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German Armed forces

Germany
Population
83,695,430
Military budget
78 billion $
Active personnel
183,638
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Berlin
Area: 357,592 km2
Population: 83,695,430
Etnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1%
Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Military branches

(Bundeswehr) Army (Heer), Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Services (Streitkraeftebasis, SKB), Central Medical Service (Zentraler Sanitaetsdienst, ZsanDstBw).

Military service

17-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription ended 1 July 2011; service obligation 8-23 months or 12 years; women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001.

Military expenditures

Military budget
78 billion $
Percent of GDP
2

Manpower

Active personnel
183,638
Reserve
34,600
Available
18,529,299

Land Forces

Tanks
295
AFV
3,752
Artillery
409
Self-propelled guns
134
Rocket artillery
33
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
TPz Fuchs 684
Schützenpanzer Puma 350
GTK Boxer 403
- KMW Grizzly -
Fennek 222
- Marder 362
- BV 206S 347
M113 222
- Dingo 1/2 586
- Eagle V 176
- Wiesel 1/2 400

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
PzH 2000 134

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M270 33

Air Forces

Total aircraft
682
Fighters
143
Multirole
89
Attack
0
Helicopters
291
UCAV (combat drone)
5
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
Eurofighter Typhoon 143

Multirole aircraft

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
Eurocopter AS532 Cougar 3
- Sikorsky CH-53 66
Eurocopter Tiger 51
NH90 100
- Eurocopter EC 145 15
- Eurocopter H135 19
- Eurocopter H145 7
- Westland Lynx 24
- Westland Sea King 6

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
Heron TP 5

Navy

Total naval
65
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
11
Corvettes
5
Submarines
6
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
Sachsen 3
- Brandenburg 4
- Baden-Württemberg 4

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Braunschweig 5

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
Type 212 6

☢ Nuclear weapons

Germany participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.