World Armies

air force air-defence aircraft American anti-tank APCs Arab areas armed forces armoured ARMS INDUSTRY army army's artillery Bangladesh base battalions Belize brigade Britain British Bundeswehr Chief of Staff civilian Colonel combat COMMAND AND CONSTITUTIONAL committed communist conscripts CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS coup Cyprus DEPLOYMENT AND RECENT divisions Djibouti DRESS AND DISTINCTIONS Egyptian elections fighting foreign French frontier German Greek Guard Guatemala guerrilla guns GWYNNE DYER headquarters helicopters HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION Honduras howitzer independence Indian infantry infantry battalions internal security Iran Iranian Iraqi Israel Israeli JOHN KEEGAN Libyan major Maronite Mauritania militia Minister of Defence missiles mobilisation Moroccan Morocco NATO navy NCOs officer corps organisation Pakistan Palestinian Party personnel political population President rank Recent Operations recruited regime regiments regular Republic rifle role School soldiers Soviet Union squadron stars STRENGTH AND BUDGET Syrian tank territory TRAINING AND RESERVES troops units weapons