Population: 8 257 thousand people. The military budget makes 1,5 billion dollars (2001). The regular forces - 34 600. The reserve - 72 000 men. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 7 months, then retraining for those of call-up age during 8 years (about 90 days). Mobilization resources - 2,1 million people, including 1,6 million able-bodied men.
Land forces: 34 600 people, 2 corps (consisting of 3 infantry and 2 motorized infantry brigades, 2 self-propelled artillery regiments, an antitank battalion, 3 engineers and 2 reconnaissance battalions), 9 local headquarters (consisting of the infantry regiment and 20 reduced battalions).
Arms: 163 tanks M60AZ, 114 Leopard-2A4, 488 armored troop carriers, 313 heavy armed vehicles, 124 towed howitzers with calibre of 105 and 155 mm. 209 155 mm self-propelled guns, 912 81 mm, 107 mm and 120 mm mortars, 378 antitank missile systems RBS-56 Bill, 88 self-propelled guns Jaguar-1, 2196 recoilless guns Karl Gustav, 468 20 mm antiaircraft guns, 2 patrol vessels.
Air force (part of land forces): 6 500 people (including 3 400 men of service for a fixed period), 52 war-planes, no combat helicopters. Planes and helicopters: 23 J-350E Draken, 29 SAAB-1050E, 2 Skyway-ЗМ, 14 O-1 (L-19A and E), 12 PC-6B, 16 PC-7, supply helicopters: 11 OH-58B, 11 AB-206A, 23 AB-212, 8 AB-204 (9 mothballed), 23 SA-319 Apuet T-3.
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