Preserving Salvadoran and Honduran Military History: El Zapote and San Francisco Forts
By Julio A. Montes Established on June 16, 1993, under Executive Decree No.65, the Salvadoran Military Museum is located at the old El Zapote Fort (10 Avenida Sur... Read more.
The History of Taiwan’s Military Assistance to Central America
By Julio A. Montes Taiwan distributed its indigenous rifle, the T-65, generously among the Central American nations in the mid-1980s. The T-65K1 is still found in... Read more.
Salvadoran Coast Guard and Aerial and Maritime Police
By Julio A. Montes We visited Navy Captain Omar Iván Hernández Martínez, Chief of the General Staff of the Salvadoran Naval Force, and Lt. Commander Mario Alberto... Read more.
SHOW REPORT: EXPODEFENSA 2019
Expodefensa: A Hub Linking North and South America By Julio A. Montes Expodefensa was held for the first time in 2009 at Corferias International Business and Exhibition... Read more.
Tanks, Trucks and Machine Guns
How Multiple Machine Gun Mounts Shaped Wars in Latin America By Julio A. Montes As they overflew the Swan Islands, the 15 C-130s descended to tactical altitude,... Read more.
Preparing for the Olympic Games 2016
ABOVE: The new Sistema Integrado de Monitoramento de Fronteiras (Sisfron), will transforms all aspects of the Brazilian armed forces. Here a trooper demonstrates... Read more.
Machine Gun Armored Patrol Carriers in Central America
ABOVE: In El Salvador, the AML-90 was relegated to perform security escort to artillery units, with an UR-416 traveling alongside — not with mechanized infantry,... Read more.
Police Small Arms Arsenals in the Northern Central American Triangle
ABOVE: TIGRES operators are trained at Lepaterique, Francisco Morazán, where they attend a 12-week course provided by Colombian police Jungle Commandos, and 7th... Read more.
Portable Anti-Tank Weapons in Mexico & the Northern Central American Triangle
ABOVE: Mexican soldier atop of a Humvee with a RL-83 Blindicide. This is an obsolete AT weapon, but still applicable to the potential threats faced by Mexico. (J.... Read more.
Infantry Support and Anti-tank Weapons in Latin America: 90mm and 105mm Recoilless Rifles
ABOVE: Salvadorian soldiers parade with M67 RCL. The U.S. supplied some 379 M67 RCLs to El Salvador between 1981 and 1992 to arm the soldiers, and became most important... Read more.
