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Armies of the world. Cyprus

Population: 794 000 people. The military budget is 321 million dollars (2001}. The regular forces are 10 000 people (of them 423 women). The reserve is 60 000 people. Militarized formations - 750 people, including the military police - 500, the sea police - 250. Recruitment for the army - draft. Hitch - 26 months. Mobilization resources - 145,3 thousand people, including 106,9 thousand able-bodied men.

National Guard: 10 000 people, the army corps headquarters, the aviation and naval commands, 2 headquarters of light infantry divisions, 2 headquarters of light infantry brigades, 1 armoured brigade, 1 regiment of special forces, 1 support brigade, 1 artillery regiment, 1 coastal battery of SAM systems Exoset.

Arms: 145 tanks (104 АМХ-30, 41 T-80U), 139 armoured reconnaissance vehicles, 70 infantry fighting vehicles (of them 43 BMP-3), 402 armored troop carriers, 144 towed pieces of ordnance, 12 155 mm self-propelled guns F-3, 18 128 mm MLRS, 380 mortars, 67 antitank missile systems, 80 antiaircraft guns, 84 portable surface-to-air missile systems, 6 self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems, 2 patrol boats, 3 planes, 11 helicopters (including 2 mothballed helicopters).





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