Paraguayan Army

Paraguayan Army
Paraguayan Army Seal
FoundedOfficially since 1811
Country Paraguay
TypeArmy
Size20,000 active personnel[1]
160,000 reserves
Part ofArmed Forces of Paraguay
Motto(s)Spanish: Vencer o Morir
To win or to die
MarchMarcha al Mariscal Lopez
Anniversaries24 of July (Mariscal Lopez Birthday)
EngagementsPlatine War
War of the Triple Alliance
Paraguayan Civil War (1911–1912)
Paraguayan Civil War (1922-1923)
Chaco War
Paraguayan Civil War (1947)
1954 Paraguayan coup d'état
1989 Paraguayan coup d'état
Paraguayan People's Army insurgency
Commanders
Chief of the Paraguayan ArmyGeneral Darío Martin Cáceres Snead
Notable
commanders
José Félix Estigarribia
Francisco Solano López

The Paraguayan Army (Spanish: Ejército Paraguayo) is the ground force branch of the Armed Forces of Paraguay. It is organized into three corps and nine divisions, and several commands and direction. It has gone to war on many occasions, notably in the War of the Triple Alliance (1864–1870) against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay; the Chaco War against Bolivia; and the ongoing Paraguayan People's Army insurgency.

  1. ^ IISS (2012), p. 398