Editor's Foreword

394 THE MILITARY BALANCE 2010
Australia AUS
Australian Dollar A$ 2008 2009 2010
GDP A$ 1.18tr 1.23tr
US$ 992bn 1,119bn
per capita US$ 47,242 52,632
Growth % 2.5 0.7
In�ation % 4.4 1.9
Def exp a A$ 26.4bn 30.3bn
US$ 22.21bn 27.6bn
Def bdgt A$ 23.2bn 26.4bn 27.0bn
US$ 19.6bn 24.2bn
US$1=A$ 1.19 1.10
a Including military pensions
Population 21,262,641
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 10% 4% 3% 3% 24% 6%
Female 10% 3% 3% 3% 23% 7%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 54,747 (Army 27,461 Navy 13,230 Air
14,056)
RESERVE 19,915 (Army 15,315 Navy 2,000 Air
2,600)
The High Readiness Reserve of 2,800 army and 1,400 air
force personnel is intended to strengthen the Australian
Defence Force (ADF) with members trained to the same
skill levels as the Regular Force. Integrated units are
formed from a mix of reserve and regular personnel. All
ADF operations are now controlled by Headquarters Joint
Operations Command (HQJOC).
ORGANISATIONS BY SERVICE
Army 27,461
The army intends (under its Adaptive Army initiative) to
reorganise into a structure consisting of Army HQ and
three functional commands: HQ 1 Div; Special Operations
Command and Forces Command.
Land Command
FORCES BY ROLE
1 Land HQ, 1 Deployable Joint Force HQ, 1 Logistic
Support Force HQ
Mech 1 bde HQ (1 st ) (1 armd regt, 1 recce regt, 2
(5 th , 7 th, ) mech inf bn 1 med arty regt, 1 cbt
engr regt, 1 cbt spt regt, 1 cbt service spt bn)
Lt Inf 1 bde HQ (3 rd ) 3 inf bn, 1 IMV sqn (provides
2 coy lift), 1 fd arty regt, 1 cbt engr regt, 1 cbt
spt regt, 1 cbt service spt bn)
Mot Inf 1 bde HQ (7 th ) (1 recce regt, 2 mot inf bn,
(incl 1 lt inf bn (8/9 th ) op by 2010), 1 fd arty
regt, 1 cbt engr regt, 1 cbt spt regt, 1 cbt
service spt bn)
Surv 3 (regional force) integrated units
EW 1 (7 th ) regt
Int 1 bn
Avn 1 bde HQ (16 th ) (1 avn regt (6 th ) (1 Special
Ops sqn, 1 (FW) surv sqn), 1 avn regt (1 st ) (2
recce hel sqn), 1 avn regt (5 th ) (2 tpt hel sqn,
1 spt hel sqn))
STA 1 (20 th ) regt (1 STA bty, 1 UAV bty, 1 CSS bty)
CSS 1 bde HQ (17 th ) (3 log bn, 3 health bn
(integrated))
AD 1 regt (16 th ) (integrated)
Engr 2 construction sqn, 1 Topo sqn
Special Operations Command
FORCES BY ROLE
1 Special Operations HQ. 1 SF trg centre located at
Singleton.
SF 1 SAS regt
Cdo 2 bn (1st, 2 nd ) (2 nd formerly 4th RAR)
Incident
Response
1 regt
Sigs 3 sqn (incl 1 reserve)
CSS 1 Sqn
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
MBT 149: 59 M1-A1 Abrams; 90 Leopard 1 A3 in store
(decommissioned awaiting disposal)
AIFV (W) 257 ASLAV-25 (all variants)
APC APC (T) 774: 647 M-113A1 (350 to be upgraded to
AS3), 119 in store; 8 M-113AS4 (Test)
LFV 697 Bushmaster IMV
ARTY 566
TOWED 270: 105mm 234: 109 L-118 Light Gun; 155mm
36 M-198
MOR 81mm 296
AT • MSL • MANPATS Javelin
RCL 651: 84mm 577 Carl Gustav; 106mm 74 M-40A1
AMPHIBIOUS 21: 15 LCM-8 (capacity either 1 MBT or 200
troops); 6 LCM-2000 (not yet operational)
AIRCRAFT • TPT 3 Beech 350 B300 (on lease)
HELICOPTERS 22 a�ack helicopters
ATK 22 AS-665 Tiger (all delivered by end 2010)
SPT 44: 6 CH-47D Chinook; 34 S-70 A-9 (S-70A) Black
Hawk; 4 MRH-90 TTH (NH-90) (ongoing delivery of 40)
UTL 66: 41 Bell 206B-1 Kiowa (being replaced by Tiger); 20
UH-1H Iroquois in store (decommissioned)
UAV 18
AD • SAM 48
MANPAD 30 RBS-70
RADAR • LAND 21: 7 AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder (arty, mor);
14 RASIT (veh, arty)
Training Command 3,160
Reserve Organisations
Land Command 17,200 reservists
FORCES BY ROLE
Comd 6 bde HQ