Forsvarsstyrken

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Littish Armed Forces
Forsvarsstyrken
Forsvarsstyrken logo.png
MottoFor land og folk
(For country and people)
Founded1913
Current form1965
Service branches
HeadquartersKlintrup
Leadership
Prime MinisterLittland Albert Simonsen
Chief of DefenceLittland Martin Feldt
Personnel
Military age18 years of age
ConscriptionNo (since 2006)
Active personnel78,000 (2021)
Reserve personnel23,500 (2021)
Expenditure
Budget$16.2 billion (2021)
Percent of GDP3,7% (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.

Navy

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
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.