer EMB-312 Tucano subsonic training aircraft, and the Cessna A-37B for light attack and COIN missions.
In 1995, the FAP took part in the Cenepa War against Ecuador covering operations by the army and navy. After the war, the FAP began acquiring new material, especially MiG-29 fighters and Su-25 attack fighters which are, along with the Mirage 2000 fighters, the main combat elements of the FAP.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b http://www.resdal.org/art-rial.htm, based on Supreme Decree DS No. 69 DE/SG of 2001.
- ^ Ley Nº 27178 Ley del Servicio Militar, http://www.ejercito.mil.pe/transpar/dispos_legales/ley27178.doc
- ^ Ministerio de Defensa, Libro Blanco de la Defensa Nacional. Ministerio de Defensa, 2005, 90.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Ministry of Defence
- (Spanish) Official Army Website
- (Spanish) Official Air Force Website
- (Spanish) Official Navy Website
[edit] See also
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