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{{Infobox law enforcement agency
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|nativename      = {{lang|es|Prefectura Naval Argentina}}
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|footnotes       = Phone: 54 11 4318 7400<br> March: ''March of the Naval Prefecture''
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The '''Argentine Naval Prefecture''' ({{langx|es|'''Prefectura Naval Argentina'''}} or '''PNA''') is a service of [[Argentina]]'s [[Ministry of Security (Argentina)|Security Ministry]] charged with protecting the country's rivers and maritime territory. It therefore fulfills the functions of other countries' [[coast guard]]s, and furthermore acts as a [[gendarmerie]] force policing navigable rivers.

According to the [[Constitution of Argentina|Argentine Constitution]], the [[Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic]] cannot intervene in internal civil conflicts, so the Prefecture is defined as a civilian "security force of a military nature". It maintains a functional relationship with the [[Ministry of Defense (Argentina)|Ministry of Defense]], as part of both the National Defense System and the [[Sistema de Seguridad Interior|Interior Security System]]. It therefore maintains capabilities arising from the demands required by joint military planning with the armed forces.

The PNA is a large organization for a coastguard. With a strength of 45,750 sworn members, the PNA is a larger organization than most national navies, and is in fact slightly larger than the [[Argentine Navy]] – the organization upon which it had been attached for a long time until the 1980s, when it was transferred to direct control of the Ministry of Defense.

==History==
{{More citations needed section|date=February 2021}}

===Creation===
The Prefecture's predecessor is the ports service founded by the first autonomous Argentine government in June 1810, six years before Argentina declared independence. In Argentina this is considered the official founding date of the PNA. The first commander of the force was Colonel [[Martín Jacobo Thompson]], a Porteño of partially English descent who had served against the British in the [[British invasions of the Río de la Plata|invasions of 1806–7]]. Thompson was given the title of "Captain of Ports" ("{{lang|es|Capitán de Puertos}}").

Although the PNA traces itself back to its predecessor of 1806, the modern Prefecture was in fact founded in the late nineteenth century as the "National Maritime Prefecture" on the initiative of [[Manuel Florencio Mantilla]], a well-known Argentine senator who was also a respected academic and intellectual. The law pertaining to it was enacted in October 1896.

===Falklands War===
The Prefecture had a minor role in the [[Falklands War]] ({{langx|es|Guerra de las Malvinas }}). As with other Argentine military services, participation in this conflict is given considerable weight in the institutional memory of the service.

Two PNA patrol vessels, ''[[HMS Tiger Bay|Islas Malvinas]]'' (GC-82) and ''Rio Iguazu'' (GC-83), were sent to provide an Argentine coastguard service to the islands. According to Argentine sources, ''Rio Iguazu'' came into contact with a British [[BAE Sea Harrier|Sea Harrier]] aircraft on 21 May and one member of the vessel's crew was killed while firing a 12.7&nbsp;mm machine gun at the British jet. The ship ran aground, but most of its cargo -among them two 105&nbsp;mm [[howitzer]]s- was recovered later.

The crew of the patrol boat claimed the shooting down of the aircraft, but this was later proved to be unfounded. The sortie was actually carried out by two Sea Harriers of 800 Naval Air Squadron, Nº XZ460 and XZ499, which strafed the vessel with 30&nbsp;mm cannon fire.<ref>Pook, Jerry: ''RAF Harrier Ground Attack – MALVINAS''. Pen & Sword, 2006, page 69.</ref> The patrol vessel ''Islas Malvinas'' was captured and operated by the Royal Navy, as {{HMS|Tiger Bay}}.

The Argentine Naval Prefecture purchased five [[Short SC.7 Skyvan]] unarmed light transport aircraft in 1971, which they gave the call signs PA-50 to PA-54. During the Falklands War these aircraft were assigned to conduct search and reconnaissance, rescue and transport duties.  PA-50 arrived at BAN Río Grande on 15 April 1982 and was joined by PA-54 arrived on 17 April 1982.<ref name=Aeroflight1>{{cite web |last= Klaus |first=Erich |date= 15 December 2009|title= Argentina: Prefectura Naval Argentina |website= Aeroflight |url= http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/arg/PNA/Argentina-pna-home.htm |accessdate= 24 March 2023}}</ref> PA-54 was subsequently deployed to [[Port Stanley |Stanley/EAN Malvinas]] on 20 April 1982 and was joined on the Falklands by PA-50 on 30 April 1982, which was based at [[Pebble Island| Pebble Island/EAN Calderón]].<ref name= Aeroflight1/> Meanwhile PA-51 was deployed to EAN Río Gallegos on 24 April 1982 and PA-52 to BAN Río Grande on 11 May 1982.<ref name= Aeroflight1/>
While waiting to be put into service PA-54 was damaged while sitting on the Stanley racecourse by [[United Kingdom|British]] naval gunfire on the evening of 3 May 1982. It did not fly again and was finally destroyed by shellfire during British bombardments on 12/13 June 1982. PA-50 saw some action at Pebble Island, but it ended up becoming bogged down in the soft ground, and on 15 May 1982 it was destroyed by a [[Raid on Pebble Island|British raiding party]].<ref>Burden, Rodney et al. ''Falkland: The Air War.'' London: Arms and Armour, 1986. {{ISBN|0-85368-842-7}}.</ref>
At the conclusion of the war PA-51 and PA-52 returned to Aeroparque Jorge Newbery/Buenos Aires on 26 June 1982.

==Illegal fishing==
The Prefecture is constantly battling [[illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing|illegal fishing]] vessels in the Argentine [[exclusive economic zone]] (EEZ),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2010/04/28/um/m-02188921.htm |title=Capturaron un buque coreano pescando illegalmente en aguas argentinas |language=es |work=Clarín |date=28 April 2010 |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref> mostly from eastern countries. The [[Argentine Naval Aviation]] also collaborates in detection of such ships with their [[CASA 212 S68]] and [[Beechcraft Super King Air|Beechcraft 350ER']] maritime surveillance aircraft.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===''Chian-der 3'' incident===
{{See also|Sinking of Chian-der 3}}
The [[Sinking of Chian-der 3|sinking of ''Chian-der 3'']] was an incident which occurred on 28 May 1986 when the Taiwanese flag naval trawler ''Chian-der 3'' was detected, tracked, shot, set on fire and finally sunk by the PNA. The sinking was carried out by PNA vessel ''Prefecto Derbes''. Two Taiwanese fishermen were killed; four others were injured. The Taiwanese fishermen's union called the incident a "barbaric act" and the British government condemned it as "unjustifiable and excessive".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1986/05/31/internacional/517874414_850215.html|title=Argentina culpa al capitán del pesquero taiwanés y a Londres por el suceso del Atlántico|newspaper=El País|date=1986-05-31|language=es|access-date=2016-09-24}}</ref>

==Organization==
{{More citations needed section|date=February 2021}}

===Headquarters===
[[File:Prefectura-arg.JPG|thumb|left|''Guardacostas'' Building]]
The PNA is subordinate to the [[Ministry of Security (Argentina)|Ministry of Security]]. The organization is headed by the National Naval Prefect (''Prefecto Nacional Naval''), currently Prefect-General Carlos Edgardo Fernandez, assisted by the Deputy National Naval Prefect (''Subprefecto Nacional Naval''), currently Prefect-General Ricardo Rodriguez.

The Prefecture's main facility is located in the [[Edificio Guardacostas]] (which translates as "the Coastguard Building") at 235 E. Madero Avenue, [[Buenos Aires]].

The PNA headquarters is divided into three main departments, each headed by a Director-General with the rank of ''Prefecto General''. These are each divided into a number of directorates, each headed by a Director with the rank of Prefect-General (''Prefecto General'').

[[File:Argentine PNA 02.jpg|thumb|A Zodiac 920 class at [[Tigre, Buenos Aires|Tigre]]]]
The [[Inteligencia de la Prefectura Naval Argentina|Intelligence Service]] (''Servicio de Inteligencia'') is directly responsible to the National Naval Prefect and is also headed by a Prefect-General.
[[File:Rio Uruguay garde cote argentin.jpg|thumb|GC67 in [[Ushuaia]]]]

*''Dirección General de Seguridad'' (Directorate-General of Security)
**''Dirección de Operaciones'' (Directorate of Operations)
**''Dirección de Policía de Seguridad de la Navegación'' (Directorate of Navigation Security Police)
**''Dirección de Policía Judicial, Protección Marítima y Puertos'' (Directorate of Judicial Police, Maritime Protection and Ports)
**''Dirección de Protección Ambiental'' (Directorate of Environmental Protection)
*''Dirección General de Logística'' (Directorate-General of Logistics)
**''Dirección de Personal'' (Directorate of Personnel)
**''Dirección de Material'' (Directorate of Materiel)
**''Dirección de Educación'' (Directorate of Education)
**''Dirección de Administración Financiera'' (Directorate of Financial Administration)
**''Dirección de Bienestar'' (Directorate of Welfare)
*''Dirección General de Planeamiento y Desarrollo'' (Directorate-General of Planning and Development)
**''Dirección de Planeamiento'' (Directorate of Planning)
**''Secretaría General'' (Secretariat-General; headed by the Secretary-General, a ''Prefecto Mayor'')

===Regions===
The PNA is divided into ten zones:
* [[Alto Paraná]] (prefectures of [[Posadas, Misiones|Posadas]], [[Puerto Iguazú|Iguazú]], [[San Javier Department, Santa Fe|San Javier]], [[Itá Ibaté]], [[Ituzaingó, Corrientes|Ituzaingó]], [[Libertador General San Martín, Jujuy|Libertador General San Martín]], and [[Eldorado Department|Eldorado]])
* [[Alto Uruguay]]
* [[Paraná Superior]] and [[Paraguay]] (prefectures of [[Corrientes]], [[Formosa Province|Formosa]], [[Barranqueras]], [[Pilcomayo Department|Pilcomayo]], [[Reconquista, Santa Fe|Reconquista]], [[Goya, Corrientes|Goya]], and [[Paso de la Patria e Itatí]])
* Lower Uruguay (prefectures of [[Concepción del Uruguay]], [[Gualeguaychú Department|Gualeguaychú]], [[Colón, Entre Ríos|Colón]], [[Concordia, Entre Ríos|Concordia]], [[Salto Department|Salto Grande]], and [[Federación, Entre Ríos|Federación]])
* [[Lower Paraná]]
* [[Paraná Delta|Delta]]
* [[Río de la Plata]]
* North [[Argentine Sea]]
* South Argentine Sea
* [[Lacustre]] and [[Comahu]]

== Ranks ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2021}}
The highest rank of the service, Prefect-General, is held by both the National Naval Prefect and Deputy National Naval Prefect, as well as by many of the most senior officers of the prefecture, such as the heads of the different directorates of the national headquarters. While the rank itself equals that of Rear Admiral in the Argentine Navy, the National Naval Prefect and the Deputy National Naval Prefect titles are both equated to the ranks of Admiral and Vice Admiral, respectively, and wear corresponding insignia.

Officer ranks are as follows:
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{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/Argentina (Naval Prefecture)}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Equivalent [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] Rank
| colspan=4| 
| colspan=2| [[Vice admiral]]
| colspan=2| [[Rear admiral]]
| colspan=2| [[Rear admiral (United States)#Rear admiral (lower half)|Rear admiral (lower half)]]
| colspan=2| [[Captain (naval)|Captain]]
| colspan=2| [[Commander]]
| colspan=2| [[Lieutenant Commander]]
| colspan=2| [[Lieutenant]]
| colspan=3| [[Lieutenant (Junior Grade)]]
| colspan=3| [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]]
| colspan=12| ''No equivalent''
|}

The non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks of the Prefecture are as follows:
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{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Blank}}
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Argentina (Naval Prefecture)}}
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! Equivalent [[United States Coast Guard|U.S. Coast Guard]] Rank
| colspan=6| [[Master Chief Petty Officer]]
| colspan=2| [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]]
| colspan=2| [[Chief Petty Officer]]
| colspan=6| [[Petty Officer First Class]]
| colspan=6| [[Petty Officer Second Class]]
| colspan=4| [[Petty Officer Third Class]]
| colspan=2| [[Seaman (rank)|Seaman]]
| colspan=8| [[Seaman Apprentice]]
|}

==Inventory==
[[File:Gc26-prefectura.JPG|thumb|GC-26 at [[Mar del Plata]].]]
[[File:PNA Delfín (GC-13).jpg|thumb|{{ship|PNA|Delfín|GC-13|6}}]]
[[File:Prefectura Naval Argentina - GC168 - Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi.jpg|thumb|GC168 in [[Villa la Angostura]]]]
[[File:ShaldagMK2Arg2018.jpg|thumb|GC-195 ''Guaraní'', Paraná River 2018]]

===Main ships===

====Patrol vessels====
The Argentine Naval Prefecture use the following ships for patrol purposes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lamilitary.org/AR_PNA_Patrol.html |title=Latin American Military – Argentina – Prefectura Naval Argentina (PNA) – Patrol Ships |website=LAMilitary.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504190752/http://www.lamilitary.org/AR_PNA_Patrol.html |archive-date=4 May 2010 |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref>

* {{sclass|Mantilla|patrol vessel|4}} (Halcón II class): 1,000 tons with helicopter deck built by [[Navantia|Bazan (Ferrol)]], Spain
** GC-24 {{ship|PNA|Doctor Manuel Mantilla|GC-24|6}}
** GC-25 {{ship|PNA|Azopardo|GC-25|6}}
** GC-26 {{ship|PNA|Thompson|GC-26|6}}
** GC-27 {{ship|PNA|Prefecto Fique|GC-27|6}}
** GC-28 {{ship|PNA|Prefecto Derbes|GC-28|6}}
* GC-13 {{ship|PNA|Delfín|GC-13|6}}, 700-ton patrol vessel<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.histarmar.com.ar/InfGral/GCDelfin.htm |title=History and archeology í to Maritime |website=histarmar.com |access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref>
* Z-28 class: 81 tons built by [[Blohm + Voss]], Germany
** GC-64 to GC-83: Last two lost in [[Falklands War]](GC-82 and 83)
** GC-64 ''Mar del Plata''
** GC-65 ''Martin Garcia''
** GC-66 ''Rio Lujan''
** GC-67 ''Río Uruguay''
** GC-68 ''Rio Paraguay''
** GC-69 ''Río Paraná
** GC-70 ''Río de la Plata''
** GC-71 ''La Plata ''
** GC-72 ''Buenos Aires''
** GC-73 ''Cabo Corrientes''
** GC-74 ''Quequén''
** GC-75 ''Bahía Blanca''
** GC-76 ''Ingeniero White''
** GC-77 ''Golfo San Matías''
** GC-78 ''Madryn''
** GC-79 ''Río Deseado''
** GC-80 ''Ushuaia''
** GC-81 ''Canal Beagle''
** GC-82 ''[[HMS Tiger Bay|Islas Malvinas]]''
** GC-83 ''Rio Iguazu''
* Stan Tender 2200 class: 61 tons built by [[Damen Group|Damen]], Netherlands
** GC-122, 123, 124, 125, 129, 130, 150, 151
* Stan Tender 1750 class: 55 tons built by Damen, Netherlands
** GC-118, 119, 133
* Damen Alucat 1050 class: 15 tons built by Damen, Netherlands
** GC-137, 138, 139, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149
* [[Shaldag-class patrol boat]] MK II
** GC-195 ''Guaraní''
** GC-196 ''Mataco''
** GC-197 ''Timbu''
** GC-198 ''Toba''

At least other 50 vessels on the 8–15-ton range.

====Other vessels====
* [[RV Atlantis|PNA ''Dr. Bernardo Houssay'' (MOV1)]]: {{GRT|334}} Ketch rigged sail training and research vessel named for [[Bernardo Houssay|Dr Bernardo Houssay]]. She was originally built for [[Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution]] by [[Burmeister & Wain]] in 1930. She was acquired by [[National Scientific and Technical Research Council|CONICET]] in 1966 and was transferred to PNA in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |title=Embarcaciones de la Prefectura Naval MOV-01 GC "Dr Bernardo Houssay" |url=https://www.histarmar.com.ar/Prefectura/ELENCO-ACTUAL/Clase%20Houssay/MOV01-2/MOV-01.htm |website=Historia y Arqueología Marítima |access-date=19 February 2022}}</ref> 
* [[PNA Tango (SB-15)|SB-15 ''Tango'']]: salvage cutter. Former {{GRT|635}} research/survey ship ''Seismic Surveyor'' (IMO 7048128), built 1969 in United States and purchased in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prefectura's SB-15 "TANGO" salvage cutter sails through Antarctica waters|url=http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/noticias/gacetillas_ing.php?numero=00813|publisher=Prefectura Naval Argentina|access-date=28 April 2013|location=Buenos Aires|date=28 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102033319/http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/noticias/gacetillas_ing.php?numero=00813|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* DF-19 ''Recalada'': former {{GT|17,707}} [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell Argentina]] oil tanker ''Estrella Atlantica'' ex-''Humberto Beghin'', built 1982 in Argentina and purchased in 2011. Converting in Buenos Aires to a pilot boarding station.<ref>{{cite web|title=Discurso de la Ministra Nilda Garré|url=http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/web/es/html/temp_discurso_ministra.php|publisher=Prefectura Naval Argentina|access-date=28 April 2013|location=Buenos Aires|language=es|date=29 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102033355/http://www.prefecturanaval.gov.ar/web/es/html/temp_discurso_ministra.php|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Tanker ''Estrella Austral'' will be similarly converted to pilot boarding station DF-20.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Ponton Recalada |journal=Entre Tracas y Cuadernas |date=March–April 2012 |issue=77 |pages=18–19 |url=http://www.browniano.com.ar/boletin_etyc/Entre_tracas_y_cuadernas_77.pdf |access-date=28 April 2013 |publisher=[[William Brown (admiral)|Instituto Nacional Browniano]] |location=Buenos Aires |language=es }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Aircraft===
[[File:PNA PA-40.jpg |thumb|A [[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin|Eurocopter AS365]]]]
[[File:CasaC212PNA.jpg|thumb|CASA 212 Aviocar]]
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
| [[CASA C-212 Aviocar|CASA C-212]]
| [[Spain]]
| [[Maritime patrol aircraft|maritime patrol]] 
| 
| 5<ref name="1 Coast Guard fleet">{{cite web |url= http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/arg/PNA/Argentina-pna-current_inventory.htm|title = 1 Coast Guard fleet |publisher= aeroflight.co.uk |year= 2019 |access-date= 12 March 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Piper PA-28 Cherokee|Piper PA-28]]
| [[United States]]
| utility
| 
| 2<ref name="1 Coast Guard fleet"/>
|
|-
| [[Beechcraft King Air]]
| United States
| transport 
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air#Variants|350]]
| 1<ref name="1 Coast Guard fleet"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | [[Helicopters]]
|-
| [[Schweizer 300]]
| United States
|patrol  
| 
| 7<ref name="Prefectura Naval Argentina">{{cite web |url= https://www.helis.com/database/org/Argentine-Coast-Guard/ |title = Prefectura Naval Argentina |publisher= helis.com |year= 2019 |access-date= 12 March 2019}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Eurocopter AS355]]
| [[France]]
| utility 
| 
| 2<ref name="Prefectura Naval Argentina"/>
|
|-
| [[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin|Eurocopter AS365]]
| France
| [[Search and rescue|SAR]] 
| [[Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin#Variants|365 N2]]
| 4<ref name="Prefectura Naval Argentina"/>
|
|-
| [[Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma|Eurocopter EC225]]
| France
|[[Search and rescue|SAR]] / transport
| EC225LP
| 2<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airbushelicopters.com/website/en/press/The%20Argentine%20Coast%20Guard%20receives%20its%20first%20H225%20helicopter_1832.html |title= The Argentine Coast Guard receives its first H225 |publisher= airbushelicopters.com |access-date=12 March 2019}}</ref>
| 
|}

====Former aircraft====
Previous helicopters operated by the Coast Guard were the [[Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma|Aérospatiale Puma]] (3), [[Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|Hughes 369]] (6), [[Bell 47J Ranger|Bell 47J]] (5), and the [[Sikorsky H-5]] (1).<ref name="Prefectura Naval Argentina"/>
Previous fixed-wing types include [[Grumman G-21 Goose]] (6), [[De Havilland DH.104 Dove|de havilland DH.104 Dove]] (2), [[Nord Norécrin|Nord 1203 Norécrin]] (4), [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47]] (2), [[Short SC.7 Skyvan]] (5)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prefectura Naval Argentina |url=https://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/arg/PNA/Argentina-pna-all-time-chron.htm |website=aeroflight.co.uk World Air Forces |access-date=6 August 2024}}</ref>

===Firearms===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Model
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Caliber
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
| [[Beretta 92]] || {{ITA}} || rowspan="2" | [[Pistol]] || rowspan="3" | [[9mm Luger|9×19mm]] || Service pistol<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2014/10/25/noticia-prefectura-naval-argentina-adquiere-pistolas-vehiculos.html|title = La Prefectura Naval Argentina adquiere pistolas y vehículos – Noticias Infodefensa América|date = 25 October 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bersa Thunder 9|Bersa TPR9]] || {{ARG}} ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2020/02/08/noticia-bersa-proveera-prefectura-naval-argentina-pistolas.html|title=Bersa proveerá a la Prefectura Naval Argentina de 632 pistolas 9 mm – Noticias Infodefensa América|date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[Heckler & Koch MP5]] || {{GER}} || [[Submachine gun]]||
|-
| [[FN FAL]] || {{ARG}} || [[Battle rifle]] || [[7.62×51mm NATO|7.62×51mm]] || Service rifle
|-
| [[SIG SG550]] || {{SUI}} || rowspan="2" | [[Assault rifle]] || rowspan="2" | [[5.56×45mm NATO|5.56×45mm]] || rowspan="2" | Used by [[Grupo Albatros]]
|-
| [[IWI X95]] || {{ISR}} 
|-
| [[FN MAG]] || {{BEL}} || [[Machine gun]] || [[7.62×51mm NATO|7.62×51mm]] ||
|-
| [[Benelli M3]] || rowspan="2" | {{ITA}} || rowspan="2" | [[Shotgun]] || rowspan="2" | [[Gauge (firearms)|12 gauge]] ||
|-
| [[Franchi SPAS-15]] || rowspan="2" | Used by Grupo Albatros
|-
| [[SIG Sauer SSG 3000]] || {{SUI}} || [[Sniper rifle]]|| [[7.62×51mm NATO|7.62×51mm]] 
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Argentine Federal Police]]
*[[Argentine National Gendarmerie]]
*[[Buenos Aires Provincial Police]]
*[[Santa Fe Provincial Police]]
*[[Sistema de Seguridad Interior|Interior Security System]]
*[[Sinking of the Chian-der 3]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*{{Official website}} {{in lang|es|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060414145352/http://www.international-lifeboat-federation.org/ International Lifeboat Federation] {{in lang|en}}
*Article [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/TAIWAN/ARGENTINA/guardacostas/argentino/hunde/pesquero/Taiwan/aguas/reclamadas/Buenos/Aires/elpepiint/19860530elpepiint_24/Tes/ Un guardacostas argentino hunde un pesquero de Taiwan en aguas reclamadas por Buenos Aires] in Spanish newspaper [[El País]] on 30. May 1986 about bombardment and sinking of a Taiwan trawler by the Argentine Naval Prefecture {{in lang|es}}
*[http://www.helis.com/database/org/ar_argentine_coast_guard/ Argentinian Coast Guard Helicopters]

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