Best Armies in the World

Determined and there will to fight for there country. The might not have the same great equipment as our American military or the numbers of such powers as China and India but there troops are well trained and have great tactics. There ground forces are awesome. There force is one of the best, though they might lack in there navy, they are still a powerful force in the world. They also have allies such as usa (I'm American) and China for equipment, and Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, U.A. E for oil. And also, you might call them terrorists but the pashtuns of Pakistan and also the fighters who would come from afghanastan are also very brave

The United States is reputed as the world's ONLY superpower. How could it be not number 1? When it comes to weaponry and armaments, no other country comes close to the US. It has more sophisticated fighter jets, battle tanks, warships, submarines, and so on, than any other country. It is the only nation equipped with over 10 aircraft carriers (more than all the carriers of other countries combined! ). Not to mention, as well, the US has a HUGE stockpile of nuclear weapons. But I guess what gives America the edge over other nations is that it is well-experienced in war. Over the course of its glorious history, since the years of Washington, the US has very well known the taste of both victory and defeat. China and Russia and scramble for second place, but the US is surely way ahead of them. Long live America! Land of the free and home of the BRAVE.

Though my Pakistani brother has given many reasons for Pakistan's army to be the best I don't think in all these years the indo-pak war has taught something to him... Indian army fights with defensive tactics. Nukes can't be used just like that. India could not use naval or air raids on cities because it will be then aggression on India's part. India just fights to prevent acquisition of land by any militia. And for god's sake, its not India you should fight... It's the poverty in your country that you should concentrate on... As for best army, by training skills and all, I think India is fifth, as Israel and USA are to be on top, followed by Germany and Russia.

Most people don't realize that the age of a civilizations army does not matter. I see most of the retards above say "this army has been around for 10,000 years. I don't care. That means nothing, as it is just history. China has a huge military force and is a communist country so they could obtain a forced army from the not millions but over 1 billion people in China. Also China has a variety of countries to conquer or ally with. Take Russia for example or North Korea or any communist country. America can conquer Mexico and Canada. Big whoop both countries are crappy military forces so America has no room for expansion. Also America is floating with horrible leaders now a days and is floating in debt. America would die if it was embargoed by a coalition of countries. America poses the only real threat besides maybe Russia. But Russia would not interfere if it is a mutual enemy. Therefore China is ready to strike with numbers and a modern army as well as a economy and brainwashed population to back it up. The end no real argument besides the retards who say "my country has been around for 1,000's of years." China has to. China was the best resistance to the Mongols not your crappy euro armies.

No way is the US above Russia, or any country for that matter! Russia has a small army, but the most efficient. Pakistan's a bunch of farmers with damn sticks for weapons.

The only two reasons US is in the top five is because everyone knows them and they blow two thirds of all their money on a defense budget to buy weapons because of a war they started! Also, they entered WWII way too late.

India is a militia that has one single nuke and angry citizens with stone-age weaponry.

China should be 2nd.

Britain should be 3rd.

Israel... I thought half of them were terrorists, and the other half corrupt police?

Germany still has an army?

Turkey's training consists of trying to put down the stuffing and cranberry sauce weight they had last Thanksgiving.

France are a bunch of fat cops who made ketchup illegal... Way to go.

While Russia... Amazing quality of training! Quality, not quantity was a lesson they learned in WW2, and the only mistake they ever made was sending in vast waves of troops at Nazis, and they STILL wiped out half of Hitler's army! Now they might not have a goliath sized army anymore, but their army is still very large and extremely better trained than a Navy SEAL. You piss off a Russian Prime Minister, they call in the Spetsnaz, the VDV, and the nukes after your country. 75% it's been taken over by VDV paratroopers and the equivalent to Navy SEALS, the Spetsnaz. More Spetsnaz than Navy SEALS, too.

For centuries Britain has been far superior than almost every other country, only recently have we been overtaken by America, Russia, and other countries who are only now realising their potential. What the British army has lacked in numbers they have made up for in brilliant tactics and machinery. Americans: Your army is amazing, and personally I think if you removed nukes from the equation you could beat any other country. One of the things that would allow you to do this your advanced tanks, which by the way, are a British invention. So yes, I'm a patriot and love my country, not all the lefties and the immigrants though... But anyway, our army deserves some notice by others, as we created loads of the things the rest of you use every day.

Most achievements made nowadays, have been made by the Germans. I don't think it was all made by the German army but was made by German scientists. Like the atomic bomb, the you boot technique ( still in use by Soviets and USA)... and so on. They have stolen most of their technique of Germany. So I don't think they are still loser of a big war ( They weren't; they fought bravely and should be recognized as one of the best armies there ever was, but they had the wrong side and wasn't fighting in the right attitude because soldiers can't be that stupid), so German army was the best in many periods; only the leaders made strategies to them. What developments have been made in German army is a secret, so there is no possibility to say which army is the best. In my guess it is Germany...
By the way. German army is able to produce nuclear power in 5 minutes. Thankfully they don't need to Americans own them on German teritorry.

Israel commandos are trained for two years before there put into combat they are one of the smallest countries in the world yet it is against the worlds deadliest countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, and Palistine. And I don't agree with the U.S. Even being in the top 15 anymore and belive me I loved my country, I used to have the biggest American flag outside my house but now I fly a skull and cross bones because I have lost all respect for MY country.

Israel spend around 6% of its GDP in its army and is among the top four spenders, but the first serious one in the list. That reflect a high level of seriousness in training, quality, equipment and so on.
Israel had any great success in conventional warfare, and is a real innovator in high tech weapons. Israel succeeded in securing its border, and could deter any aggression, even from the United States armies.
Some other could too but compared to its size, Israel army is the best.

Now the bad :
Israel armies have somewhat lost the martial spirit and this is reflected by the 2006 war. I think this date back from the first invasion of Lebanon.
Israel armies failed on the unconventional war because it didn't have the guts and moral determination... to do what is required... like the Pakistanese army, voted number #1... which is blowing my mind.
Actually I prefer Israel weakness on that.

France's 2014 military budget stands at $43 a year, which is 1.9% of the country's GDP, much below the spending target as set by NATO. Over 220,000 regular force combines with reservists to form a force of about 500,000. It has just over 1,000 aircraft, along with 9,000 ground vehicles. Even if these do not make France a formidable army, its position in the EU and UN, a total 290 nuclear weapons, and significant deployments strengthen the country.
It makes this country number 6 and not 8 as listed here.
The French legion is well known in the world, more than 160 nationalities are represented in its troops, they are fighting any where especially Africa, South America and Middle East...

I think what most people are forgetting when they vote is "if the armies were the same size then who would win, no nuclear or chemical weapons included just their troops and resources". I pick Australia because they are the best small army in the world and have proven to be better than even Britain and the US on numerous occasions. Smaller countries can often afford to use a bigger budget on their militaries than larger countries and thus can train them to a higher standard. Even the US has copied our fighting style in multiple battle situations. Australia has beaten many of the top armies in the world in training operations as well as real battlefield situations.

In almost all countries there is single military force to defend their countries from attacks but Iran has constituted two forces because of its strategic situation. That means, Iran has always been invaded by other countries such as Russia, the U.K, the U.S, Iraq, Ottoman Empire and others. To clarify, Russia has invaded Iran without any reason, then those conflicts had led to disport Iran. I mean, Russia has imposed two treatments on Iran to accept being divided. Regarding the U.K, it has been stealing Iran's resources for 3 centuries but even though the U.S has never occupied the land of Iran, it was dominating Iran from 1953 coup until 1979. After the revolution, it has been threatening Iran for unreal reasons and of course it violated Iran's land in 1980 but it failed. Furthermore, Saddam has invaded Iran which had led to 8-years war but almost all countries including the U.S, the U.K, Germany, France, Saudi Arabia and Russia was supporting Iraqi forces. Unfortunately, Germany had sent a lot of chemical weapons to Iraq to use against Iranian forces. Therefore, Iran had to progress in military equipment and forces. That is why Iran has payed attention to produce almost all types of equipment such as missiles, Tank, weapons.

Adlof Hitler (was genius person but so evil) said :- I Need Egyptian Army and German weapons and I will rule all the world... He is right.. Know why?
Read about the Egyptian soldier if you don, t believe actually they are so brave.. Read the stories of 1973 and you will know it the Egyptian army is the best army in the world but not the strongest army..U. S got a stronger army, China got stronger army, Korea got stronger army

Egypt! I love Egypt I think it's one of the most strongest in the world. It should be one of the best after the United States of America and the Chinease. Egypt should be before their enemy Isreal. Cause my country Egypt will never forget that war vs Isreal ( October 6 1973 ) we beat the crap out of Isreal, they surrendered painfully and badly. Cause I think Egypt can be the best in the World and will be the best in the World! Egypt!

The Canadian military is by far #1 in my opinion. Think about it we never lost a war. We won the battle of Passchendaele and we also took Vimmy Ridge when no other military could. We fought in WW1, WW2, Korea and Afghanistan. I have no hate against the Americans because we are brothers in arms. We are brothers in arms because does anyone remember "the devils brigade" or "black devils". In my opinion Canada has the best infantry in the world. We are well trained and we don't use brute force but strategic offensives. We are the better army because as I said earlier we've never lost a war! That goes to show something. Who helped Britain when they were getting overrun by the Germans? Canada. Who took Vimmy Ridge? Canada. Who's special force has the most kills and captures and hasn't had a single member death yet? Canada. Canada is the greater military there is no battle we can't face and no war we can't win. But we're all soldiers in this right? So I have nothing but the upmost respect for every other country!

When white men were running the South African Army, it was certainly WAY ahead of anything in Africa and was probably (man for man) among the very best in the world.
Since blacks took over and now comprise almost the entire army, it has become a joke. There are now a number of even African armies that would knock the crap out of them. Ill-trained, ill-disciplined, corrupt to the core, and 80% of members have AIDS. LOL. This lot would not stand for a day against any decent army.

South Africa used to be one of the best trained and most combat experienced armies in the world man-for-man, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, the SANDF is now just an embarrassment.

There army might be big but it's in poor condition. It's troops are severely undertrained and underequipped. Even with all those troops their navy is almost nonexistent as is there navy plus their both old and aren't very big so if they invade the us they'll have to March 90 percent of their troops through Siberia and into Alaska. Even though they have nuclear weapons their not very powerful and they don't have a lot. Their nukes aren't even as powerful as the ones we used on Japan. The nukes we have today are so powerful one of them could completely destroy all of North Korea. Also they would have no one backing them not even China or Russia and we have the EU, NATO, and most of the United Nations supporting us.

In general I would say that northern climates tend to produce a more self reliant and harder individual. I remember sitting at my grandfathers knee and he would tell me stories of how his unit would sneak in to Russians camps during the war and kill every other soldier in bed/sleeping, then they would leave, destroying the morale and will of the rest to stay in finland.

Having served in the Swedish, French and US army. Also having been in joint operations and exercises with various forces around the world, most armies tend to stress a strict obedience doctrine/no emphasize on personal initiative and innovative thinking. If all other factors are the same doing something different might be the deciding factor. To beat the US army buy their manuals online and learn how they fight. To beat Pakistan, show up.

Let's face facts the time that any Muslim army was a serious fighting threat ended with the invention of gun cartridges. Just because a child wants to fight. Does not mean that he can.

New Zealand has proven to be a very effective fighting force for a small country, we have very highly trained soldiers and our SAS is among the best in the world, and even though NZ has a small military we have been involved in practically every War the US has been in since WW1.

I spoke to a us marine an he was more then happy to say that the NZL SAS an the AUSTRALIAN SAS are the best trained soliders. He also mentioned the British are trained better then the us.

I think new zealand army will always bring pace for everyone in the world this why I think they should be nummber one.

How the hell are they below North Korea?!
North Korea has poorly conditioned troops and old Soviet T-55s and Chinese Type 90s. The nukes they have might be at best only half the power of the ones used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan might not have nukes, but all the rest are great! Amazingly conditioned troops, great tanks, modern planes, and has the strongest nation in the world (USA) as an ally, as well as being decent allies with India, most of NATO, and maybe even South Korea (Even though they fight like cats and dogs)

Dedicated,courageous and evergreen our army is the most disciplined armed force. Even after being a small and poor country we have a manpower of 732000 troops that is the 16th largest manpower in the world according to global fire power. As for equipment we are rapidly buying and manufacturing weapons including tanks, artillery and infantry fire arms. In addition we have a whole battalion of expert snipers called Black Eagle Battalion which can turn the tide of any war. We are also the largest contributor of peacekeepers in UN.

This country has a good defcon and in the past, has defeated Germany and Italy (When it was part of greater Albania), it also defeated the KFOR and Serbia. But it basically defeated Yugoslavia too.

They have allot of brave soldiers and a history of successful wars and great generals, like Scaderbeg.

You gotta be kiding me right? the brazilian army uses refurbished weapons that other countries don't want anymore, so they sell to brazil, and the army don't have ammo for not even 1 hour of war, the brazilian favelas have more power than the army. The salary is a shame, and serve to the army is a meaning of washing toilets and cutting grass. Brazil could be the 1st country in the world in many different areas, but as usual, the government, the politicians robbed the country so long that brazil are breathing with the aid of equipments. The brazilian money worth 3.5x less than dolar, 4.3x than euro, 4.8x than pound (uk). To travel to europe for example the brazilian people have to pay 5000 only with tax, and the medium salary is 900. I would like to see Brazil growing because they have amazing people, that don't deserve to suffer in the hands of criminals and politicians.

I think belgium has a very good army and very well trained to encounter all the terrorists