Editing Belize Defence Force (section)

==Equipment==

=== Infantry weapons ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Photo
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Origin	
! style="text-align:l center! ; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|Variant
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Handguns]]
|-
| [[Browning Hi-Power]]
| [[File:FN Hi Power.jpg|150px]]
| {{BEL}}
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| [[Browning Hi-Power#Variants|FN35]]
| Standard side arm<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces">{{cite web|last= |first= |url= https://www.armyrecognition.com/belize_belizean_army_land_gound_defense_forces_uk/belize_belizean_army_land_ground_armed_defense_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligenc.html#armes|title= Belizean Armed defense forces|publisher= armyrecognition.com|year= |doi= |accessdate= 21 January 2022|url-access= |archive-date= 10 April 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230410002443/https://www.armyrecognition.com/belize_belizean_army_land_gound_defense_forces_uk/belize_belizean_army_land_ground_armed_defense_forces_military_equipment_armored_vehicle_intelligenc.html#armes|url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Submachine guns]]
|-
| [[Sterling submachine gun]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:Sterling SMG2.JPG|150px]]
| {{UK}}
| [[Submachine gun]]
| [[Sterling submachine gun#Variants|L2A3]]
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Assault rifles]]
|-
| [[M4 carbine]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/><ref name="bcgjanes"/>
| [[File:M4A1 ACOG.png|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Assault rifle]]
| [[M4 carbine#Variants |M4A1]]
|
|-
| [[M16 rifle]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:M16A1 brimob.jpg|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| Assault rifle
| [[M16 rifle#Variants |M16A2]]
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Machine guns]]
|-
| [[FN MAG]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:FN MAG Machine Gun Left.jpg|150px]]
| {{BEL}}
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| 
|
|-
| [[FN Minimi]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:Een prospectus-foto van een lichte mitrailleur met bandvoeding. Het betreft een FN Minimi, die getest wordt als mogelijke opvolger van de FN MAG (2086-064-010).jpg|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Light machine gun]]
| [[FN Minimi#Variants |M249]]<ref name="bcgjanes"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Heavy machine guns]]
|-
| [[M2 Browning]]
| [[File:PEO Browning M2E2 QCB (c1).jpg|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Heavy machine gun]]
|
| Used on patrol boats<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressoffice.gov.bz/photos2/military-parade/military-parade42/#top_of_page|title=Military-Parade42|access-date=2022-01-26|archive-date=12 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412150146/https://www.pressoffice.gov.bz/photos2/military-parade/military-parade42/#top_of_page|url-status=live}}{{better source needed|date=January 2022|reason=Reference only show picture of machine gune mounted on boat, no mention that it is M2 Browning}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Sniper rifles]]
|-
| [[Remington Model 700|Remington 700]]<ref name="bcgjanes">{{Cite web|url=https://bcg.gov.bz/belize-bcg-news/janes-overview-of-the-belize-coast-guard/|title=JANE's Overview Of The Belize Coast Guard|access-date=2022-01-26|archive-date=1 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001175446/https://bcg.gov.bz/belize-bcg-news/janes-overview-of-the-belize-coast-guard/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[File:Remington Model 700.JPG|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Sniper rifle]]
| 
| [[Bolt action rifle]]
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Hand grenades]]
|-
| [[M18 smoke grenade|M18]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:US Marines 100520-M-9232S-012 M18 green smoke grenade crop.jpg|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| Smoke grenade
| 
|
|-
| L83A1<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:SmokeGrenade2.JPG|75px]]
| {{UK}}
| [[Smoke grenade|Smoke screening hand grenade]]
| 
|
|-
| [[L109A1]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:Grenade IMG 3098.jpg|75px]]
| {{UK}}
| fragmentation grenade
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanpedrosun.com/crime-and-violence/2015/01/29/2600-rounds-ammunition-stolen-bdf-storage-bay/ |title=Over 2,600 rounds of ammunition stolen from BDF storage bay |date=29 January 2015 }}</ref>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Grenade launchers]]
|-
| [[M203]]<ref name="Belizean Armed defense forces"/>
| [[File:M16A2 Rifle with M203 Grenade Launcher (7414627064).jpg|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| grenade launcher
| 40mm
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Anti-tank weapons]]
|-
| [[Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle| Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle]]
| [[File:Carl Gustav M3 Kokonaisturvallisuus 2015.jpg|150px]]
| {{SWE}}
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| 
| <ref name="IISS_2012_374" />
|}

===Mortars===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Photo
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Origin	
! style="text-align:l center! ; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|Variant
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | [[Firearm |Light infantry mortars]]
|-
| [[L16 81mm mortar| L16 mortar]]
| [[File:81mmMORT L16.png|150px]]
| {{UK}}
| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
| 81mm
| <ref name="IISS_2012_374">IISS (2012), p. 374</ref>
|}

=== Unmanned aerial vehicles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Origin	
! style="text-align:l center! ; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"|  Patrol drones
|-
| Skyfront
| {{USA}}
| [[Unmanned aerial vehicles]]
| Perimeter 8+ UAV
| The Belize Coast Guard drone squadron with Perimeter 8+ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), acquired with the help of the United States through California-based military robotics firm Skyfront.<ref name="Perimeter8">{{Cite web|url=https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/belize-deploys-drone-squadron-on-its-borders/ |title=Belize Deploys Drone Squadron on Its Borders |date=3 December 2024 }}</ref>
|}

=== Light utility vehicles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Photo
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Origin	
! style="text-align:l center! ; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|In Service
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Utility vehicle]]
|-
|[[Jeep J8]]
|[[File:Jeep_J8_Peru.jpg|150px]]
|{{USA}}
|[[utility vehicle]]
|6<ref name="3jeep">{{Cite web|url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/92559|date=2013-11-15|access-date=2022-01-26|title=U.S. Government gifts the B.D.F. and Coast Guard vehicles and equipment|first=Mike|last=Rudon|work=News 5|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408222457/https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/92559|url-status=live}}</ref>
|gifted by the US 
|-
|[[Land Rover Defender]]
|[[File:Ex-Australian Army Land Rover.JPG|150px]]
|{{UK}}
|[[Sport utility vehicle]]
|4+
|donated by the [[United Kingdom|British]] upon [[BATSUB]]’s departure in 2011<ref name="2011donat">{{Cite web|url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/62969|date=2011-11-07|access-date=2022-01-26|title=BATSUB closes down and gives B.D.F. a parting gift|first=Andrea|last=Polanco|work=News 5|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408224327/https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/62969|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Pickup truck]]
|-
|[[Mahindra Scorpio Getaway]] 
|[[File:Indian army mahindra scorpio.jpg|150px]]
|{{IND}}
|[[Pickup truck]]
|10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanpedrosun.com/politics-and-government/2012/11/03/bdf-receives-three-mahindra-vehicles-and-a-john-deere-tractor/|access-date=2022-01-26|date=2012-11-03|work=The San Pedro Sun|title=BDF Receives Three Mahindra Vehicles and a John Deere Tractor|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408215826/https://www.sanpedrosun.com/politics-and-government/2012/11/03/bdf-receives-three-mahindra-vehicles-and-a-john-deere-tractor/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|-
|[[Ford F250]]
|[[File:'17 Ford Super Duty F-250 Crew Cab.jpg|150px]]
|{{USA}}
|[[Pickup truck]]
|10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bz.usembassy.gov/u-s-government-donates-counter-narcotics-equipment-belize-ministry-defence/|access-date=2022-01-26|title=U.S. Government Donates Counter Narcotics Equipment to Belize Ministry of Defence|date=2018-02-13|publisher=U.S. Embassy in Belize|archive-date=23 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923070150/https://bz.usembassy.gov/u-s-government-donates-counter-narcotics-equipment-belize-ministry-defence/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanpedrosun.com/government/2020/03/24/us-embassy-donates-heavy-duty-trucks-to-the-ministry-of-national-security/|title=US Embassy Donates Heavy Duty Trucks to the Ministry of National Security|access-date=2022-01-26|date=2020-03-24|work=The San Pedro Sun|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002113802/https://www.sanpedrosun.com/government/2020/03/24/us-embassy-donates-heavy-duty-trucks-to-the-ministry-of-national-security/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|8 assigned to the Defence Force and two to the [[Belize Coast Guard]]. 
|-
|[[Ford F450]]
|[[File:2014 Ford F-450 Super Duty Crew Cab Platinum in Tuxedo Black Metallic, front right.jpg|150px]]
|{{USA}}
|[[Pickup truck]]
|2
|assigned to the Special Boat Unit.<ref name="f450">{{cite web|url=http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=14980|title=US Donating Boats and Trucks to BDF|access-date=2022-01-26|date=2009-09-08|archive-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409213047/https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=14980|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Toyota Hilux]]
|[[File:Royal Thai Army, Toyota Hilux Revo utility vehicle..jpg|150px]]
|{{JPN}}
|[[Pickup truck]]
|1
|assigned to the administration.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressoffice.gov.bz/bdf-and-coast-guard-receive-new-vehicles/|title=BDF and Coast Guard Receive New Vehicles – Government of Belize Press Office}}</ref>
|-
|[[Nissan Frontier]]
|
|{{JPN}}
|[[Pickup truck]]
|1
|For patrol mission.<ref name="auto"/>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Military ambulance]]
|-
|[[Toyota Land Cruiser (J70)|Toyota Land Cruiser]]
|[[File:2003 Toyota LandCruiser 75 series Troopcarrier ambulance (5350146755).jpg|150px]]
|{{JPN}}
|[[Military ambulance]]
|2<ref name="usagift"/>
|
|-
|[[Jeep J8]]
|[[File:Jeep J8 IDET.jpg|150px]]
|{{USA}}
|[[Military ambulance]]
|1<ref name="3jeep"/>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[All-terrain vehicle]]
|-
|[[Polaris Inc.|Polaris]]
|[[File:Pittsburg Police Polaris Ranger XP 1000.jpg|150px]]
|{{USA}}
|[[All-terrain vehicle]]
|6<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/55365|date=2013-11-15|access-date=2011-06-03|title=BATSUB donates all-terrain vehicles to B.D.F.|work=News 5|archive-date=8 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408215855/https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/55365|url-status=live}}</ref>
|
|}

=== Logistic and engineering vehicles ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Name
! style="text-align:center; background:#aabccc;"|Photo
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Origin	
! style="text-align:l center! ; background:#aabccc;"|Type
! style="text-align:l center; background:#aabccc;"|In Service
! style="text-align: center; background:#aabccc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Trucks]]
|-
|[[Hino 500]]
|[[File:Royal Thai Army, Hino 500 military truck..jpg|150px]]
|{{JPN}}
|[[Military logistics|logistical]]
|21
|donated by the [[US]]<ref name="usagift">{{Cite web|url=https://bz.usembassy.gov/united-states-donates-vehicles-and-equipment-to-ministry-of-national-security-to-protect-border-security/|access-date=2022-01-26|title=United States Donates Vehicles and Equipment to Ministry of National Security to Protect Border Security|date=2020-08-06|publisher=U.S. Embassy in Belize|archive-date=23 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923152519/https://bz.usembassy.gov/united-states-donates-vehicles-and-equipment-to-ministry-of-national-security-to-protect-border-security/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GOB">{{Cite web|url=https://lovefm.com/bdf-receive-donation-of-ten-new-hino-trucks-from-gob/|title=BDF Receive Donation of Ten New Hino Trucks from GOB|website=Love FM Belize News & Music Power}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bedford TL|Bedford TM]]
|[[File:Bedford Mk, 4-ton class GS truck (MLC 10).jpg|150px]]
|{{UK}}
| logistical 
|17<ref name="2013donat">{{Cite web|url=https://amandala.com.bz/news/batsub-donates-military-vehicles-bdf/|title=BATSUB donates military vehicles to BDF|access-date=2022-01-26|date=2013-07-12|work=Amandala|archive-date=27 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927161035/https://amandala.com.bz/news/batsub-donates-military-vehicles-bdf/|url-status=live}}</ref>	
|donated by the [[United Kingdom|British]] upon [[BATSUB]]’s departure in 2011<ref name="2011donat"/>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Engineering vehicles]]
|-
|[[John Deere ]]
|[[File:John Deere 5055E.JPG|150px]]
| {{USA}}
| tractor 
| 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanpedrosun.com/politics-and-government/2012/11/03/bdf-receives-three-mahindra-vehicles-and-a-john-deere-tractor/ |title=BDF Receives Three Mahindra Vehicles and a John Deere Tractor |date=3 November 2012 }}</ref>	
|5055E - series
|-
|}

=== Special boat units Fleet ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Class
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|Photo
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;"|Boats
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;"|In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;"|Notes
|-
! style="align: center; background: levander;" colspan="7"|  River patrol
|-
| Metal shark
| 
| {{USA}}
| Fast patrol boat
| 24Riverine
| 6
| patrolling of the Sarstoon River and transport of troops up to Cadenas and the mouth of the Sarstoon<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=37645 | title=7 News Belize }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalsharkboats.com/military-boats/|title=Military Boats &#124; Metal Shark}}</ref>
|-
| Nor-tex 
| 
| {{USA}}
| Interceptor/Fast patrol boat
| 2008
| 2+
| 2 NOR-TECH Interceptor Fast Patrol Boats donated by the U.S. in 2009<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| BDF 'SARSTOON'
| 
| {{BLZ}}
| Fast transport cutter
| 
| 3+
| patrolling of the Sarstoon River and transport of troops up to Cadenas and the mouth of the Sarstoon<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
| BDF03 'MOHO' BDF04 'HONDO' 
| 
| {{BLZ}}
| fast cutter
| 
| 2+
| patrolling of the Sarstoon River and transport of troops up to Cadenas and the mouth of the Sarstoon<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
|}

=== Aircraft ===
{| 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="6"| [[Attack aircraft|Light attack]] / [[Counter-insurgency aircraft|COIN aircraft]] 
|-
| [[Britten-Norman Defender|BN-2B Defender]]
| {{UK}}
| [[Patrol aircraft|Patrol]] / [[Multi-role aircraft|Multi-role]]
| 
| 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2023">{{cite web|last= |first= |website= [[Facebook]]|url= https://www.facebook.com/belizelivenews/posts/bdf-congratulates-3-soldiers-for-the-forces-1st-international-military-flight-in/742054419729680/}}</ref>
|
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Reconnaissance aircraft|Reconnaissance]] / [[Maritime patrol aircraft|Maritime Patrol]]
|-
| [[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208]]
| {{USA}}
| [[Patrol aircraft|Patrol]] / [[Utility aircraft|Utility]]
| 
| 1
| donated by the U.S.; aircraft with FLIR system for patrol mission<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bz.usembassy.gov/united-states-donates-cessna-caravan-aircraft-to-the-ministry-of-national-defence-and-border-security/ |title=United States Donates Cessna Caravan Aircraft to the Ministry of National Defence and Border Security |date=2 March 2023 |accessdate=8 March 2023 |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Belize}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Military transport aircraft|Transport]]
|-
| [[Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander|BN-2 Islander]]
| {{UK}}
| utility
| 
| 1<ref>{{cite web|last= |first= |url= https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=90688|title= World Air Forces 2023|publisher= Flightglobal Insight|year= 2023|doi= |accessdate= 23 November 2022|url-access= registration|archive-date= 7 December 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221207224755/https://www.flightglobal.com/download?ac=90688|url-status= live}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[Piper PA-34 Seneca|Piper Seneca PA34]]
| {{USA}}
| utility
| PA34-200T
| 1
| 28 October 2015 aircraft Piper Seneca PA34-200T N32812 was confiscated and handed over to the BDF; tail nr. BDF07
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Helicopters]]
|-
| [[UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1]]
| {{USA}}
| utility
| [[Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants#UH-1H|UH-1H ]]
| 1<ref name="World Air Forces 2023"/>
| 
|-
| [[Bell 407]]
| {{USA}}
| utility
| 
| 1
| Helicopter was confiscated and handed over to the BDF<ref name="news">{{cite web|last= |first= |title= Pilot and passengers disappear &#124; Amandala Newspaper|url= https://amandala.com.bz/news/pilot-passengers-disappear/}}</ref>
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6"| [[Trainer aircraft]]
|-
| [[Cessna 182 Skylane]]
| {{USA}}
| light utility aircraft
| 182J 
| 1
| 
|-
|}