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Spanish Armed forces

Spain
Population
47,325,360
Military budget
23.7 billion $
Active personnel
133,282
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Madrid
Area: 505,990 km2
Population: 47,325,360
Etnic groups: Castilian Spanish (official) 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, and Basque 2%
Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%

Military branches

(Fuerzas Armadas Espanolas) Army (Ejercito de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola, AE; includes Marine Corps), Spanish Air Force (Ejercito del Aire Espanola, EdA).

Military service

18-26 years of age for voluntary military service by a Spanish citizen or legal immigrant, 2-3 year obligation; women allowed to serve in all SAF branches, including combat units; no conscription, but Spanish Government retains right to mobilize citizens 19-25 years of age in a national emergency; mandatory retirement of non-NCO enlisted personnel at age 45 or 58, depending on service length.

Military expenditures

Military budget
23.7 billion $
Percent of GDP
1.5

Manpower

Active personnel
133,282
Reserve
15,150
Available
11,759,557

Land Forces

Tanks
327
AFV
2,361
Artillery
242
Self-propelled guns
102
Rocket artillery
0
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

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
Centauro 88
Pizarro 261
M113 500
BMR-M1 648
- VEC-M1 135
- IVECO LMV Lince 500
Piranha V -
Piranha IIIC 8x8 39
- RG-31 Nyala 100
- TOM Bv206S 90

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
M109A5 102

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
570
Fighters
68
Multirole
84
Attack
13
Helicopters
152
UCAV (combat drone)
4
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 68

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
F/A-18 Hornet 84

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
AV-8B Harrier II 13

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Eurocopter AS332 12
Eurocopter Tigre 20
- Eurocopter AS332B1 Super Puma 16
Eurocopter AS532UL Cougar 17
- Agusta-Bell 212 13
Boeing CH-47D Chinook 17
- Sikorsky S-76 8
- Hughes 500M 6
- Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk 16
- Eurocopter EC-135 16
NHI NH90 11

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
MQ-9A Predator B 5

Navy

Total naval
60
Aircraftcarriers
1
Destroyers
0
Frigates
11
Corvettes
0
Submarines
2
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- Juan Carlos I 1

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Álvaro de Bazán class 5
- Santa María class 6

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- -

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Galerna class 2

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.