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Germany is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 357,168 km2 (land boundries: 3,694 km and costline 2,389 km). The capital of Germany is Berlin. The number of inhabitants is 83,166,711.

Germany joined NATO in May 1955. The German Army has incorporated a joint Franco-German mechanized infantry brigade since 1989, a Dutch airmobile infantry brigade, and a Dutch mechanized infantry brigade. the German Federal Armed Forces inventory is mostly comprised of weapons systems produced domestically or jointly with other European countries and from the United States. Germany's defense industry is capable of manufacturing the full spectrum of military weapons systems, and is one of the world's leading arms exporters.

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Italy is a country located in Southern Europe with an area of 301,338 km2 (land boundries: 1,836.4 km and costline 7,600 km). The capital of Italy is Rome. The number of inhabitants is 60,317,116.

Italy is a member of NATO and was one of the original 12 countries to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The Italian Armed Forces inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced, jointly-produced, and imported weapons systems, mostly from Europe and the United State. The Italian defense industry is capable of producing equipment across all the military domains with particular strengths in naval vessels and aircraft

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Military expenditures

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Military budget: 78 billion $ 32.7 billion $
Percent of GDP: 2% 1.5%

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: 183,638 165,500
Reserve personnel: 34,600 18,300
Available for military: 18,529,299 13,865,688

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

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Tanks: 295 200
Armoured fighting vehicles: 3,752 2,758
Total artillery: 409 197
Self-propelled artillery: 134 68
Rocket artillery: 33 21

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: 682 712
Fighter aircraft: 143 92
Multirole aircraft: 89 66
Attack aircraft: 0 45
Helicopters: 291 423
UCAV (combat drone): 5 12

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: 65 200
Aircraftcarriers: 0 2
Destroyers: 0 4
Frigates: 11 15
Corvettes: 5 0
Submarines: 6 8

Total naval

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

Germany

Germany participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Italy

Italy participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear warheads.

Military service

Germany

17-23 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription ended 1 July 2011; service obligation 8-23 months or 12 years; women have been eligible for voluntary service in all military branches and positions since 2001.

Italy

18-25 years of age for voluntary military service; women may serve in any military branch; Italian citizenship required; 1-year service obligation.