Military power of Poland & Belarus
Poland vs Belarus
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 militaryBelarus is a country located in Eastern Europe with an area of 207,595 km2 (land boundries: 3,599 km and costline 0 km (landlocked)). The capital of Belarus is Minsk. The number of inhabitants is 9,349,645.
Belarus has close security ties with Russia. In 2022, Belarus allowed Russian military forces to stage on its territory during its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is the principal supplier of arms to Belarus, and Belarusian troops reportedly train on Russian equipment. The inventory of the Belarus Armed Forces is comprised mostly of Russian andSoviet-origin equipment, and since 2010 Russia is the leading provider of arms. Belarus's defense industry manufactures some equipment (mostly modernized Soviet designs).
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Military expenditures
PL | BY | |
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Military budget: | 40 billion $ | 0.9 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 4.7% | 1.2% |
Manpower
PL | BY | |
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Active personnel: | 200,000 | 63,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 150,000 | 344,750 |
Available for military: | 10,500,000 | 2,500,000 |
Land Forces
PL | BY | ||
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Tanks: | 601 | 652 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 2,417 | 1,871 | |
Total artillery: | 773 | 1,041 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 585 | 440 | |
Rocket artillery: | 188 | 371 |
Air Forces
PL | BY | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 481 | 199 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 13 | 34 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 60 | 4 | |
Attack aircraft: | 18 | 67 | |
Helicopters: | 212 | 68 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 24 | 0 |
Navy
PL | BY | ||
---|---|---|---|
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.
Belarus
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.
Belarus
18-27 years of age for compulsory military or alternative service; conscript service obligation is 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications, and 24-36 months for alternative service, depending on academic qualifications; 17 year olds are eligible to become cadets at military higher education institutes, where they are classified as military personnel.