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Germanyvs Turkey

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Turkey (#9) holds a narrow edge over Germany (#12).

  • Turkey fields 7.7× as many tanks.
  • Germany spends 3.8× as much on its military.
  • Turkey has 2.6× as many active troops.
  1. People and moneyEven, 2–2
  2. Land forcesTurkey leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerTurkey leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTurkey leads 5 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

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
$30.0B
184K
Active personnel
481K
860K
Reserves
380K
0
Paramilitary
150K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Germany: 2.3% of GDP; Turkey: 1.9% of GDP).

Land forces

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

296
Tanks
2,284
87K
Armored vehicles
98K
134
Self-propelled artillery
1,045
0
Towed artillery
635
33
Rocket artillery
237

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

569
Total aircraft
1,101
127
Fighters
201
63
Attack aircraft
0
292
Helicopters
509
49
Attack helicopters
111
3
Tankers
7
55
Transports
84

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

96
Total fleet
192
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
1
6
Submarines
14
0
Destroyers
0
11
Frigates
17
6
Corvettes
9

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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