Forsvarsstyrken
Littish Armed Forces | |
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Forsvarsstyrken | |
Motto | For land og folk (For country and people) |
Founded | 1913 |
Current form | 1965 |
Service branches | |
Headquarters | Klintrup |
Leadership | |
Prime Minister | Albert Simonsen |
Chief of Defence | Martin Feldt |
Personnel | |
Military age | 18 years of age |
Conscription | No (since 2006) |
Active personnel | 78,000 (2021) |
Reserve personnel | 23,500 (2021) |
Expenditure | |
Budget | $16.2 billion (2021) |
Percent of GDP | 3,7% (2021) |
Forsvarsstyrken (lit. The Defence Force) is the armed forces of Littland whose purpose is the defence of Littland. It also supports international peacekeeping efforts and provides humanitarian aid.
Organization
Branches
Army
Hæren is Littlands Army and consists of 2 divisions organized into 3 brigades each. The Army is the largest branch of the Littish military with almost 59.000 active personnel. The Army largely focuses of infantry warfare but still has sizeable mechanized and armored capabilities. It has been noted in recent years that the Army is in dire need of upgraded infantry equipment.
Flåden is Littlands Navy and has 74 ships of varying sizes and a combined personnel of around 11.000. The commissioned ships include; 13 frigates, 3 destroyers, 8 corvettes as well as 50 patrol and auxiliary vessels. The ships, except the patrol vessels, are organized into 3 task forces. Task Force 1 and 3 (Indsatsflåde 1 & Indsatsflåde 3) are stationed at Klinstrup Naval Base while Task Force 2 (Indsatsflåde 2) is stationed at Aalhavn Naval Base. All Task Forces have a varying amount of auxiliary ships.
Airforce
Flyvevåbnet is Littlands Airforce as well as its best maintained and funded branch, it has 8.000 active personnel and 128 aircraft of different types.
Current inventory:
Aircraft | Type | Variant | In service | Notes |
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Eurofighter Typhoon | Multirole | Tranche 3 | 73 | 28 on order |
F-10 Vanguard | Multirole | J-10A | 25 | Currently being phased out for the Eurofighter Typhoon |
Eurocopter Tiger | Attack helicopter | 10 | flown for the Army | |
C-130J Super Hercules | Transport | KC-130J | 2 | 3 on order |
Sikorsky CH-53 | Transport | CH-53GA | 12 | |
Panavia Tornado | Training Aircraft | 6 |
Civil Defence
Civilforsvaret is Littlands Home Guard and emergency management force. It consists of 23,500 personnel who also acts as the army reserve.