Brazilian National Guard
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The Brazilian National Guard (Portuguese: Guarda Nacional Brasileira, or "GNB") is a militia that serves as a quasi-independent reserve forces component of the Brazilian military. Each state has its own National Guard unit: for example, the Amazonas National Guard, Pará National Guard, and so on. In times of peace, the National Guard units' primary duty is providing for the defense of their respective states; in times of war, they may be mobilized and deployed into the Army if need be. Each unit of the National Guard operates under the sole authority of its state government, although in times of war they can be federalized, in which case they operate under the authority of the Minister of Defense. The National Guard is commanded by Lieutenant General Augusto Reinaldo de Campos. The GNB uses mostly retired equipment, although it uses the same individual weapons as its counterparts in the regular armed forces. There are 35 National Guard brigades, giving the GNB a total of 175,000 personnel.
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Units
- Amazonas National Guard
- 12th National Guard Brigade
- Pará National Guard
- 11th National Guard Brigade
- Maranhão National Guard
- 5th National Guard Brigade
- Piauí National Guard
- 6th National Guard Brigade
- Ceará National Guard
- 10th National Guard Brigade
- Rio Grande do Norte National Guard
- 14th National Guard Brigade
- Paraíba National Guard
- 23rd National Guard Brigade
- Pernambuco National Guard
- 24th National Guard Brigade
- Alagoas National Guard
- 29th National Guard Brigade
- Sergipe National Guard
- 13th National Guard Brigade
- Bahia National Guard
- 3rd National Guard Brigade
- 4th National Guard Brigade
- Espírito Santo National Guard
- 19th National Guard Brigade
- Rio de Janeiro National Guard
- 1st National Guard Brigade
- 2nd National Guard Brigade
- 22nd National Guard Brigade
- Minas Gerais National Guard
- 7th National Guard Brigade
- 8th National Guard Brigade
- 9th National Guard Brigade
- Goiás National Guard
- 28th National Guard Brigade
- Mato Grosso National Guard
- 35th National Guard Brigade
- São Paulo National Guard
- 16th National Guard Brigade
- 18th National Guard Brigade
- 26th National Guard Brigade
- 27th National Guard Brigade
- 31st National Guard Brigade
- 32nd National Guard Brigade
- 33rd National Guard Brigade
- 34th National Guard Brigade
- Paraná National Guard
- 15th National Guard Brigade
- 30th National Guard Brigade
- Santa Catarina National Guard
- 17th National Guard Brigade
- Rio Grande do Sul National Guard
- 20th National Guard Brigade
- 25th National Guard Brigade
- Cisplatina National Guard
- 21st National Guard Brigade
Organization
Each National Guard brigade is organized as follows:
- 4 infantry battalions
- 1 tank battalion
- 1 artillery battalion
- 1 aviation battalion
- 1 engineer battalion
- 1 reconnaissance squadron
- 1 support battalion
- Headquarters
- 30 personnel commanded by a Brigadier
Infantry battalion
The infantry battalion is comprised of 4 infantry companies, a fire support company, an engineer platoon, a logistics company, a reconnaissance platoon, and a headquarters.
The infantry company consists of 3 platoons and 1 company headquarters. Each platoon has three EE-11 Urutu armored personnel carriers for each of its three squads. The squad's personnel include the section leader, two machine gunners, two grenadiers, and four riflemen, one of whom is a sniper. In these vehicles there are also the platoon commanding officer, the platoon executive officer, the platoon sergeant, and the medic. The Company Headquarters has two EE-11 Urutus (carrying the company CO, the company XO, the radio unit, three medics, and the company sergeant-major).
The fire support company consists of the following units and equipment:
- Direct fire platoon
- 8 VCTan medium tanks
- Indirect fire platoon
- 8 VCTM 120mm self-propelled mortars
- Air defense platoon
- 8 VCDA air defense vehicles
- Anti-tank platoon
- 8 VCLC 160mm rocket launchers
- Headquarters
- 1 VCPC command vehicle
The engineer platoon has two XM696 armored recovery vehicles and two M579 Fitter repair vehicles.
The logistics company consists of the following vehicles: ten XM1108 Universal Carriers and twenty M548 tracked cargo carriers.
The reconnaissance platoon has four M551 Sheridan light tanks, two EE-11 Urutus, and four M151 MUTT jeeps. The unit also includes a sniper section and two scout sections.
Headquarters is commanded by a colonel with a ten man staff, guarded by twenty security troops, and has two M577 command vehicles and four M151 MUTT jeeps.
Tank battalion
The tank battalion comprises 4 tank squadrons, a fire support company, an engineer platoon, a logistics company, a reconnaissance platoon, and a headquarters.
Each tank squadron consists of thirteen EE-T2 Osório main battle tanks.
The tank battalion's fire support company is noticeably smaller than that of the mechanized infantry battalion, consisting only of an indirect fire platoon and an air defense platoon (both organizationally similar to their counterparts in the mechanized infantry battalion).
The remaining units are identical to their counterparts in the mechanized infantry battalion.
Artillery battalion
The artillery battalion provides the primary means of fire support for the brigade. It possesses the following units and equipment:
- 2 field artillery batteries
- 8 M1955 (D-20) 155mm towed howitzers
- 1 BTR-152U command vehicle
- 1 rocket battery
- 8 BM-21 Grad 122mm self-propelled multiple rocket launchers
- 1 BTR-152U command vehicle
- 1 air defense battery
- 8 9K35 Strela-10 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
- Headquarters
- 1 BTR-152U command vehicle
Aviation battalion
The aviation battalion provides transportation, aerial reconnaissance, and close air support for the brigade. It operates the following aircraft:
- 12 AH-1F Cobra attack helicopters
- 12 OH-6A Cayuse light observation helicopters
- 12 UH-1H Iroquois utility transport helicopters
- 8 C-47 Skytrain transports
Engineer battalion
- 12 XM696 armored recovery vehicles
- 12 MT-55 armored vehicle launched bridges
- 8 M2 Amphibious Rigs
- 12 M579 Fitter repair vehicles
- 4 M728 Combat Engineer Vehicles
Reconnaissance squadron
- 12 M551 Sheridan light tanks
- 3 EE-11 Urutus
Support battalion
- Logistics
- 25 M548 tracked cargo carriers
- 25 XM1108 Universal Carriers
- Medical
- 12 M718A1 ambulances
- Military Intelligence
- 4 EE-9 Cascavel armored cars
- Military Police
- 12 EE-9 Cascavel armored cars
- 6 EE-3 Jararaca armored cars
- Signals Corps
- 4 M1015 Tracked Electronic Warfare Carriers
- Chemical Corps
- 4 M151A1D NBC reconnaissance vehicles
Small arms/Individual weapons
Pistols
- Jericho 941 9mm semi-automatic pistol
- SP-21 9mm semi-automatic pistol
- Desert Eagle .357 Magnum semi-automatic pistol
- Glock 18 9x19mm machine pistol
Shotguns
- Saiga-12 .410 shotgun
- Franchi SPAS-15 12 gauge shotgun
Submachine guns/carbines
- PP-19 Bizon 9x18mm submachine gun
- Micro Uzi 250mm submachine gun
- M4A1 5.56x45mm carbine
Rifles
- AK-74M 5.45x39mm assault rifle
- Heckler & Koch G36 5.56x45mm assault rifle
- Heckler & Koch HK416 5.56x45mm assault rifle
- Heckler & Koch G3A6 7.62x51mm battle rifle
- FN FAL 7.62x51mm battle rifle
- Dragunov SVU 7.62x54R sniper rifle
- Accuracy International AS50 .50 BMG sniper rifle
- SR-25 7.62x51mm semi-automatic sniper rifle
Machine guns
- M2 Browning .50 cal heavy machine gun
- FN MAG 7.62x51mm medium machine gun
- Rheinmetall MG3 7.62x51mm general purpose machine gun
- IMI Negev 5.56mm light machine gun
Grenade launchers/assault weapons
- AG-C/GLM 40mm grenade launcher
- Milkor XRGL40 40mm grenade launcher
- M203 40mm grenade launcher
- M79 40mm grenade launcher
- Mk 19 40mm grenade machine gun
- FGM-172 SRAW
- M136 AT4
- M72 LAW
- M40 105mm recoilless rifle
- Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle
