Editor's Foreword

92 The MiLiTAry BALAnCe 2010
DEPLOyMENT
AFgHANISTAN
UN • UNAMA 1 obs
CôTE D’IVOIRE
UN • UNOCI 2; 8 obs
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONgO
UN • MONUC 17 obs
HAITI
UN • MINUSTAH 31
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 1; 2 obs
NEPAL
UN • UNMIN 6 obs
SUDAN
UN • UNMIS 9 obs
WESTERN SAHARA
UN • MINURSO 5 obs
Peru PER
Peruvian nuevo
Sol nS
2008 2009
GDP NS 373bn 395bn
US$ 127bn 138bn
per capita US$ 4,378 4,674
Growth % 9.8 1.5
inflation % 5.8 3.2
Def bdgt NS 4.15bn 4.51bn
US$ 1.42bn 1.57bn
US$1=nS 2.92 2.86
Population 29,546,963
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 16% 5% 4% 4% 18% 2%
Female 15% 5% 4% 4% 18% 3%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 114,000 (Army 74,000 navy 23,000 Air
17,000) Paramilitary 77,000
RESERVE 188,000 (Army 188,000) Paramilitary
7,000
ORgANISATIONS By SERVICE
Army 74,000
FORCES By ROLE
4 Military Regions
North Region
Cav 1 bde (1st) (4 mech bn, 1 arty gp)
Inf 1 bde (1st reinforced) (1 tk bn, 3 inf bn, 1 arty gp);
2 bde (7th & 32nd ) (each: 3 inf bn, 1 arty gp)
Jungle
Inf
1 bde (6th) (4 jungle bn, 1 arty gp, 1 engr bn)
Central Region
Inf 1 bde (1st ) (4 mech bn, 1 arty gp); 2 bde (2nd & 31st )
(each: 3 mot inf bn, 1 arty gp); 1 bde (8th ) (3 mot inf
bn, 1 arty gp, 1 AD bn)
SF 1 bde (1st ) (4 SF bn, 1 airmob arty gp); 1 bde (3rd ) (3
cdo bn, 1 airmob arty gp, 1 AD gp)
Arty 1 gp (regional troops)
Avn 1 bde (1 atk hel / recce hel bn, 1 avn bn, 2 aslt hel
/ tpt hel bn)
Trg 1 armd bde (18th ) (1 armd bn, 2 tk bn, 1 armd inf
bn, 1 engr bn, 1 SP fd arty gp)
South Region
Armd 1 bde (3rd ) (3 mech inf bn, 1 mot inf bn, 1 arty gp, 1
AD gp, 1 engr bn); 1 bde (3rd ) (2 tk bn, 1 armd inf
bn, 1 arty gp, 1 AD gp, 1 engr bn)
SF 1 gp (regional troops)
Mtn Inf 1 bde (4th ) (1 armd regt, 3 mot inf bn, 1 arty gp); 1
bde (5th ) (1 armd regt, 2 mot inf bn, 3 jungle coy,
1 arty gp)
Arty 1 gp (regional troops)
AD 1 gp (regional troops)
Engr 1 bn (regional troops)
Eastern Region
Jungle
Inf
1 bde (5 th ) (1 SF gp, 3 jungle bn, 3 jungle coy, 1
jungle arty gp, 1 AD gp, 1 jungle engr bn)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT 240: 165 T-55; 75†
LT TK 96 AMX-13
RECCE 95: 30 BRDM-2; 15 Fiat 6616; 50 M-9A1
APC 299
APC (T) 120 M-113A1
APC (W) 179: 150 UR-416; 25 Fiat 6614; 4 Repontec
ARTY 998
SP • 155mm 12 M-109A2
TOWED 290
105mm 152: 44 M-101; 24 M-2A1; 60 M-56; 24 Model
56 pack howitzer; 122mm; 36 D-30; 130mm 36 M-46;
155mm 66: 36 M-114, 30 Model 50
MRL • 122mm 22 BM-21 Grad
MOR 674+: 81mm/107mm 350; 120mm 300+ Brandt/
Expal Model L
SP 107mm 24 M-106A1
AT • MSL • MANPATS 838: 350 AT-3 9K11 Sagger / HJ-
73C, 244 Kornet, 244 SPIKE-ER
RCL 106mm M-40A1
AIRCRAFT
TPT 9: 2 An-28 Cash; 3 AN-32B Cline; 1 Beech 350 Super
King Air; 2 PA-31T Navajo/Cheyenne II; 1 PA-34 Seneca
UTL 8: 3 Cessna U-206 Stationair; 1 Cessna 208 Caravan
I; 4 IL-103
HELICOPTERS
SPT 34: 14 Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Hip H; 8 in store; PZL Mi-2
Hoplite 9; Mi-26T 1; 2 in store
UTL 2 A-109K2;
TRG 5 Enstrom F-28F