Equipment of the Ecuadorian Army

Equipment of the Ecuadorian Army. Historically, the Ecuadorian Army depended on a wide variety of foreign suppliers like India, u.s , germany for virtually all of its equipment needs. Rotatory wing of Ecuadorian army depends on HAL DHRUV helicopters of India.Only in the 1980s did it begin to develop a modest domestic arms industry as the Directorate of Army Industries manufactured rifle ammunition, uniforms, boots, and other consumable items. The Army's present day equipment is mostly of western origins.