Editor's Foreword

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Of CONgO
UN • MONUC 2 obs
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 3
LEBANON
UN • UNIFIL 461; Army: 1 inf coy; 1 log bn
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
MOLDOVA
OSCE • Moldova 2
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 226; Army: elm 1 inf bn
OSCE • Kosovo 2
UN • UNMIK 1 obs
sUDAN
UN • UNMIS 2 obs
syRIA/IsRAEL
UN • UNDOF 333; 1 inf bn
WEsTERN sAHARA
UN • MINURSO 1 obs
fOREIgN fORCEs
Germany Army: 67 (GER elm Corps HQ (multinational))
Portugal PRT
Euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 166bn 161bn
US$ 244bn 240bn
per capita US$ 22,846 22,441
Growth % 0.0 -3.0
inflation % 2.7 -0.2
Def exp a € 2.53bn
US$ 3.72bn
Def bdgt € 1.79bn 1.82bn 1.97bn
US$ 2.63bn 2.72bn
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
a including military pensions
Population 10,707,924
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 9% 3% 4% 4% 22% 7%
Female 8% 3% 3% 4% 24% 10%
capabilities
ACTIVE 43,330 (army 26,700 navy10,540 air 7,100)
Paramilitary 47,700
REsERVE 210,900 (army 210,000 navy 900)
Reserve obligation to age 35
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
naTO Europe
155
Army 26,700
5 Territorial Comd (2 mil region, 1 mil district, 2 mil zone)
fORCEs By ROLE
Rapid Reaction 1 bde (1 (RI 3) Inf bn, 1 AT coy, 1 recce
sqn, 1 AD bty, 1 engr coy, 1 fd arty bn, 2
(RI 10 and 15) para bn)
Mech inf 1 bde (1 (RC4) tk regt, 2 (1st and 2nd ) mech
inf bn)
Lt inf 1 (intervention) bde (1 (RC 6) cav regt, 1
(RE3) engr bn, 1 (RAAA 1) AD bn, 1 (RA4)
fd arty bn, 3 (RI13,14 and 19) inf bn)
Spec Ops 1 unit
Cdo 1 bn
MP 1 regt
Garrison 2 (Madeira and Azores) gp (Madeira 2 inf
bn (RG 1 and RG 2), Azores 1 Inf bn (RG
3) 1 AD unit)
reserves 210,000 reservists
Territorial Def 3 bde (on mob)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT 225: 38 Leopard 2A6; 86 M-60A3; 8 M-60A4, 7 M-60;
86 M-48A5
RECCE 40: 15 V-150 Chaimite; 25 ULTRAV M-11
APC 353
APC (T) 280: 240 M-113; 40 M-577 A2
APC (W) 161: 73 V-200 Chaimite; 88 Pandur II (32 due
in 2010)
ARTY 350+
SP 155mm 20: 6 M-109A2; 14 M-109A5
TOWED 135: 105mm 97: 21 L-119; 52 M-101; 24 M-56;
155mm 38 M-114A1
COASTAL 21: 150mm 9; 152mm 6; 234mm 6 (inactive)
MOR 174+: 81mm (incl 21 SP); 107mm 76 M-30 (incl 14
SP); 120mm 98 Tampella
AT
MSL • MANPATS 118: 68 Milan (incl 6 ULTRAV-11);
50 TOW (incl 18 M-113, 4 M-901)
RCL 402: 106mm 128 M-40; 84mm 162 Carl Gustav;
90mm 112
AD
SAM • MANPAD 52: 37 Chaparral; 15 FIM-92A
Stinger
GUNS • TOWED 93: 20mm 31 Rh 202; 40mm 62 L/60
Navy 9,110; (total 10,540) incl Marines
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 1 Albacora with 12
single 550mm TT (8 bow, 4 stern) each with 12 E14/E15
HWT
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS • FRIGATES 12
FFG 5
3 Vasco Da Gama each with 2 Mk 141 Harpoon quad
(8 eff.) with RGM-84C Harpoon tactical SSM, 2 Mk 36
triple 324mm ASTT each with Mk 46 LWT, 1 Mk 29
Sea Sparrow octuple with RIM-7M Sea Sparrow SAM,
Europe (naTO)