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Brazilian Armed forces

Brazil
Population
217,240,060
Military budget
25 billion $
Active personnel
334,500
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Brasília
Area: 8,515,767 km2
Population: 217,240,060
Etnic groups: white 47.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 43.1%, black 7.6%, Asian 1.1%, indigenous 0.4%
Religions: Roman Catholic 64.6%, other Catholic 0.4%, Protestant 22.2%, other Christian 0.7%, Spiritist 2.2%, other 1.4%, none 8%, unspecified 0.4%

Military branches

(Forças Armadas Brasileiras)Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB), Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil (MB), includes Naval Air and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira, FAB).

Military service

18-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation is 10-12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer professionals; women were allowed to serve in the armed forces beginning in early 1980s when the Brazilian Army became the first army in South America to accept women into career ranks; women serve in Navy and Air Force only in Women's Reserve Corps.

Military expenditures

Military budget
25 billion $
Percent of GDP
1.1

Manpower

Active personnel
334,500
Reserve
1,340,000
Available
53,350,703

Land Forces

Tanks
469
AFV
1,696
Artillery
760
Self-propelled guns
136
Rocket artillery
78
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

TypeNameNumber
Leopard 1A5s 378
M60 Patton 91

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
EE-9 Cascavel 6x6 409
- EE-11 Urutu 6x6 5
- VBTP-MR Guarani 530
M113 720
- AV-VBL 4x4 32

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
M109A5 96
M109A3 40

Rocket artillery

Air Forces

Total aircraft
473
Fighters
45
Multirole
3
Attack
77
Helicopters
182
UCAV (combat drone)
0
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
F-5EM 42
- A-4 Skyhawk 3

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
JAS 39 3

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
AMX 46
- EMB 314 31

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
UH-60 20
Mil Mi-24 12
- Eurocopter Fennec 33
AS565 Panther 33
AS532 Cougar 8
EC 725 40
SH-60 6
- Lynx 4
- Eurocopter EC135 5
- Eurocopter AS332 4
- Eurocopter AS350 17

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
216
Aircraftcarriers
1
Destroyers
0
Frigates
6
Corvettes
2
Submarines
7
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
NAM Atlântico 1

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Niteroi class 5
- Type 22 1

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Inhaúma class 2

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
Tupi Class 5
- Scorpène class 2

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.