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Qatar Armed forces

Qatar
Population
2,795,484
Military budget
6 billion $
Active personnel
66,550
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Doha
Area: 11,586 km2
Population: 2,795,484
Etnic groups: Indian 25%, Quatari 12.1%, Pakistani 4.8%, Iranian 1.5%
Religions: Muslim 67.7% (80% Sunni, 20% Shia), Christian 13.8%, Hindu 13.8%, Buddhist 3.1%, other 2%

Military branches

The Qatar Armed Forces: Qatari Emiri Land Force, Qatari Emiri Navy, Qatari Emiri Air Force

Military service

Conscription for males aged 18-35; 4-month general obligation, 3 months for graduates.

Military expenditures

Military budget
6 billion $
Percent of GDP
3.6

Manpower

Active personnel
66,550
Reserve
15,000
Available
389,487

Land Forces

Tanks
138
AFV
922
Artillery
62
Self-propelled guns
46
Rocket artillery
16
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 2A7+ 94
- AMX-30 44

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- Nexter VBCI 490
- AMX-10P 40
- VAB 182
- Thyssen Henschel UR-416 20
- FV-701 Ferret 10
- Alvis Saracen 30
- Ejder Yalçhin -
MOWAG Piranha MK-II 8x8 36
Fennek 32
AMX-10RC 12
- AMX-VCI IFV 30
Cadilac LAV V150 Commando 8
EE-9 Cascavel 32

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- AMX F3 22
PzH2000 24

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
Astros II MLRS 6
HIMARS 7
BM-21 Grad 3
- SY-400 -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
205
Fighters
0
Multirole
46
Attack
6
Helicopters
87
UCAV (combat drone)
6
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
- -

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Dassault Rafale 36
- F-15E Strike Eagle 4
Eurofighter Typhoon 6

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Alpha Jet 6

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
AH-64 Apache 24
NHIndustries NH90 20
- SA342 Gazelle 14
- Westland Sea King 11
- AgustaWestland AW139 18

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
Bayraktar TB2 6

Navy

Total naval
92
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
0
Corvettes
3
Submarines
0
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
- -

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Doha class 3

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- -

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.