Editing Armed Forces of Ecuador (section)

=== Army ===
{{Main|Ecuadorian Army}}

[[File:Coat of Arms of Ecuador Army.svg|180px|right]]

The '''Ecuadorian Army''' (''Ejército Ecuatoriano'') is the land component of the [[Armed Forces]]. Its 
25,650<ref name=IISSp410/> soldiers are deployed in relation to its [[military doctrine]]. The contemporary [[Ecuadorian Army]] has a large component of [[Jungle warfare|jungle]] and [[Special forces|special forces infantry units]] implemented within its structure. It operates around 236 tanks, 780 IFVs and 68 aircraft; their standard rifle is the [[Heckler & Koch HK33]]. Recently acquired material include:

*{{flagicon|Brazil}} 30 [[Agrale|4x4 vehicles]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Política Externa Brasileira |url=http://www.politicaexterna.com/archives/4432 |title=Exército do Equador Adquire Segundo Lote de Utilitários Agrale Marruá - Política Externa Brasileira |publisher=Politicaexterna.com |date=30 August 2009 |access-date=28 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904153156/http://www.politicaexterna.com/archives/4432 |archive-date=4 September 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://defesabrasil.com/site/noticias/internacional/agrale-marrua-sera-usado-pelo-exercito-do-equador-na-defesa-das-fronteiras.php ]{{Dead link|date=July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webtranspo.com.br/veiculos/2285-agrale-fornecera-veiculos-ao-exercito-do-equador |title=Agrale fornecerá veículos ao Exército do Equador |publisher=Webtranspo |date=20 February 2009 |access-date=28 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706155432/https://www.webtranspo.com.br/veiculos/2285-agrale-fornecera-veiculos-ao-exercito-do-equador |archive-date=6 July 2011}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Japan}} 15 [[Hino Motors|Hino]] trucks (donated by the USA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/blog/5556/global-insider-ecuadors-foreign-policy |title=Trend Lines: WPR Blog - Global Insider: Ecuador's Foreign Policy |publisher=Worldpoliticsreview.com |date=18 May 2010 |access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305042927/http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/blog/5556/global-insider-ecuadors-foreign-policy |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ecuador.usembassy.gov/ |title=U.S. Embassy Quito, Ecuador - Home |publisher=Ecuador.usembassy.gov |access-date=28 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318021728/http://ecuador.usembassy.gov/ |archive-date=18 March 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/38629/us-military-trains-with-ecuadorians-on-mounted-operations/ |title=U.S. military trains with Ecuadorians on mounted operations |publisher=Army.mil |date=6 May 2010 |access-date=28 July 2010}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Venezuela}} 2 [[Tiuna|4x4 vehicles]] (donated by Venezuela)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.venezuela.org.ec/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=263&Itemid=74 |title=Embajada de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela - VENEZUELA DONA A ECUADOR DOS VEHICULOS TIUNA DE RECONOCIMIENTO |publisher=Venezuela.org.ec |date=27 February 1989 |access-date=28 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133950/https://www.venezuela.org.ec/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=263&Itemid=74 |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/152239/ |title=Asumen sus cargos las nuevas autoridades de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ecuador (+ Fotos) en |publisher=Noticias24.com |access-date=28 July 2010}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Russia}} 2 [[Mil Mi-17]] helicopters{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
*{{flagicon|USA}} 107 [[Humvee]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcomercio.com.ec/actualidad/seguridad/ecuador-compra-ee-uu-107.html|title = El Comercio - Noticias del Ecuador y del mundo| date=23 March 2021 }}</ref>