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The Ministry of National Defence (Greek: Υπουργείο Εθνικής Άμυνας, abbreviated ΥΠΕΘΑ), is the civilian cabinet organisation responsible for managing the Hellenic Armed Forces, the leader of which is, according to the Constitution (Article 45), the President of the Republic but their administration is exercised only by the Prime Minister and the Government of Greece.
Leopard 2A4/GR Germany: 120mm gun. Being equipped with C2 systems. 520 Leopard 1A5/GR Germany: 105mm gun. 392 M48A5 MOLF United States: 105mm gun. Equipped with EMES-18 (MOLF) fire control system (71 M48A5 tanks in storage as of 2019). 100: Μ60Α3 TTS United States: 105mm gun (279 Μ60 A1/A3 tanks in storage as of 2019).
Clockwise from top-left: American troops in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Kunar Province; An American F-15E Strike Eagle dropping 2000 pound JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; an Afghan soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and American soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban fighters after securing Kabul; an Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan ...
The Hellenic National Defence General Staff ( Greek: Γενικό Επιτελείο Εθνικής Άμυνας, abbr. ΓΕΕΘΑ) is the senior staff of the Hellenic Armed Forces. It was established in 1950, when the separate armed services ministries were consolidated into the Ministry of National Defence. Its role in peacetime was as a ...
The British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. [1] Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army was made up exclusively of volunteers—as opposed to conscripts —at the beginning of the conflict. [2] Furthermore, the British Army was considerably smaller than its French and ...
The Afghanistan Papers are a set of interviews relating to the war in Afghanistan undertaken by the United States military prepared by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that was published by The Washington Post in 2019 following a Freedom of Information Act request. [1] [2] [3] The documents reveal that high ...
Not to be confused with Afghan Files (Australia) or Afghanistan Papers. The Afghan War documents leak, also called the Afghan War Diary, is a collection of internal U.S. military logs of the War in Afghanistan, which was published by WikiLeaks on 25 July 2010. [1] [2] The logs consist of over 91,000 [3] Afghan War documents, covering the period ...
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw MC (4 April 1914 – 27 June 2008), also known as Sam Bahadur ("Sam the Brave"), was the chief of the army staff of the Indian Army during the Bangladesh-Pakistani War of 1971, and the first Indian Army officer to be promoted to the rank of field marshal.