Army comparison: United Kingdom vs Italy

United Kingdom operates 4,013 active military vehicles vs 3,599 for Italy.

ARMS (Armour and Manpower Rating of Strength) Index face-off Full ranking →

United KingdomWorld #25 29.6

ARMS Index / 100

United Kingdom leads on 5 of 8 categories

ItalyWorld #30 26.4

285 Main battle tanksweight ×10 · era 113
26 Rocket artilleryweight ×8 · era 21
14 Self-propelled artilleryweight ×6 · era 64
711 Infantry fighting vehiclesweight ×4 · era 584
126 Towed artilleryweight ×3 · era 108
823 Armoured personnel carriersweight ×2 · era 317
0 Light armoured vehiclesweight ×2 · era 436
2,028 Protected mobility vehiclesweight ×0.5 · era 1,956

United Kingdom Italy Bars: weighted contribution to the ARMS Index (vehicles × category weight × era, active + 0.3 × stored; manpower and the rotary, armament and availability multipliers apply on top) · figures: active vehicles at each side's latest inventory year · Methodology

Key figures as of 2026

	United Kingdom	Italy	Ratio
Total vehicles	4,013	3,599	🇬🇧 1.1×
On order	1,182	373	🇬🇧 3.2×
Main battle tanks	285	113	🇬🇧 2.5×
Artillery pieces	166	193	🇮🇹 1.2×
Armoured fighting vehicles	3,562	3,293	🇬🇧 1.1×
Active military personnel (all branches)	144,400	165,500	🇮🇹 1.1×
Reserve military personnel (all branches)	70,650	14,500	🇬🇧 4.9×

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Infantry fighting vehicles	711	584	🇬🇧 1.2×
Armoured personnel carriers	823	317	🇬🇧 2.6×
Self-propelled artillery	14	64	🇮🇹 4.6×
Towed artillery	126	108	🇬🇧 1.2×
Rocket artillery	26	21	🇬🇧 1.2×