Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Army 16,234
URUGUAY ARMY AVIATION & AIR DEFENCE
UNITS
Forces by Role &
Equipment by Type
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV • TACTICAL
1 Charrua
Army Air Defence Systems
AD • Army AD 1
gp
GUNS • TOWED
14: 20mm 14: 6 M-167 Vulcan;
8TCM-20 (w/ Elta M-2016 radar)
Organisations by
Service
Army 16,234
Forces by Role
4 Military
Regions/div HQ
Armd 2 (Nos 5, 8) cav bdo regt; Armd Inf 1 (No2) armd cav regt; Mech
Inf 5 (Nos 4,6,7,10) cav mech regt; 8 mech inf, Mot Inf 1 bn, Inf 5
Inf bn, Para 1 bn,SF 1 trg centre, Arty 1 Strategic Reserve regt; 5 Field Arty
gp Engr 1 (1st) bde (2 engr bn), Cbt engr 4 bn, AD 1 gp
Equipment by Type
MBT 15 TI-67 • LT TK 38: 16 M-24 Chaffee; 22 M-41A1UR
RECCE 110: 15 EE-9 Cascavel; 48 GAZ-39371 Vodnik; 47 OT-93;
AIFV 18 BMP-1
APC 133: • APC (T) 29: 24 M-113A1UR; 3 M-93 (MT-LB); 2 PTS • APC
(W) 94: 54 Condor; 40 MOWAG Piranha
ARTY 185 SP 122mm 6 2S1 Carnation • TOWED 44: 105mm 36: 28 M-101A1;
8 M-102; 155mm 8 M-114A1 • MOR 135: 81mm 91: 35 M1, 56 LN; 120mm 44 SL
AT • MSL • MANPATS 15 Milan • RCL 69: 106mm 69 M-40A1
Note: Uruguayan units are sub-standard size, mostly
around 30%. Div are at most bde size, while bn are of reinforced coy strength.
Regts are also coy size, some bn size, with the largest formation being the
Armd Cav Regt ’2 Regimento Tte. Gral Pablo Galarza de Caballeria Blindado No2‘
with 21 M-41A1UR and 16 M-113 A1. Each tank regt (sqn size) has only 7 TI-67,
while 5 of the 6 Mech Cav Regts have only 6 M-64/-93 on strength.