SPQR Military

• Because of the SPQR position their armed forces compared to real nations is best summed by the Army= Israel, Navy= UK. The Air Force is good, but not specialized like the navy and army. The army is not large, but highly trained w/high morale and the navy is large and powerful. Great emphasis is put on armor being used relentlessly against the enemy, thus the large number of tanks*

Main Assault Rifle:

                 Beretta AR70

Main Battle Tanks:

                 Merkava
                 Leopard II
                 Challenger II

Main Fighter Jets:

                 Saab Sf35 Viggen
                 Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000
                 MiG Foxhound

Military Numbers-Army

Troops: 2.6 million

Tanks:

                 Merkava: 2500
                 Leopard II: 1900
                 Challenger II: 2300
                 TOTAL: 6700

Armored Personel Carriers:

                 Steyr 4K7FA APC: 3000
                 MT-LB Multi-purpose APC: 3000
                 LVTP7 Armormed amphibious assault vehicle: 4500
                 Type 60 Oversnow vehicle: 2500
                 TOTAL: 13,000

Artillery(Self-propelled guns and howitzers):

                  203-mm M1975 Self-propelled gun: 150
                  Palmaria 155-mm Self-propelled howitzer: 300
                  M1974 122-mm Self-propelled Howitzer: 300
                  TOTAL: 750

Artillery(Multiple rocket lauchers):

                  Light artillery rocket system(LARS): 200
                  Type 70 130-mm multiple rocket lauchers: 400
                  TOTAL: 600

Artillery(Towed artillery):

                  Soltam M-68 155-mm gun/howitzer: 200
                  M-46 130-mm field gun: 500
                  TOTAL: 700

Self-propelled Anti-aircraft guns:

                  ZSU-23-4 quadruple 23-mm AA gun: 800
                  TOTAL: 800

Surface-to-air missiles:

                  Bloodhound Mk2 SAM sites: 150 
                  Rapier SAM mobile system: 400
                  TOTAL: 550

Military Numbers-Air Force

Fighter Jets:

                  Dassault-Breguet Mirage 2000: 250
                  Saab Sf35 Viggen: 400
                  MiG Foxhound: 250
                  TOTAL: 900

Strike Aircraft(Bombers):

                  Myasishchev M-4 Bison: 200
                  Tupolev Tu-142 Bear: 450
                  TOTAL: 650

Assault Helicopters:

                  Agusta A129: 100
                  Mil Mi-24 Hind: 300
                  TOTAL: 400

Military Numbers-Navy

Aircraft carriers:

                  Nimitz class: 8
                  Kiev class: 10
                  TOTAL: 18

Cruisers:

                  Vittorio Veneto class: 20
                  Kirov class: 35
                  Kresta II class: 20
                  TOTAL: 75

Destroyers:

                  Audace class: 40
                  Type 82 class: 40
                  TOTAL: 80

Frigates:

                  Oslo class: 30
                  Riga class: 30
                  Krivak class: 30
                  TOTAL: 90

Spy Ships:

                  Gagarin class: 1
                  TOTAL: 1

Battleships:

                  Iowa class: 30
                  Total: 30

Diesel Attack Submarines:

                   Oberon class: 20
                   Sauro class: 30
                   TOTAL: 50

Missile Submarines:

                   Typhoon class: 10
                   Ohio class: 10
                   TOTAL: 20

Nuclear Attack Submarines:

                   Swiftsure class: 40
                   Echo II class: 20
                   Victor III class: 30
                   TOTAL: 90

Hovercraft:

                   SR.N4 Mountbatten class: 40
                   TOTAL: 40