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France

France Army Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Armoured vehicles 6,887 2013 1st out of 28
Attack helicopters 39 2013 3rd out of 11
Attack helicopters per million people 0.556 2009 1st out of 1
Main battle tanks 527 2013 4th out of 21
Main battle tanks per million people 6.27 2009 1st out of 1
Mortars 1,550 2013 7th out of 23
Self-propelled guns 150 2013 6th out of 16
Towed artillery units 93 2013 10th out of 18
Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation 29,444 2012 1st out of 19
Troops prepared for deployed and sustained operation per million people 448.18 2012 1st out of 19
Troops prepared for deployed operations 71,585 2012 1st out of 22
Troops prepared for deployed operations per million people 1,089.63 2012 2nd out of 22

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table); Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (List); Wikipedia: List of countries by level of military equipment (List). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table) ("The 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2012 (table)" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute . Retrieved 15 April 2013 .); Wikipedia: Military of the European Union (The table) ("The 15 countries with the highest military expenditure in 2012 (table)" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute . Retrieved 15 April 2013 .). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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