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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.