Editor's Foreword

AIRCRAFT • RECCE 1 O-2A Skymaster
HELICOPTERS • UTL 3: 1 MD-500D; 1 MD-520N; 1
UH-1H Iroquois
DEPLOyMENT
CôTE D’IVOIRE
UN • UNOCI 3 obs
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 52; 1 inf pl
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
SUDAN
UN • UNMIS 4 obs
WESTERN SAHARA
UN • MINURSO 3 obs
FOREIgN FORCES
United States US Southern Command: Army 6; Navy 1;
USAF 2; USMC 12; 1 Forward Operating Location
guatemala GUA
Guatemalan
Quetzal q
2008 2009 2010
GDP q 321bn 333bn
US$ 42.5bn 40.0bn
per capita US$ 3,266 3,011
Growth % 4.0 0.4
inflation % 11.4 2.2
Def bdgt q 1.36bn 1.30bn
US$ 179m 156m
US$1=q 7.56 8.33
Population 13,276,517
Age 0–14 15 –19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 21% 6% 5% 4% 13% 2%
Female 20% 6% 5% 4% 14% 2%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 15,212 (Army 13,444 navy 897 Air 871)
Paramilitary 18,536
RESERVE 63,863 (navy 650 Air 900 Armed Forces
62,313)
(National Armed Forces are combined; the army provides
log spt for navy and air force)
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 13,444
The cavalry regts have a strength of 118 personnel, 7 AFV.
The arty gp is 3 bty of 4 guns.
Latin America and the Caribbean
FORCES By ROLE
15 Military Zones
Armd 6 sqn
Cav 2 regt
Inf 1 (strategic) bde (2 inf bn, 1 SF pl, 1 recce
sqn, 1 (lt) armd bn, 1 arty gp); 5 (regional)
bde (each: 3 inf bn, 1 cav regt, 1 arty gp); 1
(frontier) det
SF 1 bde (1 trg bn, 1 SF bn)
AB 2 bn
Engr 2 bn
MP 1 bde (3 bn)
Sy 1 bn (Presidential Gd)
Trg 1 bn
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
RECCE 7 M-8 in store
APC 52
APC (T) 15: 10 M-113; 5 in store
APC (W) 37: 30 Armadillo; 7 V-100 Commando
ARTY 161
TOWED 105mm 76: 12 M-101; 8 M-102; 56 M-56
MOR 85: 81mm 55 M-1; 107mm 12 M-30 in store;
120mm 18 ECIA
AT
RCL 120+: 105mm 64 M-1974 FMK-1 (Arg); 106mm 56
M-40A1; 75mm M-20
RL 89mm M-20 in store (3.5in)
AD• GUNS • TOWED 32: 20mm 16 GAI-D01; 16 M-55
reserves
Inf ε19 bn
83
Navy 897
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 39+:
PCI 10: 6 Cutlass; 1 Kukulkan (US Broadsword 32m); 2
Sewart; 1 Dauntless; (all vessels less than 100 tonnes)
PCR 20
PBI 9: 6 Vigilante; 3 BW-32
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Santo Tomás de Castilla, Puerto Quetzal
Marines 650 reservists
Marine 2 bn under strength
Air Force 871
2 Air Commands, 3 air bases – Guatemala City, Santa Elena
Petén, Retalhuleu
FORCES By ROLE
Serviceability of ac is less than 50%
FGA/Trg 1 sqn with A-37B Dragonfly; 1 sqn with PC-7
Turbo Trainer
Tpt 1 sqn with Basler Turbo-67; Beech 100 King
Air; Beech 90 King Air; F-27 Friendship; IAI-201
Arava; PA-31 Navajo
Liaison 1 sqn with Cessna 310; Cessna 206
Latin America
and Caribbean