Military power of Armenia & Iraq
Armenia vs Iraq
Armenia is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 29,743 km2 (land boundries: 1,570 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Armenia is Yerevan. The number of inhabitants is 2,967,900.
Armenia has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994. Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The inventory of the Armenian Armed Forces includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment.
More about Armenia militaryIraq is a country located in Middle East with an area of 437,072 km2 (land boundries: 3,809 km and costline 58 km). The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The number of inhabitants is 38,433,600.
The Iraqi military inventory is comprised of a mix of equipment from a wide variety of sources, including Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, and the US. Russia and the USA are the leading suppliers of military hardware to Iraq.
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Military expenditures
AM | IQ | |
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Military budget: | 1.5 billion $ | 10 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 5.3% | 3.5% |
Manpower
AM | IQ | |
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Active personnel: | 70,600 | 193,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 210,000 | 553,000 |
Available for military: | 809,576 | 11,700,000 |
Land Forces
AM | IQ | ||
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Tanks: | 269 | 848 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 610 | 5,284 | |
Total artillery: | 236 | 1,969 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 38 | 283 | |
Rocket artillery: | 103 | 424 |
Air Forces
AM | IQ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 65 | 379 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 4 | 26 | |
Attack aircraft: | 15 | 32 | |
Helicopters: | 45 | 203 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 14 |
Navy
AM | IQ | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 0 | 68 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 0 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 0 | 2 | |
Submarines: | 0 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Armenia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Iraq
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
Armenia
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.
Iraq
18-49 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription.