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Saudi Armed forces

Saudi Arabia
Population
38,401,000
Military budget
75 billion $
Active personnel
480,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Riyadh
Area: 2,149,690 km2
Population: 38,401,000
Etnic groups: Arab 90%, Afro-Asian 10%
Religions: Muslim (official; citizens are 85-90% Sunni and 10-15% Shia)

Military branches

(القوات المسلحة الملكية السعودية‎) Royal Saudi Land Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes Marine Forces and Special Forces), Royal Saudi Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya as-Sa'udiya), Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, Royal Saudi Strategic Rocket Forces, Ministry of the National Guard (SANG).

Military service

17 is the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; no conscription.

Military expenditures

Military budget
75 billion $
Percent of GDP
7

Manpower

Active personnel
480,000
Reserve
325,000
Available
8,240,714

Land Forces

Tanks
915
AFV
7,329
Artillery
1,120
Self-propelled guns
332
Rocket artillery
321
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
M1A2S 575
M60A3 200
- AMX-30 140

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
M2 Bradley 380
- AMX-10P 470
M113 1190
VAB 100
- Panhard AML 300
- Panhard M3 150
- Didgori Medevac 100
V-150 579
- LAV-25 724
- Otokar Cobra II -
- Sherpa Light 100
LAV III 19
Piranha II 1117
M-ATV 1800
- Al-Fahd 100
- EE-11 Urutu 200

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
M109 110
- AMX-30 AU-F-1 12
PLZ-45 54
CAESAR 156

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
M270 180
Astros II MLRS 77
- K239 Chunmoo 34
TOS-1A 30

Air Forces

Total aircraft
1,251
Fighters
62
Multirole
71
Attack
151
Helicopters
395
UCAV (combat drone)
306
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-15 Eagle 62

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Eurofighter Typhoon 71

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Panavia Tornado IDS 81
- F-15E Strike Eagle 70

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
AH-64 Apache 59
- SH-60 Seahawk 10
UH-60 Black Hawk 117
- Bell OH-58 Kiowa 40
CH-47 Chinook 48
- Bell 212 24
- AS365 Dauphin 24
- AS332 Super Puma 33
- Boeing AH-6 24
- Bell 412 16

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
CAIG Wing Loong 300
- Vestel Karayel 6

Navy

Total naval
36
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
11
Corvettes
9
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
Al Riyadh-class 3
- Al Madinah-class 4
- Freedom-class 4

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Badr-class 4
- Avante-class 5

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- -

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.