Editor's Foreword

180 The MiliTary Balance 2010
Specific legislation: ‘Defence Law of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (2003)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By the
members of the Presidency (2003 ‘Defence Law’ Art. 9,
13)
AFghAnIsTAn
NATO • ISAF 10
DEMOCrATIC rEPUbLIC OF COngO
UN • MONUC 5 obs
sErbIA
OSCE • Serbia 2
OSCE • Kosovo 7
FOrEIgn FOrCEs
Part of EUFOR – Operation Althea unless otherwise stated.
Albania 13
Austria 96; 2 S-70A Blackhawk hel; (3 Allouette III 2010) •
OSCE 3
Belarus OSCE 1
Belgium OSCE 1
Bulgaria 119 • OSCE 1
Canada NATO HQ Sarajevo (Op Bronze) 6 • OSCE 2
Chile 21
Croatia OSCE 1
Czech Republic OSCE 1
Estonia 2
Finland 4 • OSCE 1
France 4 • OSCE 7
Germany 129 • OSCE 3
Greece 44 • OSCE 4
Hungary 160; 1 inf coy • OSCE 2
Ireland 43 • OSCE 5
Italy 300 • NATO HQ Sarajevo 7 • OSCE 7
Kyrgyzstan OSCE 1
Latvia 2
Lithuania 1
Luxembourg 1
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of 12
Netherlands 73 • OSCE 1
Norway NATO HQ Sarajevo 2
Poland 188; 1 inf coy
Portugal 51 • OSCE 1
Romania 56 • OSCE 1
Russia OSCE 3
Slovakia 32 • OSCE 2
Slovenia 25 • OSCE 1
Spain 304; (1 inf bn HQ; 1 inf coy; 1 recce pl) • OSCE 4
Sweden OSCE 3
Switzerland 25
Tajikistan OSCE 1
Turkey 246; 1 inf coy • OSCE 1
United Kingdom 9• OSCE 1
United States • OSCE 11
Cyprus CYP
cypriot Pound c£ 2008 2009 2010
GDP C£ 16.9bn
US$ 24.9bn
per capita US$ 23,296
Growth % 3.6 -0.5
inflation % 4.6 0.4
Def bdgt C£ 365m 377m
US$ 536m 562m
US$1=c£ 0.68 0.67
Population 1,084,748
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 11% 4% 4% 3% 22% 5%
Female 10% 4% 4% 3% 22% 6%
capabilities
ACTIVE 10,050 (national Guard 10,050)
Paramilitary 750
Terms of service conscription, 24 months, then reserve to age
50 (officers 60)
rEsErVE 50,000 (national Guard 50,000)
OrgAnIsATIOns by sErVICE
national guard 950 regular; 9,100 conscript
(total 10,050)
FOrCEs by rOLE
Home Guard 1 comd HQ
Armd 1 bde (3 armd bn)
Mech Inf 2 div each (3 inf bn); 1 bde (4th) (2 inf regt)
SF 1 comd (regt) (1 SF bn)
Lt Inf 1 (3rd ) bde (2 inf regt)
Arty 1 comd (8 arty bn)
Spt 1 (svc) bde
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
MBT 147: 41 T-80U; 54 AMX-30G; 52 AMX-30 B2
RECCE 139: 15 EE-3 Jararaca; 124 EE-9 Cascavel
AIFV 43 BMP-3
APC 294
APC (T) 168: 168 Leonidas
APC (W) 126 VAB (incl variants)
ARTY 526+
SP 155mm 24: 12 Mk F3; 12 Zuzana
TOWED 104: 100mm 20 M-1944; 105mm 72 M-56;
155mm 12 TR-F-1
MRL 22: 122mm 4 BM-21; 128mm 18 M-63 Plamen
MOR 376+: 81mm 240+: 70+ M-1/M-29 in store; 170 E-44;
107mm 20 M-2/M-30; 120mm 116 RT61
AT • MSL • MANPATS 115: 70 HOT; 45 Milan
RCL 153: 106mm 144 M-40A1; 90mm 9 EM-67
RL 1,850+: 66mm M-72 LAW; 73mm 850 RPG-7 Knout;
112mm 1,000 APILAS