Firepower: The strongest armies in the world according to Global Firepower. Firepower: the strongest armies in the world according to Global Firepower
The other day, experts from an international analytical group published a rating of the armies of the world in terms of military power Global Firepower (often also called the analytical structure itself). The level of military power was determined by the classification of the mentioned group. The index of military superiority of some armies over others is published in recent times annually and takes into account such indicators armed forces various countries as the ratio of the strength of the Armed Forces to the population of the country, the composition of the Air Force, the Navy (Navy), the number of tanks, as well as the volume of the defense budget. It is important that the level of military power in this case does not take into account the country's possession of nuclear potential.
In total, in 133 countries of the world, the army of each of which has been assigned a certain coefficient. Moreover, in this case, the principle of inverse proportionality works: the lower this coefficient is, the greater the total power of the armed forces of a state is considered.
The top three countries in terms of global power in this ranking are as follows.
At the first place - USA. The declared indicators are: the coefficient is 0.0857, the population is 323.9 million people, the number of armed forces is 2.36 million, of which 990 thousand are reservists. The number of aviation assets - 13762 aircraft and helicopters, of which 2296 are fighters, 947 - attack helicopters. Total number tanks from the US Army - 5884 units. The number of warships of the US Navy is 415, of which 19 are aircraft carriers, 70 are submarines. Defense budget american army, as is known even without the compilers of this rating, it cannot be compared with the military budgets of other countries of the world. Its total volume, named in Global Firepower for 2017, amounted to $588 billion. And this is only the "unclassified" part of the Pentagon's treasury.
In second place, the compilers of the rating place Russia with a coefficient of 0.0929. Russian population figures (about 142 million people are indicated) differ from official data in the Russian Federation for the reason that foreign analysts continue to pretend that Crimea is not part of Russia.
Indicators for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Global Firepower: strength - as much as 3.37 million people. It was decided to include in this value everyone who is not only in the personnel of the Armed Forces of the country, but also reservists plus civilian personnel. The direct personnel composition is indicated at the level of 798.5 thousand military personnel. Just a few days ago, information was published on the full strength of the RF Armed Forces according to data not from foreign experts, but directly from the RF Ministry of Defense. The statistics (published by TASS Global Firepower) are actually as follows: 1 million 13 thousand 628 military personnel.
As can be seen, the scatter with the data of foreign "partners" differ not only in terms of population, but also in terms of the strength of the Armed Forces directly.
The statistics in Global Firepower for Russia are as follows: aviation means - 3794, of which 806 are fighters, 490 are attack (attacking) helicopters. Number of tanks: 20216. Number of warships in the Navy: 352, including one aircraft carrier cruiser("Admiral Kuznetsov") and 63 submarines. The military budget of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2017 is estimated at $44.6 billion.
Closes the top three Chinese People's Republic
. The coefficient in this case is 0.0945. The indicated population is 1.373 billion people. The number of PLA (People's Liberation Army of China) is 3.7 million, of which 1.45 million are listed as reservists.
The number of military aviation assets in China is 2955, of which 1,271 thousand fighters and 206 attack helicopters. If these statistics are to be believed, then Chinese army caught up with and surpassed the US Army in terms of the number of funds fighter aviation, and surpassed by almost 50%. This information from Global Firepower conflicts with information in Chinese official sources. The Chinese themselves say that the number of fighters of various modifications, including the Russian Su-27 and Su-30, is no more than 950 units, of which about 500 are Chengdu J-7. Wikipedia gives almost 1,500 fighters altogether, including in their total number aircraft that are not physically in the PLA Air Force, but contracts for which have been concluded.
The number of tanks in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, according to the compilers of the global rating under consideration, is 6457. The number of warships is 714. If you believe this value, it turns out that China's combat fleet is almost twice as large as the US Navy's combat ship structure. It is specified that among these 714 warships there is 1 aircraft carrier, 51 frigates, 68 submarines, 35 corvettes, etc. The Chinese defense budget is said to be $161.7 billion. official statistics on the defense budget, published by the Chinese media, is as follows: 151.8 billion dollars.
In the top five in terms of military power, such countries of the world as India(4th place) and France(5th). It is noted that the population of India is about 110 million less than the population of China, while the total number of armed forces, including reservists, is declared at the level of 4.2 million people, which is half a million more than in China. The Indian defense budget exceeds the Russian one and is about $51 billion. For comparison: the military budget of France with the 5th announced line in terms of military power amounted to 35 billion US dollars in 2017.
Places from 6th to 10th were distributed as follows: Britain, Japan, Turkey, Germany and (rather surprisingly) Egypt. At the same time, the “Egyptian Navy” section indicates the presence of two aircraft carriers. We are talking about helicopter carriers that France sold to Cairo after the well-known sanctions against Russia. The presence of these ships, according to the compilers of the rating, allows Egypt with a military budget of $ 4 billion and 454 thousand military personnel to bypass in the rating, for example, Pakistan and South Korea.
On the 15th position, the compilers of the rating put Israel, noting that the military budget of this country is one of the most impressive per capita in the world. With a population of 8.1 million and a military force of 168,000, the budget is over $15.5 billion.
The DPRK was given the 23rd place (and why, then, are the USA, Japan and South Korea shuddering? ..). And the most "cool" army in Europe - Ukrainian - 30th position. By military power Ukraine estimated so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already on the 14th position above the army Syria, 19 lines above the army The Republic of Belarus and 28 above the sun Azerbaijan.
The most powerful armies in the world. Russia took second place in it, losing to the United States. The first ten countries with the most powerful personnel fit for military service are in the RBC review.
Population: 323.9 million people
145.2 million people, of which the active military - 1.3 million people
Air force: 13.7 thousand pieces of equipment
Ground troops: 5.8 thousand battle tanks
Navy: 415 vehicles
Military budget:$587.8 billion
Population: 142.3 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 70 million people, of which the active military - 798.5 thousand people
Air force: 3.8 thousand pieces of equipment
Ground troops: 20.2 thousand battle tanks
Navy: 352 vehicles
Military budget:$44.6 billion
Population: 1.3 billion people
Personnel fit for military service: 750 million people, of which active military - 2.2 million people
Air force: 2.9 thousand units military equipment
Ground troops: 6.4 thousand battle tanks
Navy: 714 pieces of military equipment
Military budget:$161.7 billion
Photo: Zahid Hussain Bhat / ZUMA / Global Look Press
Population: 1.2 billion people
Personnel fit for military service: 616 million people, of which the active military - 1.3 million people
Air force: 2.1 thousand units of military equipment
Ground troops: 4.4 thousand battle tanks
Navy: 295 vehicles
Military budget:$51 billion
Photo: Florian David / ZUMA / Global Look Press
Population: 66.8 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 30 million people, including active military — 204 thousand people
Air force: 1.3 thousand units of military equipment
Ground troops: 406 battle tanks
Navy: 118 vehicles
Military budget:$35 billion
Great Britain
Population: 64.4 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 30 million people, of which 151.1 thousand are active military
Air force: 856 vehicles
Ground troops: 249 battle tanks
Navy: 76 vehicles
Military budget:$45.7 billion
Photo: Nicolas Datiche / AFLO / Global Look Press
Population: 126.7 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 54 million people, including active military — 248.5 thousand people
Air force: 1.5 thousand pieces of equipment
Ground troops: 700 battle tanks
Navy: 131 units of military equipment
Military budget:$43.8 billion
Photo: Osman Bekleyen / ZUMA / Global Look Press
Population: 80.2 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 41.6 million people, of which 382.8 thousand are active military
Air force: 1 thousand units of military equipment
Ground troops: 2.4 thousand battle tanks
Navy: 194 vehicles
Military budget:$8.2 billion
Germany
Population: 80.7 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 37 million people, of which 180 thousand active military people
Air force: 698 units of military equipment
Ground troops: 543 battle tanks
Navy: 81 vehicles
Military budget:$39.2 billion
Population: 94.6 million people
Personnel fit for military service: 42 million people, of which the active military - 454.2 thousand people
Air force: 1.1 thousand units of military equipment
Ground troops: 4.1 thousand battle tanks
Navy: 319 vehicles
Military budget:$4.4 billion
The Russian army has entered the top three strongest in the world; in the Credit Suisse rating, the military of the Russian Federation is evaluated together with the armies of China and the United States. What is the real alignment of forces among states ready for military conflicts?medialeaks publishes a list of the 20 most powerful armies in the world according to the organization.
At the end of September, the financial organization published a report in which it indicated the TOP 20 most powerful armies in the world. Based on this graph, our publication made a detailed list and added its own comments.
When compiling the rating, such parameters as the budget, the size of the army, the number of tanks, aircraft, combat helicopters, aircraft carriers and submarines, and partly the presence of nuclear weapons were taken into account. The technical level of weapons affected the position in the list to a lesser extent, and the real combat capability of a particular army was practically not assessed.
Thus, the assessment of the position of some countries may raise questions. Let's say the Israeli army concedes two positions to Egypt, mainly because of the number of employees and tanks. However, in all clashes, the first won an unconditional victory over the second, despite the numerical superiority.
It is interesting to note that none of the countries was included in the list. Latin America. For example, despite the size of the population and economy, military doctrine Brazil does not involve serious external or internal threats, so the cost of the army in this country is only about 1% of GDP.
It is also somewhat strange that Iran with its half a million soldiers, one and a half thousand tanks and 300 combat aircraft was not included in the list.
20. Canada
Budget: $15.7 billion
population active army: 22 thousand
Tanks: 181
Aviation: 420
Subs: 4
The Canadian Army closes the list: it does not have such a large number and not so much military equipment. Be that as it may, the Canadian military is actively involved in all US operations. In addition, Canada is a member of the F-35 program.
19. Indonesia
Budget: $6.9 billion
Active army strength: 476,000
Tanks: 468
Aviation: 405
Subs: 2
Indonesia made the list thanks to its large number of troops and the noticeable size of the tank group, but for an island country it lacks naval forces: in particular, there are no aircraft carriers, only two diesel submarines are in service.
18. Germany
Budget: $40.2 billion
The number of active army: 179 thousand people
Tanks: 408
Aviation: 663
Subs: 4
After the Second World War, Germany did not have its own army for 10 years. During the confrontation between the West and the USSR, the Bundeswehr numbered up to half a million people, but after the unification, the country's authorities abandoned the confrontation doctrine and sharply reduced investments in defense. Apparently, therefore, in the Credit Suisse rating, the German Armed Forces were even behind Poland. At the same time, Berlin is actively sponsoring the eastern allies in NATO.
17. Poland
Budget: $9.4 billion
Active Army: 120,000
Tanks: 1,009
Aviation: 467
Subs: 5
Poland was ahead of its western neighbor in military power due to a larger number of tanks and submarines, although the Polish Army has been losing in most military conflicts for the past 300 years. Be that as it may, Warsaw increased spending on the army after the annexation of Crimea to Russia and the outbreak of conflict in eastern Ukraine.
16. Thailand
Budget: $5.4 billion
Active army strength: 306,000
Tanks: 722
Aviation: 573
Subs: 0
The Thai army has been keeping the situation inside the country under control since May 2014, the armed forces are the main guarantee of political stability. It employs a significant number of people, there are a large number of modern tanks and aircraft.
15. Australia
Budget: $26.1 billion
Active Army: 58,000
Tanks: 59
Aviation: 408
Subs: 6
Members of the Australian Armed Forces are consistently involved in all NATO operations. In accordance with national doctrine, Australia should be able to stand alone against an invasion from outside. The defense forces are formed on a professional basis, the army is well equipped technically, there are modern fleet and a large number of combat helicopters.
14. Israel
Budget: $17 billion
Active Army: 160,000
Tanks: 4,170
Aviation: 684
Subs: 5
Israel is the most underrated member of the rating. The IDF won all the conflicts in which it participated, and sometimes the Israelis had to fight on several fronts against an enemy many times superior in number. In addition to a huge amount of the latest offensive and defensive weapons of its own design, Credit Suisse's analysis does not take into account the fact that there are several hundred thousand reservists in the country with combat experience and high motivation. Business card IDF - female military personnel who have proven that the weaker sex with a machine gun is no less effective than the strong one. Not to mention the fact that, according to unverified data, Israel has about 80 nuclear warheads in service.
13. Taiwan
Budget: $10.7 billion
Active army strength: 290,000
Tanks: 2005
Aviation: 804
Subs: 4
The authorities of the Republic of China believe that they are the legitimate government of the Celestial Empire and sooner or later they must return to Beijing, and until this happens, the army is always ready for the invasion of usurpers from the mainland. And although in reality the armed forces of the island will hardly be able to withstand the Chinese army, two thousand modern tanks and 800 aircraft and helicopters make it a serious force.
12. Egypt
Budget: $4.4 billion
Active army strength: 468,000
Tanks: 4,624
Aviation: 1,107
Subs: 4
The army of Egypt was in the ranking due to the number and amount of equipment, although as the war showed doomsday, even a threefold superiority in tanks is offset by high combat skills and the technical level of weapons. At the same time, it is known that about a thousand "Abrams" of the Egyptian Armed Forces are simply mothballed in warehouses. Nevertheless, Cairo will acquire two Mistral-type helicopter carriers not supplied by France to the Russian Federation, and about 50 Ka-52 combat helicopters for them, which will make Egypt a truly serious military force in the region.
11. Pakistan
Budget: $7 billion
The number of active army: 617 thousand people
Tanks: 2,924
Aviation: 914
Subs: 8
Pakistan's army is one of the largest in the world, it has a lot of tanks and aircraft, the US supports Islamabad with equipment. The main threat is internal, in remote areas of the country ruled by local leaders and the Taliban. In addition, Pakistan has not reached an agreement on the borders with India: the territories of the states of Jammu and Kashmir remain disputed, formally the countries are in a state of conflict, within which they are conducting an arms race. Pakistan has ballistic missiles medium range and about a hundred nuclear warheads
10. Turkey
Budget: $18.2 billion
Active Army: 410,000
Tanks: 3,778
Aviation: 1,020
Subs: 13
Turkey claims to be a regional leader, therefore it is constantly building up and updating its armed forces. Great amount tanks, aviation and a large modern fleet (though without aircraft carriers) allows the Turkish army to be considered the strongest among the Muslim countries of the Middle East.
9. UK
Budget: $60.5 billion
Active Army: 147,000
Tanks: 407
Aviation: 936
Subs: 10
After the end of World War II, Great Britain abandoned the idea of military dominance around the world in favor of the United States, but the Royal Armed Forces still have significant power and take part in all NATO operations. Her Majesty's fleet includes several nuclear submarines with strategic nuclear weapons: a total of about 200 warheads. By 2020, the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth is expected to be commissioned, which will be able to carry 40 F-35B fighters.
8. Italy
Budget: $34 billion
Active Army: 320,000
Tanks: 586
Aviation: 760
Subs: 6
7. South Korea
Budget: $62.3 billion
The number of active army: 624 thousand people
Tanks: 2,381
Aviation: 1,412
Subs: 13
South Korea retains a large military force, although quantitative indicators in everything except aviation, it continues to lose to its main potential adversary - the DPRK. The difference, of course, is in the technological level. Seoul has its latest and Western developments, Pyongyang has Soviet technology 50 years ago.
6. France
Budget: $62.3 billion
The number of active army: 202 thousand people
Tanks: 423
Aviation: 1,264
Subs: 10
The French army is still the main military force in Africa and continues to actively intervene in local conflicts. Recently, a shock was put into operation nuclear aircraft carrier"Charles de Gaulle". Currently, France has approximately 300 strategic nuclear warheads, which are deployed on nuclear submarines. There are also 60 tactical warheads.
5. India
Budget: $41.6 billion
Active Army: 247,000
Tanks: 678
Aviation: 1,613
Subs: 16
The most unexpected thing in the ranking is Japan's 4th place, despite the fact that formally the country cannot have an army, but only self-defense forces. Business Insider attributes this to the high level of equipment of the Japanese aircraft. In addition, they include 4 helicopter carriers, 9 destroyers. At the same time, Japan does not have nuclear weapons, and this, together with a small number of tanks, makes one think that the position of this army is greatly overestimated.
3. China
Budget: $216 billion
Active Army: 2.33 million
Tanks: 9,150
Aviation: 2,860
Subs: 67
The second economy in the world has the largest active army, however, in terms of the number of tanks, aircraft and helicopters, it is still noticeably inferior not only to the United States, but also to Russia. But the defense budget exceeds the Russian one by 2.5 times. As far as we know, China keeps several hundred nuclear warheads on combat duty. However, some believe that in reality the PRC may have several thousand warheads, but this information is carefully classified.
2. Russia
Budget: $84.5 billion
Active Army: 1 million
Tanks: 15,398
Aviation: 3,429
Subs: 55
Syria has demonstrated once again that Russia rightly continues to hold a solid 2nd place among the strongest, according to Business Insider. The RF Armed Forces are inferior to China only in the number of submarines. And if the rumors about China's secret nuclear stockpile are not true, far ahead of it in this area. It is believed that Russia's strategic nuclear forces have about 350 carriers and about 2,000 nuclear warheads. The number of tactical nuclear charges is unknown and may be several thousand.
1. USA
Budget: $601 billion
Active Army: 1.4 million
Tanks: 8,848
Aviation: 13,892
Subs: 72
The US military budget is comparable to the previous 19th. The Navy includes 10 aircraft carriers. It is characteristic that, unlike Moscow, which made back in Soviet times betting on tanks, Washington is developing combat aviation. Besides, American authorities despite the end cold war, continue to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the development of the latest military technologies, thanks to which the United States remains a leader not only in everything related to killing people, but also in areas such as robotics and prosthetics.
The most significant advantages of any single country are its economic condition, external and internal political activity, the standard of living of citizens, and, of course, the presence of a combat-ready state army. Each sane government of the country considers it its super-task to replenish, expand, and equip the mega-functional army of military personnel, whose multi-effort will protect the vital activity of any independent country from anyone.
Every second reasonable inhabitant of our country considers it his mega duty to provide his opportunities, both physical and mental, to serve in the ranks of the state army. Is this the case in other countries and how significant is the presence of their own army for them.
World Army Ranking 2017
What is the largest army in the world for 2017? More detailed and extensive examples in the top track "ranking the armies of the world":
10th place. The latest in the ranking, but very large-scale army South Korea . In terms of the number of military personnel, this army is in third place among Asian countries. In Korea, an extremely large number of residents who serve, protect their country;
9th place german army. The German army cites very worthy figures: the number of almost 190 thousand military personnel, the super huge military budget is about 45 billion dollars, which indicates that the provision of this military personnel for the maximum high level. In terms of the number of military personnel, this military formation occupies only 25th place;
8th place. She took her position at this place. Turkish army, which holds the sixth place in the ranking in terms of combat capability, as well as the ninth position in terms of numbers. This military strength holds the golden first place among the armies of the Middle East, since, in addition to over-numerous military reserves, army regulations state that the age barrier starts at 20 years old and ends at 41 years old;
7th place. In the top list "ranking of the armies of the world 2017" Japan holds its mega positions. The main upscale characteristic features this army is that it is among the best, in terms of worthy indicators. The insignificant number of this army manages the maximum possible financial indicator for such a number of people, the super-rigid training of military personnel is intertwined with training traditional methods self-defense, which makes it extremely dangerous, operates only as a self-defense organization. It can be thoroughly put on the first position in the ranking of the most powerful armies in the world in 2017, not only through the presence of various the latest tools protection, but also because of the mega skills of the most military personnel;
6th place was taken by the armed forces Great Britain. Despite the fact that the army of Great Britain occupies only the 27th place in terms of numbers, and the fifth in terms of combat effectiveness, it cannot be called uncompetitive in any way. The most notable high-profile features are that it has at its disposal the Royal Navy of Britain, which has received world silver in tonnage; it has a structural element - the wearing of medical military service, which is not accepted in any army in the world;
5th place. One of the highly productive and strongest European armies is the army France. The salient features of this military structure are: the presence of atomic super-stocks, which even the most famous atomic armies of the world can envy, the presence of the Foreign Legion, in which only citizens of other countries serve;
4th place was taken by the army India. Army table of the world 2017 put this professional military organization in third place in terms of the number of military personnel. The Armed Forces of India have the highest military potential, high-class capabilities for the production and supply of weapons and equipment, which made it possible for it to acquire top-notch new tanks; ranks first in the operation of a large number of fighters;
3rd place. The army settled here China, the largest army in the world in terms of numbers. And, in terms of combat capability, the People's Liberation Army of China holds the bronze position. The characteristic features of this super structure can be called the age of service, from 19 to 49 years; the reserve military reserve has more than one and a half billion people; specific triune organization of the military structure, taking steps towards the creation of high-precision weapons;
2nd place went to VS Russia. The main distinguishing features of this military formation are the first place in terms of the number of military in the country, many billions of dollars in cash costs give it the opportunity to use the latest military innovations in weapons and equipment; has a significant, very significant stock of military equipment, but in terms of quality characteristics, it is significantly lagging behind;
1st place was taken by the army USA. It is the American Armed Forces that close the combat capability rating of the armies of the world. And, in terms of the number of armed forces, she took a silver position. The primary features of this military structure are the mega huge financial costs for its maintenance, the nuclear stock is simply impressive with its grandiose numbers, the professional work of the National Guard.
Global Firepower has released the next annual ranking report https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp for the armies of the world.
The rating is formed according to more than 50 parameters and is released every year, taking into account more than 2/3 of the countries of the world.
The first three are already long time does not change - the United States is in first place, Russia is in second place, China is in third place.
Among the declared parameters of the rating:
1. Nuclear weapon not taken into account (only conventional weapons), but countries with them receive a certain bonus to the rating.
2. The ranking does not depend entirely on the number of weapons, but rather focuses on the variety of weapons and their quality.
3. Geographic parameters, infrastructure and Natural resources affect the overall position of the country in the ranking.
4. The number of population and available labor force plays an important role in the final assessment. Who more people, which usually ranks high.
5. Landlocked countries do not receive a penalty for not having a fleet. Countries with little diversity naval armaments receive a fine.
6. NATO countries have a bonus due to the cumulative use of resources.
7. The current military-political leadership of any of the countries is not taken into account.
8. Figures are taken from open sources at the end of 2016.
Russia parameters according to the report:
Demographic and mobilization potential.
air force
Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS
Navy
Oil, infrastructure.
Finance, geography.
For comparison.
Air Force.
Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS.
Navy
Oil, transport infrastructure.
Finance, geography.
China.
Demography, mobilization potential.
air force
Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS.
Navy.
Oil, transport infrastructure
Finance, geography.
It also seemed noteworthy that Turkey and Egypt were placed above Israel. If the comparison with Turkey is a moot point, then the superiority of Egypt looks very doubtful.
You can also note that they do not consider China the second aircraft carrier, since it was still being completed at the end of 2016, and Britain counted as many as 2, while in fact there is only 1, and even that one is in a state of completion, and "Illustrious" already sent for scrap.
The strength of the armed forces.
Tanks.
BBM.
Barrel artillery.
Combat aircraft.
Submarines.
The number of military ships. North Korea is a great maritime power.
Merchant navy. Panama, as usual, is out of competition.
Oil production, including proven reserves.
PS. The strongest army in Europe in this ranking is located in 30th place between Sweden and Myanmar, even though it is a wartime army, while the vast majority of armies standing higher are peacetime armies. The rating was compiled by Kremlin agents in order to slander Nenko and her defense efforts.
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