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World Armies

86 armies ranked by the ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength), with 509,236 armoured vehicles and artillery pieces in service on file. The United States (index 100.0, 171,065 vehicles) leads, ahead of China (index 90.7, 26,250 vehicles) and Russia (index 63.9, 16,935 vehicles).

World Army Inventories

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# Country ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Total Tanks IFVs APCs Artillery
1 🇺🇸 United States Army 100.0 171,065 2,666 7,724 5,026 4,930
2 🇨🇳 Chinese Army 90.7 26,250 4,770 8,050 4,350 8,080
3 🇷🇺 Russian Army 63.9 16,935 3,460 1,950 4,869 3,611
4 🇮🇳 Indian Army 59.1 15,413 3,854 2,415 86 4,818
5 🇰🇷 South Korean Army 58.9 13,232 1,814 536 3,127 5,745
6 🇺🇦 Ukrainian Army 46.9 18,951 1,123 2,189 2,436 2,269
7 🇹🇷 Turkish Army 45.3 13,201 2,284 645 4,258 1,882
8 🇵🇰 Pakistani Army 43.4 9,457 2,612 0 3,100 3,520
9 🇪🇬 Egyptian Army 40.4 9,808 2,000 690 4,260 1,289
10 🇰🇵 North Korean Army 37.0 6,537 4,235 32 1,710 0
11 🇮🇷 Iranian Army 36.5 6,676 1,513 610 640 3,798
12 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabian Army 36.0 5,608 945 380 1,190 993
13 🇵🇱 Polish Army 36.0 3,427 827 1,331 117 852
14 🇩🇿 Algerian Army 35.0 7,407 1,485 980 1,434 482
15 🇫🇷 French Army 34.3 6,633 222 627 2,599 157
# Country ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Total Tanks IFVs APCs Artillery
16 🇮🇶 Iraqi Army 32.9 6,505 1,188 1,470 1,154 1,616
17 🇮🇱 Israeli Army 32.7 5,540 900 0 890 280
18 🇬🇷 Greek Army 32.0 6,572 1,273 181 2,478 1,440
19 🇲🇲 Myanmar/ Burma Army 31.5 5,840 950 1,150 800 2,030
20 🇹🇼 Taiwanese Army 31.2 5,502 990 683 2,040 1,739
21 🇩🇪 German Army 30.8 4,166 296 699 1,465 167
22 🇻🇳 Vietnamese Army 30.7 7,394 1,334 300 1,660 3,480
23 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani Army 30.3 5,385 652 578 1,162 1,422
24 🇯🇵 Japanese Army 30.2 4,516 479 181 1,003 772
25 🇲🇦 Moroccan Army 29.6 4,854 959 193 1,742 810
26 🇬🇧 British Army 29.0 4,028 288 746 838 183
27 🇦🇪 Emirati Army 28.2 9,257 354 788 745 313
28 🇹🇭 Thai Army 26.3 2,840 394 496 1,050 666
29 🇪🇸 Spanish Army 25.8 6,152 274 225 1,888 234
30 🇸🇩 Sudanese Army 25.5 5,915 1,055 420 1,030 2,020
# Country ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Total Tanks IFVs APCs Artillery
31 🇪🇹 Ethiopian Army 25.2 4,753 1,531 20 622 1,108
32 🇮🇹 Italian Army 25.0 3,599 113 203 698 193
33 🇧🇷 Brazilian Army 24.2 2,419 292 0 1,219 499
34 🇸🇬 Singaporean Army 24.2 3,426 170 940 1,885 149
35 🇮🇩 Indonesian Army 23.9 1,663 103 76 710 388
36 🇰🇼 Kuwaiti Army 22.6 1,525 585 530 320 78
37 🇯🇴 Jordanian Army 22.4 2,492 452 646 639 588
38 🇧🇾 Belarusian Army 22.1 2,636 577 906 326 695
39 🇷🇴 Romanian Army 21.8 2,857 319 351 811 765
40 🇲🇽 Mexican Army 20.7 7,852 0 0 507 0
41 🇨🇺 Cuban Army 20.7 4,636 1,500 200 756 1,690
42 🇫🇮 Finnish Army 20.5 2,513 200 212 1,233 868
43 🇨🇴 Colombian Army 19.4 1,386 0 0 128 116
44 🇿🇦 South African Army 19.1 2,043 200 608 0 159
45 🇺🇿 Uzbek Army 19.0 2,893 470 679 329 534
# Country ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Total Tanks IFVs APCs Artillery
46 🇧🇩 Bangladeshi Army 18.9 1,251 276 0 380 318
47 🇳🇬 Nigerian Army 18.8 2,050 299 62 978 354
48 🇰🇭 Cambodian Army 18.8 2,163 520 100 287 1,036
49 🇨🇦 Canadian Army 18.7 1,690 74 616 290 154
50 🇹🇲 Turkmen Army 18.6 3,587 654 1,058 872 694
51 🇲🇾 Malaysian Army 18.3 1,055 48 524 111 232
52 🇱🇰 Sri Lankan Army 18.3 749 62 142 316 124
53 🇪🇷 Eritrean Army 18.1 488 270 15 35 128
54 🇷🇸 Serbian Army 17.8 1,572 242 345 178 337
55 🇦🇺 Australian Army 17.5 2,676 46 0 431 56
56 🇵🇭 Philippine Army 17.3 1,052 0 51 551 296
57 🇦🇷 Argentine Army 17.2 1,447 250 139 548 255
58 🇨🇱 Chilean Army 17.1 1,877 186 349 585 192
59 🇻🇪 Venezuelan Army 17.1 1,087 173 248 230 196
60 🇨🇭 Swiss Army 16.2 1,713 134 186 978 133
# Country ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Total Tanks IFVs APCs Artillery
61 🇳🇱 Netherlands Army 16.0 741 18 128 200 50
62 🇵🇪 Peruvian Army 15.8 1,024 205 0 295 351
63 🇸🇾 Syrian Army 15.8 526 0 1 472 50
64 🇴🇲 Omani Army 15.8 1,058 144 346 171 144
65 🇭🇺 Hungarian Army 15.6 1,041 90 46 504 36
66 🇸🇪 Swedish Army 15.3 640 110 224 280 26
67 🇶🇦 Qatari Army 14.9 1,151 62 46 218 74
68 🇦🇲 Armenian Army 14.8 779 109 140 150 303
69 🇰🇿 Kazakhstani Army 14.4 736 0 340 0 0
70 🇧🇬 Bulgarian Army 14.2 501 44 160 120 96
71 🇺🇬 Ugandan Army 13.7 674 239 72 16 44
72 🇹🇳 Tunisian Army 13.6 2,603 90 0 471 105
73 🇨🇿 Czech Army 13.6 492 42 99 0 162
74 🇳🇴 Norwegian Army 13.2 764 36 110 363 52
75 🇱🇹 Lithuanian Army 13.1 1,259 0 89 418 52
# Country ARMS Index (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Total Tanks IFVs APCs Artillery
76 🇧🇭 Bahraini Army 13.0 1,278 150 75 532 81
77 🇩🇰 Danish Army 12.7 692 44 44 399 27
78 🇦🇹 Austrian Army 12.3 599 56 112 132 30
79 🇭🇷 Croatian Army 12.2 678 55 140 110 75
80 🇵🇹 Portuguese Army 12.1 626 34 30 258 63
81 🇧🇪 Belgian Army 12.0 996 0 19 105 14
82 🇰🇪 Kenyan Army 11.9 766 188 0 109 71
83 🇪🇨 Ecuadorian Army 11.9 456 108 0 151 135
84 🇸🇰 Slovak Army 11.8 487 45 177 120 69
85 🇹🇿 Tanzanian Army 11.7 587 52 12 75 285
86 🇲🇳 Mongolian Army 11.6 1,866 496 350 270 630

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