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Polish Armed forces

Poland
Population
37,796,000
Military budget
31.37 billion $
Active personnel
150,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Warsaw
Area: 312,679 km2
Population: 37,796,000
Etnic groups: Polish 96.9%, Silesian 1.1%, German 0.2%, Ukrainian 0.1%, other 1.7%
Religions: Catholic 87.2% (Roman Catholic 86.9%), Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.4%, other 0.4%, unspecified 10.8%

Military branches

(Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) Land Forces, Navy, Air and Air Defense Aviation Forces, Special Forces.

Military service

18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.

Military expenditures

Military budget
31.37 billion $
Percent of GDP
4.2

Manpower

Active personnel
150,000
Reserve
240,000
Available
10,500,000

Land Forces

Tanks
577
AFV
2,342
Artillery
775
Self-propelled guns
601
Rocket artillery
174
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
BWP-1 1000
KTO Rosomak 800
- BRDM-2 237
- MT-LB 55
M113 35
- AMZ Bóbr-3 -
- KTO Ryś 5
Cougar 210

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
Dana 111
Goździk 240
Krab 44
- M120 Rak (self-propelled mortar) 82
K9A1 24

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
WR-40 Langusta 75
- RM-70 29
BM-21 Grad 70

Air Forces

Total aircraft
461
Fighters
23
Multirole
48
Attack
18
Helicopters
212
UCAV (combat drone)
6
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
MiG-29 23

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
F-16C 36
F-16D 12

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Su-22 18

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
Mil Mi-8/17 38
Mil Mi-24 30
- PZL W-3 Sokół 62
- Mil Mi-2 64
- Mil Mi-14 10
- Sikorsky S-70 4
- SH-2G Super Seasprite 4

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
Bayraktar TB2 6
MQ-9 Reaper -

Navy

Total naval
66
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
2
Corvettes
2
Submarines
1
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Oliver Hazard Perry 2

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Kaszub class 1
- Gawron-class 1

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Kilo class 1

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.