Military strengths and equipment

UNITED KINGDOM

Personnel strength
ARMY: 109,330
AIR FORCE: 43,860
NAVY: 38,520
RESERVES: 197,840

Equipment estimates ~ army

327 MBTs
FV4034 Challenger II

3,752 armoured vehicles
FV510 Warrior
Sabre
FV102 Striker Swingfire
FV103 Spartan
FV104 Samaritan
FV105 Sultan
FV106 Samson
FV107 Scimitar
FV4333 Stormer
FV430
FV430 Mk3 Bulldog
AT105 Saxon
TPz-1 Fuchs

• 21 BvS-10 Viking ATVs (deliveries in 2008)

298 artillery pieces
M-270A1/AI 227mm MLRS/GMLRS
AS-90 Braveheart 155mm SP howitzer
L-118/119 105mm light gun

Mortars
51mm, 60mm, 81mm

26 fixed-wing aircraft
BN-2T Islander AL1
BN-2T 4S Defender AL1/AL2
T-67M270 Firefly (civilian-operated)

• 4 Hawker Beechcraft King Air 350ER surveillance aircraft on order (deliveries from mid-2008)

289 helicopters
WAH-64D Apache AH1
Lynx AH7/AH9
(SA341) Gazelle AH1
A109A
Bell 212HP AH1 (civilian-operated)
Squirrel HT1/HT2 (AS350B Ecureuil)

• 40 Future Lynx on order (deliveries from 2011)

UAVs
Hermes 450 (leased)
Desert Hawk I
Buster

• Unknown number of Desert Hawk III on order (deliveries in 2008)
• Watchkeeper Tactical UAV to be delivered from 2010

Equipment estimates ~ air force

274 combat aircraft
Eurofighter Typhoon T1/T1A/T3/F2/FGR4
Tornado GR4/GR4A
Harrier GR7/GR7A/GR9/GR9A/T10/T12
Nimrod MR2

• 89 Typhoon FGR4/T3 on order (deliveries from 2008); total requirement 232.
• 12 Nimrod MRA4 (deliveries in 2010-2012)

79 fixed-wing transport
C-17A Globemaster III (1 owned; others leased)
Hercules C1/C3/C4/C5 (C-130K/H-30/J/J-30)
Tristar C2/K1/KC1 (transport/AAR)
VC-10 C1K/K3/K4 (transport/AAR)
BAE 146 CC2

• 1 C-17A Globemaster III on order (delivery due by mid-2008); five C-17s already in service; one aircraft already owned; remaining three aircraft leased to be purchased outright.
• 14 leased A330-200 MRTT on order (deliveries in 2011)

250 fixed-wing training
Hawk T1/T1A/T1W
Tucano T1
Beech 200 Super King Air (leased)
Dominie T1
T-67M260A Firefly (civilian-operated)
Tutor T1 (G115E Grob) (civilian-operated)

• 28 Hawk Mk128 AJT on order (deliveries in 2008)

20 other fixed-wing
Sentinel R1
Nimrod R1
(E-3D) Sentry AEW1
BAE 125 CC3
BN-2T Islander CC2/CC2A

• 2 further Sentinel R1 ASTOR aircraft on order (deliveries in 2008)

152 helicopters
(CH-47) Chinook HC2/HC2A
(MH-47E) Chinook HC3 (non-operational - being upgraded to HC3A standard to return to flying duties in 2009)
(SA330) Puma HC1
(AW101) Merlin HC3/HC3A
Sea King HAR3/HAR3A
AW109A Power (civilian-owned)
(SA341) Gazelle AH1
Griffin HT1/HAR2 (Bell 412EP) (civilian-owned)

UAVs
MQ-1 Predator (operated jointly with the US using USAF stocks)
2 MQ-9 Reaper B (further model to delivered by mid-2008)