Population: 82 442 thousand people. The military budget is 21 billion dollars (2002). The regular forces are 308 400 people. (of them 6 200 women). The reserve - 363 500 people, including land forces - 294 800, air force - 59 200, navan forces - 9 500. Recruitment for the army: mixed. Hitch: by draft - 10 months, according to contract 12-23. Mobilization resources - 20,9 million people, including 17,8 million able-bodied men.
Land forces: 211 800 people, command of land forces, command of lift-off forces: 6 brigades (2 airborne, 1 commando, 1 army-co-operation aviation (5 regiments), 1 radio and radio intelligence, logistic support), command of support of land forces (3 rear brigades, 1 medical brigade). 3 corps commands (including the 1st German-Dutch), 2nd and 4th army corps), 4 tank, 2 motorized infantry and 1 mountainous divisions, 9 tank and 7 motorized infantry brigades, the German component of the French-German brigade, 2 reduced tank and motorized infantry brigades, infantry and mountainous brigades, 7 reconnaissance battalions, 7 artillery, 7 anti-aircraft artillery regiments, 7 engineers brigades.
Arms: 2521 tanks (751 Leopard-1, 1 770 Leopard-2), 523 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 2 110 infantry fighting vehicles Marder, 133 armoured vehicles Wiesel, 807 armored troop carriers Fuchs, 1 803 armored troop carriers M113, 56 APCV-2, 2 073 field artillery guns (including 519 155 mm self-propelled guns M-109A3G, 86 PzH2000), 229 missile systems (including 151 MLRS), 889 mortars, 1 973 antitank missile systems (including 1 606 Milan, 157 JOTAS (Jaguar-1), 210 Toy), 1 525 antiaircraft guns, 143 SAM systems Roland, portable surface-to-air missile systems Stinger, 568 helicopters (204 attack BO-105, 126 UH-1 D, 107 CH-53G, 95 BO-105M, 35 Aluett-2), 13 boats.
Air force: 70 550 people (including 18 900 in service for a fixed period), 434 war-planes, combat helicopters are not available. Tactical elements: 10 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 8 air defence fighter squadrons, 2 reconnaissance air squadrons, 2 electronic warfare air squadrons, 4 transport air squadrons, 24 SAM battalions. Planes and helicopters: 131 F-4F, 8 F-104, 267 Smerch (IDS, ADV and ECR), 23 MiG-29, EF-2000, 84 C-160, 7 A-310, 7 CL-601, 4 L-410S, 35 T-37B, 40 T-38A, 101 UH-1D, 3 AS.532. Air defence: 72 antiaircraft guided missile systems Hawk, 84 Roland, 36 Patriot.
Naval forces: 26 050 people (including 700 women and 5 150 in service for a fixed period). Flotillas: submarines (2 squadrons), destroyers (1 destroyer squadron, 3 fregate squadrons), missile boats (3 squadrons), 2 flotillas of minesweepers (4 squadrons), the logistical flotilla, the command flotilla of aircraft, intercommunication, electronics.
Navy: 14 submarines (2 pr.205, 12 pr.206A), 2 destroyers Luetience, 12 frigates with guided missiles (8 Bremen, 4 Brandenburg), 25 missile boats (10 Cheetah, 10 Albatross, 5 Tiger), 43 minesweepers (5 Hameln, 18 Trinity, 12 Frankental, 3 Frauenloob), 1 diving boat, 7 storm-boats, 50 support vessels (including 6TH/ТНЗ, 10 mother ships, 9 transports, 16 towboats, 3 reconnaissance ships, 2 training vessels, 1 oceanographic vessel, 1 hydrographic vessel).
Naval aircraft: 4 200 people, 8 air squadrons forming 3 wings: 2 fighter and bomber air squadrons, 1 training air squadron; 1 reconnaissance air squadron, 1 patrol air squadron, 1 anti-submarine helicopter squadron; 1 SAR squadron. Planes: 50 Smerch, 18 Atlantika (including 4 FTP), 4 Do-228. Helicopters: 22 Sea Lynx, 22 Sea King.
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