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Jan 9, 2024 · 2024 United Kingdom Military Strength. The GFP index denotes United Kingdom as a Top 10 global military power. For 2024, United Kingdom is ranked 6 of 145 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review. The nation holds a PwrIndx* score of 0.1443 (a score of 0.0000 is considered 'perfect'). This entry last reviewed on 01/09/2024.
Broken down by force type, there were 37,780 personnel in the Royal Navy (including the Royal Marines), 110,300 in the Army and 35,140 in the RAF (these figures, and those cited below, have been rounded, so don’t always add up to the precise total). The strength of the UK Forces can also be broken down by personnel type.
The British Armed Forces consist of: the Royal Navy, a blue-water navy with a fleet of 66 commissioned ships, together with the Royal Marines, a highly specialised amphibious light infantry force; the British Army, the UK's principal land warfare branch; and the Royal Air Force, a technologically sophisticated air force with a diverse operationa...
Nov 2, 2021 · The total size of the full-time UK Armed Forces (trained and untrained) on 1 July 2021 was just under 159,000. Most personnel were within the Army (56%) with the remainder being equally split between the Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM) and the Royal Air Force (RAF).
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 July 2024, the British Army comprises 74,296 regular full-time personnel, 4,244 Gurkhas, 25,934 volunteer reserve ...
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May 16, 2023 · This article looks at the current size of the army, the government’s 2021 integrated review and the findings of a recent inquiry on UK defence policy by the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee.
The British army is already the smallest it's been in 400 years. And it's about to get even smaller. A cut in the number of troops is expected in a defence review, due to be published next...
