Portuguese Army

Exército Português Portuguese Army
active
Country	Portugal
Armed forces	Portuguese Armed Forces
Type	Armed forces ( army )
Strength	26,700

Portuguese infantry fighting vehicle of the Pandur type

The Portuguese army ( port. Exército Português ) together with 26,700 soldiers , the Army component of the Portuguese armed forces .

structure

Active associations

In addition to the logistics command (with a repair regiment , a transport regiment and the military hospitals ) , the Portuguese army also has the operational command in Lisbon with the following groups:

• mech infantry brigade (two mechanized infantry regiments, one tank regiment, one reconnaissance regiment and one tank artillery regiment)
• Intervention brigade
  • 13th Infantry Regiment
  • 14th Infantry Regiment
  • 19th Infantry Regiment
  • 6th Panzer Reconnaissance Regiment
  • 4th Artillery Regiment
  • 1st anti-aircraft regiment
  • 3rd Engineer Regiment
• Response Brigade
  • 3rd Infantry Regiment
  • 10th Infantry Regiment
  • 15th Infantry Regiment
  • Center commandos
  • Special forces center
  • Paratrooper school
  • Army Aviation Unit
• 1st Engineer Regiment
• 1st Infantry Regiment
• Azores Military Area Command with two regiments
• Madeira Military Area Command with one regiment

Reserve associations

The reserve system is carried out by three territorial brigades . Up to 210,000 reservists can be mobilized .

Equipment of the army

Main battle tank

• 37 Leopard 2 A6 main battle tank
• 101 M60 main battle tanks

Scout and reconnaissance vehicles

• 15 Chaimite V200 - reconnaissance tank
• 25 ULTRAV M-11 armored vehicles
• 30 Pandur II armored vehicles

Armored personnel carriers and armored personnel carriers

• 240 M113 - crew transport tanks
• 40 M557 -MTW command and command post vehicles
• 73 Chaimite V200 armored personnel carriers
• 210 Pandur II armored personnel carriers

artillery

• 21 105-mm-L-119 - guns
• 52 105mm M101 guns
• 24 105 mm M56 guns
• 38 155mm M-114A1 guns
• 20 155mm M109 - self-propelled guns

Coastal artillery

• 9 150 mm coastal guns
• 6 152 mm coastal guns
• 6 234 mm coastal guns

Infantry armament

• 162 84 "Carl Gustav" mm - antitank rifles
• 112 90 mm anti-tank guns
• 128 106 mm M40 anti -tank guns
• 68 MILAN - anti-tank guided missiles
• 40 TOW anti- tank guided missiles

Army anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft weapons

• 31 20-mm-Rh-202 - aircraft guns
• 62 40 mm L / 60 anti-aircraft guns
• 37 chaparral - anti-aircraft missiles
• 15 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

See also

• Portuguese Armed Forces
• Portuguese Air Force
• Portuguese Navy
• Portuguese colonial war

Web links

Commons : Portuguese Military  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official website (port, English and French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense