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The Ecuadorian Army is the land component of the Ecuadorian Armed Forces. Its 25,650 active soldiers are deployed in relation to its military doctrine. The contemporary Ecuadorian Army incorporates ma
Ecuadorian AS532 Cougar of the Army's Aviation Branch.
Ecuadorian EE-9 Cascavel during a military display.
Tarqui grenadiers during a military parade.
The MARPAT (short for MARine PATtern) is a pixelated camouflage pattern in use with the Ecuadorian Army.
Ecuador
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Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also inclu
Ecuadorian Army
…and his army from total defeat, only a year later at the Battle of Cajamarca against the Spanish conquerors. It would take almost 300 years, when Ecuador's struggle for emancipation from the Spanish colonial rule would reach its peak at the Battle of Pichincha. Following a victory, Ecuadorian troops would…
A Venus (2,300-2,000 BCE) of the Valdivia culture (from Santa Elena Province) displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Florence
Figure of the Jama Coaque culture (300 BCE-800 CE) (from Manabí Province). Walters Art Museum.
Ruins of Ingapirca, was an outpost and supplier for the Incan troops, and also was a coricancha, a place of worship to the Sun (Inti), the main god.
The colonial Quito, capital of the Real Audiencia of Quito, today a UNESCO World Heritage Site