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Italian Armed forces

Italy
Population
58,853,482
Military budget
32.7 billion $
Active personnel
165,500
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Rome
Area: 301,338 km2
Population: 58,853,482
Etnic groups: foreign residents 8.1%
Religions: Christian 83.3%, Muslim 3.7%, other 0.3%, none 12.4%

Military branches

(Forze armate italiane) Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI), Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC).

Military service

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.

Military expenditures

Military budget
32.7 billion $
Percent of GDP
1.5

Manpower

Active personnel
165,500
Reserve
18,300
Available
13,865,688

Land Forces

Tanks
200
AFV
3,792
Artillery
193
Self-propelled guns
64
Rocket artillery
21
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
Ariete 200

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
Centauro 259
- Dardo 198
- Freccia 360
Puma 6x6 360
Puma 4x4 180
- Orso 4X4 56
Cougar 12
- VTLM 1 Lince 1900
- AAV7-A1 17
- Bandvagn 206S 300
Centauro II 150

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
PzH 2000 64

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M270 MLRS 21

Air Forces

Total aircraft
675
Fighters
93
Multirole
83
Attack
14
Helicopters
406
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 93

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Panavia Tornado 46
F-35 A 27
F-35 B 10

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
AV-8B Harrier II 14

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- AgustaWestland AW101 29
- AgustaWestland AW139 30
- Agusta A129 Mangusta 59
NHI NH90 116
Boeing CH-47 Chinook 22
- Bell 412 21
- Bell 212 42
Bell 205 55
- Bell 206 30
- AgustaWestland AW169 2

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
MQ-9 Reaper 5

Navy

Total naval
200
Aircraftcarriers
2
Destroyers
3
Frigates
15
Corvettes
0
Submarines
8
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
Cavour 1
- Trieste class 1

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
Orizzonte-class 2
- Durand de la Penne class 1

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Bergamini-class 9
- Maestrale class 2
- Thaon di Revel class 4

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- -

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
Type 212 4
- Sauro class 4

☢ Nuclear weapons

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