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Military power of Peninsula Shield Force & Axis of Resistance

Peninsula Shield Force vs Axis of Resistance

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Peninsula Shield Force Axis of Resistance

The Peninsula Shield Force is the military arm of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Members of PSF: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. As of March 2011, the Peninsula Shield Force was commanded by Saudi Major General Mutlaq bin Salem Al-Azima and has about 40 thousand troops.

The Axis of Resistance is informal military alliance between Iran, Palestine, Syria and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They are unified by their goal of opposing NATO, Israeli and Saudi Arabian activities in the region.

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Military expenditures

	PSF	AOR
Military budget:	105.4 billion $	11.8 billion $
Percent of GDP:	0%	0%

Military budget

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

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Manpower

	PSF	AOR
Active personnel:	696,550	756,000
Reserve personnel:	520,000	200,000
Available for military:	11,870,201	35,169,215

Active

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

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Reserve

Highest value in the world: 3,000,000 (Vietnam)

Available

Highest value in the world: 385,821,101 (China)

Land Forces

	PSF	AOR
Tanks:	1,767	6,349
Armoured fighting vehicles:	16,249	8,194
Total artillery:	3,040	8,216
Self-propelled artillery:	739	1,532
Rocket artillery:	407	2,446

Tanks

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

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AFV

Highest value in the world: 38,639 (USA)

Artillery

Highest value in the world: 18,266 (Russia)

Self-propelled

Highest value in the world: 6,443 (Russia)

Rocket artillery

Highest value in the world: 4,331 (Russia)

Air Forces

	PSF	AOR
Total aircraft:	2,122	1,443
Fighter aircraft:	141	220
Multirole aircraft:	255	104
Attack aircraft:	157	113
Helicopters:	793	690
UCAV (combat drone):	6	83