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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
2,758
Artillery
197
Self-propelled guns
68
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 300
- Dardo 198
- Freccia 630
M113 650
Puma 6x6 250
Puma 4x4 330
- Orso 56
Cougar 12
VBR NBC 15
- AAV7-A1 17
- Bandvagn 206S 300

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
PzH 2000 68

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M270 MLRS 21

Air Forces

Total aircraft
712
Fighters
92
Multirole
66
Attack
45
Helicopters
423
UCAV (combat drone)
12
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 92

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Panavia Tornado 50
F-35 A 12
F-35 B 4

Attack and bomber aircraft

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- MD 500 Defender 2
- AW101 29
- AW139 24
- Agusta A129 Mangusta 59
NHI NH90 87
Boeing CH-47 Chinook 23
- Bell 412 21
- Bell 212 74
Bell 205 57
- Bell 206 31
- AW109 15
- AW169 1

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
MQ-1 Predator 6
MQ-9 Reaper 6

Navy

Total naval
200
Aircraftcarriers
2
Destroyers
4
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
Giuseppe Garibaldi 1

Destroyers

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

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Bergamini-class 10
- Maestrale class 3
- Thaon di Revel class 2

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.