Chilean Armed Forces

Fuerzas Armadas de Chile

Flag of Ministry of National Defense of Chile

Founded| 1810
Service branches|  Chilean Army
Chilean Navy
Chilean Air Force
Headquarters| Santiago
Leadership
Commander-in-chief|  Gabriel Boric
Minister of Defense|  Adriana Delpiano
Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|  José Nogueira León
Personnel
Military age| 18
Active personnel| 80,000[1]
Reserve personnel| 40,000[1]
Expenditure
Budget| US$5.58 billion (2022)[2]
Percent of GDP| 1.9% (2021)[3]
Industry
Domestic suppliers| FAMAE
ENAER
ASMAR
DTS
SISDEF
DESA
LINKTRONIC
Detroit Chile
Foreign suppliers|  Australia
Brazil
Canada
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Israel
Italy
Poland
Sweden
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States
Related articles
Ranks| Military ranks and insignia of Chile

The Chilean Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Chile) is the unified military organization comprising the Chilean Army, Air Force, and Navy. The President of Chile is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy through the Minister of Defence. In recent years and after several major reequipment programs, the Chilean Armed Forces have become one of the most technologically advanced and professional armed forces in Latin America.[4] The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment from Germany, the United States, Brazil, Israel, France, and Spain.

## Structure

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### Army

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Main article: Chilean Army

The current commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army is General de Ejército Sr. Javier Iturriaga del Campo. The 46,350-person army is organized under six military administrative regions and six divisional headquarters.[1] The forces include one special forces brigade, four armoured brigades, one armoured detachment, three motorized brigades, two motorized detachments, four mountain detachments and one aviation brigade.[1] The army operates German Leopard 1 and 2 tanks as its main battle tanks, including 170+ Leopard 2A4 and 115 Leopard 1.[1] The army has approximately 40,000 reservists.[1]

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Main article: Chilean Navy

Admiral Juan Andrés De La Maza Larraín directs the 19,800-person Chilean Navy, including 3,600 Marines.[5] Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, eight are major combatant ships and they are based in Valparaíso. The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol; there are no fighters or bomber aircraft but they have attack helicopters. The Navy also operates four submarines based in Talcahuano.

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Main article: Chilean Air Force

General Hugo Rodríguez González heads 11,050-strong[6] Chilean Air Force. Air assets are distributed among five air brigades headquartered in Iquique, Antofagasta, Santiago, Puerto Montt, and Punta Arenas. The Air Force also operates an airbase on King George Island, Antarctica.

Chilean Armed Forces

Branches

* Army (Ejército de Chile)

* Navy (Armada de Chile)

* Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile)

Timeline

* History

* Wars
* War of the Pacific

Personnel

* Notable officers
* Senior officers

* Rank insignia

* Awards
* Flags

* Oaths

Equipment

* Equipment of the Armed Forces

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## See also

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* Chilean Army order of battle

## Citations

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1. ^ a b c d e f IISS 2019, p. 404.
2. ^ Global Firepower. "2022 Chile Military Strength".
3. ^ "Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product, 1988-2020" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
4. ^ Bawden, John R (2016). 'The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century'. University of Alabama. pp. 218–219\. ISBN 978-0-8173-1928-1.
5. ^ IISS 2019, pp. 405–406.
6. ^ IISS 2019, p. 406.

## References

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* IISS (2019). The Military Balance 2019. Routledge. ISBN 978-1857439885.
* Nevaer, Louis E.V. (26 January 2011). "Latin America Divided Over Ties with China". New American Media. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014.

## External links

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* (in Spanish) Ejército de Chile (Army)
* (in Spanish) Armada de Chile website (Navy)
* (in Spanish) Fuerza Aérea de Chile website (Air Force)

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