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Egypt vs Vietnam

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Egypt Vietnam

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.

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Vietnam is a country located in Southeastern Asia with an area of 332,698 km2 (land boundries: 4,616 km and costline 3,444 km (excludes islands)). The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi. The number of inhabitants is 96,208,984.

The PAVN is armed largely with weapons and equipment from Russia and the former Soviet Union. Russia has remained the main supplier of newer PAVN military equipment, although in recent years Vietnam has purchased arms from more than a dozen other countries. Vietnam has a limited defense industry

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 6 billion $ 8 billion $
Percent of GDP: 0% 1.6%

Military budget

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Highest value in the world: 916 billion $ (USA)
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Manpower

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Active personnel: 438,500 482,000
Reserve personnel: 479,000 3,000,000
Available for military: 41,157,220 30,000,000

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Highest value in the world: 2,035,000 (China)
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Land Forces

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Tanks: 3,789 1,829
Armoured fighting vehicles: 8,699 1,820
Total artillery: 4,328 2,000
Self-propelled artillery: 889 180
Rocket artillery: 1,250 450

Tanks

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Highest value in the world: 12,267 (Russia)
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Air Forces

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Total aircraft: 1,103 271
Fighter aircraft: 44 11
Multirole aircraft: 278 35
Attack aircraft: 121 34
Helicopters: 310 99
UCAV (combat drone): 32 0

Total aircraft

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Highest value in the world: 13,175 (USA)
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Navy

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Total naval: 193 96
Aircraftcarriers: 2 0
Destroyers: 0 0
Frigates: 14 9
Corvettes: 7 14
Submarines: 8 6

Total naval

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Highest value in the world: 967 (North Korea)
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Nuclear weapons

Egypt

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Vietnam

Does not have nuclear weapons.

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.

Vietnam

18-25 years of age for male compulsory and voluntary military service; females may volunteer for active duty military service; conscription typically takes place twice annually and service obligation is 18 months (Army, Air Defense), 2 years (Navy and Air Force); 18-45 years of age (male) or 18-40 years of age (female) for Militia Force or Self Defense Force service; males may enroll in military schools at age 17.