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Hellenic Armed forces

Greece
Population
10,432,481
Military budget
9 billion $
Active personnel
107,600
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Athens
Area: 131,957 km2
Population: 10,432,481
Etnic groups: Greek 92%, Albanian 4.5%, other 3.5%
Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%

Military branches

(Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις) Hellenic Army (Ellinikos Stratos, ES), Hellenic Navy (Elliniko Polemiko Navtiko, EPN), Hellenic Air Force.

Military service

19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service.

Military expenditures

Military budget
9 billion $
Percent of GDP
3.7

Manpower

Active personnel
107,600
Reserve
221,600
Available
2,535,174

Land Forces

Tanks
1,365
AFV
4,126
Artillery
1,469
Self-propelled guns
588
Rocket artillery
152
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
- Marder 1A3/5 100
- M1117 Guardian 600
- VBL 243
- Leonidas II 491
M113 2500
- Typhoon MRAP 8
BMP-1P Ost 184

Self-propelled artillery

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M270 MLRS 36
- RM70 116

Air Forces

Total aircraft
855
Fighters
35
Multirole
202
Attack
0
Helicopters
427
UCAV (combat drone)
3
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-4 Phantom II 35

Multirole aircraft

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
AH-64 28
- AW109 2
CH-47 Chinook 25
NH-90 TTH 20
UH-1H Iroquois 100
- Bell 205 122
- AB 206B-3 14
- Bell 212 9
Sikorsky SH-60 28
- Aérospatiale Alouette III 2
- Bell OH-58 Kiowa 60

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
IAI Eitan - Heron TP 3

Navy

Total naval
236
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
13
Corvettes
0
Submarines
11
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
- Hydra class 4
- Elli class 9

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- -

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
Glavkos class 3
Poseidon class 3
Okeanos class 1
- Papanikolis class 4

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.