The Italian armed forces are composed of approximately 350,000 permanent, 65,000 of reserves, plus 238,000 paramilitary (carabinieri, coast guard, etc.) For a total of 654,000 military.
The
Italian army, has 1191 tanks, of which 605 "
Leopard" (even if the entire line has been ordered "out of service"), 389 "
Centauro" and 197 "
Ariete" (47 of these means however, will be decommissioned by 2018). "The Secretary then went on to list the consistency of
armored combat vehicles: are around 2979. But "in particular, has been ordered" out of service "for all 381 M113 and a" 6614G "while remaining in service 553 "VCC1", 1207 "VCC2", 367 "
Puma", 198 "
Dardo" and 119 "
Freccia"). Artillery: in all there are 1454.
The
Italian Navy has
60 warships (one aircraft carrier, amphibious units 4, 4 destroyers, 11 frigates, three replenishment tankers, six corvettes, 10 patrol boats, 10 minesweepers, three hydrographic ships, six submarines, a support diver and a unit for electronic search), 49 helicopters (divided into 22 "EH101", 22 "AB212" and 5 "SH90"), 46 armored vehicles (including 4 "ARISGATOR", 18 "AAV7" and 24 "VCC2"), and 14 artillery (divided into six 120 mm mortars of caliber 81 mm mortars and 8). "
Finally the
Italian Air Force has 62
Eurofighter 2000, 84 "
Tornado" (both in the version IDS and ECR), 102 "
AMX", 4 Atlantic, 21 "C130", 22 "C27-J", 103 "MB339" 30 "T260B", 4 "KC-767", 17 "VC-180A," 2 "F-50", 5 "F-900", 3 "A-319J", 20 "U208 °" and 12 gliders. "In addition there are eight drones, including 4 "Predator A + and 4" Predator B "»