MP5A2 TAURUS/FAMAE .40 Carbines FAMAE CT-30 Assault rifles IMBEL IA2 Colt M16A2 Colt M4A1 FN FAL FN SCAR Sniper Rifles SSG M1 FN Model 30-11 IMBEL AGLC AR10A4 Super SASS used by ROTA, GATE and COE HK PSG1 Barrett M82 (used to defend maximum security prisional facilities from helicopters that may attempt to extract inmates) Machine Guns IWI Negev - in use since 2020 for special operations Vehicles inventory Notable officers Conte Lopes, now a political representative, was a commanding officer (ranked as captain) behind the famous ROTA units in the 1970s and 1980s. Cel. Ubiratan Guimarães, the commanding officer of the police operation resulting in the Carandiru massacre, was a high-ranked officer in the PMESP ranks (ranked as colonel). See also Museum of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo References Sao Paulo Gendarmerie 1831 establishments in South America Organisations based in São Paulo (state)