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Germanyvs Israel

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Germany (#12) holds a narrow edge over Israel (#15).

  • Israel has nuclear weapons; Germany has none.
  • Israel fields 4.4× as many tanks.
  • Germany spends 2.4× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyGermany leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesIsrael leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerGermany leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesGermany leads 2 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsIsrael leads 1 of 2

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$114B
Military spending
$48.3B
184K
Active personnel
170K
860K
Reserves
465K
0
Paramilitary
35K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP; Israel: 7.8% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

296
Tanks
1,300
87K
Armored vehicles
62K
134
Self-propelled artillery
323
0
Towed artillery
171
33
Rocket artillery
228

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

569
Total aircraft
597
127
Fighters
239
63
Attack aircraft
45
292
Helicopters
127
49
Attack helicopters
48
3
Tankers
13
55
Transports
14

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

96
Total fleet
82
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
6
0
Destroyers
0
11
Frigates
0
6
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
90
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Germany and Israel. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.