Editor's Foreword

TOWED 138: 105mm 90 M-101 155mm 48 M-68
MRL 160mm 12 LAR-160
MOR 950:
81mm 650: 300 M-29; 150 Soltam; 200 FAMAE; 120mm
170: 110 FAMAE; 60 Soltam M-65
SP 130: 120mm 130: 50 FAMAE (on Piranha 6x6); 80
M-5L1A
AT
MSL• MANPATS 99+ Milan; 99 Spike
RCL 106mm M-40A1; 84mm Carl Gustav
AIRCRAFT
TPT 10: 1 Beech 90 King Air; 1 Beech 58 Baron; 5 CASA
212 Aviocar; 2 CN-235; 1 CE-550 Citation II
UTL 3 Cessna 208 Caravan
TRG 6 Cessna R172K Hawk XP
HELICOPTERS
SPT 17: 2 AS-332 Super Puma; 2 AS350B2; 6 AS-350B3
Ecureuil; 1 AS-355F Ecureuil II; 6 SA-330 Puma
UTL 18 MD-530F Lifter (armed)
AD
SAM 24:
MANPAD 24: 12 Mistral; 12 Javelin
GUNS 68:
SP 18: 20mm 18 Piranha/TCM-20; 35mm 30 Gepard being
delivered
TOWED 50: 20mm 50 M-167 Vulcan
Navy 16,500; 1,300 conscript (total 17,800)
FORCES By ROLE
Main Command: Fleet includes FF and SS flotilla; Naval
Aviation, Marines, Seals and Transport Units.
Navy 4 Naval Zones; 1st Naval Zone and main HQ
located at Valparaiso (26S-36S); 2nd Naval Zone:
at Talcahuano (36S-46S); 3rd Naval Zone at Punta
Arenas (46S to Antarctica); 4th Naval Zone at
Iquique (18S-26S)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 4:
2 O’Higgins (Scorpene) each with 6 single 533mm TT with
18 A-184 Black Shark HWT & SUT
2 Thompson (GER T-209/1300) each with 8 single 533mm
TT with 14 SUT HWT
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 8
FRIGATES • FFG 8:
1 Williams (UK Type 22) with 2x12 (24eff.) each with
Sea Wolf naval SAM
2 Lattore (NLD Jacob Van Heemskerck class) each with 2
twin 324mm ASTT (4 eff.) each with Mk 46 LWT, 1 Mk
13 GMLS with 40 SM-1 MR SAM, 2 Mk 141 Harpoon
quad (8 eff.) with RGM-86C Harpoon tactical SSM
2 Almirante Riveros (NLD Karel Doorman class) each
with 2 quad (8 eff.) Harpoon SSM, 1 Mk 48 Sea Sparrow
with 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM, 4 single 324mm MK
32 MOD 9 ASTT with MK 46 MOD 5 HWT, 1 76mm
gun, (capacity 1 med hel)
3 Almirante Cochrane (UK Duke Class Type 23) each
with 2 twin 324mm ASTT (4 eff.) with Sting Ray LWT,
2 Mk 141 Harpoon quad (8 eff.) with RGM-84C Harpoon
tactical SSM, 1 32 canister Sea Wolf VLS with Sea Wolf
SAM, 1 114mm gun, (capacity 1 NAS-332C Cougar)
Latin America and the Caribbean
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PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 13
PFM 7:
3 Casma (ISR Sa’ar 4) each with 8 GI Gabriel I tactical
SSM, 2 76mm gun
4 Tiger (GER Type 148) each with 4 single with MM-40
Exocet tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun
PCO 6 Ortiz (Taitao class)
AMPHIBIOUS • LS 5
LSM 2 Elicura
LST 3: 2 Maipo (capacity 7 tanks; 140 troops) (FRA Batral);
1 Valdivia (capacity 400 troops) (US Newport)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 10:
AOR 1 Araucano
AS 1 (also used as general spt ship)
AKSL 1
AGOR 1 Vidal Gormez
AGS 1 Type 1200 (ice strengthened hull, ex-CAN)
ATF 3: 2 Veritas; 1 Smit Lloyd
TPT 1
TRG • AXS 1
MSL
SSM MM-38 Exocet tactical SSM
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Valparaiso, Talcahuano, Puerto Montt,
Puerto Williams, Iquique, Punta Arenas
naval Aviation 600
AIRCRAFT 17combat capable
MP 6: 3 P-3A Orion; 3 CN-295MPA Persuader (5
additional ac on order)
TPT 13: 3 CASA 212A Aviocar; 8 Cessna O-2A
Skymaster*; 2 EMB-111 Bandeirante*
TRG 7 PC-7 Turbo Trainer*
HELICOPTERS
ASW 3 Bell 206 AS; 5 NAS-332C Cougar*
SAR 12: 7 HH-65 Dauphin, 5 Bo-105S
UTL 6: 4 Bell 206 JetRanger; 2 Bell 412
MSL •ASM AM-39 Exocet
Marines 3,000
FORCES By ROLE
Amph 1 bn
Marine 4 gp (total: 1 SSM bty (Excalibur Central Defence
System), 2 trg bn, 4 inf bn, 4 ADA bty, 4 fd arty
bty), 7 security det (one per naval zone)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
LT TK 16: 15 Scorpion; 1 Sultan
APC (W) 25 MOWAG Roland
ARTY 82
TOWED 32: 105mm 8 KH-178; 155mm 24 G-5
MOR 50 81mm
RCL 106mm ε30 M-40A1
AD • SAM
SP 40 M1097 HMMWV Avenger
MANPAD Blowpipe
Coast Guard
Integral part of the Navy
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OPV 1 Piloto Pardo (OPV-80) (additional vessel in build)
Latin America
and Caribbean