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Taiwan Armed forces

Taiwan
Population
23,894,394
Military budget
19.1 billion $
Active personnel
180,000
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Taipei
Area: 36,193 km2
Population: 23,894,394
Etnic groups: Taiwanese(including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Religions: Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

Military branches

The Republic of China Armed Forces (中華民國國軍) Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Military Police Command, Armed Forces Reserve Command, Coast Guard Administration

Military service

Males 18-36 years of age may volunteer for military service or must complete 4 months of compulsory military training (or substitute civil service in some cases); women may enlist; women in Air Force service are restricted to noncombat roles; for men born before December 1993, compulsory service (military or civil) is 1 year; for 8 years after discharge, men are subject to training recall four times for periods not to exceed 20 days.

Military expenditures

Military budget
19.1 billion $
Percent of GDP
2.3

Manpower

Active personnel
180,000
Reserve
1,657,000
Available
5,883,828

Land Forces

Tanks
888
AFV
2,031
Artillery
2,082
Self-propelled guns
448
Rocket artillery
234
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
M60A3 TTS 200
- CM-11 450
CM-12 100
- M41D 100
M1A2T Abrams 38

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
M113A1/A2 650
CM-32 683
CM-21 225
V-150S 300
- CM-24/A1 173

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
- M44 48
- M110A2 70
M108 100
M109A2/A5 225
- T-69 45

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
Thunderbolt-2000 43
- Kung Feng VI 120
- Kung Feng III/IV 60
M142 HIMARS 11

Air Forces

Total aircraft
791
Fighters
103
Multirole
183
Attack
0
Helicopters
243
UCAV (combat drone)
3
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
AIDC F-CK-1 103

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
F-16A 140
Mirage 2000 43

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- -

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Bell 206 30
- McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender 7
AH-64E 29
UH-60M Black Hawk 30
- AH-1W SuperCobra 67
- Bell OH-58D Kiowa 37
CH-47SD Chinook 8
- Eurocopter EC225 3
Sikorsky S-70 32

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
- NCSIST Teng Yun 3

Navy

Total naval
111
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
4
Frigates
22
Corvettes
13
Submarines
5
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
- Kee Lung class 4

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Chi Yang class 6
Cheng Kung 10
Kang Ding 6

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- Ching Chiang-class 6
- Tuo Chiang-class 7

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Hai Kun-class 1
- Hai Shih class 2
- Hai Lung class 2

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.