Military power of Poland & Armenia
Poland vs Armenia
Poland is a country located in Central Europe with an area of 312,679 km2 (land boundries: 2,865 km and costline 440 km). The capital of Poland is Warsaw. The number of inhabitants is 38,268,000.
Poland joined NATO in 1999 and hosts US-led multi-national NATO ground force battlegroup since 2007. The inventory of the Polish Armed Forces consists of a mix of Soviet-era and more modern Western weapons systems. Poland announced in March 2022 plans to increase the size of its armed forces to 300,000 personnel and to allocate at least 3% of GDP to defense. Modernization plan would include such items as 5th generation combat aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, rocket artillery, helicopters, submarines and frigates.
More about Poland militaryArmenia is a country located in Southwestern Asia with an area of 29,743 km2 (land boundries: 1,570 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Armenia is Yerevan. The number of inhabitants is 2,967,900.
Armenia has been a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) since 1994. Russia has deployed about 2,000 peacekeeping troops to the area in and around Nagorno-Karabakh as part of a cease-fire agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The inventory of the Armenian Armed Forces includes mostly Russian and Soviet-era equipment.
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Military expenditures
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Military budget: | 31.37 billion $ | 1.28 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 4.2% | 6% |
Manpower
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Active personnel: | 150,000 | 68,500 |
Reserve personnel: | 240,000 | 210,000 |
Available for military: | 10,500,000 | 809,576 |
Land Forces
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Tanks: | 577 | 269 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 2,342 | 610 | |
Total artillery: | 775 | 236 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 601 | 38 | |
Rocket artillery: | 174 | 103 |
Air Forces
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Total aircraft: | 461 | 65 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 23 | 0 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 48 | 4 | |
Attack aircraft: | 18 | 15 | |
Helicopters: | 212 | 45 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 6 | 0 |
Navy
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Total naval: | 66 | 0 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 2 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 2 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 1 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Poland
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Armenia
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
Poland
18-28 years of age for male and female voluntary military service; conscription phased out in 2009-12; service obligation shortened from 12 to 9 months in 2005; women only allowed to serve as officers and noncommissioned officers.
Armenia
18-27 years of age for voluntary or compulsory military service; 2-year conscript service obligation; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.