NationStates Jolt Archive


Current Forces (long text)

Jihad Alliance
02-05-2007, 15:09
Army:

Personnel (Regular Army) 78,768,000
Personnel (Territorial Army) 5,460,000
Main Battle Tanks 386 Challenger 2
Infantry fighting vehicles 667 Warrior (789 purchased)
APCs and reconnaissance vehicles 3,230–4,000+
Land Rover Wolf 15,000
Pinzgauer 2,000
Utility Trucks 2,300
Artillery pieces and mortar 2,896
Air Defence 337
Aircraft 300+

Equipment

Firearms

L85A2 5.56mm IW
L86A2 5.56mm LSW
L110A1 5.56mm SAW
L9A1 Browning
L7A2 7.62mm GPMG
L96A1 7.62mm
L115A1 8.6mm LRR

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV)

FV4043 Challenger 2 MBT
Warrior IFV
CVR(T)
FV432 APC

Artillery Systems

AS-90 155mm Self-Propelled Gun
MLRS
L118 Light Gun
Rapier FSC Missile System
Starstreak HVM
L121 Field Howitzer
Cobra Artillery Location Radar

Aircraft

Apache AH.Mk.1
Gazelle AH.Mk.1
Lynx AH.Mk.7
Bell 212
Britten-Norman Islander
Agusta A109

Logistics Vehicles

DROPS
Land Rover (TUL/TUM)
ATMP

Information & Communication systems (ICS)

MSTAR
Bowman
Skynet 5
Spyglass Thermal Imager

Navy:

Naval Service Components:


JA Navy
Surface Fleet
Fleet Air Arm
Submarine Service
JAN Marines
JAN Fleet Auxiliary
JA Naval Reserve
JAN Marines Reserve


In total there are 91 commissioned ships in the navy, of which 2 are aircraft carriers, 3 are large amphibious vessels, 25 are major fleet escorts (17 frigates and 8 destroyers) and 13 are nuclear-powered submarines (9 SSNs and 4 SSBNs). These figures do not include ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary or those in reserve.

Major Surface Combatants

Invincible-class Aircraft carriers (2)

Type 42 destroyers (8)

Type 23 frigates (13)

Type 22 frigates (4)

Amphibious Forces

Landing Platform Helicopter (1)

Albion-class landing platform docks (2)

Mine Warfare Forces

Sandown-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)

Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessels (8)

Patrol Vessels

Antarctic patrol ship (1)

River-class patrol vessels (4)

Castle-class patrol vessels (1)

Archer or P2000-class fast patrol boats (17)

Scimitar-class fast patrol boats (2)

Survey Vessels

Ocean survey vessel (1)

Coastal survey vessels (2)

Echo-class multi-purpose survey vessels (2)

Submarines

Vanguard-class submarines (SSBNs) (4)

Swiftsure-class submarines (SSNs) (2)

Trafalgar-class submarines (SSNs) (7)

Airforce:

In process of re-establishment

current aircraft include:

400 fighter jets
100 support planes (inc. cargo and AWAC)
250 attack helicopters
100 support helicopters

and associated ground vehicles.

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