Venezuelan Marines, followed by ground forces, weapons, and standardizes the park equipment within estimated at 500 million dollars modernization program, approved May 3 President Hugo Chavez.
Additional funding will allow purchase of infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3F, BTR-80 with the wheel formula 8x8, 152-mm self-propelled howitzer 2S19 "MSTA-S", 122-mm MLRS BM-21 and 2S23 self-propelled mortars, "Nona."
According to unconfirmed reports, the Marines also delivered several Mi-17V-5, which will join a fleet of six cars produced in 2009.
Staff of the Marine Corps Venezuela is 20 thousand people. Each team included one to three battalions.
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