Military power of Egypt & Turkey
Egypt vs Turkey
Egypt is a country located in Northern Africa with an area of 1,010,407 km2 (land boundries: 2,612 km and costline 2,450 km). The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The number of inhabitants is 101,576,517.
Egypt has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US. The EAF's inventory is comprised of a mix of domestically produced, imported Soviet-era, and more modern, particularly Western, weapons systems. The leading suppliers of military hardware to Egypt are France, Russia, and the United States.
More about Egypt militaryTurkey is a country located in Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe) with an area of 783,562 km2 (land boundries: 2,816 km and costline 7,200 km). The capital of Turkey is Ankara. The number of inhabitants is 83,614,362.
Turkey has been a member of NATO since 1952 and hosts NATO's Land Forces Command in Izmir. Under a long-range strategic plan, the Turkish Armed Forces continued efforts to modernize its equipment and force structure. The Turkish Armed Forces inventory is mostly comprised of a mix of domestically-produced and Western weapons systems. In 2019 Turkey purchased the Russian S-400 air defense system. That complicated its relationship with NATO. Turkey has a strong defense industry capable of producing a range of weapons systems for both export and internal use.
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 11 billion $ | 15.5 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0% | 2.1% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 438,500 | 425,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 479,000 | 200,000 |
Available for military: | 41,157,220 | 21,079,077 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 3,789 | 3,017 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 8,699 | 11,450 | |
Total artillery: | 4,328 | 2,521 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 889 | 943 | |
Rocket artillery: | 1,250 | 399 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 1,103 | 1,573 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 44 | 48 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 278 | 245 | |
Attack aircraft: | 121 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 310 | 676 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 32 | 172 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 193 | 154 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 2 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 14 | 16 | |
Corvettes: | 7 | 10 | |
Submarines: | 8 | 12 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Egypt
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Turkey
Turkey participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.
Military service
Egypt
18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.
Turkey
21-41 years of age for male compulsory military service; 18 years of age for voluntary service; 12 months conscript obligation for non-university graduates, 6-12 months for university graduates (graduates of higher education may perform 6 months of military service as short-term privates, or 12 months as reserve officers); conscripts are called to register at age 20, for service at 21; women serve in the Turkish Armed Forces only as officers; reserve obligation to age 41; Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 6,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies; a law passed in December 2014 introduced a one-time payment scheme which exempted Turkish citizens 27 and older from conscription in exchange for a payment of $8,150.