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Revised: October 14, 2007
Copyright © 1997-2010 by Jean Charles Barroux - jbarroux@LAMilitary.org

The situation of the vehicle inventory of the Policía Federal Argentina is quite complex with a mixture of different models from a number of manufacturers, and worse, with different combustibles; gas and petrol. Gone are the days when the whole force was standardized around the locally manufactured Ford Falcon. This is clearly a logistics nightmare and reflects the dire financial situation of the country, which forces the planners to optimize acquisitions costs instead of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the vehicle's fleet.

A better option for the Policía Federal Argentina would be to define the missions for which it requires vehicles and select three or four vehicles models that meets the requirements for those missions, and standardize on them, around a single fuel and logistics system, with all of the real savings involved in such a long term plan. Now, these vehicles should be fully missionized and, for a police vehicle, this includes ballistic protection, at least in the doors, reinforced fenders, radio, GPS and such kind of modifications.

The downtown area of Buenos Aires is a walking area forbidden to cars so the force uses golf carts as patrol vehicles, which are called Vehículos de Seguridad de Uso Urbano. Also a number of vans are in use for special purposes, such as laboratories, or as transport vehicles by the Guardia de Infantería. In general, all of these vehicles are equipped by Igarreta.

In 1992 a number of Chrysler Spirist were bought from México. While they were too gas-thirsty they proved good vehicles, but most of them are out of service due to lack of spares.

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