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Romanian Armed forces

Romania
Population
19,053,815
Military budget
8.7 billion $
Active personnel
68,500
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Bucharest
Area: 238,391 km2
Population: 19,053,815
Etnic groups: Romanian 83.4%, Hungarian 6.1%, Roma 3.1%, Ukrainian 0.3%, German 0.2%, other 0.7%, unspecified 6.1%
Religions: Eastern Orthodox (including all sub-denominations) 81.9%, Protestant (various denominations including Reformed and Pentecostal) 6.4%, Roman Catholic 4.3%, other (includes Muslim) 0.9%, none or atheist 0.2%, unspecified 6.3%

Military branches

(Forțele Armate Române ) Land Forces, Naval Forces, Romanian Air Force.

Military service

18 years of age for male and female voluntary service; conscription ended 2006; all military inductees (including women) contract for an initial 5-year term of service, with subsequent successive 3-year terms until age 36.

Military expenditures

Military budget
8.7 billion $
Percent of GDP
2.5

Manpower

Active personnel
68,500
Reserve
53,000
Available
5,601,234

Land Forces

Tanks
440
AFV
1,352
Artillery
1,355
Self-propelled guns
53
Rocket artillery
207
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
TR-85 280
TR-580 12
T-55 120
T-72 28

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- Carmor Hurricane 35
- MLI-84 142
- MLVM 76
TAB B33 Zimbru 69
- TAB-77 155
- TAB-71 285
TABC-79 406
- MT-LB 8
Piranha IIIC 43
Cougar 5
International MaxxPro 60
Mowag Piranha V 68

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- SU-100 47
2S1 6

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M142 HIMARS 18
APR 40 135
- LAROM 54

Air Forces

Total aircraft
165
Fighters
23
Multirole
14
Attack
0
Helicopters
69
UCAV (combat drone)
0
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
MiG-21 LanceR 23

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
F-16AM 14

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- IAR-330 61
- IAR-316 8

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
55
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
3
Corvettes
7
Submarines
1
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
- Type 22 2
- Mărășești 1

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Tetal-I 2
- Tetal-II 2
Zborul 3

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Kilo 1

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.