Swiss Armed forces

Switzerland
Population
8,636,896
Military budget
5.3 billion $
Active personnel
140,000
Nuclear weapons
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Bern
Area: 41,285 km2
Population: 8,636,896
Etnic groups: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%.
Religions: Roman Catholic 38.2%, Protestant 26.9%, other Christian 5.6%, Muslim 5%, other 1.6%, none 21.4%, unspecified 1.3%.

Military branches

(Schweizer Armee, Armée suisse, Esercito svizzero) Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force.

Military service

19-26 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary male and female military service; every Swiss male has to serve at least 260 days in the armed forces; conscripts receive 18 weeks of mandatory training, followed by seven 3-week intermittent recalls for training during the next 10 years.

Military expenditures

Military budget
5.3 billion $
Percent of GDP
0.7

Manpower

Active personnel
140,000
Reserve
80,000
Available
1,852,580

Land Forces

Tanks
224
AFV
1,808
Artillery
176
Self-propelled guns
176
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
- Eagle I/II 322
- Eagle III 119

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- -

Air Forces

Total aircraft
178
Fighters
27
Multirole
25
Attack
0
Helicopters
57
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

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- AS332M1 Super Puma 15
- Eurocopter EC635 18

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- -

Navy

Total naval
0
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
0
Corvettes
0
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
- -

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- -

Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.