Chilean Marine Corps
Entity of the Chilean Navy special forces which specializes in amphibious assaults.
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Chilean Navy
Naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces.
Naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces.
Chile's First National Fleet and the Academy for Young Midshipmen, which was the predecessor of the current Naval Academy, were founded, as well as the Marine Corps and the Supply Commissary.
Marines
Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations.
Marines, or naval infantry, are typically a military force trained to operate in littoral zones in support of naval operations.
The 4,200 strong Chilean Marine Corps is a branch of the Chilean Navy.
Bernardo O'Higgins
Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence.
Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence.
Alongside the Military Academy, he founded the modern Chilean Navy under the command of the Scottish officer Lord Cochrane, establishing the First Chilean Navy Squadron, the Academy for Young Midshipmen (the predecessor of the current Naval Academy), and the Chilean Marine Corps.
KH178 howitzer
South Korean 105 mm 38 caliber towed howitzer.
South Korean 105 mm 38 caliber towed howitzer.
🇨🇱 Chile : 16 howitzers in 1991, used by the Chilean Marine Corps.
Julio Álamos
Chilean professional boxer who has held the WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title since 2018.
Chilean professional boxer who has held the WBA Fedelatin super middleweight title since 2018.
He then joined the Chilean Navy with hopes of becoming a Marine, but left after two years because he felt he was wasting his time and instead enrolled at the Universidad del Desarrollo to study commercial engineering.
MultiCam
Camouflage pattern designed for use in a wide range of environments and conditions which was specifically developed and is produced by American company Crye Precision.
Camouflage pattern designed for use in a wide range of environments and conditions which was specifically developed and is produced by American company Crye Precision.
🇨🇱 chile: MultiCam is the standard issue uniform of the Marine Corps and the Navy Special Warfare Division. Also used by the Chilean Air Force Commandos
AT4
Swedish 84 mm unguided, man-portable, single-shot, disposable, recoilless smoothbore anti-tank weapon built by Saab Bofors Dynamics .
Swedish 84 mm unguided, man-portable, single-shot, disposable, recoilless smoothbore anti-tank weapon built by Saab Bofors Dynamics .
: Chilean Marine Corps, Chilean Army
Bandvagn 206
Tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds (now part of BAE Systems Platforms & Services) for the Swedish Army.
Tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Hägglunds (now part of BAE Systems Platforms & Services) for the Swedish Army.
🇨🇱 Chilean Marine Corps
Arturo Prat
Chilean lawyer and navy officer.
Chilean lawyer and navy officer.
When Prat saw the enemy warship colliding into his, near the stern, he raised his sword and cried his final order: "Let's board, boys!", but due to the roar of the battle, only the Marine Artilleryman and Prat's personal escort in battle, Petty Officer Juan de Dios Aldea and Seaman Arsenio Canave heard it, and both of them and Prat jumped aboard Huáscar.
LAV III
Third generation of the Light Armoured Vehicle family of infantry fighting vehicles built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, Ontario, based subsidiary of General Dynamics.
Third generation of the Light Armoured Vehicle family of infantry fighting vehicles built by General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a London, Ontario, based subsidiary of General Dynamics.
Chilean Marine Corps – 22 NZLAVs.