List of equipment of the Brazilian Marine Corps

This is a list of current and historical equipment of the Brazilian Navy's Corps of Naval Fusiliers (CFN), also known as the Brazilian Marine Corps.

Light weapons The CFN's firearms inventory as of 2010 was estimated at 4,300 pistols, 2,400 submachine guns, 17,600 automatic rifles, 1,600 medium machine guns and 300 heavy machine guns. p. 121-123. Individual marines wear two camouflage patterns, the older lizard standard and, since 2021, a digital pattern for urban environments. The lizard pattern consists of a light green background with brown and dark green strokes. It is used by all three branches of the Armed Forces and can be distinguished in the Navy by its lighter tones compared to Army camouflage. Parade uniforms have a bold red color.

Pistols +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageTaurus PT92AFBrazil9×19mmIn use in 2014Taurus PT 24/7G2Brazil9×19mmIn use in 2014

Submachine guns +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageTaurus MT-9ABrazil9×19mmIn use in 2014Heckler & Koch MP5SDGermany9×19mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious CommandosHeckler & Koch MP5KA4Germany9×19mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious CommandosIMI Mini-UziIsrael9×19mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos

Rifles +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageMauser 1908Germany7.65×53mmIn use in 1929 p. 600.SAFN-49Belgium7.62×63mm1957 – 1978M1 GarandUnited States7.62×63 mmIn training use in the 1950s p. 39.FN FALBrazil7.62×51mmIn limited use in 2014Colt M16A2United States5.56×45mm1997 – present (2014)Colt M4United States5.56×45mmIn use in 2014 by Amphibious Commandos

Shotguns +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageMossberg 590United States12 gaIn use in 2014

Machine guns +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageFuzil Automático PesadoBrazil7.62×51mmIn use in 2012FN MAGBelgium7.62×51mmIn use in 2014FN MinimiBelgium5.56×45mmIn use in 2014Browning M2HBUnited States12.7×99mmIn use in 2014

Sniper rifles +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageParker-Hale M85United Kingdom7.62×51mmUnder replacement by the PGM Ultima Ratio in 2014PGM Ultima RatioFrance7.62×51mmIn use in 2014

Anti-materiel rifles +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImagePGM Hecate IIFrance12.7×99mmIn use in 2014

Grenade launchers +NameOriginCaliberPeriodImageSB LAG 40Spain40mmIn use in 2010M203United States40mmIn use in 2012Mk 19United States40mmIn use in 2014

Recoilless weapons +NameOriginNumberCaliberPeriodImageM20 Super BazookaUnited States89 mmIn use in 1997M40A1 gunUnited States8 (1997) p. 501.106 mmIn use in 1997AT-4Sweden84 mmIn use in 2012

Anti-tank guided missiles +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageRBS 56 BILLSweden18 (2012)Possibly in use in 2021; phased out by 2025 p. 58, 61.MAX 1.2 ACBrazilDelivered in 2025

Light and medium mortars +NameOriginNumberCaliberPeriodImageM60 BrandtFrance103 (2012) 67 (2019)60 mmIn use in 2019M29A1United States26 (2012) 32 (2019) 18 (2024)81 mmIn use in 2024

Armor Armored fighting vehicles are present in the CFN since July 20 1973, when the Motorized Transport Battalion received five units of the EE-11 Urutu. Armored vehicles would be used in this battalion, renamed Amphibious Vehicles Battalion in 1985, and in the Tank Company, created in 1980 to employ the EE-9 Cascavel. The latter was disbanded in 2003 and its assets joined with a company of the Amphibious Vehicles Battalion to form the Marine Armor Battalion. Most of the CFN's armor is organized within this battalion. The Amphibious Vehicles Battalion operates the Assault Amphibious Vehicle, locally known as the Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (CLAnf). By the International Institute for Strategic Studies's (IISS) estimate, as of 2024 the CFN operated 18 light tanks, 60 armored personnel carriers, 47 amphibious armored vehicles and two armored engineering vehicles.

Light tanks +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageSK-105 KürassierAustria17 A2S and 1 4KH7FA (recovery vehicle) (2001) 10 (2019)2001 – present (2024)

Armored cars +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageEE-9 CascavelBrazil61980 – 1998 p. 29.

Personnel carriers +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageEE-11 UrutuBrazil51973 – earlier than 1986 p. 28-29, 33.M113United States30 (24 M113A1 transports, 2 M125 A1 mortar carriers, 2 M571 A1 command posts, 1 XM806E1 recovery vehicle and 1 M113 A1G repair team carrier) (1974) 66% in operation (2010)1974 – present (2024)Carro sobre Lagarta Anfíbio (Assault Amphibious Vehicle 7A1)United States11 (1997) 26 (2012) 49 (13 AAV-7A1, 20 AAVP-7A1 RAM/RS, 2 AAVC-7A1 RAM/RS, 12 LVTP-7, 1 AAVR-7, 1 AAVR-7A1 RAM/RS) (2024)1986 p. 127. – present (2024)Mowag Piranha IIICSwitzerland30 (2024)2007 – present (2024)Oshkosh L-ATVUnited States12 (2024)2023 – present (2024)

Artillery Artillery has a tradition with Brazil's marines since the 19th century. Under different names, the CFN was an artillery force until its conversion into infantry in 1847. p. 34-35. A new artillery unit was founded in 1962 and since 1993 named Marine Artillery Battalion. The IISS estimated a total of 65 artillery pieces in service in 2024, from multiple rocket launchers to howitzers and medium mortars. This number includes the M101 howitzer, which is absent from multiple official Brazilian listings, including the 2012 National Defense White Paper. In 2025 the CFN confirmed another item had been phased out at some point, the M114.

Missile and rocket launchers +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageAstros FN 2020Brazil6 (2024)2014 – present (2024)

Howitzers +NameOriginNumberCaliberPeriodImageM114United States6 (2012) 5 (2019)155 mm1977 p. 31. – ? (phased out by 2025)M101United States15 (1997) 6 (2010) 18 (2024)105 mmPossibly in use in 2024L118United Kingdom18 (2019)105 mm1999 – present (2024) p. 418-419.

Heavy mortars +NameOriginNumberCaliberPeriodImageSoltam K6A3Israel6 (2012) 7 (2019)120 mm1995 – present (2019)

Air defense The CFN fields a single anti-aircraft artillery battery, p. 30-31. created in 1995 p. 307-308. and organized under the Air Combat Battalion. Its armament consists of anti-aircraft guns and man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), both of which are exclusively for low-altitude targets.

Anti-aircraft guns +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageBofors Bofi-R C70Sweden6 (2012)Possibly in use in 2021

MANPADS +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageMBDA MistralFrance18 (2012) p. 95-96. 10 (2019)1994 p. 37. – present (2021)

Mobile surveillance radars +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageSaab Giraffe 50AT with a Hägglund BV-206D tractorSweden1996 – present (2021)Saber M60Brazil2014 – present (2021)

Unarmored vehicles According to statistics provided by the Navy, as of 2019 the Marine Corps fielded 975 unarmored and wheeled operational vehicles, of which 560 were in the light and medium categories and 415 in the heavy category. p. 248. Information retrieved from the Sistema de Informações ao Cidadão (E-SIC).

Amphibious vehicles +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageGMC DUKWUnited States341970 p. 8. – 1980sBiselli CamAnfBrazil5

Trucks +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageMercedes-Benz UnimogBrazil148 U2150 (2003) 90 U5000 requested;(2020) 45 delivered (2025)1999 – present (2022)Ford CargoBrazil15 (2013)Mercedes-Benz AxorIn use in 2019Mercedes-Benz 1725In use in 2019Mercedes-Benz AtegoIn use in 2022Iveco Tector 240 E 2013In use in 2023

Light vehicles +NameOriginNumberPeriodImageLand Rover DefenderIn use in 2019; under replacement by the Agrale MarruáChevrolet S10Under replacement by the Agrale Marruá in 2013Agrale MarruáBrazil2008 – present (2013)

See also List of modern equipment of the Brazilian Army List of active Brazilian Navy ships Currently active military equipment by country

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