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Population
Defence budget 2010
GDP 2009
Land area
Capital
Life expectancy
Population growth rate |
11 million
Euros 6.7 billion (US$8.1 billion)
Euros 261 billion (US$ 318 billion)
131,900 sq kms (49,577 sq miles)
Athens (Population 3 million)
78 years
0.4 per cent |
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Forces |
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Army
Navy
Air Force
National Guard |
90,000 including about 30,000
conscripts (plus about 150,000 ready reserves)
16,000 including about 3,000 conscripts (plus about 6,000
reserves)
30,000 including about 10,000 conscripts (plus about 20,000
reserves)
About 30,000 reserve personnel mainly organised for rear area
security tasks |
Due to the difficult Greek financial situation, during early
2010 the Greek MoD announced a reduction in the length of
conscripts service from 12 to nine months.
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MINISTRY OF
DEFENCE |
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Contact Details
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Ministry of Defence
Mesogeion 227-231
Holargos15451
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 6598607
Fax: +30 210 6443832
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Army Strength:
approximately 90,000 including about 30,000 conscripts (plus about
150,000 ready reserves)
OUTLINE ARMY STRUCTURE
Notes:
(1) Greece has joined the European Union Battlegroup structure and
the Greek Army takes part with the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
armed forces in an amphibious role, by contributing a reinforced
company of marines and a landing ship tank (LST).
(2) There is a Greek Mechanised Group (ELDYK) stationed in Cyprus
and over 1,000 Greek officers and soldiers are serving on secondment
with the Greek Cypriot National Guard.
(3) In the event of Army Corps C (NATO Deployable Corps (NDC)) being
deployed in a NATO mission, the Corps would operate as a
multi-national force with contingents from a variety of NATO
nations.
CORPS
STRUCTURE
Army Corps A
8 Infantry Division (Florian)
3 x Infantry Brigades
1 x Armoured Brigade
Army Corps B
1 Army Division (Veroia)
1 x Airmobile Brigade
1 x Marine Brigade
1 x Airborne Brigade
2 Mechanised Division (Edessa)
2 x Mechanised Brigades
1 x Army Aviation Brigade
Army Corps C/NDC - GR HQ
12 Mechanised Division (Alexandroupoli)
2 x Mechanised Brigades
26 Mechanised Division (Didimoteiho)
2 x Mechanised Brigades
20 Armoured Division (Kavala)
3 x Armoured Brigades
1 x Mechanised Brigade
NATO Deployable Corps (NDC) - GR HQ
Following the NATO Military Committee (MC) and the Nice EU Summit
decisions in December 2000, the Hellenic Army General Staff decided
to offer the ‘C' Corps HQ as a candidate HQ to both the European
Union and NATO:
a. To the European Union as Operational HQ for planning and
directing autonomous, joint and combined EU-led operations.
b. To NATO, as Deployable Land Headquarters for Forces at Lower
Readiness -FLR (L) HQ, named NATO Deployable Corps (NDC) - GR HQ.
The headquarters is in Thessaloniki and the formation will be able
to operate throughout the entire mission spectrum, ranging from
peace support operations up to high intensity combat operations in
any environment.
(NDC) - GR HQ includes contingents from Bulgaria, France, Germany,
Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey.
Islands and Interior Command
5 Infantry Division (Crete)
79 National Guard Command (Samos)
80 National Guard Command (Kos)
88 Military Command (Myrimma)
95 National Guard Command (Rhodes)
96 National Guard Command (Chios)
98 National Guard Command (Lesbos)
Future plans: The Greek Army
continues to be involved in an extensive reorganisation programme.
By 2015 a new brigade structure should be in place (The Strike
Brigade) which will consist of six core battalions (4 x manoeuvre, 1
x artillery, 1 x combat support and various company sized elements
such as engineers, communications and recce.
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Main Battle Tanks |
900 x
Leopard (including some 180 x 2A4; 170 2A6 and about 500 1A5/GR) |
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400 x M-60 (estimate
– with many
in store) |
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600 x M-48 (majority in store) |
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Reconnaissance (Recce) |
About 200 x VBL (Wheeled) |
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Armoured
Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) |
370 x BMP-1
(tracked – majority probably in store) |
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Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) |
400 x Leonidas Mk1/Mk2 (Tracked) |
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1,500 M-113
types (Tracked) |
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200 x M-577
(tracked ACV) |
| Self Propelled
Artillery (SP Arty) |
300 x 155 mm
M-109 (various types – our estimate) |
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36 x PzH
2000 |
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110 x
M-110A2 (some in store) |
| Towed Artillery |
200 x 105 mm
M-101 (majority probably in store) |
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12 x Mod-56
Pack How |
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120 x 155 mm
M-114 (majority probably in store) |
| Multiple Rocket
Launchers (MRL) |
115 x 122 mm RM-70 Dana |
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36 x 227 mm MLRS |
| Mortars (Mor) |
2,000 x 81 mm
(estimate) |
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400 x 120 mm
(estimate) |
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250 x 107 mm
M-30 SP on M-106 (M-113 type) |
| Anti-Tank (Atk) |
300 x Milan
1/2 ATGW (some SP) |
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200 x AT-4 ATGW
(some SP) |
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196 x AT-14
(ATGW) |
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About 350 x
TOW ATGW (some 320 SP on M-901) |
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About 2,000 x 84 mm
Carl Gustav |
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About 1,300 x
106 mm M-40 |
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Low Level Air Defence (LLAD) |
31 x SA-15 SAM |
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38 x SA-8B SAM |
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42 x I-HAWK |
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About 1,000 x
Stinger SAM |
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About 500 x ZSU-23-2
AAA |
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About 250 x
20 mm RH-202 AAA |
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Helicopters (Hel) |
20 x AH-64A
Apache (Attack - to be upgraded to D standard) |
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12 x AH-64D (Attack
- deliveries continue) |
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8 x CH-47D Chinook
(Transport – 7 more on order) |
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90
x UH-1H Iroquois (Utility) |
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30 x AB-205A
(Utility) |
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12 x AB-206
(Utility) |
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Fixed Wing |
38
x U-17A Skywagon (liaison) |
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3
x C-12 Huron |
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Unmanned Air
Vehicles (UAV) |
12
x Sperwer |
Navy Strength:
approximately 16,000 including about 3,000 conscripts (plus about
6,000 reserves)
Principal Units
8 x Tactical Submarines
17 x Frigates and Corvettes
11 x Mine Warfare Vessels
The Major Naval Bases are at Patras,
Salamis and Souda Bay in Crete
OUTLINE NAVY STRUCTURE
Fleet Headquarters Outline Structure
Note:
Naval operations is assisted by inputs from 353 Maritime Patrol
Squadron (Air Force P-3B Orion aircraft).
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Submarines |
8 x German
Type 209 (Glavkos Class) |
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3 x German
Type 214 (Poseidon Class – under construction) |
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Frigates
(FF) |
4 x
MEKO 200HN (Hydra) |
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10 x
Kortenaer (Elli) |
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Corvettes
(FS) |
3 x Thetis (Niki) |
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Fast Attack
Craft (FAC) |
15 x La
Combattante (Types II, IIA, III and IIIB) |
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4 x Hesperos
(Jaguar) |
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7 x Super
Vita |
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4 x Andromeda |
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2 x Stamou |
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Patrol Craft
(PC) |
2 x Armatolos (offshore) |
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2 x Machitis (offshore) |
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2 x Pyrpolotis (offshore) |
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Mine
Countermeasures Vessels (MCMV) |
4 x Mine
Hunters |
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8 x Mine
Sweepers |
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Miscellaneous |
60 x
Amphibious warfare vessels |
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10 x Fleet
support vessels (tankers, logistic etc) |
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Naval
Aviation |
6 x PC-3B
Orion (maritime reconnaissance) |
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2 x AB-212
EW (hel) |
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8 x AB212
ASW (hel) |
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11 x S-70B-6
Aegean Hawk (attack hel) |
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Missiles
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Penguin ASM |
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MM-40 Exocet
ASSM |
Air Force Strength: approximately 30,000 including about 10,000
conscripts (plus about 20,000 reserves)
OUTLINE AIR FORCE
STRUCTURE
Notes:
(1) Air Training Command) is responsible for air and ground
training.
(2) Air Support Command is responsible for transport and
anti-submarine warfare operations.
Tactical Air Command Outline Structure
Notes:
(1) PM Stands for Fighter Wing. These 7 x Wings are composed of 16 x
squadrons plus some operational conversion units,
(2) The Independent Combat Groups are mainly located on islands
(Limnos; Aktion; Agrinion; Kastellion; Santorini and Skiros) and in
the main host detachments from Tactical Air Command or transport
aircraft from Air Support Command.
(3) Aircraft from HQ Tactical Air Command operate under NATO direction
through the NATO CAOC (Combined Air Operations Centre) at Larissa.
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MAJOR
AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT |
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Fighter (Ftr) |
25 x Mirage
2000-5 Mk2 |
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Reconnaissance (Recce) |
24 x F-4E
Phantom II |
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Fighter
Ground Attack (FGA) |
24 x Mirage
M-2000E |
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150 x
F-16C/D Fighting Falcon |
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30 x F-4E
Phantom II |
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40 x A-7H
Corsair II |
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Airborne
Early Warning (AEW) |
4 x EMB-145H
Erieye |
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Transport (Tpt) |
15 x
C-130B/H Hercules |
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9 x Dornier
28 |
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6 x
Gulfstream |
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12 x C-27J
Spartan |
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Training (Trg) |
10 x T-2C
Buckeye |
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30 x T-2E
Buckeye |
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20 x T-41D
Mescalero |
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40 x T-6A/B
Texan |
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Helicopters
(Hel) |
10 x AS-332
Super Puma (transport) |
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4 x AB-212
(utility) |
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13 x AB-205
(utility) |
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3 x Agusta
A109 (Casevac) |
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7 x Bell 47G
(training) |
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Air Launched
Missiles (ALM) |
AGM-88 Harm
ARM |
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AMRAAM AAM |
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Sidewinder
AAM |
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MICA AAM |
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Super R 530
AAM |
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Maverick ASM |
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Scalp ASM |
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AM-40 Exocet
ASSM |
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Surface to
Air Missiles (SAM) |
9 x Crotale
SAM |
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36 x Patriot
SAM launchers |
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5 x SA-15
SAM |
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36 x MIM-14
Nike Hercules |
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12 x SA-300
Grumble launchers (stationed in Crete) |
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Some 35 mm
guns |
CURRENT UNIT DEPLOYMENTS
(over platoon strength – 30 personnel. These are approximate
figures)
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NATO (ISAF)
Afghanistan
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150 |
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NATO (KFOR) Kosovo |
550 |
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EUFOR Bosnia |
45 |
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UNIFIL Lebanon |
50 |
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Cyprus |
1,100 (includes army
detachment and personnel seconded to the Greek
Cypriot National Guard) |
