Military power of Venezuela & Austria
Venezuela vs Austria
Venezuela is a country located in Northern South America with an area of 916,445 km2 (land boundries: 5,267 km and costline 2,800 km). The capital of Venezuela is Caracas. The number of inhabitants is 28,887,118.
The FANB inventory is mainly of Chinese and Russian origin with a smaller mix of equipment from Western countries. Russia is the top supplier of military hardware to Venezuela
More about Venezuela militaryAustria 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. More about Austria militaryIf you want to check the comparison in terms of economic ratios check out CompareEconomy.com
Military expenditures
VE | AT | |
---|---|---|
Military budget: | 0.7 billion $ | 3.2 billion $ |
Percent of GDP: | 0.35% | 0.74% |
Manpower
VE | AT | |
---|---|---|
Active personnel: | 330,000 | 23,000 |
Reserve personnel: | 8,000 | 125,600 |
Available for military: | 8,000,000 | 1,941,110 |
Land Forces
VE | AT | ||
---|---|---|---|
Tanks: | 312 | 56 | |
Armoured fighting vehicles: | 1,000 | 215 | |
Total artillery: | 200 | 30 | |
Self-propelled artillery: | 60 | 30 | |
Rocket artillery: | 36 | 0 |
Air Forces
VE | AT | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total aircraft: | 263 | 129 | |
Fighter aircraft: | 6 | 15 | |
Multirole aircraft: | 42 | 0 | |
Attack aircraft: | 0 | 0 | |
Helicopters: | 81 | 87 | |
UCAV (combat drone): | 0 | 0 |
Navy
VE | AT | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total naval: | 46 | 0 | |
Aircraftcarriers: | 0 | 0 | |
Destroyers: | 0 | 0 | |
Frigates: | 2 | 0 | |
Corvettes: | 3 | 0 | |
Submarines: | 2 | 0 |
☢ Nuclear weapons
Venezuela
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Austria
Does not have nuclear weapons.
Military service
Venezuela
All citizens of military service age (18-60 years old) are obligated to register for military service, though mandatory recruitment is forbidden; the minimum service obligation is 12 months.
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.