Editing Armed Forces of Honduras

{{Short description|Combined military forces of Honduras}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox national military
| name               = Armed Forces of Honduras
| native_name        = {{native name|es|Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras}}
| image              = Escudo Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras 2022.svg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Coat of arms of the Honduran Armed Forces
| image2             = 
| alt2               = 
| caption2           = 
| motto              = 
| founded            = {{Start date and age|1825|df=yes}}
| current_form       = 
| disbanded          = 
| branches           = [[Honduran Army]]<br />[[Honduran Air Force]]<br />[[Honduran Navy]]
| headquarters       = 
| website            = {{URL|https://www.ffaa.mil.hn/|Official website}}
<!-- Leadership -->
| commander-in-chief = [[Xiomara Castro]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[President of Honduras|Commander-in-Chief]]
| chief minister     = 
| chief minister_title = 
| minister           = [[Rixi Moncada]]
| minister_title     = 
| commander          = GEN Roosevelt Hernández Aguilar
| commander_title    = [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Honduras)|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]
<!-- Manpower -->
| age                = 18 for voluntary 2–3-year service
| conscription       = 
| manpower_data      = 
| manpower_age       = 16–49
| available          = 1,868,940<ref name="ciafactbook">{{cite web| url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/honduras/| title=CIA World Factbook| date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
| available_f        = 1,825,770 (2008 est.)
| fit                = 1,397,938
| fit_f              = 1,402,398 (2009 est.)
| reaching           = 92,638
| reaching_f         = 88,993 (2009 est.)
| active             = 52,225<ref name="nationmaster">{{cite web| url=http://www.nationmaster.com/country/ho-honduras/mil-military| title=NationMaster.com}}</ref>
| ranked             = 
| reserve            = 
| deployed           = 
<!-- Financial -->
| amount             = $405,000,000<ref name="Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)">{{cite web|url=http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/expenditures/country-search |title=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104013440/http://portal.sipri.org/publications/pages/expenditures/country-search |archive-date=2015-01-04 }}</ref>
| percent_GDP        = 1.1% as of 2012<ref name="Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)"/>
<!-- Industrial -->
| domestic_suppliers = 
| foreign_suppliers  = {{BRA}}<br>{{CAN}}<br>{{CZE}}<br>{{FRA}}<br>{{IND}}<br>{{INA}}<br>{{ISR}}<br>{{ITA}}<br>{{JPN}}<br>{{KOR}}<br>{{MEX}}<br>{{TWN}}<br>{{UK}}<br>{{USA}}
| imports            = 
| exports            = 
<!-- Related articles -->
| history            = 
| ranks              = [[Military ranks of Honduras]]
}}

The '''Armed Forces of [[Honduras]]''' ({{langx|es|Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras}}), consists of the [[Honduran Army]], [[Honduran Navy]] and [[Honduran Air Force]].

==History==
===Early republican era===
The Armed Forces of Honduras were created through article 44, subsection 4 of the First Constitution of the Legislative Chamber in 1825, with the First Supreme Head of State being the Attorney [[Dionisio de Herrera]], for which, they ordered the effective birth of the Honduran army in dated December 11, 1825 and for its greater mobility, it was divided into battalions with the name of each of the seven departments Comayagua the capital, Tegucigalpa, Choluteca, Olancho, Yoro, Gracias and Santa Bárbara that were in charge of strategically and tactically covering order and defense of the state, under French military doctrine. In 1831 the Military School was created with a seat at the San Francisco Barracks, and Colonel Narciso Benítez of Colombian origin was appointed director; From this school graduated: [[Francisco Morazán]], [[José María Antonio de la Cruz Márquez|José Antonio Márquez]], [[Diego Vigil y Cocaña|Diego Vigil]], [[Liberato Moncada]], [[Joaquín Rivera]] and [[José Santos Guardiola]] who were presidents of Honduras, among others.

The first weaponry used was flintlock and gunpowder, the product of mixing sulfur, saltpeter, and coal in relative quantities: the [[Remington Rolling Block rifle|Remington]] single-load rifle was one of the first bullet rifles that were introduced into the country during the government of General José María Medina. 

=== Mid 19th centrury ===
The second stage of the Armed Forces is between the years 1842 and 1876 when the collective uniform emerged in the mid-1840s when the troops of General José Santos Guardiola faced those of General Nicolás Ángulo, in 1845 in the " Combate del Obrajuelo ", in [[San Miguel, El Salvador|San Miguel]], El Salvador.

In 1865 the first attempt was made to organize a [[Navy|Naval Force]] with its respective regulations; however, the cost of this service made it unsustainable; However, there were several attempts to reactivate the idea and one of them was carried out by Doctor [[Policarpo Bonilla]], who ordered the construction of the Tatumbla steamship in the Kiel shipyard, Germany on November 22, 1895, and then in 1896 respectively, General Manuel Bonilla had the 'Hornet built. While he administered Honduras, the Doctor and General Don [[Tiburcio Carías Andino|Tiburcio Carias Andino]] also ordered the construction of the steamers Búfalo and El Tigre. On January 1, 1881, the first Military Code of the Honduran army was issued, a legal instrument to govern its own organization.

=== 20th century ===
During the twentieth century, Honduran military leaders frequently became presidents, either [[History of Honduras#1899-1948|through elections]] or by [[coup d'état|coups d'état]]. General [[Tiburcio Carías Andino]] was elected in 1932, he later on called a constituent assembly that allowed him to be reelected, and his rule became more authoritarian until an election in 1948.

During the [[History of Honduras#1955–1979|following decades]], the military of Honduras carried out several coups d'état, starting in October 1955. General [[Oswaldo López Arellano]] carried out the next coup in October 1963 and a second in December 1972, followed by coups in 1975 by [[Juan Alberto Melgar Castro]] and in 1978 by [[Policarpo Paz García]].

===1980s===
Events during the 1980s in [[El Salvador]] and [[Nicaragua]] led [[Honduras]] – with [[United States|US]] assistance – to expand its [[military|armed forces]] considerably, laying particular emphasis on its [[Honduran Air Force|air force]], which came to include a squadron of US-provided [[Northrop F-5|F-5]]s.

The military unit [[Battalion 3-16 (Honduras)|Battalion 316]] carried out political [[assassination]]s and the [[torture]] of suspected political opponents of the government during this same period. Battalion members received training and support from the United States [[Central Intelligence Agency]], in [[Honduras]], at U.S. military bases<ref name="baltimoresun_battalion316">{{cite news|first=Gary |last=Cohn |author2=Ginger Thompson |title=When a wave of torture and murder staggered a small U.S. ally, truth was a casualty |date=1995-06-11 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-negroponte1a,0,294534.story |access-date=2009-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522165946/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-negroponte1a,0,294534.story |archive-date=2011-05-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in [[Chile]] during the presidency of the dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]].<ref name="Nizkor316">[[Equipo Nizkor]], [http://www.margen.org/articu/nizkor1.html LA APARICION DE OSAMENTAS EN UNA ANTIGUA BASE MILITAR DE LA CIA EN HONDURAS REABRE LA PARTICIPACION ARGENTINO-NORTEAMERICANA EN ESE PAIS.], ''[[Margen]]'' {{in lang|es}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] estimated that at least 184 people [[forced disappearance|"disappeared"]] from 1980 to 1992 in Honduras, most likely due to actions of the Honduran military.<ref name="AI_honduras_1980s">{{cite web| title =Honduras: Still waiting for justice| publisher =[[Amnesty International]]| year =1998| url =https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr37/004/1998/en/ | access-date =2009-07-27 }}</ref>

===1990s===
The resolution of the civil wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and across-the-board budget cuts made in all ministries, has brought reduced funding for the Honduran Armed Forces. The abolition of the draft has created staffing gaps in the now all-volunteer armed forces. The military is now far below its authorized strength, and further reductions are expected. In January 1999, the Constitution was amended to abolish the position of military Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, thus codifying civilian authority over the Military.

===2000s===
Since 2002, soldiers have been involved in crime prevention and law enforcement, patrolling the streets of the major cities alongside the national police.

====2009====
{{main|2009 Honduran constitutional crisis|Human rights in Honduras#Roberto Micheletti de facto presidency}}

On 28 June 2009, in the context of a [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]], the Military, acting on orders of the Supreme Court of Justice, [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis#Coup d'état|arrested the President Manuel Zelaya]], after which they forcibly removed elected President Zelaya from Honduras. See the article [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis]] regarding claims regarding legitimacy and illegitimacy of the event, and events preceding and following the removal of Zelaya from Honduras.

The military's chief lawyer, Colonel Herberth Bayardo Inestroza Membreño, made public statements regarding the removal of Zelaya. On June 30, he showed a detention order, apparently signed June 26 by a Supreme Court judge, which ordered the armed forces to detain the president.<ref name="courtorder">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/world/americas/02coup.html | title=Leader's Ouster Not a Coup, Says the Honduran Military|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 1, 2009|last=Lacy|first=Marc|access-date=July 3, 2009}}</ref> Colonel Inestroza later stated that deporting Zelaya did not comply with the court order: "In the moment that we took him out of the country, in the way that he was taken out, there is a crime. Because of the circumstances of the moment this crime occurred, there is going to be a justification and cause for acquittal that will protect us."<ref name="MH-03-07-2009">English summary of interview with the legal counsel of the Honduras armed forces, Colonel Herberth Bayardo Inestroza, {{cite news|first=Frances |last=Robles |title=Top Honduran military lawyer: We broke the law |date=2009-07-03 |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/1506/story/1125872.html |access-date=2009-09-06 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5jb00TM3J?url=http://www.miamiherald.com/1506/story/1125872.html |archive-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=live }}; original {{cite web|last=Dada |first=Carlos |author2=José Luis Sanz |title=Cometimos un delito al sacar a Zelaya, pero había que hacerlo |publisher=El Faro.net, El Salvador |date=2009-07-02 |url=http://www.elfaro.net/secciones/Noticias/20090629/noticias16_20090629.asp |access-date=2009-09-06 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5jayZVstj?url=http://www.elfaro.net/secciones/Noticias/20090629/noticias16_20090629.asp |archive-date=2009-09-06 |url-status=dead |language=es }}</ref> He said the decision was taken by the military leadership "in order to avoid bloodshed".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cooperativa.cl/prontus_nots/site/artic/20090703/pags/20090703161258.html|title=Ejército de Honduras reconoció que cometió un delito al sacar a Zelaya|work=www.cooperativa.cl|publisher=Compañía Chilena de Comunicaciones S.A.|language=es|access-date=2009-07-05}}</ref>

Following the 2009 ouster of the president, the Honduran military together with other government security forces were allegedly responsible for thousands of allegedly [[Detenido desaparecido|arbitrary detentions]]<ref name="CIDH_en_prelim">{{cite web|title=Preliminary Observations on the IACHR Visit to Honduras |publisher=[[Inter-American Court of Human Rights]] |date=2009-08-21 |url=http://www.cidh.oas.org/Comunicados/English/2009/60-09eng.Preliminary.Observations.htm |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830232144/http://www.cidh.oas.org/Comunicados/English/2009/60-09eng.Preliminary.Observations.htm |archive-date=2009-08-30 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Detenido desaparecido|and for several forced disappearances]] and [[extrajudicial execution]]s of opponents to the ''de facto'' government, including members of the [[Democratic Unification Party]]. However, evidence about these actions has yet to be provided and there has been some questioning in local media about the actual perpetrators, suggesting that they could actually be related to disputes within the leftists organizations themselves.<ref name="cofadeh_report_20090715">{{cite web|title=Informe Preliminar Violaciones A Derechos Humanos En El Marco Del Golpe De Estado En Honduras |publisher=[[Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras]] |date=2009-07-15 |url=http://www.cofadeh.org/html/documentos/informe_violaciones_ddhh_golpe_estado.doc |access-date=2009-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029175718/http://www.cofadeh.org/html/documentos/informe_violaciones_ddhh_golpe_estado.doc |archive-date=2009-10-29 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="internat_mission_FIDHetc_prelim090806">{{cite web|title=International Observation Mission for the Human Rights Situation in Honduras Preliminary Report – Confirmed systematic human rights violations in Honduras since the coup d'etat |publisher=Upside Down World |date=2009-08-06 |url=http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2040/68/ |access-date=2009-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809131815/http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2040/68/ |archive-date=2009-08-09 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="internat_mission_FIDHetc_final_es_090806">{{cite web|last=Pérez |first=Luis Guillermo |display-authors=etal |title=Gobierno de facto viola derechos humanos |publisher=Agencia Latinoamerica de Información |date=2009-08-06 |url=http://alainet.org/active/32206 |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203021554/http://alainet.org/active/32206 |archive-date=2009-12-03 |url-status=live |language=es }}</ref><ref name="enlazando_mission090730">{{cite web|title=International Mission denounces the brutal repression of pacific demonstrations |publisher=Agencia Latinoamerica de Información |date=2009-07-30 |url=http://www.alainet.org/active/32099 |access-date=2009-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724231655/http://www.alainet.org/active/32099 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="quixote_hnAG">{{cite web |last=Quixote Center Emergency Delegation of Solidarity, Accompaniment and Witness |title=Letter to Honduran Attorney General Rubi |publisher=Quixote Center |date=2009-08-07 |url=http://quixote.org/node/934 |access-date=2009-08-09 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20101127152452/http://quixote.org/node/934 |archive-date=2010-11-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="hrw_responds_to_93academics">{{cite web|last=Human Rights Watch|author-link=Human Rights Watch|title=Honduras: Rights Report Shows Need for Increased International Pressure |publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] |date=2009-08-25 |url=https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/08/25/honduras-rights-report-shows-need-increased-international-pressure |access-date=2009-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828022918/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/08/25/honduras-rights-report-shows-need-increased-international-pressure |archive-date=2009-08-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Army ==
{{Expand section|How large is the army, how is it structured, where are army bases located.|date=July 2015}}
{{Main|Honduran Army}}
The '''Honduran Army''' ({{langx|es|Ejército de Honduras|lit=Army of Honduras}}) is the [[land warfare|land]] [[military branch|service branch]] of the Armed Forces of Honduras.

* 101st Brigade in [[Choluteca (department)|Choluteca]]
* 105th Brigade in [[San Pedro Sula]]
* 110th Brigade in [[Danli]]
* 115th Brigade in [[Juticalpa]]
* 120th Brigade in [[Santa Rosa de Copan]]

==Air Force==
{{main|Honduran Air Force}}

The FAH operates from four air bases located at:
* Hernan Acosta Mejia Air Base at [[Toncontín International Airport|Tegucigalpa]]
* Soto Cano Air Base at [[Soto Cano Air Base|Comayagua]],<ref name=
"academia">{{cite web |url=http://www.academiamilfah.com |title=Academia Militar de Aviación |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418025836/http://www.academiamilfah.com/ |archive-date=2009-04-18 }}</ref>
* Armando Escalon Espinal Air Base at [[Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport|La Lima, Cortés]]
* Hector Caraccioli Moncada at [[Golosón International Airport|La Ceiba]].

With the exception of Soto Cano Air Base, all other air bases operate as dual civil and military aviation facilities.

Additionally, three air stations are located at:
* Catacamas
* Alto Aguán (bomb range)
* Puerto Lempira airstrips serve as forward operations locations-FOL.

Also a radar station operates at:
* La Mole peak.

==Navy==
{{main|Honduran Navy}}

The Navy is a small force dealing with coastal and riverine security.

The Navy has 71 patrol boats, interceptors and landing craft units.

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: left;"|Class
! style="text-align: left;"|Origin
! style="text-align: left;"|Type
! style="text-align: left;"|Versions
! style="text-align: left;"|In service
! style="text-align: left;"|Fleet
|-
| ISRAEL SHIPYARDS [[Sa'ar 62-class offshore patrol vessel]] <br> 62.0 meters / 204 feet || {{ISR}} || Ocean patrol vessel || OPV-62M || 1 || FNH-2021 ''General Trinidad Cabañas'' <br> Delivered by Israel Shipyard and arrived in country December 2019
|-
| Damen Stan Patrol Boat  <br> 42.8 meters / 140 feet || {{NLD}} || Coastal patrol vessel || 4207 || 2 ||FNH-1401 ''Lempira'' <br>FNH-1402 ''General Francisco Morazán''
|-
| LANTANA BOATYARD Guardian Patrol Boats <br> 32.3 meters / 107 feet || {{USA}} || Coastal patrol craft || || 3 || FNH-1071 ''Tegucigalpa''<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2016/09/29/noticia-honduras-participa-patrullero-tegucigalpa-ejercicio-unitas.html |title=FNH 1071 Tegucigalpa UNITAS 2016 |website= www.infodefensa.com}}</ref> <br>FNH-1072 ''Copán'' <br>FNH-1073 unknown name
|-
| SWIFTSHIPS Patrol Boats <br> 32.0 meters / 105 feet || {{USA}} || Coastal patrol craft || || 3 || FNH-1051 ''Guaymuras'' <br> FNH-1052 ''Honduras'' <br> FNH-1053 ''Hibueras''
|-
| IAI Dabur Type Patrol Boat <br> 26.0 meters / 85 feet || {{ISR}}<br>{{USA}} || Coastal patrol craft || || 1 || FNH-8501 ''Chamelecón''
|-
| SWIFTSHIPS Patrol Boats <br> 20.0 meters / 65 feet || {{USA}} || Coastal patrol craft || || 5 || FNH 6501 ''Nacaome'' <br> FNH 6502 ''Goascorán'' <br> FNH 6503 ''Patuca'' <br> FNH 6504 ''Ulúa'' <br> FNH 6505 ''Choluteca''
|-
| BOSTON WHALER Interceptors BW370 <br> 11.4 meters / 38 feet || {{USA}} || Interceptor boat || Guardian class || 10 || N/A
|-
| DAMEN Interceptors 1102 UHS <br>11.0 meters / 36 feet|| {{NLD}} || Interceptor boat || 1102 UHS || 6 || FNH-3601 to FNH-3606
|-
| SAFE BOATS 35MMI Multi Misión Interceptor <br>10.7 meters / 35 feet || {{COL}} <br>{{USA}} || Interceptor boat || 35 MMI || 2<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.webinfomil.com/2018/10/la-fuerza-naval-de-honduras-bote-interceptor-mmi35.html| title = La Fuerza Naval de Honduras le compró a Cotecmar dos botes interceptores multimisión MMI 35 - Webinfomil| date = 19 October 2018}}</ref> || FNH-3501 <br>FNH-3502
|-
| EDUARDOÑO Patrullero 320 <br>10.0 meters / 32 feet || {{COL}} || Interceptor boat || || 25 || FNH-3201 to FNH-3225
|-
| NAPCO Piraña Patrol Boats<br>4.0 meters / 13 feet || {{USA}} || Riverine ops boat || Piraña class || 8 ||
|-
| LANTANA BOATYARD Landing Craft Unit <br>45.5 meters / 149 feet || {{USA}} || Coastal transport || || 1 || FNH-1491 ''Punta Caxinas''
|-
| COTECMAR BAL-C Short Range Logistic Support Ship <br>49.0 meters / 161 feet || {{COL}} || Short Range Logistic Support Ship || BAL-C || 1 || FNH-1611 ''Gracias a Dios''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webinfomil.com/2017/09/cotecmar-entrego-la-fuerza-naval-de.html|title=Cotecmar entregó a la Fuerza Naval de Honduras el buque logístico FNH 'Gracias a Dios'|website=www.webinfomil.com|date=29 September 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Honduras firma contrato con COTECMAR para la construcción de buque naval|url=http://www.cotecmar.com/noticias/honduras-firma-acuerdo-bda-2016|website=COTECMAR|access-date=2017-01-28|archive-date=2017-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202032240/http://www.cotecmar.com/noticias/honduras-firma-acuerdo-bda-2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Colombia, Honduras sign contract for COTECMAR vessel|url=http://www.janes.com/article/65691/colombia-honduras-sign-contract-for-cotecmar-vessel|website=IHS Jane's 360}}</ref>
|-
| SWIFTSHIPS LCM-8 Landing Craft Unit <br>22.9 meters / 75 feet || {{USA}} || Landing craft || || 3 || FNH-7301 ''Warunta'' <br> FNH-7302 ''Rio Coco'' <br> FNH-7303 unknown name
|}

The Honduran navy has 4 naval bases:

* Base Naval Puerto Cortés – main repair and logistics base on the Caribbean Sea
* Base Naval Puerto Castilla – main operating base of patrol boats on the Caribbean Sea
* Base Naval Amapala – main operating base of coastal patrol craft on the north end of the island and only base on the Pacific Ocean side of Honduras
* Base Naval Caratasca – new base to deal with drug trafficking

Additionally, the Honduran navy has the following unit and schools:

* 1st. Marine Infantry Battalion – only marine unit located at La Ceiba
* Honduras Naval Academy – Trains officers for the Honduras Navy at La Ceiba
* Naval Training Center – NCO and Sailor training facility

==Military-civilian relations and leadership==
According to a statement in July 2009 by a legal counsel of the Honduras military, Colonel Herberth Bayardo Inestroza, part of the elite Honduran Military generals were opposed to President [[Manuel Zelaya]], whom the Military had removed from Honduras via a military [[Coup d'état]], because of his [[left-wing politics]]. Inestroza stated, "It would be difficult for us [the military], with our training, to have a relationship with a leftist government. That's impossible."<ref name="MH-03-07-2009" />

The current Head of the Armed Forces is [[Carlos Antonio Cuéllar]], graduate of the [[General Francisco Morazan Military Academy]] and the [[Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation|School of the Americas]]. In January 2011, the General Rene Arnoldo Osorio Canales, former Head of the Presidential Honor Guard, was appointed Commander.

As of 2012 the Honduran Military has the highest [[List of countries by military expenditures|military expenditures]] of all [[Central America]]. They have 52,225 troops in their Army, they have 16,500 troops in their Air Force, and 5,300 troops in their Navy.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==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]]
| [[File:M1911A1.png|150px]]
| [[.45 ACP]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|United States|1908}}
| 
|-
| [[Browning Hi-Power]]<ref name="jones2009">Jones, Richard D. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010''. Jane's Information Group; 35th edition (January 27, 2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-2869-5}}.</ref>
| [[File:FN Hi Power.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| 
|-
| [[Beretta 92]]
| [[File:Beretta 92 FS.gif|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[Beretta 93R]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:B93R (2).jpg|frameless|157x157px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Machine pistol]]
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[SIG Sauer P226]]
| [[File:Pistole SIG Sauer P226 S.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Switzerland}}
| 
|-
| [[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:Cz75.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Semi-automatic pistol]]
| {{Flag|Czechoslovak Socialist Republic}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Submachine guns
|-
| [[Uzi]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:Uzi of the israeli armed forces.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| Uzi and Mini-Uzi
|-
| [[MAC-10]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:MAC10.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Richard D. |editor1-last=Jones |editor2-first=Leland S. |editor2-last=Ness |title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010 |year=2009 |edition=35th |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Coulsdon |isbn=978-0-7106-2869-5 |page=514 |language=en}}</ref>
| [[File:Heckler Koch MP5.jpg|150px]]
| [[9×19mm]]
| [[Submachine gun]]
| {{Flag|West Germany}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Rifles
|-
| [[AR-M1]]<ref name="Honduras"/>
| [[File:BulgAR.jpg|150x150px]]
| [[7.62×39mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Bulgaria}}
| 
|-
| [[IMI Galil]]
| [[File:Galil noBG.png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 
|-
| [[IWI Galil ACE]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=¡Así Vamos!|url=https://www.indumil.gov.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Así-vamos-9na-edición.pdf|website=[[Indumil]]|language=es}}</ref>
| [[File:IWI 3686.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 
|-
| [[IWI Tavor]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Pais/Equiparan-mas-unidades-con-potentes-fusiles-israelies/ |title=Equiparán más unidades con MTAR 21 |publisher=elheraldo.hn |access-date=2012-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331165318/http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Pais/Equiparan-mas-unidades-con-potentes-fusiles-israelies |archive-date=2012-03-31 }}</ref>
| [[File:IWI-Tavor-TAR-21w1.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Bullpup]]<hr>[[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 
|-
| [[IWI Tavor X95]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Pais/Equiparan-mas-unidades-con-potentes-fusiles-israelies/ |title=Equiparán más unidades con MTAR 21 |publisher=elheraldo.hn |access-date=2012-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331165318/http://www.elheraldo.hn/Secciones-Principales/Pais/Equiparan-mas-unidades-con-potentes-fusiles-israelies |archive-date=2012-03-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:MicroTavorX95MARS-white.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Bullpup]]<hr>[[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 
|-
| [[Beretta AR70/90]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11160:las-fuerzas-armadas-de-honduras-comenzaran-el-2014-con-nueva-cupula-militar-el-pais-busca-en-israel-asistencia-tecnica-para-repotenciar-los-f-5&catid=55:latinoamerica&Itemid=163|title=Las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras comenzarán el 2014 con nueva cúpula militar. El país busca en Israel asistencia técnica para repotenciar los F-5|author=Alvaro Diaz|website=Defensa.com|access-date=11 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111154716/http://www.defensa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11160:las-fuerzas-armadas-de-honduras-comenzaran-el-2014-con-nueva-cupula-militar-el-pais-busca-en-israel-asistencia-tecnica-para-repotenciar-los-f-5&catid=55:latinoamerica&Itemid=163|archive-date=11 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[File:Beretta AR70 noBG.png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Italy}}
| 
|-
| [[M16 rifle|M16A1]]<ref name=gander1995>Gander, Terry J.; Hogg, Ian V. ''Jane's Infantry Weapons 1995/1996''. Jane's Information Group; 21 edition (May 1995). {{ISBN|978-0-7106-1241-0}}.</ref>
| [[File:M16A1 brimob.jpg|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[M4 Carbine|M4]]
| [[File:PEO M4 Carbine RAS M68 CCO.png|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Carbine]]<hr>[[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[T65 assault rifle|T65]]
| [[File:TwT65.JPG|150px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Taiwan}}
| 
|-
| [[FN SCAR]]
| [[File:FN SCAR-L noBG.png|frameless|148x148px]]
| [[5.56×45mm]]
| [[Assault rifle]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| 
|-
| [[FN FAL]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:FN-FAL belgian.jpeg|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[Battle rifle]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| 
|-
| [[M14 rifle|M14]]<ref name="Jones">{{cite book|editor1= Jones, Richard|editor2=Ness, Leland S.|title= Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009–2010 |publisher= Jane's Information Group |year= 2009 |isbn =978-0710628695 |pages=893–901}}</ref>
| [[File:M14 Stand-off Munitions Disruptor (SMUD) (7414626342).jpg|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[Battle rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Machine guns
|-
| [[Browning M2]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:PEO Browning M2E2 QCB (c1).jpg|150px]]
| [[.50 BMG]]
| [[Heavy machine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
| [[M60 machine gun|M60]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:M60 Medium Machine Gun (7414626098).jpg|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 
|-
| [[FN MAG]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:FN MAG white background.jpg|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[General-purpose machine gun]]
| {{Flag|Belgium}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Sniper and anti-materiel rifles
|-
| [[Remington M700]]
| [[File:Remington Model 700.JPG|150px]]
| [[.223 Remington]]
| [[Sniper rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[M21 Sniper Weapon System|M21]]
| [[File:Rifle M21 3.jpg|150px]]
| [[7.62×51mm]]
| [[Sniper rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[Barrett M82]]
| [[File:Barrett-M82A1-Independence-Day-2017-IZE-048-white.jpg|150px]]
| [[.50 BMG]]
| [[Anti-materiel rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Rocket propelled grenade launchers
|-
| [[RPG-7]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:Rpg-7.jpg|150px]]
| 40mm
| [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}
| 
|-
! colspan="6"| Grenade launchers
|-
| [[M203 grenade launcher|M203]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[File:PEO M203A2 Grenade Launcher.png|150px]]
| [[40mm grenade#40×46mm SR|40×46mm SR]]
| [[Grenade launcher]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 
|-
| [[M79 grenade launcher|M79]]<ref name="jones2009"/>
| [[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]]<ref name="JWA">{{cite book|title=Jane's World Armies 2008|page=318|publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]}}</ref>
| [[File:Recoilless-rifle-beyt-hatotchan-1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 105mm
| 50 in service.
|-
| [[Carl Gustaf 8.4cm recoilless rifle|Carl Gustav]]<ref name="coudatapp">{{cite web | url=http://www.country-data.com/frd/cs/honduras/hn_appen.html#table8 |title=country-data.com > Honduras > Appendix}}</ref>
| [[File:M3E1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Recoilless rifle]]
| {{Flag|Sweden}}
| 84mm
|   
| 
|}

===Tanks===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=06%| Status
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[FV101 Scorpion]]
| [[File:Alvis Scorpion Light Tank.jpg|150px]]
| [[Light tank]]
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| 19
| 
| 
|-
| [[FV107 Scimitar]]
| [[File:Scimitar Light Tank MOD 45149231.jpg|150px]]
| [[Light tank]]
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| 3
| 
| 
|}

===Reconnaissance===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=06%| Status
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[RBY Mk 1]]
| [[File:RBY-MkI-latrun-2.jpg|150px]]
| [[Armored car (military)|Reconnaissance vehicle]] 
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 8<ref name="RAMGS">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/ramta-ram.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190412164917/https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/ramta-ram.htm|archive-date = 2019-04-12|title = Ramta RAM}}</ref>
| 
| 
|-
| [[Alvis Saladin]]
| [[File:Alvis Saladin spotted at O'Sheas Pub & Grill (310 Grapevine Hwy Hurst, TX 76054) spotted on April 7, 2013.JPG|150px]]
| [[Armored car (military)|Armored car]]
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| 40<ref name="IISS2016">{{cite book|last=International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)|title=The Military Balance 2016|year=2016|publisher=IISS|location=London|isbn=978-1857438352|pages=257–471}}</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=06%| Status
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[FV105 Sultan]]
| [[File:Royal Army FV105 Sultan IFOR.jpg|150px]]
| [[Armored personnel carrier]]
| {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| 1
| 
| 
|}

===Utility vehicles===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=06%| Status
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[Humvee]]
| [[File:2015 MCAS Beaufort Air Show 041215-M-CG676-161.jpg|150px]]
| [[Military light utility vehicle|Light utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 30
| 
| 
|-
| [[M151]]<ref name="BDAR"/>
| [[File:AMG M151 A2 (1978) GB (owner Gavin Broad).JPG|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| Unknown
| 
| 
|-
| [[KM131 Jeep|KM420]]
| [[File:K-131.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle]]
| {{Flag|South Korea}}
| Unknown
| 
| 
|-
! colspan="7"| Trucks
|-
| [[Kia KM250|KM250]]
| [[File:Philippine Army Kia KM25 military truck.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|South Korea}}
| Unknown
| 
| South Korean derivative of M35
|-
| [[K311 cargo truck|KM450]]
| [[File:Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) celebrates its 79th founding anniversary 002.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|South Korea}}
| Unknown
| 
| South Korean derivative of M715
|-
| [[Tatra Force]]
| [[File:BAHNA 2018 - 434 crop.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|Czech Republic}}
| Unknown
| 
| 
|-
| [[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}}
| 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
| 
| 
|-
| [[Ashok Leyland]] Stallion<ref name="machinist">{{cite web | url=http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1877&Itemid=2 | title=A$10.5&nbsp;million order for Ashok Leyland from Honduras | publisher=Machinist.in | date=16 January 2009 | access-date=5 July 2009 | archive-date=18 January 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118063105/http://machinist.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1877&Itemid=2 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[File:Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ)'s Stallion Truck for the Indian Army.jpg|150px]]
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|India}}
| 110
| 
| 
|-
| [[Ashok Leyland]] Topchi<ref name="machinist"/>
| 
| [[Utility vehicle|Utility truck]]
| {{Flag|India}}
| 28
| 
| 
|}

===Artillery===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=06%| Status
! width=24%| Notes
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortars]]
|-
| [[M1 mortar|M1]]<ref name="JIW">{{cite book|title=Jane's Infantry Weapons 2007–08|page=876|publisher=[[Jane's Information Group]]}}</ref>
| [[File:81 mm Mortar M1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 200
| 
|
|-
| [[M29 mortar|M29]]<ref name="JIW"/>
| [[File:Mortar M29.jpg|150px]]
| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
| {{Flag|United States|1912}}
| 200
| 
|
|-
| [[Soltam M-65]]<ref name="SIPRI">{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|title=SIPRI arms transfer database|date= 3 April 2014|publisher=[[Stockholm International Peace Research Institute]]|accessdate=3 April 2014|archive-date=14 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
| [[File:Mortar-120mm-beyt-hatotchan-1.jpg|150px]]
| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 30
| 
|
|-
| [[Soltam M-66]]<ref name="SIPRI"/>
| [[File:Soltam-Mortar-160mm-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg|150px]]
| [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
| {{Flag|Israel}}
| 30
| 
|
|-
! colspan="7"| [[Field artillery]]
|-
| [[M198 Howitzer|M198]]<ref name= militaryfactory>{{cite web |title=Rock Island Arsenal M198 Towed 155mm Heavy Howitzer - United States |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=26 |website=www.militaryfactory.com |access-date=2018-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112181609/https://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=26 |archive-date=2018-11-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[File:JBLM Artillery 3.jpg|150px]]
| [[Howitzer]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 12
| 
|
|-
| [[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}}
| 20
| 
|
|}

===Air defence systems===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:90%;"
|-
! width=14%| Name
! width=20%| Image
! width=14%| Type
! width=12%| Origin
! width=10%| Quantity
! width=06%| Status
! width=24%| Notes
|-
| [[M167 VADS]]
| [[File:JASDF VADS1 Kai in Hamamatsu Air Base 20140928-01.JPG|150px]]
| [[Rotary cannon]]
| {{Flag|United States}}
| 30
| 
| 
|}

==See also==
*[[Honduran presidential plane]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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