Chilean Armed Forces

{{Infobox national military

| name = Chilean Armed Forces

| native_name = Fuerzas Armadas de Chile

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| caption = Flag of Ministry of National Defense of Chile

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| founded = 1810

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| branches = {{army|Chile}}
{{naval|Chile}}
{{air force|Chile}}

| headquarters = Santiago

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| commander-in-chief = file:Flag of the President of Chile.svg Gabriel Boric

| commander-in-chief_title = Commander-in-chief

| minister = File:Flag of the Minister of Defence of Chile.svg Adriana Delpiano

| minister_title = Minister of Defense

| chief_of_staff = 23px José Nogueira León

| chief_of_staff_title = Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

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| age = 18

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| active = 80,000{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}}

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| reserve = 40,000{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}}

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| amount = {{Currency|5.58|USD}} billion (2022){{Cite web |url=https://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.php?country_id=chile|title=2022 Chile Military Strength|author=Global Firepower}}

| percent_GDP = 1.9% (2021){{Cite web |title=Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product, 1988-2020 |url=https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/Data%20for%20all%20countries%20from%201988%E2%80%932020%20as%20a%20share%20of%20GDP%20(pdf).pdf |access-date=25 October 2022 |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute}}

| domestic_suppliers = FAMAE
ENAER
ASMAR
DTS
SISDEF
DESA
LINKTRONIC
Detroit Chile

| foreign_suppliers = {{flag|Australia}}
{{flag|Brazil}}
{{flag|Canada}}
{{flag|Czech Republic}}
{{flag|France}}
{{flag|Germany}}
{{flag|Israel}}
{{flag|Italy}}
{{flag|Poland}}
{{flag|Sweden}}
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| ranks = Military ranks and insignia of Chile

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The Chilean Armed Forces ({{langx|es|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.{{cite book | last = Bawden | first = John R | title = 'The Pinochet Generation: The Chilean Military in the Twentieth Century' | publisher = University of Alabama | date = 2016 | pages = 218–219 | isbn = 978-0-8173-1928-1 }} The Chilean Army is mostly supplied with equipment from Germany, the United States, Brazil, Israel, France, and Spain.

Structure

=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.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}} 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.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}} The army operates German Leopard 1 and 2 tanks as its main battle tanks, including 170+ Leopard 2A4 and 115 Leopard 1.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}} The army has approximately 40,000 reservists.{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=404}}

=Navy=

Admiral Juan Andrés De La Maza Larraín directs the 19,800-person Chilean Navy, including 3,600 Marines.{{sfn|IISS|2019|pp=405–406}} 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.

=Air Force=

General Hugo Rodríguez González heads 11,050-strong{{sfn|IISS|2019|p=406}} 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.

Citations

References

{{cite book |last=IISS |title=The Military Balance 2019|year=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1857439885}}
{{cite web|first=Louis E.V.|last=Nevaer|title=Latin America Divided Over Ties with China|date=26 January 2011|work=New American Media|url=http://newamericamedia.org/2011/01/latin-america-divided-over-ties-with-china-growing-suspicions-over-chinese-presence-in-latin-america.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013847/http://newamericamedia.org/2011/01/latin-america-divided-over-ties-with-china-growing-suspicions-over-chinese-presence-in-latin-america.php|archive-date=18 October 2014|url-status=usurped}}

External links

{{in lang|es}} [http://www.ejercito.cl/ Ejército de Chile (Army)]
{{in lang|es}} [http://www.armada.cl/ Armada de Chile website (Navy)]
{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070224170438/http://www.fach.cl/ Fuerza Aérea de Chile website (Air Force)]