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Italy vs Austria

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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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Austria is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 83,879 km2 (land boundries: 2,524 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Austria is Vienna. The number of inhabitants is 8,935,112.

Austria is constitutionally non-aligned, but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations. Austria is not a member of NATO, but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework.

The Austrian military's inventory includes a mix of domestically-produced and imported weapons systems from European countries and the USA. The Austrian defense industry produces a range of equipment and partners with other countries.

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Military expenditures

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Military budget

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32.7 billion $
3.2 billion $

Percent of GDP

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1.5 %
0.74 %

Manpower

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Active personnel

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165,500
23,000

Reserve personnel

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18,300
125,600

Available for military

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13,865,688
1,941,110

Land Forces

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Tanks

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200
56
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Armoured fighting vehicles

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2,758
215
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Total artillery

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197
30
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Self-propelled artillery

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68
30
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Rocket artillery

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21
0

Air Forces

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Total aircraft

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712
129
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Fighter

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92
15
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Multirole

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66
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Attack

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45
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Helicopters

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423
87
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UCAV (combat drone)

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12
0

Navy

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Total naval

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200
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Aircraft carriers

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2
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Destroyers

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4
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Frigates

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15
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Corvettes

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0
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Submarines

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8
0

Nuclear weapons

Italy

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

Austria

Does not have nuclear weapons.

Military service

Italy

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

Austria

Registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; 18 is the legal minimum age for compulsory military service (6 months), or optionally, alternative civil/community service (9 months); males 18 to 50 years old in the militia or inactive reserve are subject to compulsory service; in a January 2012 referendum, a majority of Austrians voted in favor of retaining the system of compulsory military service (with the option of alternative/non-military service) instead of switching to a professional army system.