【Overview of Taiwan's Armed Forces】
The total strength of the army is about 376,000 (active duty).
The army is about 240,000 people. Army General Headquarters: 3 corps headquarters (1 6th corps headquarters, 1 8th corps headquarters, 1 10th corps headquarters); 4 defense departments (1 Kinmen Defense Department, 1 Matsu Defense Department, 1 Penghu Defense Department, 1 Huadong Defense Department); 4 headquarters (1 Airborne Special Operations Command, 1 Air Defense Missile Command, 1 Juguang Command, 1 East Guidance Command); 12 divisions (10 infantry, 2 mechanized); 13 brigades / groups (6 independent armored brigades, 2 airborne brigades, 2 anti-aircraft missile groups, 2 army aviation groups, 1 tank group); 6 squadrons of army aviation. The Army Reserve was organized into 7 light infantry divisions.
68,000 people in the Navy. Main Command of the Navy: 3 naval districts; East Coast Fleet; 8 fleets (1 diving fleet, 7 combat fleets); The Naval Aviation has 1 squadron of maritime patrol aircraft and several squadrons of anti-submarine helicopters; The Marine Corps has 2 Marine divisions and several support units, 30,000 people; The coastal defense force has 1 coastal missile battalion
Air Force 68,000 people. Air Force Headquarters: 8 flying wings; 22 flying squadrons (13 fighter squadrons, 7 transport aircraft squadrons, 1 reconnaissance aircraft squadron, 1 search and rescue helicopter squadron). The reserve is about 1.66 million people: 1.5 million in the Army Reserve, 32,500 in the Navy Reserve, 35,000 in the Marine Corps Reserve, and 90,000 in the Air Force Reserve.
Army armament: more than 2,700 tanks and armored vehicles.
1. More than 1530 tanks. (1) More than 630 main battle tanks: 80 M60A3 vehicles, 100 M48A5 models, and 450 M48H Brave Tiger vehicles. (2) 905 light tanks: 230 M-24 and 675 M-42 (including T-64).
2. More than 1170 armored vehicles. (1) 225 infantry fighting vehicles: M113 type. (2) 950 armored transport vehicles: 650 M113 and 300 American-made V-150 commandos.
More than 3510 guns:
1. 1375 howitzers: 100 105 mm American M108 (self-propelled), 650 American M101 (T-64), 45 155 mm T-69 (self-propelled), 90 M-59, 110 American M109A2 (self-propelled), 250 American M114 (T-65), 60 203 mm American M110 (self-propelled), 70 American M115.
2. About 150 MLRS: 117 mm Worker Bee-6 (45-barreled self-propelled), 125 mm Worker Bee-3 and Worker Bee-4 (40-barreled towed type).
3. More than 1000 mortars: 80 mm M-29 (partially self-propelled), 107 mm M-30, etc.
4. More than 500 recoilless guns: 75 mm M-20, 90 mm M-67, 106 mm T-51 and American-made M40A1.
5. More than 490 anti-aircraft guns: 40 mm M-1, M-42 (self-propelled); 90 mm M-2 type.
Missile:
1. About 1,000 anti-tank missile launchers: Kunwu, American-made pottery.
2. More than 142 anti-aircraft missile launchers (more than 2,000 anti-aircraft missiles): 2 American-made small gum trees, American-made
There are 40 Naiki types, 100 American Hawker types, and several parts of the Skybow-1 and Skybow-2 types.
There are about 230 land aviation aircraft.
Naval armament: about 600 surface ships.
1. 92 surface combat ships: 19 guided-missile destroyers; 5 missile frigates; 15 frigates; 53 missile boats.
2. About 440 amphibious warfare and minesweeping ships: including 16 minesweepers; 1 amphibious command ship; 14 tank landing craft; 5 medium landing craft; 22 universal landing craft; 120 vehicle and personnel landing craft; 260 mechanized landing craft.
3. 65 other ships. 63 nautical aircraft.
Marine Corps equipment: several amphibious armored transport vehicles; towed artillery several guns; Several recoilless guns.
Air Force weapons and equipment: about 650 aircraft of various types of the Air Force. 430 combat aircraft. Among them, 50 fighter-bombers: F-104 type. 317 fighters: 42 IDF Jingguo and 275 F-5. 6 combat reconnaissance aircraft: RF-104G type. 59 combat trainers: AT-3 type. About 220 aircraft were supported. Missile; Several air-to-surface (ship) missiles. All are American-made AGM-65A juveniles. Several air-to-air missiles: AIM-4D Falcon, AIM-9 Sidewinder, Israeli-made Dragonfly, Sky Sword-2.
Paramilitary armament: more than 50 patrol boats of various types.
