Editor's Foreword

AD
SAM • MANPAD 298+: 70 SA-14 Gremlin; 128 SA-16
Gimlet; 100+ SA-7 Grail
GUNS 165
SP 23mm 35 ZSU-23-4
TOWED 23mm 130: 80 ZU-23-2; 50 ZU-23;
Navy 23,000 (incl 1,000 Coast Guard)
Commands: Pacific, Lake Titicaca, Amazon River
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 6:
4 Angamos (GER T-209/1200) each with 6 single 533mm
TT with A-185 HWT
2 Angamos in refit/reserve (GER T-209/1200) each with 6
single 533mm TT with A-185 HWT
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 9
CRUISERS • CG 1 Almirante Grau (NLD De Ruyter) with
8 single each with Mk 2 Otomat SSM, 4 twin 152mm gun
(8 eff.)
FRIGATES • FFG 8 Carvajal (mod ITA Lupo) each with 8
single each with Mk 2 Otomat SSM, 1+ Albatros octuple
with Aspide SAM, 2 triple ASTT (6 eff.) with A244 LWT,
1 127mm gun, with 1 AB-212 (Bell 212) Utl/SH-3D Sea
King ASW
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 14
PFM 6 Velarde (FRA PR-72 64m) each with 4 single each
with MM-38 Exocet tactical SSM, 1 76mm gun
PCR 5:
2 Amazonas each with 1 76mm gun
2 Maranon each with 2 76mm gun
1 Huallaga with 40mm gun, (Additional vessel in
build)
MISC BOATS/CRAFT 3 craft (for lake patrol)
AMPHIBIOUS • LS • LST 4 Paita (capacity 395 troops)
(US Terrebonne Parish)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 11:
AOR 1 Mollendo
AOT 2
ARS 1 Guardian Rios
AH 1
AGS 4: 1 Carrasco; 2 (coastal survey vessels); 1 (river
survey vessel for the upper Amazon)
TRG • AXS 1
TRV 1
FACILITIES
Bases Located at Callao (Ocean), Puerto Maldonaldo
(River), Iquitos (River), Talara (Ocean), Puno (Lake),
Paita (Ocean), San Lorenzo Island (Ocean)
naval Aviation ε800
FORCES By ROLE
MR 2 sqn with 5 Beech 200T Maritime Patrol; 3
SH-3D Sea King; 3 AB-212 (Bell 212); 1 F-27
Friendship
Tpt 1 flt with 2 AN-32B Cline
Liaison 1 sqn with 4 Mi-8 Hip; 5 Bell 206B JetRanger II
Trg 1 sqn with 5 T-34C Turbo Mentor; 5 Enstrom
F28F
Latin America and the Caribbean
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT
MP 5 Beech 200T Maritime Patrol
TPT 2 An-32B Cline
ELINT 1 F-27 Friendship
TRG 5 T-34C Turbo Mentor
HELICOPTERS
ASW 3 SH-3D Sea King
SPT 4 Mi-8 Hip
UTL 8: 3 AB-212 (Bell 212); 5 Bell 206B Jet Ranger II
TRG 5 Enstrom F28F
MSL • ASM AM-39 Exocet
Marines 4,000
FORCES By ROLE
Inf 1 (jungle) bn; 2 (indep) bn; 1 gp
Cdo 1 gp
Marine 1 bde (1 arty gp, 1 spec ops gp, 1 recce bn,
1 (amph veh) amph bn, 2 inf bn)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
APC (W) 35+: 20 BMR-600; V-100 Commando; 15 V-200
Chaimite
ARTY 18+
TOWED 122mm D-30
MOR 18+: 81mm; 120mm ε18
RCL 84mm Carl Gustav; 106mm M-40A1
AD • GUNS 20mm SP (twin)
Air Force 17,000
FORCES By ROLE
Air Force divided into five regions – North, Lima, South,
Central and Amazon.
Ftr 1 sqn with MiG-29C Fulcrum; MiG-29SE
Fulcrum; MiG-29UB Fulcrum
FGA 1 sqn with M-2000P (M-2000E) Mirage;
M-2000DP (M-2000ED) Mirage; 1 sqn with
A-37B Dragonfly; 3 sqn with Su-25A Frogfoot
A†; Su-25UB Frogfoot B†*
RECCE 1 (photo-survey) unit with Learjet 36A; C-26B
Tpt 3 gp; 7 sqn with An-32 Cline; B-737; DC-8-62F;
DHC-6 Twin Otter; FH-227; L-100-20; PC-6
Turbo-Porter; Y-12(II); 1 (Presidential) flt with
F-28 Fellowship, Falcon 20F
Tkr KC-707-323C
Liaison 1 sqn with PA-31T Navajo/Cheyenne II; UH-1D
Iroquois
Atk Hel/
Aslt Hel
93
1 sqn with Mi-24 Hind/Mi-25 Hind D; Mi-17TM
Hip H;
Spt Hel 3 sqn with Mi-17 Hip H; BO-105C; Bell 206 Jet
Ranger; AB-212 (Bell 212); Bell 412 Twin Huey;
Schweizer 300C
Trg drug interdiction sqn with EMB-312 Tucano;
MB-339A; T-41A/T-41D Mescalero; Z-242
AD 6 bn with SA-3 Goa
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
AIRCRAFT 70 combat capable
FTR 18: 15 MiG-29C Fulcrum; 3 MiG-29SE Fulcrum
Latin America
and Caribbean