Peruvian Naval Infantry conducting exercises on the Amazon river.

Naval Infantry coming ashore from BAP Callao (DT-143).

The 3,000 personnel Peruvian Naval Infantry (Spanish: Infantería de Marina del Perú-- IMAP) includes an amphibious brigade of three battalions and local security units with two transports (one used as a school ship), four tank landing ships, and about forty Portuguese Chaimite armored personnel carriers.

Since 1982 IMAP detachments have been deployed, under Peruvian Army command, in counterinsurgency capacities in Ayacucho and Huancavelica departments. The Fuerza de Infantería de Marina (Naval Infantry Force) falls under the Comandancia General de Operaciones del Pacífico or Pacific Operations General Command.

[edit] Organization

Brigada de Infanteria de Marina

• 1st Naval Infantry Battalion - Ancón
• 2nd Naval Infantry Battalion - Ancón
• Amphibious Support Group
• Fire support Group
• Commando Grouping
• Engineers Unit

Other units

• 3rd Naval Infantry Battalion - Tumbes
• 4th Naval Infantry Battalion - Puno
• 1st Jungle Naval Infantry Battalion - Iquitos
• 2nd Jungle Naval Infantry Battalion - Pucallpa
• Naval Infantry Detachment Litoral Sur - Mollendo

[edit] See also

• Marines
• Peruvian Navy

[edit] External links

• Official Peruvian Navy Website
• Armored Defense — Photo gallery.
• The Peruvian Navy: the XIX Century Maritime Campaigns — a series of articles covering the history of the 19th century Peruvian Navy by Juan del Campo.
• Marine Link article with pics

Military of Peru
Peruvian Army | Peruvian Navy | Peruvian Air Force