Dominican Army

Dominican Army Ejército Nacional de la República Dominicana
Emblem of the Dominican Army.
Active	February 27, 1844 - present
Country	Dominican Republic
Branch	Army
Type	Army
Size	45,800 personnel, 12 helicopters
Anniversaries	Febrero 27
Engagements	Dominican War of Independence Dominican Restoration War Dominican Civil War
Commanders
Current commander	Maj. Gen. Carlos Alberto Rivera Portes
Notable commanders	Gen. Ramon Matias Mella

The Army of the Dominican Republic or Ejército Nacional de la República Dominicana, is one of the three branches of the Military of the Dominican Republic, together with the Navy and the Air Force.

The army is twice as large as the other services combined with about 15,000 active duty personnel. It consists of six infantry brigades, a combat support brigade, a combat service support brigade and the Air Cavalry squadron.

Aircraft inventory

The Army operates 15 helicopters.

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service[1]	Notes
Bell OH-58 Kiowa	United States	Scout helicopter	OH-58A	9
Robinson R22	United States	Training helicopter	R22	4
Robinson R44	United States	Utility helicopter	R44	2

Current Equipment

Small arms

Note: This equipment is also used by the other branches of the Armed Forces, and the Counter-terrorism group.

• Rifles:
  • Colt M16 rifle 5.56 mm  United States
  • Colt M-4A1 5.56mm  United States
  • AR-15 5.56  United States
  • IMI Galil 5.56mm  Israel
  • Galatz 7.62mm  Israel

• Shotguns
  • Daewoo USAS-12 South Korea
  • Mossberg 500 United States

• Sub-machine-guns
  • Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany
  • FN P90 5.56mm  Belgium
  • Uzi  Israel

• Machine-guns
  • M-2 0.50”  United States
  • FN MAG 7.62 mm  Belgium
  • M-60A1 7.62 mm  United States
  • FN Minimi 5.56mm  Belgium
  • M249 light machine gun 5.56mm  United States

• Hand-guns
  • Browning BDM  United States
  • Browning Hi-Power  United States
  • Taurus PT92  Brazil
  • Jericho 941  Israel

Mortars

• M-29 81 mm  United States (104)
• M2 60 mm  United States
• M-30 4.2 inch  United States (4)
• ECIA 120 mm  Spain (24)

Anti-Armor Weapons

• Bofors m/45 105 mm  Sweden
• 37 mm Gun M3; A/T guns  United States (20)

Armor

• M-41 light tank  United States (12)
• V-150 Commando AFV  United States (8)

Artillery

• Reinosa 105mm/26 howitzers  Spain (12)
• M-101 105 mm howitzers  United States (4)

Motor Vehicles

• 8 Humvee  United States
• 60 URO VAMTAC  Spain
• 80 Growlers UV100DB 4×4  United States
• 40 Yamaha Wolverine Model 450 4x4  Japan
• Nissan Patrol ML-6 4x4  Japan
• Polaris ATV 6x6  United States
• 90 M35 2-1/2 ton cargo truck  United States
• 12 Pegaso 3055 6x6  Spain
• 100 URO VAMTAC MT 15.14, MT 18.14 and MT 18.16  Spain

References

1. ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.

• 2 http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Military-Vehicles-and-Logistics/INVENTORY-Dominican-Republic.html
• 3 http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/dominican_republic/do_appen.html#table8
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External links

• Ejército Nacional (EN) (Spanish)