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Europe > Hungary > Military

HUNGARIAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Armed forces growth -59 [122nd of 132]
Armed forces personnel 44,000 [73rd of 166]
Branches
Ground Forces, Hungarian Air Force (Magyar Legiero, ML)
Conscription
Conscription exists (AI and WRI).
Conventional arms imports $15,000,000.00 [63rd of 85]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.33 % Time series [75th of 145]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $1,080,000,000.00 Time series [12th of 111]
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 92 [19th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 704 [13th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Helicopters 49 [10th of 22]
Gulf War Coalition Forces 50 [29th of 30]
Iraq Coalition casualties 1 [17th of 18]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,541,430 [75th of 175]
personnel 44,000 Time series [80th of 170]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription abolished in June 2004; 6-month service obligation, with reserve obligation to age 50
Tanks 1,490 tanks [10th of 22]
Weapon holdings 2,388,000 [35th of 137]
WWII > Jew killed 450,000 [2nd of 14]
WWII > Jewish population before war 650,000 [3rd of 16]
WWII > Percent of Jew killed 70 [5th of 14]

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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; Iraqi Coalition Casualty Count. March 19, 2006.; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Hungary, Republic of Hungary, Magyar Koztarsasag, Magyarorszag

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