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Hungary is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 93,030 km2 (land boundries: 2,106 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Hungary is Budapest. The number of inhabitants is 9,730,000.

Hungary joined NATO in 1999. The inventory of the Hungarian Defense Forces consists largely of Soviet-era weapons, with a mix of more modern European and United State equipment.

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Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.

Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 4.2 billion $ 31.37 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2% 4.2%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 816 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 37,650 150,000
Reserve personnel: 20,000 240,000
Available for military: 2,349,948 10,500,000

Active

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 176 577
Armoured fighting vehicles: 720 2,342
Total artillery: 298 775
Self-propelled artillery: 3 601
Rocket artillery: 0 174

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 65 461
Fighter aircraft: 0 23
Multirole aircraft: 14 48
Attack aircraft: 0 18
Helicopters: 35 212
UCAV (combat drone): 0 6

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 12,930 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 13 66
Aircraftcarriers: 0 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 0 2
Corvettes: 0 2
Submarines: 0 1

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Hungary

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Poland

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Hungary

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription; 6-month service obligation.

Poland

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.