World Infantry Weapons: Colombia

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Handguns

Common Name: Mod 92FS (M9)

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Beretta USA, Accokeet, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1989-). 4,616+ acquired; 2,020 in 1989, 448 in 2005, 500 in 2006, 432 in 2007, 576 in 2009. In use with AFEAU, GCA, and CEA.

Police forces: limited service (1989-). 870+ acquired. In use with Policía Nacional and DAS.

Sources: Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004); Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2010); Press photos (2013).

 

Common Name: CZ75B

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Česká Zbrojovka a.s. (ČZ), Uherský Brod, Czech Republic.

Use: Armed forces: general service (200?-).

 

Common Name: Browning HP

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.

Use: Armed forces: general service (1958-). OBSOLESCENT.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Glock 17

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Glock GmbH, Deutsch-Wagram, Austria.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Sources: Katz, Samuel. Top Counter-Terrorist Units (Concord, 2001).

 

Common Name: Jericho 941

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Police forces: special service. In use with GOES, INPEC, and UNASE.

Sources: Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: SP2009

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: J.P. Sauer & Sohn, Eckernförde, Germany.

Use: Police forces: limited service (2001-). 4,890 acquired.

Sources: Baddeley, Adam. "By My Side". Special Operations Technology (4/2009).

 

Common Name: SP2022

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: J.P. Sauer & Sohn, Eckernförde, Germany.

Use: Police forces: general service (2008-). 63,000+ acquired; 12,000 in 2008, 18,000 in 2009, 33,000 in 2010. Replaced the S&W Model 10 and others.

Sources: US Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Notifications to the 110th Congress (23-JAN-2008); www.sauer-waffen.de (retrieved JUL-2008); US TACOM. Contract W52H09-09-D-0158 (23-APR-2009); Baddeley, Adam. "By My Side". Special Operations Technology (4/2009); Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: M&P9

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Smith & Wesson (S&W), Springfield, USA.

Use: Police forces: limited service (200?-). In use with DAS.

Sources: Reuters. "M&P Pistols Now Selected by Law Enforcement and Security Divisions in 13 Countries" (28-APR-2008).

 

Common Name: Llama

Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)

Origin: Gabilondo y Cía, Elgoeibar, Spain

Use: Police forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: Militar

Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)

Origin: Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Police forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: Scorpio

Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)

Origin: Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Police forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: Model 10 Military & Police

Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)

Origin: Smith & Wesson (S&W), Springfield, USA.

Use: Police forces: general service (1977-). 25,000+ acquired.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Model 15 Combat Masterpiece

Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)

Origin: Smith & Wesson (S&W), Springfield, USA.

Use: Police forces: limited service. 20+ acquired.

 

Common Name:

Calibre: 9×29mmR (.38 Special)

Origin: Sturm, Ruger & Co, Southport, USA.

Use: Police forces: general service.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: M1911A1

Calibre: 11.43×23mm (.45 ACP)

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. 2,920+ acquired.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Submachine Guns and Personal Defence Weapons

Common Name: Ingram M11

Calibre: 9×17mm (.380 ACP)

Origin: RPB Industries, Atlanta, USA.

Use: Police forces: special service (1977-). 25 acquired. OBSOLETE.

Details: Retractable stock.

Sources: Iannamico, Frank/Thomas, Donald. The MAC Man (Chipotle, 2011); Huon, Jean. Encyclopédie de l’Armement Mondial (Grancher, 2012).

 

Common Name: Mod 12

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Val Trompia, Italy. 

Use: Police forces: special service. In use with DAS.

Details: Folding stock.

 

Common Name: SMG R0633

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Police forces: special service?

Details: Retractable stock.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Encyclopédie de l’Armement Mondial (Grancher, 2012).

 

Common Name: K7

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Daewoo Precision Industries Ltd, Pusan, South Korea.

Use: Armed forces: special service (2008-). 30 acquired?

Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round burst, and full-automatic. Integral sound suppressor. Retractable stock.

Sources: United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2009).

 

Common Name: Madsen M/46

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S (DISA), København, Denmark.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Madsen M/50

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S (DISA), København, Denmark.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Madsen M/53

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Dansk Industri Syndikat A/S (DISA), København, Denmark.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service? OBSOLETE.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: HK94A3

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Police forces: special service. In use with VIP protection details.

Details: Fires semiautomatic only. Retractable stock.

 

Common Name: MP5A2

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

 

Common Name: MP5A3

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Details: Retractable stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: MP5A5

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Police forces: special service. In use with DAS.

Details: Fires semiautomatic, 3-round limited bursts and full automatic. Retractable stock.

 

Common Name: MP5A5F

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Police forces: special service.

Details: Retractable stock.

 

Common Name: MP5K

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Details: No stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: MP5KN

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Police forces: special service.

Details: No stock.

Sources: Press photos (2009).

 

Common Name: MP5SD3

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Details: Integral sound suppressor. Retractable stock.

Sources: Katz, Samuel. Top Counter-Terrorist Units (Concord, 2001).

 

Common Name: Mini-Uzi

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Police forces: special service. In use with CEAT and INPEC.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (200?-2011).

 

Common Name: Uzi

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: ??? service.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Uzi Carbine

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Police forces: limited service.

Details: Semiautomatic fire only. Folding stock.

 

Common Name: Ingram M10

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: RPB Industries, Atlanta, USA.

Use: Police forces: special service (1977-). 420 acquired. In use with Policía Nacional, DAS, and CTI de la Fiscalía.

Details: Retractable stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Iannamico, Frank/Thomas, Donald. The MAC Man (Chipotle, 2011); Press photos (1993).

 

Common Name: MPK

Calibre: 9×19mm

Origin: Carl Walther GmbH, Ulm, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: limited service?

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Rifles

Common Name: AR-15 R0614 (M16)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use with air force, including CEA.

Police forces: special service.

Sources: Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004).

 

Common Name: AR-15A2 R0701 (M16A2)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (1990-). 1,126+ acquired. In use with AFEAU.

Police forces: special service.

Details: Fires semiautomatic and 3-round limited bursts.

Sources: Katz, Samuel. Top Counter-Terrorist Units (Concord, 2001); Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: CAR-15A1 R0653 (M16A1 Carbine)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Police forces: special service.

Details: Carbine with 408mm barrel. Retractable stock.

 

Common Name: CAR-15A2 R0727 (M16A2 Carbine)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with ACEOA.

Details: Carbine with 368mm barrel. Retractable stock.

Sources: Press photos (2014).

 

Common Name: CAR-15A2 R0733 (M16A2 Commando)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Details: Carbine with 254mm barrel. Retractable stock.

Sources: Press photos (2007-2012).

 

Common Name: CAR-15A3 R0977 (M4A1)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (200?-). 1,191+ acquired.

Police forces: special service (200?-). 125+ acquired.

Details: Carbine with 368mm barrel. Retractable stock. MIL-STD-1913 sight rail.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); Press photos (2010-2013).

 

Common Name: CAR-15A3 R0979 (M4)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-). 4,521+ acquired. In use with AFEAU, CCGU and GCA.

Police forces: special service (200?-). In use with GOES and UNASE.

Details: Carbine with 368mm barrel. Fires semiautomatic and 3-round limited bursts. Retractable stock. MIL-STD-1913 sight rail.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); US Army Acquisition Corps. Weapon Systems 2012 (2011); Press photos (2009-2012).

 

Common Name: Galil ACE 22

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (2010-).

Details: Carbine with 332mm barrel. MIL-STD-1913 sight and accessory rails. Retractable stock.

Sources: N/A. "La 'cirugía' que le quitó una libra de peso al fusil Galil". El tiempo.com (30-MAY-2010); Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: Galil ACE 23

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Police forces: limited service (201?-). In use with PNP and INPEC.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight and accessory rails. Retractable stock.

Sources: Press photos (2011-2012).

 

Common Name: Galil AR Model 696

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel; Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Armed forces: general service (198?-). 300,000+ acquired (all versions). Replaced the G3A3.

Police forces: special service (199?-). In use with CEAT and INPEC.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Vranckx, An. "European Arms Exports to Latin America – An Inventory". Background Paper (IPIS, 2005); Dreyfus, Pablo/Marsh, Nicolas. Tracking the Guns (NISAT, 2006); N/A. "Paraguay adquiere 450 fusiles de asalto Galil fabricados en Colombia". Infodefensa.com (22-JAN-2010); Press photos (2009-2011).

 

Common Name: Galil AR PNC

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Police forces: limited service (1996-). In use with Policía Nacional.

Details: Fires semiautomatic only. Folding stock.

Sources: Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: Galil MAR Model 699

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel; Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Armed forces: special service (199?-). In use with CEA.

Details: Carbine with 195mm barrel. Folding stock.

Sources: Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004).

 

Common Name: Galil SAR Model 697

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Police forces: general service (1996-). In use with Policía Nacional.

Details: Carbine with 332mm barrel. Folding stock.

 

Common Name: Tavor CTAR-21

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-). 30,000+ acquired (including TAR-21).

Police forces: special service (200?-). In use with CEAT.

Details: Carbine with 380mm barrel. MIL-STD-1913 sight rail.

Sources: Press photos (2006-2012).

 

Common Name: Tavor TAR-21

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Israel Weapon Industries (IWI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-). 30,000+ acquired (including CTAR-21).

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail.

Sources: Press photos (2006).

 

Common Name: M2

Calibre: 7.62×33mm (.30 M1)

Origin: Winchester Repeating Arms, New Haven, USA; and others.

Use: Armed forces: out of service (1964-). 4,990+ acquired. OBSOLETE

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: AR-10T

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: ArmaLite Inc, Geneseo, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (200?-).

Police forces: special service (200?-).

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. ???× scope. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (2012).

 

Common Name: FAL-50-00

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service. OBSOLETE.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: G3A3

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service (197?-). 30,000+ G3A3 and G3A4 acquired. Replaced the Garand M1. OBSOLETE.

Police forces: limited service. In use with PNC.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Dreyfus, Pablo/Marsh, Nicolas. Tracking the Guns (NISAT, 2006); Press photos (1993).

 

Common Name: G3A4

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service (198?-). 30,000+ G3A3 and G3A4 acquired. OBSOLETE.

Details: Retractable stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: MSG90

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service.

Details: Hensoldt 10× scope.

Sources: Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: PSG1

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: special service (199?-). In use with AFEAU.

Details: Hensoldt 6× scope.

 

Common Name: Galil AR

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (198?-). 10,000+ acquired. In use with AFEAU.

Police forces: limited service. In use with CEAT.

Details: Folding stock.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (2009).

 

Common Name: Galil SAR

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (198?-).

Details: Carbine with 400mm barrel. Folding stock.

 

Common Name: Galil SR

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Police forces: special service (199?-). In use with PNC.

Details: Folding stock. Nimrod 6× scope. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (1993).

 

Common Name: Stoner SR-25

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Knight's Armament Corp (KAC), Miami, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (200?-).

Police forces: special service (200?-). In use with CEAT.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. ???× scope. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: Model 700 (M24)

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Remington Arms, Ilion, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (2003-). 636+ acquired; 73 in 2003, 60 in 2005, 503 in 2006. In use with AFEAU and CEA.

Police forces: special service (200?-). In use with CEAT.

Details: Leupold 10× scope. Bipod.

Sources: US Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Notifications to the 108th Congress (30-APR-2003); Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004); Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: SSG3000

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: J.P. Sauer & Sohn, Eckernförde, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-). 800+ acquired.

Details: ???× scope.

Sources: www.sauer-waffen.de (retrieved JUL-2008); Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: M14

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1974-). 16,478+ acquired. In use with navy and naval infantry.

Police forces: limited service. In use with DAS.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Garand M1

Calibre: 7.62×63mm (.30-06)

Origin: Springfield Arsenal, Springfield, USA.

Use: Armed forces: out of service. 19,000+ acquired. OBSOLETE.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: MSR

Calibre: 8.6×70mm (.338 Lapua Magnum)

Origin: Remington Arms Co, Bridgeport, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (201?-).

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight and accessory rails. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (2012).

 

Common Name: Model 82A1M

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Murfreesboro, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (2005-). 6+ acquired. In use with CEA.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. ??? 10× scope. Bipod.

Sources: Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004); Press photos (2013).

 

Common Name: Model 82A1CQ

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Murfreesboro, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (2007-). 18+ acquired.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. Leupold 3.5-10× scope. Bipod.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); Press photos (2013).

 

Common Name: Model 95

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Inc, Murfreesboro, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (200?-). 2+ acquired.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. ??× scope. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (2013).

 

Shotguns

Common Name: USAS 12

Calibre: 18.5×70mmR (12-gauge)

Origin: Daewoo Precision Industries Ltd, Pusan, South Korea.

Use: Armed forces: special service.

Sources: Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: Model 500ATP8C

Calibre: 18.5×76mmR (12-gauge)

Origin: Industria Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Police forces: limited service?

Details: Pistol grip only.

 

Common Name: Model 500ATP6

Calibre: 18.5×76mmR (12-gauge)

Origin: Mossberg & Sons, Inc, North Haven, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1982-). In use with military police.

Police forces: general service (1982-).

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: Model 870 Police Magnum

Calibre: 18.5×76mmR (12-gauge)

Origin: Remington Arms Co, Ilion, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service. In use with AFEAU.

Sources: Katz, Samuel. Top Counter-Terrorist Units (Concord, 2001).

 

Machine Guns

Common Name: K3

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Daewoo Precision Industries Ltd, Pusan, South Korea.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (2006-). 400+ acquired.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2007).

 

Common Name: MINIMI (M249)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing Inc (FNMI), Columbia, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (199?-). 274+ acquired.

Police forces: special service (199?-). 80+ acquired.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. Bipod.

Sources: Ezell, Edward. "Light 5.56mm Machine Guns Today and Tomorrow". Military Technology (2/1992); Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); US Army Acquisition Corps. Weapon Systems 2012 (2011); Press photos (2011).

 

Common Name: MINIMI-Para (M249E3)

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing Inc (FNMI), Columbia, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service.

Police forces: special service.

Details: MIL-STD-1913 sight rail. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (2012).

 

Common Name: Negev

Calibre: 5.56×45mm

Origin: Israel Military Industries (IMI), Ramat Ha Sharon, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-). 120+ acquired in 2009.

Details: Folding stock. Bipod.

Sources: Kemp, Ian. "Lightweight Firepower". www.asianmilitaryreview.com (03-DEC-2007); United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2010); Press photos (2007-2014).

 

Common Name: M134D

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Dillon Aero Co., Scottsdale, USA.

Use: Armed forces: special service (2007-). 80+ acquired for USD20,515 each. In use as door gun on helicopters.

Details: Externally powered 6-barrel rotary gun.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008).

 

Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as flexible gun on EE-11 Urutú amoured personnel carrier.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (2009-2011).

 

Common Name: MAG-60-20 Infanterie (M240B)

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Fabrique Nationale Manufacturing Inc (FNMI), Columbia, USA.

Use: Police forces: special service (200?-). 238+ acquired; 228 in 2009.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2010); Press photos (2010).

 

Common Name: GAU-2B/A

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. 19+ acquired. In use as fixed gun on A-37B Dragonfly COIN aircraft.

Details: Externally powered 6-barrel rotary gun.

 

Common Name: GAU-17/A

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1999-). 28+ acquired. In use as flexible gun on AH-60L Arpía III gunship helicopter.

Details: Externally powered 6-barrel rotary gun.

Sources: Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: M134

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.

Use: Police forces: limited service. 3+ acquired. In use as fixed gun on Bell 206 helicopter (M27 system).

Details: Externally powered 6-barrel rotary gun.

Sources: Press photos.

 

Common Name: HK21A1

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Heckler & Koch GmbH, Oberndorf, Germany.

Use: Armed forces: reserve service.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988).

 

Common Name: Chain Gun

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Hughes Ordnance System, Culver City, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as fixed gun on Hughes MD 530 Defender helicopter (HGS-55 system).

 

Common Name: Vektor SS77

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.

Use: Police forces: special service. In use with CEAT.

Details: Folding stock. Bipod.

Sources: Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: M60

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service (1985-). 1,000+ acquired. Also in use as flexible gun on vehicles, including on Escorpion motorcycle sidecar.

Police forces: limited service. In use with Policía Nacional.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Huon, Jean. Encyclopédie de l’Armement Mondial (Grancher, 2012).

 

Common Name: M60C

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1992-). 52+ acquired. In use as fixed gun on OV-10A Bronco COIN aircraft.

Details: No stock and bipod.

 

Common Name: M60D

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1982-). 24+ acquired. In use as door gun on UH-1H helicopter, UH-60L Halcón helicopter, and AH-60L Arpía III gunship helicopter.

Police forces: limited service. In use with Policía Nacional. In use as door gun on UH-1H helicopter.

Details: No stock. Bipod.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004); Huon, Jean. Encyclopédie de l’Armement Mondial (Grancher, 2012); Press photos (200?-2012).

 

Common Name: M60E3 (MK 43 MOD 0)

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service (1985-). 945+ acquired. In use with CEA.

Police forces: special service (199?-). 66+ acquired.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004); Press photos (2011-2013).

 

Common Name: M60E4

Calibre: 7.62×51mm

Origin: U.S. Ordnance, Reno, USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service (2003-). 2,634+ acquired; 500 in 2009. In use with army and naval infantry.

Details: Bipod.

Sources: US Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. Notifications to the 108th Congress (03-SEP-2003); Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2010); Press photos (2009-2013).

 

Common Name: Browning AN-M2

Calibre: 7.62×63mm (.30-06)

Origin: Fabrique Nationale d’Armes de Guerre SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. 12+ acquired. In use as fixed gun on IA 58A Pucara ground attack aircraft.

 

Common Name: GAU-19/A

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: General Electric Corp, Burlington, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (2000-). 44+ acquired. In use as fixed gun on AH-60L Arpía III gunship helicopter and as flexible gun on UH-1P Huey II helicopter.

Details: Externally powered 3-barrel rotary gun. 

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: Browning M2HB

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service. In use as flexible gun on RG-31 Nyala armoured car, M113A1 armoured personnel carrier, and EE-11 Urutú armoured personnel carrier.

Sources: Huon, Jean. Un Siècle d’Armement Mondial (Crépin-Leblond, 1977); Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (2009).

 

Common Name: Browning M3

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: USA?

Use: Armed forces: special service. 18+ acquired. In use as side gun on AC-47T Fantasma ground attack aircraft.

 

Common Name: Browning M3P

Calibre: 12.7×99mm (.50 Browning)

Origin: Fabrique Nationale SA (FN), Herstal, Belgium.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (2006-). 50+ acquired. In use as fixed gun on EMB 314 Super Tucano COIN aircraft.

 

Hand Grenades

Common Name: M26

Origin: USA; Industría Militar de Colombia (INDUMIL), Soacha, Colombia.

Use: Armed forces: general service. 37,000+ acquired.

Details: Defensive grenade.

 

Common Name: M67

Origin: USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service.

Details: Defensive grenade.

 

Grenade Launchers

Common Name: M79

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin: Springfield Armoury, Springfield, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (1979-). 623+ acquired. In use with army, air force, and naval infantry.

Police forces: limited service. 320+ acquired. In use with Policía Nacional.

Sources: Ezell, Eward. Small Arms Today (Stackpole, 1988); Press photos (2013).

 

Common Name:

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin:

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Details: Mounted under ACE 23.

Sources: Press photos (2012).

 

Common Name: CGL R0801 (M203)

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service. 669+ acquired.

Police forces: limited service. 440+ acquired. In use with Policía Nacional.

Details: Mounted under Colt M16A2.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008).

 

Common Name: M203A1

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin: Colt Firearms Co, Hartford, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. 259+ acquired.

Details: Mounted under Colt M4.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); Press photos (2013).

 

Common Name: M203

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin: Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu (MKE), Silahsan AŞ, Kirikkale, Turkey?

Use: Armed forces: limited service (200?-)?

Details: Mounted under Tavor GTAR-21.

 

Common Name: MGL (RBG-6)

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin: IM Metallic, Rijeka, Croatia.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (199?-). 400+ acquired.

Details: 6-round revolving drum. Folding stock.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008).

 

Common Name: MGL MK1

Calibre: 40×46mmSR

Origin: Milkor Ltd, Lynn East, South Africa.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (199?-). 200+ acquired.

Police forces: special service. In use with CEAT.

Details: 6-round revolving drum. Folding stock. Trijicon Armson OEG collimating sight.

Sources: Rivet, Gilles. "Les forces spéciales de l’armée de l’air colombienne". Raids. No.215 (4/2004); Montes, Julio. "The South African Connection: The MGL in the Americas". Small Arms Review, Volume 11 (MAY-2008); Press photos (200?).

 

Common Name: MK 19 MOD 3

Calibre: 40×53mmSR

Origin: Saco Defense, Saco, USA; General Dynamics, Charlotte, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service (199?-). 115+ acquired; 50 in 2009. Also in use as flexible gun on UH-1P Huey II helicopter.

Details: Tripod.

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008); United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (2010); Press photos (2010).

 

Light Mortars

Common Name: Mod L ?

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Esperanza y Cía SA (ECIA), Vitoria, Spain.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: MO 60 ?

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Hotchkiss-Brandt, Meudon-La-Forêt, France.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

 

Common Name:

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: Vektor M1

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Lyttleton Ingenieurswerke (LIW), Pretoria, South Africa.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: C03 Commando

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Soltam, Haifa, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: special service?


Common Name: C06

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Soltam, Haifa, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: special service?


Common Name: C08

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Soltam, Haifa, Israel.

Use: Armed forces: special service?


 Common Name: M2

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: M19

Calibre: 60mm

Origin: Watervliet Arsenal, Watervliet, USA.

Use: Armed forces: limited service. 60+ acquired?

Sources: Jones, Richard. Jane’s Infantry Weapons 2008-09 (Jane’s, 2008).

 

Light Antitank Weapons

Common Name: RPG-7V

Calibre: 40mm (85mm warhead)

Origin: Bazalt, Moscow, Russia; Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia.

Use: Armed forces: general service.

 

Common Name: RPG-16 Udar

Calibre: 58mm (??mm warhead)

Origin: Konstruktorskoe Buro Priborostroeniya (KBP), Tula, Russia.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Details: Bipod.

 

Common Name: M72A3

Calibre: 66mm

Origin: USA.

Use: Armed forces: general service.

Police forces: special service. In use with Comandos Jungla.

Details: Disposable.

Sources: Katz, Samuel. Top Counter-Terrorist Units (Concord, 2001).

 

Common Name: RPG-22 Neto

Calibre: 72mm

Origin: Bazalt, Moscow, Russia?

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Police forces: special service. In use with Comandos Jungla.

Details: Disposable.

 

Common Name: AT4

Calibre: 84mm

Origin: Bofors AB, Karlskoga, Sweden.

Use: Police forces: special service. In use with Comandos Jungla.

Details: Disposable.

 

Common Name: Carl Gustaf M3

Calibre: 84×250mmR

Origin: Bofors AB, Karlskoga, Sweden.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Details: Recoilless rifle. 3× scope.

 

Common Name: C-90

Calibre: 90mm

Origin: Instalaza S/A, Zaragoza, Spain.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Details: Disposable.

 

Common Name: RPG-27 Tavolga

Calibre: 105mm

Origin: Bazalt, Moscow, Russia; Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

Details: Disposable.

 

Common Name: RPG-29 Vampir

Calibre: 105mm

Origin: Bazalt, Moscow, Russia; Kovrovsky Mekhanichesky Zavod (KMZ), Kovrov, Russia.

Use: Armed forces: limited service.

 

Common Name: APILAS

Calibre: 112mm

Origin: Matra-MANURHIN Défense, Velizy, France.

Use: Armed forces: general service (199?-).

Details: Disposable.

 

Cannon

Common Name: M621

Calibre: 20×102mm

Origin: Manufacture d’Armes de Tulle (MAT), Tulle, France

Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use as fixed gun on AS 555 Fennec helicopter.

Sources: Press photos.

 

Common Name: KCB

Calibre: 30×173mm

Origin: Oerlikon-Bührle AG, Zürich-Oerlikon, Switzerland?

Use: Armed forces: limited service. In use on naval mount.

 

Common Name: M1A1

Calibre: 40×311mmR

Origin: USA (licensed from Bofors, Karlskoga, Sweden).

Use: Armed forces: limited service. 30+ acquired. In use on AA mount.

Details: Clip-fed.