| Personnel | |
| Availability | 14,607,724 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 12,046,268 (2005 est.) |
| Expenditure | |
| Sterling figure | £36,250,656,000 |
| US Dollar figure | $65,250,000,000 |
| Percent of GDP | 2.7% |
| Strength | |
| 386 Challenger 2 | |
| 575 Warrior | |
| 4,000+ | |
| 400 | |
| 290 | |
| Personnel (Regular Army) | 112,700 |
| Personnel (Territorial Army) | 40,000+ |
| 4 | |
| Fleet Submarines | 11 |
| 3 | |
| 1 | |
| 8 | |
| 18 | |
| 22 | |
| 2 | |
| 18 | |
| 5 | |
| Aircraft | 210 |
| Personnel (Regular) | 40,900 |
| Personnel (Royal Naval Reserve) | 3,250 |
| Personnel (Royal Marines Reserve) | 600 |
| 9 | |
| Resupply ships | 2 |
| Tanker/Resupply ships | 2 |
| Aviation training ship | 1 |
| Repair ship | 1 |
| 5 | |
| Strategic lift vessels | 6 |
| Aircraft | 942 (including helicopters) |
| Personnel | 53,400 |
A Complete list of British service personnel from the 1st of January 2005
| Regular | 202,350 |
| Regular Reserves | 201,370 |
| Volunteer Reserves | 38,850 |
| Cadet Forces | 155,590 |
| MoD Civilians | 118,200 |
| | |
| Royal Navy | 40,160 (includes some 5,500 Royal Marines) |
| Regular Army | 109,850 (trained and untrained but excluding 3,450 Gurkhas) |
| Royal Air Force | 52,340 |
| (figures include all trained and untrained personnel) | |
STRATEGIC FORCES
4 x Vanguard Class submarines each with 16 x Trident (D5) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) deploying with 48 x warheads per submarine. If necessary a D5 missile could deploy with 12 x MIRV (Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles). Future plans appear to be for a stockpile of 200 operationally available warheads and 58 missile bodies. Strategic Forces are provided by the Royal Navy.
ROYAL NAVY
40,160 personnel
4 x SSBN
11 x Tactical Submarines
3 x Aircraft Carriers (1 in refit)
11 x Destroyers
20 x Frigates
6 x Amphibious Warfare Vessels
22 x Mine Counter Measures Vessels
5 x Offshore Patrol Craft
18 x Inshore Patrol Craft
1 x Ice Patrol Ship
4 x Survey Vessels
3 x Harrier Squadrons (includes 2 x squadrons assigned to Joint Force Harrier)
9 x Helicopter Squadrons
3 x Royal Marines Commando Groups
ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY
3 x Fleet Tankers
4 x Support Tankers
6 x Fleet Replenishment Ships
1 x Aviation Training Ship
4 x Landing Ships
1 x Forward Repair Ship
6 x Roll-on Roll-off vessels
MERCHANT NAVY
Merchant Naval Vessels Registered in the
163 x Large Tankers
236 x General Cargo Ships
62 x Refrigerated Cargo Ships
152 x Cellular Container Ships
58 x Ro-Ro Ships
25 x Passenger (Cruise) Ships
8 x Large Tugs
Note: This listing refers to vessels of 500 gross tons and over.
ARMY
109,850 personnel (excluding some 3,540 Gurkhas)
1 x Corps Headquarters in Germany (ARRC)
1 x Armoured Divisional HQ in Germany
1 x Mechanised Divisional HQ in UK
4 x Divisional/District HQ's in UK
1 x Divisional/District HQ's in Germany
3 x Deployable Combat Brigade HQs in Germany
4 x Deployable Combat Brigade HQs in UK
13 x Regional/Non-deployable Brigade HQs in the UK (includes 2 x Infantry Brigade HQs in Northern Ireland)
ROYAL AIR FORCE
52,340 personnel
5 x Strike/Attack Squadrons with 60 x Tornado GR1/4
5 x Offensive Support Squadrons (includes 2 x squadrons in the Joint Force Harrier) with 43 x Harrier GR7/T10 and 22 x Jaguar GR1A/3/3A
4 x Air Defence Squadrons with 70 x Tornado F3
4 x Maritime Patrol Squadrons with 20 x Nimrod MR2
5 x Reconnaissance Squadrons with 24 x Tornado GR1/4A, 12 x Jaguar GR1a/3/3A, 3 x Nimrod R1 and 4 x Canberra
2 x Airborne Early Warning Squadrons with 6 x AEW Sentry
15 x Transport and Tanker Squadrons with 18 x VC10, 8 x Tristar, 51 x Hercules
6 x Support Helicopter Squadrons with 31 x Chinook, 37 x Puma and 18 x Merlin
2 x Search and Rescue Helicopter Squadrons with 18 x Sea King HAR3/3A
5 x RAF Regiment Surface to Air Missile Squadrons
8 x RAF Regiment Ground Defence Squadrons
4 x RAF Regiment STO Squadrons
JOINT FORCES
1 x Permanent Joint HQ
1 x Joint Force HQ
Under Command Director Special Forces - 3 x SAS Regiments (including 2 x TA), 4 x Special Boat Squadrons, 1 x Joint NBC Regiment
Joint Helicopter Force
1 x Air Assault Brigade HQ
4 x Royal Navy Helicopter Squadrons with 33 x Sea King HC4, 6 x Lynx AH7 and 8 x Gazelle
6 x Army Air Corps Regiments (including 1 TA) with 116 x Lynx, 113 x Gazelle and 5 x Islanders (67 x Longbow Apache being delivered)
6 x RAF Helicopter Squadrons with 31 x Chinook HC1/2, 37 x Puma and 18 x Merlin
Joint Force Harrier
2 x Royal Navy Squadrons with 17 x Sea Harrier F/a2 and 4 x T4/T8
3 x RAF Squadrons with 40 x Harrier GR7 and 3 x Harrier T10
NATIONAL POLICE FORCES
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