Dominican Army

Dominican Army Ejército de 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 de 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, consisting of approximately 20,000 active duty personnel. It includes 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	Notes
Bell OH-58 Kiowa	United States	Scout helicopter	OH-58A OH-58C	4 5
Robinson R22	United States	Training helicopter	R22	4
Robinson R44	United States	Utility helicopter	R44	2

The Dominican Army Kiowas are equipped with FLIR cameras for night operations.

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
  • Heckler & Koch G3 7,62 mm Germany
• Shotguns
  • Daewoo USAS-12South Korea
  • Mossberg 500United States
  • Franchi SPAS-15Italy
• 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)
• M1 81 mm United States
• 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 (28)
• 37 mm Gun M3; A/T guns United States (20)
• AT4 Sweden (N/A)
• M40-A1C1 106mm RCL United States

Armor

Note: the Dominican army currently has no main battle tanks in its inventory, although the paper drive is active, but its not technically tanks.

• V-150 Commando 4x4 AFV United States (8)
• M41 Walker Bulldog 76mm Light tank United States (12 Retired)
• Giat AMX-13 75mm Light tank France (2-15 Retired)
• Panhard AML-90 90mm,4x4 ARVs France (20)
• M3 Half Track APC United States (25 Status unknown)

Artillery

• Reinosa howitzers 105mm/26 howitzers Spain (12)
• M-101 105 mm howitzers United States (22)

Anti-aircraft weapons:-

• Bofors L/70 40mm Anti-Aircraft gun Sweden

Motor Vehicles

• 8 Humvee United States
• 60-80 URO VAMTAC 1,500 kg (4 × 4) (60 - 40, 2000; 20, 2001) Spain
• 80 Carolina Growler UV100DB (4 × 4), (2002) (rebuilt M151A2 Mutt)] UV100DB 4×4 United States
• 40 Carolina Wolverine Model 450 (4 × 4) (40) (2002)
• Nissan Patrol ML-6 4x4 Japan
• Land Rover (4 × 4) United Kingdom (non-tactical roles)
• Polaris ATV 6x6 United States(several dozen)
• 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
• Daihatsu Delta 4x4 trucks Japan

References

• 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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• http://www.armyrecognition.com/dominican_republic_army_land_ground_forces_uk/dominican_republic_army_land_ground_armed_defense_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intellig.html#armes

External links

• Ejército Nacional (EN) (Spanish)