The Cuban National Army (), from 1935 known as the Cuban Constitutional Army (), was the army of the

Republic of Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

from 1902 to 1959.

History

The Cuban National Army was the army of the

until 1959. It was dissolved in 1959 following the victory of the Rebel Army, the armed forces of the

26th of July Movement The 26 July Movement (; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro. The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, part of an at ...

led by

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

. Following the victory of the

Cuban Revolution The Cuban Revolution () was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew ...

in 1959, this army was superseded by the current

Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces The Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (; FAR) are the military forces of Cuba. They include Cuban Revolutionary Army, Revolutionary Army, Cuban Revolutionary Navy, Revolutionary Navy, Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force, Revolutionary A ...

. The National Army represented the main means of repression during the military dictatorship of General

Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (born Rubén Zaldívar; January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of t ...

who ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959 until his regime was overthrown by Castro's revolutionary forces. As of 1958, the army was composed of 40,849 officers and soldiers and the navy was composed of 6,963 members.

Armament

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Armored vehicles

Source: * 8 Marmon Herrington CTMS-1TBI * 24 M3A1 Stuarts * 7 M4A3 (76) W HVSS General Sherman * 15

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(A34)

Aircraft

* 29 Republic Thunderbolt F-47D * 7

Piper PA-20 Pacer The PA-20 Pacer and PA-22 Tri-Pacer, Caribbean, and Colt are an American family of light strut-braced high-wing monoplane aircraft built by Piper Aircraft from 1949 to 1964. The Pacer is essentially a four-place version of the two-place PA ...

* 5 Piper PA-18-135 Super Cub * 8 Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Land/lease * 16 Douglas B-26B & C Invader Land/Lease * 4 Piper PA-22-150 Tri Pacer * 3 Piper Pa-22-160 Tri Pacer * 1 Piper PA-23-160 Apache * 1 Aero Commander 560 * 2 Bell 47G-2 * 1 Douglas TB-26 Land/lease * 6 De Havilland Beavers DHC-2 * 4 Curtiss Commandos C-46 * 15 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11

Warships

Source:https://navypedia.org/ships/cuba/cub_index.htm * 3 - ''Tacoma''-class frigates (1947-1973) * 2 - ''PCE-842''-class patrol craft (1947-1976) * 1 - ''PC-461''-class submarine chaser (1956-1961) * 9 - ''SC-1''-class submarine chasers (1918-1976) * 1 - ''Leoncio Prado''-class submarine chaser (1946-1976) * 2 - ''Diez de Octubre''-class gunboats (1911-1946) * 1 - ''Patria''-class gunboat (1911-1955) * 1 - ''Cuba''-class gunboat (1911-1971) * 1 - ''Baire''-class gunboat (1906-1942) * 1 - ''Santa Clara''-class gunboat (1911-1946) * 2 - ''Habana''-class cutters (1912-1946) * 13 - USCG 83ft motor launches (1943-1976) * 1 - ''General Juan Bruno Zayas''-class presidential yacht (1914-1946)

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