Editor's Foreword

SAR/Tpt 2 flt with 4 AS-355N Ecureuil; 3 Bell 407; 3
Bell 412EP
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
TPT 1 BN-2A Defender
UTL 1 Cessna 210M Centurion
TRG 2 DA-40-180FP Diamond Star
HELICOPTERS
SPT 4 AS-355N Ecureuil
UTL 6: 3 Bell 407; 3 Bell 412EP
DEPLOyMENT
SIERRA LEONE
IMATT 1
Mexico MEX
Mexican Peso nP 2008 2009 2010
GDP NP 12.11tr 11.72tr
US$ 1.09tr 888bn
per capita US$ 9,922 7,985
Growth % 1.3 -7.3
inflation % 5.1 5.4
Def bdgt a NP 48.2bn 58.2bn 58.4bn
US$ 4.34bn 4.41bn
FMA (US) US$ 116m 39m 10m
US$1=nP 11.1 13.2
a Excluding paramilitaries
Population 111,211,789
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 16% 5% 4% 4% 17% 2%
Female 15% 5% 5% 4% 19% 3%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 267,506 (Army 200,000 navy 55,961 Air
11,545) Paramilitary 36,500
Reserve 39,899 (Armed Forces 39,899)
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 200,000
12 regions (total: 46 army zones). The Mexican Armed
Forces have reorganised into a brigade structure. The
Army consists of one manoeurvre corps (1 st ), with three
inf bde and one armd bde, one SF corps one AB corps
and one MP corps. Command and control functions
have been redesigned and decentralised, allowing greater
independence to each of the 12 Military Region commanders
and establishing C 4 units in every region.
FORCES By ROLE
Armd 1 (1 st ) corps (1 cbt engr bde (3 engr bn), 1 armd
bde (2 armd recce bn, 2 lt armd recce bn, 1
(Canon) AT gp), 3 inf / rapid reaction bde
(each: 3 inf bn, 1 arty regt, 1 (Canon) AT gp))
Latin America and the Caribbean
2 bde (each: 2 armd recce bn, 2 lt armd recce
bn, 1 (Canon) AT gp)
Armd Recce 3 regt
Lt Armd 2 regt
Recce
Mot Recce 24 regt
Inf 89 indep inf bn; 24 indep inf coy
Lt Inf 3 indep lt inf bde each (2 lt inf bn, 1 AT
(Canon) gp)
Arty 6 indep regt
Para 1 bde (3 bn, 1 GANF SF gp,1 AT (Canon gp)
SF 3 bde (12 SF bn); 1 amph bde (5 SF bn)
Presidential
Guard
87
1 SF gp, 1 mech inf bde (2 inf bn, 1 aslt bn)
1 cbt engr bn, 1 MP bde (3 bn, 1 special ops
anti-riot coy) 1 mne bn (Navy)
MP 2 bde (3 MP bn)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
RECCE 237: 124 ERC-90F1 Lynx (4 trg); 40 M-8; 41 MAC-1;
32 VBL
APC 709
APC (T) 475: 398 DNC-1 (mod AMX-VCI); 40 HWK-11;
34 M-5A1 half-track; 3 M-32 Recovery Sherman
APC (W) 234: 95 BDX; 25 DN-4; 19 DN-5 Toro; 26 LAV-
150 ST; 25 MOWAG Roland; 44 VCR (3 amb; 5 cmd post)
ARTY 1,390
TOWED 123: 105mm 123: 40 M-101; 40 M-56; 16 M-2A1,
14 M-3; 13 NORINCO M-90
MOR 1,267: 81mm 400 M-I, 400 Brandt, 300 SB
120mm 167: 75 Brandt; 60 M-65; 32 RT61
AT
MSL • SP 8 Milan (VBL)
RL 1,187+
SP 106mm M40A1
64mm RPG-18 Fly 82mm B-300 73mm RPG-16; 106mm
M40A1
GUNS 37mm 30 M3
AD
GUNS 80
TOWED 12.7mm 40 M-55; 20mm 40 GAI-B01
Navy 55,961
Two Fleet Commands: Gulf (6 zones), Pacific (11 zones)
FORCES By ROLE
Navy 1 HQ located at Acapulco; 1 HQ (exercise) located
at Vera Cruz
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 6
FRIGATES • FF 6:
2 Bravo (US Bronstein) each with 1 Mk 112 octuple (8 eff.)
with tactical ASROC, 2 triple ASTT (6 eff.) with Mk 46
LWT, 1 hel landing platform
4 Allende (US Knox) each with 1 Mk 112 octuple with
ASROC/RGM-84C Harpoon SSM, 1 Mk 29 GMLS with
Sea Sparrow SAM, 2 twin TT (4 eff.) with Mk 46 LWT, 1
127mm gun, capacity 1 MD-902 utl hel)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 189
PSOH 21:
3 Sierra (capacity 1 MD-902 Explorer)
Latin America
and Caribbean