Turkey and Denmark may seem like two countries that don't have a lot in common and sure they are separated by lands and
ecosystems
But one thing that they do
relate to each other is the defense and protection of its own people and
Culture hey everybody what's going on welcome to ftd facts the channel where we talk about people cultures and places from all around the world
Now my name is Dave Walpole and just to let you guys know
This is actually a part two where we actually looked at Turkey and Denmark and we looked at a population and economy
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Well you want to subscribe to the channel because that's what we do here now. Let's start with Denmark now currently
they have a manpower of two million five hundred thousand people and
Approximately two million twenty thousand people are fit for service
Now with its active military personnel they come in approximately at seventy five thousand one hundred and fifty
And there's approximately
twenty thousand eight hundred
Active personnel and of that about fifty four thousand three hundred and fifty are in reserve units
Now keep in mind guys when it comes to these numbers. These are all speculative
No, military actually gives out true numbers
It would just be insane of them to do so now moving right along to Turkey. They have approximately a manpower of
41 million six hundred and forty thousand people just
Devastating Denmark and of that there is approximately 35 million ten
thousand people fit for service and throughout all of its in military its total personnel sits at
743 thousand four hundred people
with approximately three hundred and eighty two thousand eight hundred and fifty active personnel and
Three hundred and sixty five hundred people in reserve units now one thing that these two nations
Do have in common is that they actually both have?
conscription for Denmark they do have conscription for young adults being 18 years or older
And you will serve either four or twelve months now women can also join
but they are not obligated to do so and just keep in mind their conscription actually been around since their Viking days as
for Turkey their conscription begins at 20 and your service begins at
21 and at any time you can be called to the military till about the age of 41
And this is compulsory for all males within the country
And you will serve either six months or 12 months if you are an on university graduate and also the minimum age for
Volunteering is 18 years old and is open to males and females now we do have their numbers
Let's take a look at their actual hardware because that's important as well now looking at the Air Force
Denmark has an aircraft strength of 83 with approximately
33 fighter jets and of that the f-16 acts as the remain fighter jet with them having approximately
35 attack crafts of that there is 36 transports and approximately 34
helicopters and strength now as for Turkey their aircraft strength is much more coming in at
1018 and they have approximately
207 fighter jets with the f-16 falcon also being their main fighter jet of that. There's 207 attack craft
439 transport craft and their helicopter strength comes in at
455 with approximately 70 attack helicopters now moving down to the ground because we got the air covered for Denmark they have
Approximately 57 tanks and of that the leopard a2 is their main battle tank now. They have approximately
673 armored fighting vehicles 12 artillery and no rocket projectors, but for Turkey they have approximately 2,000
455 combat tanks now they do indeed use the leopard a1 and a2
However keep in mind of this 2,000. They have at least
900 Patton m60 tanks that make up their main battle force on top of that they also have
7550 armored fighting vehicles that is insane, I don't think I've seen it that high in a while and they also have
1710 artillery and 811 rocket projectors whoo, not gonna lie guys. That is a lot of ornaments
That is just crazy, but let's take a look at the sea and the Navy so for Denmark
They have approximately 90 Navy assets of course. They have zero aircraft carriers, however
They do have nine frigates zero destroyers and submarines
Approximately eight patrol craft now. I'm not sure what other sort of crafts
They have they could have other things that would just haven't been reported so who knows as for Turkey
they have a hundred and ninety-four Navy assets zero aircraft carriers 16 frigates nine Corvettes twelve submarines and
Approximately 34 patrol craft, and I'm not gonna lie guys. Turkey is one huge country, but let's keep in mind
Let's take a look at the budget next because that's also important as well
Now as we can see?
Denmark is a much smaller country when it does come to its military and when it comes to their budget they spent approximately
4.4. Billion u.s.. Dollars on their military hardware training and installations now as for Turkey. It's a little bit different
It's kind of actually hard to get an exact number
Even a speculative number because I've been reading all over the place and the budget seems to be in every which direction
It's high it's low
It's hard to tell but from what I read and gathered the budget probably sits anywhere between 14 to 18 billion dollars
ranking at the 15th highest military in
2016 now I've also heard it's about 8 billion u.s.
Dollars which makes it about 30 Turkish Liras, but I'm not entirely sure about that one
I just want to throw that out there
Just in case and although these numbers may not be absolutely exact one thing that is very
important to know about Denmark and Turkey is how they handle the United Nations and
peacekeeping missions for example Denmark during the Cold War did take part in UN peacekeeping missions, but left after Bosnia however
they are a huge supporter of the United Nations Protection Force the UN P R o
Fo r but as well they support many NATO missions
And they also support us decisions now as for Turkey its first time joining
UN peacekeeping missions was during the Korean War and as of May of
2017 it contributes to eight
Peacekeeping missions around the world so there you have it guys that is just a brief look at these two great nations when it comes
to their militaries
and how they operate and it's fantastic to know that these two nations do take their military very seriously and
Train their soldiers to protect not only themselves, but their loved ones and their culture, but my name is Dave welcome guys
and I really hope you had an awesome time learning about Denmark and
Learning about Turkey like I said the best thing that's great about these videos is some people say oh you spreading hate
but not really we're just here to get to different countries to learn about each other and
Cross-promote each other because that's really the best thing to do now
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Wow so that is the end of this military video
Thank you guys so much for watching now. If you like learning about these two countries and say you missed the first one well
I'm gonna put that in the description box below, but if you want to learn more about these two great nations well
We got two different videos for you guys to check out here
This one's on Denmark as a whole and this one is on Turkey feel free to check them out and until next time guys you
Have yourself a fantastic one and we'll see you later