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The Brazilian Armed Forces ( Portuguese: Forças Armadas Brasileiras, IPA: [ˈfoʁsɐz ɐʁˈmadɐz bɾaziˈlejɾɐs]) are the unified military forces of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Consisting of three service branches, it comprises the Brazilian Army (including the Brazilian Army Aviation ), the Brazilian Navy (including the Brazilian ...
Brazilian Army. The Brazilian Army ( Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro; EB) is the branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible, externally, for defending the country in eminently terrestrial operations and, internally, for guaranteeing law, order and the constitutional branches, subordinating itself, in the Federal Government 's structure ...
The military history of Brazil comprises centuries of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Brazil, and the role of the Brazilian Armed Forces in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For several hundreds of years, the area was the site of intertribal wars of indigenous peoples. Beginning in the 16th century, the arrival of ...
5.56×45mm. 7.62×51mm. Light machine gun. Medium machine gun. United States. M134 Minigun. 7.62×51mm. Rotary heavy machine gun (used by Brazilian Army Aviation)
Future of the Brazilian Army. The Brazilian Army has a large number of active and planned projects, under the modernization plans of the Brazilian Armed Forces, defined in the National Defense White Paper (Portuguese: Livro Branco da Defesa Nacional - LBDN). [1] From 2010, Brazil started a radical change in its military policy, aiming to ...
Expulsion of bandeirantes from Minas Gerais. Mascate War. (1710–1711) Portuguese Empire. State of Brazil. Vila de Olinda. Victory. Reconstitution of the Pelourinho do Recife. Re-opening of the Recife Municipal Chamber.
Website. www .gov .br /defesa /. The Ministry of Defense ( Portuguese: Ministério da Defesa) of Brazil is the civilian cabinet organization responsible for managing the military of Brazil. It is Brazil's ministry of defense. It is headed by the minister of defence. The Ministry of Defense has three major components under its command structure ...
The 1964 Brazilian coup d'état ( Portuguese: Golpe de estado no Brasil em 1964) was the overthrow of Brazilian president João Goulart by a military coup from March 31 to April 1, 1964, ending the Fourth Brazilian Republic (1946–1964) and initiating the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964–1985). The coup took the form of a military ...