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| [[Beretta 92]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[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:Beretta 92 FS.gif|150px]]
| [[File:1977 CZ-75.png|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
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| [[Walther P38]]<ref name="Jones"/>
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| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Nazi Germany}}
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| [[Glock 19]]<ref name="Jones"/>
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| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
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| [[SIG Sauer P226]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:Pistole SIG Sauer P226 S.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
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! colspan="6" |Shotguns
! colspan="6" |Shotguns
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|[[Valtro PM-5|Valtro PM5/350]]<ref name=":0" />
| [[Valtro PM-5|Valtro PM5/350]]<ref name=":0" />
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|12 gauge
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|[[Shotgun]]
| [[Shotgun]]
|{{Flag|Italy}}
| {{Flag|Italy}}
|Use by Kaibiles; stockless configuration with 350mm barrel
| Use by Kaibiles; stockless configuration with 350mm barrel
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! colspan="6"| Submachine guns
! colspan="6"| Submachine guns
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| [[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>
| [[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]]
| [[File:Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[9×19mm]]
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|[[Uzi|Mini-Uzi]]<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>
| [[Sa 23]]<ref name="Jones"/>
|[[File:Uzi 2.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| [[File:Samopal Vz 25.JPG|150px]]
|[[9×19mm]]
| [[9×19mm]]
|[[Submachine gun]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
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| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
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| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| M3 and M3A1
| M3 and M3A1
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| [[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}}
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| [[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>
| [[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>
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| [[File:Beretta mod12s scheda.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
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! colspan="6"| Rifles
! colspan="6"| Rifles
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| [[AKM]]<ref>{{cite web |author=World Armies |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/world_armies/6657856223/in/album-72157624622197278/ |title=Guatemalan Special Forces |website=flicker.com |date=2011-12-06 |access-date=2017-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407061751/https://www.flickr.com/photos/world_armies/6657856223/in/album-72157624622197278/ |archive-date=2017-04-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[File:AKM automatkarbin Ryssland - 7,62x39mm - Armémuseum rightside noBG.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}
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| [[AK-74#AKS-74U|AKS-74U]]
| [[AK-74#AKS-74U|AKS-74U]]
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| [[Vz. 58|Samopal 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>
| [[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]]
| [[File:Sa 58-JH01 noBG.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}}
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|name=Czechoslovakia}}
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| [[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>
| [[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:Galil noBG.png|150px]]
| [[File:Southern Partnership Station 14 140813-M-FN127-235.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| {{Flag|Israel}}
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| 15,000 rifles
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| [[IWI 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>
| [[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]]
| [[File:IWI 3686.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| {{Flag|Israel}}<br>{{Flag|Colombia}}
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| 3,000 rifles
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| [[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>
| [[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>
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| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Colombia}}
| {{Flag|Colombia}}
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| 8,000 rifles
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|[[IWI Tavor|Tavor 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>
| [[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:Interpolitex 2011 (405-22).jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| [[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]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
| [[Bullpup]]<br>[[Assault rifle]]
|{{Flag|Israel}}
| {{Flag|Israel}}
|In use with [[Kaibiles]]
| In use with [[Kaibiles]]
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| [[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>
| [[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>
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| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| {{Flag|United States}}
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| M16A1 and M16A2
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|[[CAR-15|Colt 727]]<ref name=":0" />
| [[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>
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| [[File:TwT65.JPG|150px]]
|[[5.56×45mm]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|In use with [[Kaibiles]]<ref name=":0" />
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|[[CAR-15|Colt 733]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[File:Westdog-lds-m733 001.JPG|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[5.56×45mm]]
|[[Assault rifle]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|In use with [[Kaibiles]]<ref name=":0" />
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| [[M4 Carbine|M4]]
| [[File:PEO M4 Carbine RAS M68 CCO.png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Carbine]]<hr>[[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| {{Flag|Taiwan|name=Taiwan}}
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| [[T65 assault rifle|T65]]
| [[Heckler & Koch HK33]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:TwT65.JPG|150px]]
| [[File:HK33A2 Flickr (yet another finn).png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Taiwan}}
| {{Flag|West Germany|name=Germany}}
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| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
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| [[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
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| [[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
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! colspan="6"| Machine guns
! colspan="6"| Machine guns
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| [[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>
| [[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 1.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:Daewoo K3 machine gun 0.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Light machine gun]]
| [[Light machine gun]]
| {{Flag|South Korea}}
| {{Flag|South Korea}}
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| [[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}}
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| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
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| [[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
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| [[FN MAG]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[FN MAG]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:FN MAG white background.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:IDF-FN-MAG.png|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
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! colspan="6"| Sniper and anti-materiel rifles
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| [[Barrett M82]]
| [[File:Barrett-M82A1-Independence-Day-2017-IZE-048-white.jpg|150px]]
| [[.50 BMG]]
| [[Anti-materiel rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
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|[[M72 LAW|M7A2 LAW]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[File:M72A2 LAW.png|frameless|166x166px]]
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|[[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
|{{Flag|United  States}}
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! colspan="6"| Grenade launchers
! colspan="6"| Grenade launchers
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| [[M203 grenade launcher|M203]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[M203 grenade launcher|M203]]<ref name="Jones"/>
| [[File:PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.png|150px]]
| [[File:PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.png|150px]]
| [[40mm grenade#40×46mm SR|40×46mm SR]]
| [[40mm grenade#40×46mm SR|40×46mm]]
| [[Grenade launcher]]
| [[Grenade launcher]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| {{Flag|United States}}
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| [[Landing Craft Utility]]
| [[Landing Craft Utility]]
| {{Flag|Colombia}}
| {{Flag|Colombia}}
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| [[M41 Walker Bulldog]]
| [[M41 Walker Bulldog]]
| [[File:R.O.C Marine Corps M41A3 Walker Bulldog front view.jpg|150px]]
| [[File:M-41 bulldog 4.jpg|150px]]
| [[Light tank]]
| [[Light tank]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| {{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>
| 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>
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| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| {{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>
| 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>
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| [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]]
| [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113]]
| [[File:UA M113 01.jpg|150px]]
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===Work cited===
===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}}
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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox national military

The Guatemalan Armed Forces (Template:Langx) is the unified military organization comprising the Guatemalan Army, Navy, Air Force, and Presidential Honor Guard. The president of Guatemala is the commander-in-chief of the military, and formulates policy, training, and budget through the Minister of Defence. Day-to-day operations are conducted by the Chief of the General Staff.

History

Guatemala is a signatory to the Rio Pact and was a member of the Central American Defense Council (CONDECA). The 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.[1] 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 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 — achieved in 2004 — 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,[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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 Script error: No such module "Lang". (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.[5]

Organization

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

Leadership

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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.

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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

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The Guatemalan Air Force (Template:Langx) 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 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

Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes
Pistols
M1911[6][7] File:M1911A1.png .45 ACP Semi-automatic pistol Template:Country data United States
Browning Hi-Power[7] File:FN Hi Power.jpg 9×19mm Semi-automatic pistol Template:Country data Belgium
CZ-75[8] File:1977 CZ-75.png 9×19mm Semi-automatic pistol Template:Country data Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
Shotguns
Valtro PM5/350[9] 12 gauge Shotgun Template:Country data Italy Use by Kaibiles; stockless configuration with 350mm barrel
Submachine guns
Uzi[7][10][9] File:Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data Israel
Sa 23[7] File:Samopal Vz 25.JPG 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
FMK-3 File:Pa3dm-fmk3-mod2.jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data Argentina
MAC-10[7] File:MAC10.jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data United States
M3 Grease Gun[7] File:M3-SMG noBG.png 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data United States M3 and M3A1
Madsen M-50[11] File:Madsen M-50 at Hoi An Museum (cropped).jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data Denmark
Beretta M12[12] File:Beretta mod12s scheda.jpg 9×19mm Submachine gun Template:Country data Italy
Rifles
AKS-74U File:AKS74U (noBG).jpg 5.45×39mm Carbine
Assault rifle 		Template:Country data Soviet Union
Vz. 58[13] File:Sa 58-JH01 noBG.png 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Template:Country data Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
IMI Galil[14] File:Southern Partnership Station 14 140813-M-FN127-235.jpg 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Template:Country data Israel 15,000 rifles
IWI Galil ACE
Indumil Galil ACE[15] 		File:IWI 3686.jpg 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Template:Country data Israel
Template:Country data Colombia 		3,000 rifles
Galil Córdova[16][17] File:Galil Córdova 13.png 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Template:Country data Colombia 8,000 rifles
IWI CTAR21[9][18] 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 5.56×45mm Bullpup
Assault rifle 		Template:Country data Israel In use with Kaibiles
M16[19] File:M16A2 rightside noBG.jpg 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Template:Country data United States M16A1 and M16A2
T65[20] File:TwT65.JPG 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Template:Country data Taiwan
Heckler & Koch HK33[7] File:HK33A2 Flickr (yet another finn).png 5.56×45mm Assault rifle Template:Country data West Germany
ArmaLite AR-10[21] File:AR10 Armalite vue d'ensemble noBG.png 7.62×51mm Battle rifle Template:Country data United States
vz. 33Template:Sfn File:G33-40 total noBG.jpg 7.92×57mm Carbine Template:Country data First Czechoslovak Republic Ceremonial purposes
vz. 24Template:Sfn File:Vz. 24 rifle noBG.png 7.92×57mm Bolt-action rifle Template:Country data First Czechoslovak Republic Ceremonial purposes
Machine guns
Daewoo K3[22] File:Daewoo K3 machine gun 0.jpg 5.56×45mm Light machine gun Template:Country data South Korea
ZB-53[7] File:7,92-мм югославский станковый пулемет системы В. Холека обр. 1938-40 годов.jpg 7.92×57mm Medium machine gun Template:Country data First Czechoslovak Republic
Browning M1919[7] File:Browning M1919a.png 7.62×51mm Medium machine gun Template:Country data United States
Browning M2[7] File:PEO Browning M2E2 QCB (c1).jpg .50 BMG Heavy machine gun Template:Country data United States
MG-34[23] File:Digital Museum MG 34 Right noBG.png 7.92×57mm General-purpose machine gun Template:Country data Nazi Germany
Template:Country data Third Czechoslovak Republic 		Received 1,000 from Czechoslovakia
FN MAG[7] File:IDF-FN-MAG.png 7.62×51mm General-purpose machine gun Template:Country data Belgium
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
M20 Super Bazooka[24] File:M20-bazooka-batey-haosef-1.jpg 60mm Rocket-propelled grenade Template:Country data United States
Grenade launchers
M203[7] File:PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.png 40×46mm Grenade launcher Template:Country data United States
M79[7] File:M79 Grenade Launcher (7414625716).jpg 40×46mm Grenade launcher Template:Country data United States

Anti-tank weapons

Name Image Type Origin Caliber Notes
M40A1Template:Sfn File:Recoilless-rifle-beyt-hatotchan-1.jpg Recoilless rifle Template:Country data United States 105mm 56 in service.
M-1968[25] File:Czekalski cañón sin retroceso.JPG Recoilless rifle Template:Country data Argentina 105mm 64 in service.

Boats

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Golfo de Tribuga-class landing craft File:LCU Quetzal (BL-1601).webp Landing Craft Utility Template:Country data Colombia 1

Tanks

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
M41 Walker Bulldog File:M-41 bulldog 4.jpg Light tank Template:Country data United States 10[26][27]

Reconnaissance

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
RBY Mk 1 File:RBY-MkI-latrun-2.jpg Reconnaissance vehicle Template:Country data Israel 10[27]
M8 Greyhound File:Izvidniško oklepno vozilo M8 Greyhound.JPG Armored car Template:Country data United States 12[28]

Armored personnel carriers

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
M113 File:Allied Spirit I 150126-A-LO967-001.jpg Armored personnel carrier Template:Country data United States 15[29]
Cadillac Gage Commando File:Cadillac Gage Commando.JPEG Armored personnel carrier Template:Country data United States 7[30]
Armadillo File:Armadillo Apc (66).JPG Armored personnel carrier Template:Country data Guatemala 30[31]

Utility vehicles

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
AIL Abir File:Abir.jpg Utility vehicle Template:Country data Israel 20
M151[32] File:AMG M151 A2 (1978) GB (owner Gavin Broad).JPG Utility vehicle Template:Country data United States Unknown
Jeep CJ-7 File:Jeep Guatemala.jpg Utility vehicle Template:Country data United States Unknown
Jeep J8[33] File:Texas State Fair army vehicle.jpg Utility vehicle Template:Country data United States 250
Mazda BT-50 File:Jeep Guatemala 2.jpg Utility vehicle Template:Country data Japan Unknown
Trucks
M35[32] File:M35A2 with winch.jpg Utility truck Template:Country data United States Unknown
M54[32] File:REFORGER 1991, M54 Truck unloading.jpg Utility truck Template:Country data United States Unknown

Artillery

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Mortars
M224 File:60mm mortar round being launch (crop).jpg Mortar Template:Country data United States 625
Field artillery
M-56[34] File:M56A1.jpg Howitzer Template:Country data Yugoslavia 26
M101 File:JGSDF 105mm Howitzer M2A1(Type 58 105mm Howitzer) left front view at Camp Nihonbara October 1, 2017.jpg Howitzer Template:Country data United States 24Template:Sfn

Air defence systems

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Bofors L/60[35] File:40mm bofors AA-gun in Finland.JPG Autocannon Template:Country data Sweden Unknown
Blowpipe File:Blowpipe missile system being field-tested 1973.png MANPADS Template:Country data United Kingdom 82 launchers

Notable military personnel

References

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