Structure
As of 2012, the Paraguayan Army had a total strength of 7,600 personnel, including 1,600 conscripts.
The Paraguayan Army is composed of a Presidential Escort Regiment, two battalions (infantry and military police), an armored squadron and a battery of field artillery. Their equipment includes three Argentine modified M-4 tanks, four EE-9 armored cars, four EE-11 armored personnel carriers (APCs), three M-9 halftracks mounting 20mm guns and four M-101 105 mm howitzers. Arguably, this "flagship" of military rule is structurally and physically the strongest of the EP. The REP is an independent unit from other commands. The EP features two artillery groups (GAC 1–12 88 mm QF-25 and GAC 2–12 105mm M-101) and one antiaircraft artillery group (GAA 13 40 mm L 40/60, Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, and six M-55 4x12, 7.0 mm).
Six battalions of combat engineers, one communications battalion, one Special Forces battalion, seven regiments of infantry, six regiments of cavalry comprise the rest of the force. There is little organic aviation available to it.
Each corps has a weapons school run by its command. The logistical command manages and addresses materials, mobilization, health care, etc. The command of the Army Institute of Education administers three schools, commissioned and noncommissoned officers, a military academy and the CIMEFOR (a center for pre-military study that trains Reserve officers).
Each of the nine divisions that make up the three corps has one or two regiments of infantry or cavalry, its platoon of engineers, its communications section, military police units, etc.
- Presidential Escort regiment with its base in Asuncion
- 1st Corps of the army (Curuguaty)
- Infantry Division no. 3
- Infantry Division no. 4
- Cavalry Division no. 3
- 2nd Corps of the army (San Juan Bautista)
- Infantry Division no. 1
- Infantry Division no. 2
- Cavalry Division no. 2
- 3rd Corps of the army (Mariscal Estigarribia)
- Infantry Division no. 5
- Infantry Division no. 6
- Cavalry Division no. 1
- Special forces command (Cerrito)
- One Special Forces battalion and one Special Forces school.
- Artillery command (Paraguari)
- Two artillery groups and one anti-aircraft groups, one artillery school.
- One school and one regiment of infantry.
- Command of engineers (Tacumbu)
- One school and six battalions.
- Command of communications (Tacumbu)
- One school and one battalion.
- The command of military institutes of education
- One military academy, three military schools, and a noncommissoned officers' academy.
- The longistic command (Asuncion)
- The longistic command manages 10, addresses materials, mobilization, health care, etc.
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