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{{Short description|Combined military forces of Guatemala}}
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{{Infobox national military
|country            = Guatemala
|name               = Armed Forces of Guatemala
|native_name        = {{nativename|es|Fuerzas Armadas de Guatemala}}
|image              = [[File:Escudo de la Guardia Presidencial.png|87px]] [[File:Cfag2.png|90px]][[File:Escudo de la Marina de la Defensa Nacional.png|90px]]
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|commander-in-chief = {{flagicon image|Guatemala Presidental Flag.svg}} [[Bernardo Arévalo]]
|commander-in-chief_title= [[President of Guatemala|Commander-in-Chief]]
|minister           = {{flagicon image|Flag for the Minister of Defence (Guatemala).svg}} [[Henry Saenz Ramos]]
|minister_title     = [[Ministry of Defence (Guatemala)|Minister of National Defence]]
|commander          = {{flagicon image|Flag for the Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala).svg}} William Arnulfo López
|commander_title    = [[Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)|Chief of the General Staff]]
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|amount             = USD $120 million (FY99)
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The '''Guatemalan Armed Forces''' ({{langx|es|Fuerzas Armadas de Guatemala}}) is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army, Navy, Air Force, and [[Presidential Honor Guard (Guatemala)|Presidential Honor Guard]]. The [[president of Guatemala]] is the [[commander-in-chief]] of the military, and formulates policy, training, and budget through the [[Ministry of Defence (Guatemala)|Minister of Defence]]. Day-to-day operations are conducted by the [[Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)|Chief of the General Staff]].

==History==
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:KaibilesCongoUN.jpg|300px|thumb|A Kaibil unit patrolling in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].]] -->
[[Guatemala]] is a signatory to the [[Rio Pact]] and was a member of the [[Central American Defense Council]] (CONDECA). The [[President of Guatemala|President of the Republic]] is commander-in-chief.

Prior to 1945 the Defence Ministry was titled the Secretariat of War (''Secretaría de la Guerra'').

An agreement signed in September 1996, which is one of the substantive peace accords, mandated that the mission of the armed forces change to focus exclusively on external threats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usip.org/library/pa/guatemala/guat_960919.html |title=Agreement on the Strengthening of Civilian Power and on the Role of the Armed Forces in a Democratic Society: Guatemala: Peace Agreements: Library and Links: U.S. Institute of Peace |access-date=2008-08-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813150358/http://www.usip.org/library/pa/guatemala/guat_960919.html |archive-date=2008-08-13 }}</ref> Presidents [[Álvaro Arzú]] and his successors [[Alfonso Portillo]], [[Óscar Berger]] and [[Álvaro Colom]], have used a constitutional clause to order the army on a temporary basis to support the police in response to a nationwide wave of violent crime, a product of the [[Mexican Drug War|Mexican criminal organizations]] going across the north-west region.

The peace accords call for a one-third reduction in the army's authorized strength and budget &mdash; achieved in 2004 &mdash; and for a constitutional amendment to permit the appointment of a civilian minister of defense. A constitutional amendment to this end was defeated as part of a May 1999 plebiscite, but discussions between the executive and legislative branches continue on how to achieve this objective.

In 2004 the army has gone beyond its accord-mandated target, and has implemented troop reductions from an estimated 28,000 to 15,500 troops,<ref>{{cite news|title=Cancelarán 12 mil 109 plazas en el Ejército |newspaper=Prensa Libre |date=April 2, 2004 |url=http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2004/abril/02/85248.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070710004304/http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2004/abril/02/85248.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 10, 2007 }}</ref> including subordinate air force (1,000) and navy (1,000) elements. It is equipped with armaments and material from the [[United States]], [[Israel]], [[Taiwan]], [[Argentina]], [[Spain]], and [[France]]. As part of the army downsizing, the operational structure of 19 military zones and three strategic brigades are being recast as several military zones are eliminated and their area of operations absorbed by others. The air force operates three air bases; the navy has two port bases.<ref name="US_STATE">{{cite web | title =Background Note: Guatemala | publisher =[[Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs]], [[US Department of State]] | date =February 2009 | url =https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2045.htm }}</ref>

The Guatemalan army has a special forces unit (specializing in anti-insurgent jungle warfare) known as the [[Kaibiles]]. In 2011, a Guatemalan court convicted four members of the Kaibiles, of killing more than 200 civilians in the [[Dos Erres massacre]] in 1982.<ref>[[Center for International Policy]], Security Assistance Monitor</ref> Each man was sentenced to 6,050 years in prison. Their convictions for their roles in the massacre nearly 30 years prior, in which soldiers killed more than 200 men, women, and children, would not have happened if not for the courage of victims of violence and Guatemala's attorney general, [[Claudia Paz y Paz]]. After the convictions of the Dos Erres four, based on a Guatemalan government's commitment to reorganize its special forces units, the U.S. Department of Defense resumed military aid.

==Armed Forces Day==
The {{lang|es|Día del Ejército}} (Army Day or Armed Forces Day) is celebrated on 30 June, although if it occurs on a Tuesday or Wednesday it is celebrated on the prior Monday, and if it occurs on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday it moves to the following Monday.<ref>{{cite news |title=Así quedarán los feriados en Guatemala para el 2020 – Prensa Libre |url=https://www.prensalibre.com/economia/feriados-guatemala-2019-calendario-de-asuetos/#:~:text=%20Listado%20de%20feriados%20en%20Guatemala%20durante%202020%3A,s%C3%A1bado%2015%20de%20agosto%20%28No%20cambia%29%20More%20 |access-date=Sep 16, 2020 |publisher=Prensa Libre |date=28 Apr 2020 |language=es-GT}}</ref>

==Organization==
The Armed Forces today number at around 39,000 active personnel.

===Leadership===
{{main|Chief of the General Staff (Guatemala)}}

===Service branches===
====Army====
The Army or Land Forces are the oldest military branch of the armed forces. In the middle of the 19th century, General Rafael Carrera promoted it with the triumph in the Battle of San José La Arada, dated to 2 February 1851, a date that is today commemorated as the day of this branch.
[[File:20230901 AI 150 ANIVERSARIO ESCUELA POLITECNICA 9 (2).jpg|thumb|Members of the Navy]]

====Navy====
The Navy was founded on 15 January 1959, by the then President [[Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes]], due to the need to protect the country's marine resources, which at the time were the object of illegal predation by fishing boats from neighboring countries. It is a state entity with functions as a police agency for seas and rivers.

====Air Force====
{{Main|Guatemalan Air Force}}

The Guatemalan Air Force ({{langx|es|Fuerza Aérea Guatemalteca; FAG}}) constitutes the aviation portion of the Guatemalan Army. Founded in 1921, it is organized, equipped and trained to plan, conduct and execute the actions imposed by the State Military Defense in relation to the use of air power.

====Honor Guard====
The [[Presidential Honor Guard (Guatemala)|Presidential Honor Guard]] of Guatemala is a branch of the Guatemalan Land Forces, responsible for the care and protection of the President of the Republic, as well as the Vice President.

==Equipment==
=== Small arms ===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=16%| Name
! width=10%| Image
! width=15%| Caliber
! width=12%| Type
! width=10%| Origin
! width=28%| Notes
|-
! colspan="6"| Pistols
|-
| [[M1911]]<ref name="FAS">{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/asmp/campaigns/smallarms/lainven.html |title=Latin American Light Weapons National Inventories |publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]] |access-date=November 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022110744/http://www.fas.org/asmp/campaigns/smallarms/lainven.html |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=live }} Citing {{cite book |editor1-first=Terry J. |editor1-last=Gander |editor2-first=Ian V. |editor2-last=Hogg |editor2-link=Ian V. Hogg |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons, 1995–1996 |year=1995 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |edition=21st |isbn=9780710612410 |oclc=32569399}}</ref><ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:M1911A1.png|150px]]
| [[.45 ACP]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|United States|1908}}
| 
|-
| [[Browning Hi-Power]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:FN Hi Power.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| 
|-
| [[CZ-75]]<ref name="Honduras">{{cite magazine|title=Police Small Arms Arsenals in the Northern Central American Triangle|date=4 December 2015|volume=7|issue=5|url=http://www.sadefensejournal.com/wp/?p=3259|magazine=Small Arms Defense Journal}}</ref>
| [[File:1977 CZ-75.png|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6" |Shotguns
|-
| [[Valtro PM-5|Valtro PM5/350]]<ref name=":0" />
|
| 12 gauge
| [[Shotgun]]
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| Use by Kaibiles; stockless configuration with 350mm barrel
|-
! colspan="6"| Submachine guns
|-
| [[Uzi]]<ref name="Jones">{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Richard |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009–2010 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5 |pages=896, 897, 899}}</ref><ref name="diez2000">{{cite book |title=Hand Guns |last=Diez |first=Octavio |year=2000 |publisher=Lema Publications |location=Barcelona |isbn=84-8463-013-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e8vcKLkEfcMC |language=ar |oclc=44059526 |access-date=2016-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916211618/http://books.google.com/books?id=e8vcKLkEfcMC |archive-date=2014-09-16 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2016-11-24 |title=wiw_sa_guatemala - worldinventory |url=https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_guatemala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124203356/https://sites.google.com/site/worldinventory/wiw_sa_guatemala |archive-date=2016-11-24 |access-date=2023-03-14}}</ref>
| [[File:Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 
|-
| [[Sa 23]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:Samopal Vz 25.JPG|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
|
|-
| [[FMK-3 submachine gun|FMK-3]]
| [[File:Pa3dm-fmk3-mod2.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|Argentina}}
| 
|-
| [[MAC-10]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:MAC10.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[M3 submachine gun|M3 Grease Gun]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:M3-SMG noBG.png|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| M3 and M3A1
|-
| [[Madsen M-50]]<ref name="Schwing2005">{{cite book|last=Schwing|first=Ned|title=Standard Catalog of Military Firearms: The Collector's Price and Reference Guide|date=5 November 2005|publisher=Krause Publications|location=Iola, Wisconsin|isbn=0-87349-902-6|pages=74–75}}</ref>
| [[File:Madsen M-50 at Hoi An Museum (cropped).jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|Denmark}}
| 
|-
| [[Beretta M12]]<ref name = "Gander">{{cite book|last = Gander| first = Jerry| title = Jane's Infantry Weapons 2002–2003 | publisher = Jane's Information Group| year = 2002| isbn =0-7106-2434-4 | pages =214, 899–906}}</ref>
| [[File:Beretta mod12s scheda.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Rifles
|-
| [[AK-74#AKS-74U|AKS-74U]]
| [[File:AKS74U (noBG).jpg|150px]]
| [[5.45×39mm]]
| [[Carbine]]<br />[[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}
| 
|-
| [[Vz. 58]]<ref name="czechpoint">{{cite web |url=http://www.czechpoint-usa.com/history-of-the-sa-vz-58 |title=Czechpoint - History of the Sa vz. 58 - History of the Sa vz. 58 rifle |publisher=Czechpoint-usa.com |access-date=2010-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706172756/http://www.czechpoint-usa.com/history-of-the-sa-vz-58/ |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[File:Sa 58-JH01 noBG.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
| 
|-
| [[IMI Galil]]<ref name="Haapiseva-Hunter">{{cite book |last=Haapiseva-Hunter |first=Jane |title=Israeli foreign policy: South Africa and Central America |publisher=[[South End Press]] |year=1999 |page=113 |isbn=978-0-89608-285-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_edpSrtACq0C}}</ref>
| [[File:Southern Partnership Station 14 140813-M-FN127-235.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 15,000 rifles
|-
| [[IWI Galil ACE]]<hr>Indumil Galil ACE<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2011/02/16/iwi-galil-ace-rifle-adopted-by-guatemala-national-civil-police/|title=IWI Galil ACE rifle adopted by Guatemala National Civil Police|website=The Firearm Blog|first=Steve|last=Johnson|date=16 February 2011}}</ref>
| [[File:IWI 3686.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}<br>{{Flag|Colombia}}
| 3,000 rifles
|-
| [[Galil Córdova]]<ref name="CN">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-09-20|title=Guatemala compró 8000 fusiles 'Galil Cordova' a Indumil, por más de 10 millones de dólares|url=https://www.webinfomil.com/2019/09/guatemala-compro-8000-fusiles-galil.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-02|website=Webinfomil|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Galile PL">{{cite web | url=https://milmag.pl/galile-dla-gwatemali/ | title=Galile dla Gwatemali | date=27 September 2019 }}</ref>
| [[File:Galil Córdova 13.png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Colombia}}
| 8,000 rifles
|-
| [[IWI Tavor|IWI CTAR21]]<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=InfoDefensa |first=Revista Defensa |title=El gobierno de Guatemala entrega nuevo armamento para sus Fuerzas Especiales Kaibil |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3148875/gobierno-guatemala-entrega-nuevo-armamento-fuerzas-especiales-kaibil |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Infodefensa - Noticias de defensa, industria, seguridad, armamento, ejércitos y tecnología de la defensa |language=es}}</ref>
| [[File:US Navy 090911-N-4267W-095 GM1 Sean Sammons assigned with Expeditionary Training Command (ETC) observes a member of the Guatemalan Navy Special Forces.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Bullpup]]<br>[[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| In use with [[Kaibiles]]
|-
| [[M16 rifle|M16]]<ref name=worldpolicy2000>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/smallarms.htm |title=Report: Profiling the Small Arms Industry – World Policy Institute – Research Project |date=November 2000 |publisher=World Policy Institute |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011093831/http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/smallarms.htm |archive-date=11 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[File:M16A2 rightside noBG.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| M16A1 and M16A2
|-
| [[T65 assault rifle|T65]]<ref>https://sadefensejournal.com/police-small-arms-arsenals-in-the-northern-central-american-triangle/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225204748/https://sadefensejournal.com/police-small-arms-arsenals-in-the-northern-central-american-triangle/|date=February 25, 2024}}</ref>
| [[File:TwT65.JPG|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Taiwan|name=Taiwan}}
| 
|-
| [[Heckler & Koch HK33]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:HK33A2 Flickr (yet another finn).png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|West Germany|name=Germany}}
| 
|-
| [[ArmaLite AR-10]]<ref name="Pikula45">Pikula, page 45</ref>
| [[File:AR10 Armalite vue d'ensemble noBG.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[Battle rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
| [[vz. 33]]{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=238}}
| [[File:G33-40 total noBG.jpg|150px]]
| [[7.92×57mm]]
| [[Carbine]]
| {{Flag|First Czechoslovak Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
| Ceremonial purposes
|-
| [[vz. 24]]{{sfn|Ball|2011|p=238}}
| [[File:Vz. 24 rifle noBG.png|150px]]
| [[7.92×57mm]]
| [[Bolt-action rifle]]
| {{Flag|First Czechoslovak Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
| Ceremonial purposes
|-
! colspan="6"| Machine guns
|-
| [[Daewoo Precision Industries K3|Daewoo K3]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/03/2011080300418.html|title=[현장르포] 30년만에 무분규 임금타결 S&T대우|access-date=2013-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218075246/http://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/08/03/2011080300418.html|archive-date=2013-12-18|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[File:Daewoo K3 machine gun 0.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Light machine gun]]
| {{Flag|South Korea}}
| 
|-
| [[ZB-53]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:7,92-мм югославский станковый пулемет системы В. Холека обр. 1938-40 годов.jpg|150px]]
| [[7.92×57mm]]
| [[Medium machine gun]]
| {{Flag|First Czechoslovak Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
| 
|-
| [[Browning M1919]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:Browning M1919a.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[Medium machine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
| [[Browning M2]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:PEO Browning M2E2 QCB (c1).jpg|150px]]
| [[.50 BMG]]
| [[Heavy machine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
| [[MG-34]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Checoslovaquia, Guatemala y México en el Período de la Revolución Guatemalteca: Ibero-Americana Pragensia – Supplementum 32/2013 |last=Perutka |first=Lukáš |date=September 2014 |publisher=Karolinum Press |isbn=978-80-246-2429-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IoM3BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA110 |page=110 |language=es}}</ref>
| [[File:Digital Museum MG 34 Right noBG.png|150px]]
| [[7.92×57mm]]
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| {{Flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany}}<br>{{Flag|Third Czechoslovak Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
| Received 1,000 from Czechoslovakia
|-
| [[FN MAG]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:IDF-FN-MAG.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Rocket propelled grenade launchers
|-
| [[Bazooka|M20 Super Bazooka]]<ref name="gander2002">{{cite book |editor1-first=Terry J.|editor1-last=Gander|editor2-first=Charles Q. |editor2-last=Cutshaw|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001/2002 |date=2001 |edition=27th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=9780710623171}}</ref>
| [[File:M20-bazooka-batey-haosef-1.jpg|150px]]
| 60mm
| [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Grenade launchers
|-
| [[M203 grenade launcher|M203]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.png|150px]]
| [[40mm grenade#40×46mm SR|40×46mm]]
| [[Grenade launcher]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[M79 grenade launcher|M79]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:M79 Grenade Launcher (7414625716).jpg|150px]]
| [[40mm grenade|40×46mm]]
| [[Grenade launcher]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|}

===Anti-tank weapons===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=16%| Name
! width=21%| Image
! width=15%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Caliber
! width=26%| Notes
|-
| [[M40 recoilless rifle|M40A1]]{{sfn|Military Balance 2016|p=399}}
| [[File:Recoilless-rifle-beyt-hatotchan-1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 105mm
| 56 in service.
|-
| [[Model 1968 recoilless gun|M-1968]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://desarrolloydefensa.blogspot.com.ar/search/label/Defensa%20-%20Armamento?updated-max=2015-07-26T06:22:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=249&by-date=false |title=Armamento argentino olvidado por la historia en Centro América |website=Desarrollo y Defensa |date=30 June 2015 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
| [[File:Czekalski cañón sin retroceso.JPG|150px]]
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| {{Flag|Argentina}}
| 105mm
| 64 in service.
|}

===Boats===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[Golfo de Tribuga-class landing craft]]
| [[File:LCU Quetzal (BL-1601).webp|150px]]
| [[Landing Craft Utility]]
| {{Flag|Colombia}}
| 1 
| 
|}

===Tanks===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[M41 Walker Bulldog]]
| [[File:M-41 bulldog 4.jpg|150px]]
| [[Light tank]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 10<ref name="Jane3">{{cite book |last=Foss |first=Christopher F. |title=Jane's Armour and Artillery 2005–2006 |pages=186–194 |year=2005 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7106-2686-8}}</ref><ref name="trade">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade Registers |publisher=Armstrade.sipri.org |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>
| 
|}

===Reconnaissance===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[RBY Mk 1]]
| [[File:RBY-MkI-latrun-2.jpg|150px]]
| [[Armored car (military)|Reconnaissance vehicle]] 
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 10<ref name="trade"/>
| 
|-
| [[M8 Greyhound]]
| [[File:Izvidniško oklepno vozilo M8 Greyhound.JPG|150px]]
| [[Armored car (military)|Armored car]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 12<ref name="Zaloga">{{cite book |last=Zaloga|first=Steve |title=M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car|year=2002 |publisher=Osprey |isbn=1-84176-468-X}}</ref>
| 
|}

===Armored personnel carriers===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]]
| [[File:Allied Spirit I 150126-A-LO967-001.jpg|150px]]
| [[Armored personnel carrier]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 15<ref name="Military Balance 2022">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance |date=2022 |publisher=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] |isbn=978-1-032-27900-8}}</ref>
| 
|-
| [[Cadillac Gage Commando]]
| [[File:Cadillac Gage Commando.JPEG|150px]]
| [[Armored personnel carrier]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 7<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=SIPRI arms transfer database |website=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]] |access-date=17 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |archive-date=14 April 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| 
|-
| [[Armadillo (APC)|Armadillo]]
| [[File:Armadillo Apc (66).JPG|150px]]
| [[Armored personnel carrier]]
| {{Flag|Guatemala}}
| 30<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/laespadaquesalvaelhonor/vblm-armadillo|title=HISTORY OF THE ARMADILLO|website=www.army-guide.com|access-date=2017-03-19}}</ref>
| 
|}

===Utility vehicles===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[AIL Abir]]
| [[File:Abir.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 20
| 
|-
| [[M151]]<ref name="BDAR"/>
| [[File:AMG M151 A2 (1978) GB (owner Gavin Broad).JPG|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| Unknown
| 
|-
| [[Jeep CJ|Jeep CJ-7]]
| [[File:Jeep Guatemala.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| Unknown
| 
|-
| [[Jeep J8]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2013/06/17/noticia-estados-unidos-dona-250-vehiculos-blindados-al-ejercito-y-policia-de-guatemala.html|title=Estados Unidos dona 250 vehículos blindados al Ejército y Policía de Guatemala|publisher=infodefensa.com|language=es|location=San Salvador|date=17 June 2013|accessdate=7 December 2013}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| [[File:Texas State Fair army vehicle.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 250
| 
|-
| [[Mazda BT-50]]
| [[File:Jeep Guatemala 2.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|Japan}}
| Unknown
| 
|-
! colspan="7"| Trucks
|-
| [[M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck|M35]]<ref name="BDAR"/>
| [[File:M35A2 with winch.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| Unknown
| 
|-
| [[M39 series 5-ton 6×6 truck|M54]]<ref name="BDAR">{{cite book|chapter=Annex C Appendix II|title=US Army Technical Manual of Foreign Military Sales: Battlefield Damage Assessment and Repair|url=http://imfmotorpool.com/063247.PDF|id=TM 9-2320-356-BD|location=Washington, D.C.|date=18 December 1987|page=262|access-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904154546/http://imfmotorpool.com/063247.PDF|archive-date=4 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[File:REFORGER 1991, M54 Truck unloading.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| Unknown
| 
|}

===Artillery===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortars]]
|-
| [[M224 mortar|M224]]
| [[File:60mm mortar round being launch (crop).jpg|150px]]
| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 625 
|
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Field artillery]]
|-
| [[M-56 Howitzer|M-56]]<ref name="Janes1998">{{cite encyclopedia|title=105 mm howitzer M56|encyclopedia=Jane's Armour and Artillery|edition=19|date=1998|publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]|first=Christopher F.|last=Foss|isbn=978-0710617903}}</ref>
| [[File:M56A1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Howitzer]]
| {{Flag|Yugoslavia}}
| 26
| 
|-
| [[M101 howitzer|M101]]
| [[File:JGSDF 105mm Howitzer M2A1(Type 58 105mm Howitzer) left front view at Camp Nihonbara October 1, 2017.jpg|150px]]
| [[Howitzer]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 24{{sfn|Military Balance 2016|p=399}}
| 
|}

===Air defence systems===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|Bofors L/60]]<ref name="MF">{{cite web |title=Bofors 40mm (Series) Towed Anti-Aircraft Gun / Air Defense Gun - Sweden |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=786 |website=www.militaryfactory.com |publisher=Military Factory |access-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219130414/https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=786 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |url-status=live }}{{better source needed|date=February 2019}}</ref>
| [[File:40mm bofors AA-gun in Finland.JPG|150px]]
| [[Autocannon]]
| {{Flag|Sweden}}
| Unknown
| 
|-
| [[Blowpipe (missile)|Blowpipe]]
| [[File:Blowpipe missile system being field-tested 1973.png|150px]]
| [[MANPADS]]
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| 
| 82 launchers
|}

==Notable military personnel==
* Captain General [[Rafael Carrera]] 
* Colonel [[Jacobo Árbenz Guzman]] 
* Field Marshal [[José Víctor Zavala]]
* General [[Justo Rufino Barrios]]
* General [[Miguel Garcia Granados]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Works cited===
* {{cite book|last=Ball|first=Robert W. D.|title=Mauser Military Rifles of the World|year=2011|location=Iola|publisher=Gun Digest Books|isbn=9781440228926}}
* {{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2016 |date=February 2016 |volume=116 |isbn=978-1-85743-835-2 |publisher=Routlegde |ref={{harvid|Military Balance 2016}} |author=International Institute for Strategic Studies |author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.mindef.mil.gt Official Website of Guatemala's Military] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227205305/http://www.mindef.mil.gt/ |date=2019-12-27 }}
* [http://www.fas.org/asmp/campaigns/smallarms/lainven.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315104510/http://www.fas.org/asmp/campaigns/smallarms/lainven.html |date=2016-03-15 }}
* [[Raúl Sohr|Raul Sohr]]. ‘’Centroamérica en guerra.’’ Alianza Editorial. México. 1988.
* Christopher F. Foss. ‘’Jane's tank and combat vehicles recognition guide. ‘’Harper Collins Publishers. UK. 2000.

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