The Turkish army has 410,500 soldiers, 207 fighter planes, 3,778 tanks and 207 warships, and is considered the 8th most powerful in the world.
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| The Turkish military carried out a military coup on the night of July 15 and declared control of the entire country. According to Global Fire Powers, the Turkish military has a standing strength of about 410,500, of which the army has about 300,000. Photo: Sputnik. |
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| The Army is organized into nine army corps stationed across the country. Each corps has at least two mechanized infantry brigades capable of rapid reaction. Of these, the 3rd Army Corps is part of a joint rapid reaction force with NATO. Photo: AP. |
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| The Turkish Army has about 397 Leopard 1 main battle tanks, 354 Leopard 2s purchased from Germany, 758 M48 Patton tanks, 932 M60 Pattons purchased from the US. Photo: Getty. |
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| The Altay is the most modern main battle tank produced by Türkiye. This tank model is under development and is expected to enter mass production in 2017. Photo: Defence News. |
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| In addition, the army also owns more than 9,000 armored vehicles of various types, the most of which are M113 armored personnel carriers purchased from the US. Photo: Southfront. |
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| Türkiye's artillery force is very strong, including 227 T-155 Firtina self-propelled howitzers (pictured) - the K9 Thunder version imported from South Korea, along with thousands of other towed artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers. Photo: Military Today. |
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| The army's most powerful air support force is the T-129 Atak attack helicopter, developed in cooperation with Italy. The T-129 is considered one of the most modern attack helicopters in the world. Photo: Wallpart. |
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| The Turkish Navy has a total of 16 corvettes, 9 frigates, 13 diesel-electric submarines, 20 fast attack craft, 25 patrol boats, 15 minesweepers, 33 landing ships, and 5 tankers. The largest warship in the navy is the Gabya-class destroyer (pictured) - a version of the American Oliver Hazard Perry destroyer. Photo: Eugenio´s Warships. |
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| The main underwater combat force is 13 Atilay-class submarines (a version of the Type-209 submarine imported from Germany). Photo: Wikipedia. |
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| The Turkish Air Force has a total of 348 fighter jets, of which the strongest combat force is 240 F-16C/D fighters (photo) imported from the US. Photo: Flickr. |
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| 63 F-4E Phantom fighter-bombers (pictured), including 14 converted for reconnaissance missions. 59 F-5 light interceptors. Photo: Planesportter. |
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| The combat squadron is commanded by a Boeing 737 AEW&C airborne early warning and control aircraft (pictured). The military transport force has about 15 C-130, 12 CT-160, 50 CN-235 and 7 A400M. |
According to Zing
