THE
ITALIAN ARMED FORCES 2000
ARMY:
165.000
(94.400 conscripts), 240.000 reserves
1st Defence Force Command:
- 1 armoured brigade
- 1 mechanized brigade
- 1 light armoured cavalry brigade
2nd Defence Force Command:
- 1 armoured brigade
- 3 mechanized brigades
Rapid Deployment Force Command:
- 1 mechanized brigade
- 1 airmobile brigade
- 1 airborne brigade (including 1 Special Operation Force battalion)
Mountain Troops Command:
Support Command:
- 1 hight artillery brigade group (including 1 MLRS battalion)
- 1 anti-aircraft artillery brigade group (including 3 Improved
Hawk SAM battalion
and 1
Skyguard
SAM battalion)
- 1 engineer brigade group
- 1 signal and IEW brigade group
Army Aviation:
- 5 army aviation regiments: 13 squadrons, 2 independent squadrons,
2 training
squadrons
Equipment:
Tanks: 800
- 200 Ariete, 120
Leopard 1 A5, 480 Leopard 1 A2
Recce: 430
- 400 Centauro, 30
Fiat 6616 A armoured cars
APC: 3.785
- 550 VCC 1, 1.100
VCC 2, 1.150 M 113 A1, 350 M 106 A1, 200 M 577, 15 AAVP 7 A1,
120 BV 206 S, 100 Fiat 6614 M, 200 VM 90 P/TK
Artillery: 1.815
- howitzers: 858: 105 mm: 357 M 56 pack, 155 mm: 164 FH 70
towed, 116 M 114 A towed, 221
M 109 L SP
- MRL: 22: 227mm: 22 MLRS
- mortars: 935: 81 mm: 250 M 29, 100 MO 61, 120 mm: 350 MO
60, 200 AM 50,
35 RT 61
ATK: 2.152
- RCL: 720: 80 mm: 720 Folgore
- ATGW: 1.432: 432 TOW, 1.000 Milan
AD: 751
- guns: 385: 25 mm: 275 SIDAM 25 quadruple, 40 mm: 150 L 70
- SAM: 316: 75 Improved Hawk, 96 Skyguard, 145 Stinger
portable
Aviation: 379
- aircraft:
8: 5 DO 228/212, 3 P 180
- helicopters:
371: 60 A 129 attack, 30 A 109 recce, 85 AB
205, 15 AB 212, 23 AB 412 multi role, 38 CH 47 D transport, 120 AB 206 training
(On order: 550 Dardo MICV, 240 VBC, 580
Puma APC, 70 PZH 2000
155 mm SP
howitzers, 60 NH 90 TTH multirole helicopters)
NAVY: 36.000 (8.500
conscripts), 35.000 reserves
Bases: La Spezia, Taranto,
Naples, Brindisi, Ancona, Venice, Messina, Augusta, Cagliari, La
Maddalena
Submarines: 6
Aircraft carriers: 1
- 1
Garibaldi with 16 AV 8 B ac, 4 Teseo SSM, 2 Albatros SAM
Cruisers: 1
- 1
Vittorio Veneto
with 4 SH 3 D ASW hel, 4 Teseo SSM, 1 twin Standard
ER SAM
Destroyers: 4 GW
- 2 De la Penne class with 2 AB 212 ASW
hel, 1 Standard MR,
1 Albatross SAM
- 2 Audace class with 2 AB 212 ASW hel, 1
Standard MR, 1
Albatros SAM
Frigates: 8
- 8 Maestrale class with 2 AB 212 ASW hel,
4 Teseo SSM, 1
Albatros SAM
Corvettes: 8
- 8 Minerva class with 1 Albatros SAM
Patrol vessels: 18
- 4 Artigliere class OPVs with 1 AB 212
hel, 1 Albatros SAM
- 4 Comandanti M.O. class OPVs with 1 AB
212 hel
- 6 Cassiopea class OPVs with 1 AB 212 hel
- 4 Esploratore class coastal patrol vessels
MCM vessels: 12
- 8 Gaeta class minehunters
- 4 Lerici class minehunters
Amphibious:
- LPD: 3 San Giorgio class
- LCM: 9
- LCVP: 17
Support:
- 1 Etna replenishment tanker
- 2 Stromboli class replenishment tankers
- 1 Alpino MCM suppot
- 1 Anteo rescue ship
- 15 coastal transport
Marines: 1.500
- 1 marines regiment (S. Marco)
- 1 frogmen/raiding group
Equipment: 15 AAVP 7 A1, 30 VCC 1 APC, 13
81 mm, 4 120 mm
mortars, 6 Milan ATGM, 6 Stinger SAM
Naval Air Arm: 1.500
- FGA: 1 squadron with 16 AV 8 B, 2 TAV 8 B
aircraft
- ASW: 6 squadron with 29 SH 3 D, 55 AB 212
helicopters
- ASM: Marte MK 2
(On order: 2 U 212 type submarines, 1
Cavour aircraft carriers, 2 Doria
destroyers,
16 EH 101, 56 NH 90
helicopters)
AIR FORCES:
54.000 (11.000
conscripts), 30.000 reserves
FGA: 5 squadrons
- 4 with Panavia Tornado
- 1 with Aeritalia AMX
Recce: 1 squadron
Tactical: 4 squadrons
- 3 with Aeritalia AMX
- 1 with Aermacchi MB 339
Fighters: 6 squadrons
- 2 with General Dynamics F 16 C
- 3 with Lockeed F 104 S
- 1 with Panavia Tornado
MR: 2 squadrons
ECM: 1 squadron
- 1 with Aeritalia G 222 VS, Piaggio PD 808
GE, P 166 DL3
and P 180
Calibration: 1 squadron
- 1 with Aeritalia G 222 RM and Piaggio PD
808 RM
Transport: 3 squadrons
- 1 with Lockeed C 130 H
- 2 with Aeritalia G 222
Communication: 2 squadrons
and 19 independent flights
- 1 with Airbus A 319, Grumman Gulfstream
III,
Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50 and Falcon 900
- 1 with Sikorsky SH 3 D, Agusta-Bell AB
412 and Agusta A
109 helicopters
- 19 flights with Aermacchi MB 326, SIAI S
208 M and
Agusta-Bell AB 212 helicopters
Tankers: 1 flight
- 1 with 4 Boeing B 707 T/T
SAR: 4 squadrons
- 4 with Sikorsky HH 3 F helicopters
OCU: 3 squadrons
- 1 with Panavia Tornado
- 1 with Loocked TF 104 G
- 1 with Aeritalia AMX
Training: 4 squadrons
- 2 with Aermacchi MB 339
- 1 with SIAI SF 260
- 1 with Nardi-Hughes NH 500 E helicopters
AD: 3 battalions and 12
independent batteries
- 3 SAM battalions with Nike Hercules
- 12 light batteries with Spada
Aircrafts: 500 combat
aircrafts
- Tornado: 116 (64 FGA, 24 AD, 16 SEAD, 12
OCU)
- F 16 C: 38 (ftr)
- F 104: 112 (92 -S ftr, 20 -G OCU)
- AMX: 136 (24 FGA, 64 tac, 24 recce, 24
OCU)
- MB 339: 80 (15 tac, 65 trg)
- Atlantic: 18 (MR)
- C 130: 12 (tpt), G 222: 40 (34 tpt, 2 -VS
ECM, 2 -RM
calibration), B 707: 4 (tankers), A 319: 2 (liaison), Gulfstream III: 2 (VIP tpt), Falcon
50: 4 (VIP tpt), Falcon 900: 2 (VIP tpt), MB 326: 65 (liaison), P
180: 6 (ECM), PD 808: 20 (8 liaison, 8 -GE ECM,
4 -RM
calibration), P 166: 8 (6 liaison, 2 ECM), S 208: 42
(liaison), SF 260: 35 (trg)
Helicopters:
- HH 3 F: 33 (SAR), SH 3 D: 2 (VIP tpt)
- AB 212: 33 (SAR)
- AB 412: 4 (liaison)
- A 109: 3 (liaison)
- NH 500 E: 50 (trg)
Missiles:
- AAM: Sparrow, Sidewinder
- ASM: Kormoran
- SAM: 36 Nike Hercules, 72 Spada
- Cruise: 200 Storm Shadow
(On order: 106 EFA 2000 Typhoon multi
role fighter, 15 EFA 2000 B OCU fighter,
10
C 130 J/30, 12
C 27 J and 18 A 400 M transport, 400 Meteor AAM)
PARA MILITARY FORCES
Defence Department:
- Carabinieri:
118.000 (15.000 conscripts), 2 armoured battalions, 11 mechanized
battalions, 1 airborne
battalion, 1 Special Operation Forces group,
2
cavalry squadron, 2 hely-mobile troops, 90 Leopard 1
A2 MBT, 60 Fiat 6616 A armoured
cars,
300 M 113 A1 APC, 470 Fiat 242/18 D APC, 25 A 109, 40 AB 206,
48 MD 520, 8 AB 205,
22 AB 412
helicopters, 253 patrol crafts
- Coast Guard: 10.000 (6.000 conscripts),
14 P 166 MR
aircrafts, 25 AB 412 helicopters, 307 patrol crafts
Interior Department:
- Police:
107.000, 30 mobile units, 40 Fiat 6614 APC, 5 P 64, 5 P 68, 3 P 180 aircrafts, 9 A 109, 13 AB 206, 5 AB 212
helicopters, 40
patrol
crafts
Treasury Departments:
- Finance
Guards: 67.000, 7 Special Operation Force troops, 3 P 180, 12
P 166, 2 ATR 42
aircrafts, 16 A 109, 68 NH 500 D, 12 AB 412
helicopters, 555 patrol crafts
Justice Department:
- Penitentiary
Police: 22.500
Forest Department:
POPULATION
57.500.000
peoples:
- 11.350.000 men (18-45
years)
- 11.150.000 women (18-45
years)