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would win army slash military comparison you know i love doing this military comparison i love doing
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for the last 60 years european nations have been enjoying for the most part
relative peace and stability though for two millennia prior this part of the world saw
almost continual conflict two such nations with a long history are france and germany
while the modern spectator of international relations would tell you that presently these two
countries don't harbor any apparent enmity for centuries past they were almost devout enemies
today we're going to look at what might happen if these two powerful european nations once again
took up arms against each other in this episode of the infographic show germany vs france don't
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germany is a country of just over 82 million people that borders several countries including
france and the southwest renowned for its engineering ingenuity and on the whole a highly
productive society germany has the fifth highest gdp in the world of around 3.842 trillion dollars
it would be in fourth place if we discounted the european union this is the highest gdp in europe
with the uk trailing in ninth place in 10th place is france with a gdp of around 2.647 trillion
france is not considered equal to germany in terms of industrial prowess but it is and has been
considered a global leader regarding arts science and development of society in general france has a
population of 67 million people it is much bigger than germany at about 250 000 square miles with
germany being about 138 000 square miles germany has a defense budget of 41.1 billion dollars which
is 1.2 percent of its gdp this is compared to france's 55.7 billion dollar budget which is 2.3
percent of its gdp these are both relatively large expediters and are the only european nations in
the top 10 of biggest military budgets besides the uk in terms of military power germany is usually
ranked in the top 10 of the world's most powerful militaries it's active frontline personnel number
180 000 with another 145 000 being active reserve personnel france which is usually ranked higher
than germany in terms of military strength has 205 000 active frontline personnel and 195
7700 active reserve personnel as for land weaponry germany has 543 tanks 5 869 armored fighting
vehicles 154 self-propelled guns zero towed artillery and 50 multiple launch rocket systems
france has 406 tanks 6863 afvs 325 spgs 233 towed artillery and 44 mlrs's both countries have
tanks that are regarded as some of the best tank technology in the world which machine is better as
debatable germany's vanguard tank is the leopard 2 and its various successors notably the leopard 2a7
which germany is said to have around 20 of the total number of leopard 2s built over the years
is 3480. france's pride and joy is the amx leclerc with around 400 units in use in the french army as
far as air power goes germany has a much smaller fleet of aircraft than france with successes this
one is important this combines 92 fighters 169 fixed wing attack aircraft 345 transport aircraft
47 trainer aircraft 375 helicopters and 47 attack helicopters a francis 1305 total air dang they
got a lot of helicopters for what there's a lot of helicopters but what kind of helicopters though oh
yeah why they got so many normal helicopters the attack helicopters at 47 but
having that much helicopters just seems more like a a regional type stuff because helicopters are
not that fast but the attack helicopters are much more efficient and everything because
obviously they they come with a lot of equipment so it's really interesting that um if this is
factual obviously that germany would have 375 helicopters but 47 attack helicopters
i'd sell a lot of those helicopters and get some more attack helicopters because
some things much better craft 296 are fighters 284 are fixed-wing attack aircraft 662 transport
aircraft 283 trainer aircraft 610 helicopters and 49 attack helicopters numbers aside why anybody
who's big on military like i am please tell me why would uh france and germany invest in so many
helicopters but yes so the attack helicopters are like literally 47 and 49 that's that's interesting
like transport aircraft like that's a lot of transport aircraft for what though like well
technically you definitely want transport aircraft to be a lot because they got to take people
so the transport aircraft is not bad
it's just a little bit interesting though with the helicopters it's a bit interesting france is seen
as having a vastly superior air force to germany not only because of aircraft technology but also
its missile technology perhaps its feather in the hat is its dassault rafale omniroll fighter
largely believed to be one of the best fighting machines ever to take the skies
fast and furious the fighter carries an arsenal of missiles including an asmp nuclear missile
and is also endowed with the latest radar systems there are currently 108 of these planes in service
germany may not have built a plane to contend with the dassault rafale but it does own over
125 euro fighter typhoons which was developed and built by the countries of the uk germany france
italy and spain germany's air force was maybe the most feared air force in the world during
the second world war and its pilots many of whom are trained in the united states are highly rated
still for sheer numbers and technology france wins in the air germany's navy also pales
in comparison to the french navy its naval power consists of 10 frigates zero destroyers
5 corvettes 6 submarines 13 mine warfare 11 replenishment ships and 20 miscellaneous
auxiliary vessels its main concern is protecting territorial waters and global peacekeeping
the french navy on the other hand is often said to be one of the strongest navies in the world
its 86 vessels consist of 11 frigates 4 air defense destroyers 8 anti-submarine destroyers
zero corvettes 10 submarines 16 mine warfare 17 coastal defense craft three amphibious a lot of
submarines right there that's a lot of submarines aircraft carrier one aircraft carrier dang
like literally i think one of nato's aircraft carriers right here in finland or was in finland
with a lot of you know fighter jets on it obviously but one aircraft carrier is it's
it's pretty good but the thing about it with friends you know that like i guess because
they're not expecting um to invade anyone they would not necessarily need these things but
like i get the transport like america being so far away if anything happens they would
have to come to the action you know so i get why america would probably invest more in all of these
carriers but um it's really interesting though really interesting navy is considered far more
powerful than that of germany and if expected of it could also be far more aggressive for
this hypothetical battle to take place it not only requires personnel weapons and technology but also
a lot of oil to fuel it germany produces around 48 000 barrels of oil a day and consumes 2.4 million
barrels daily it has around 100 million barrels of proven oil reserves france produces around 15
340 barrels a day consumes 1.7 million and has about 84 million barrels in proven oil reserve
as far as nuclear capabilities go the french are third behind russia and the usa in the number of
nuclear warheads france's 300 nuclear warheads 280 of which are active is 300 more than germany
has we should note here that when germany signed the treaty on the final settlement
with respect to germany that was negotiated in 1990 it agreed to limit its army navy and air
force and also agreed not to manufacture nuclear weapons the country is part of the nato nuclear
weapons sharing program which means nuclear arms can be supplied by the countries that have them
such a treaty was the result of the two world wars but one could say it's also a testament to how the
world held germany's military might in awe germany and its allies were not far away from winning
world war ii due to excellent military strategy and advanced weaponry france and germany are both
close allies now and there is little to no chance that a war could break out between the countries
on a purely hypothetical basis though france may have the stronger military at the same time would
anyone want to underestimate germany the war would not be fought between just the two countries of
course and the matter of whose allied with whom would depend on the circumstances of what started
the war exactly because who would ally with either of these countries would be in the european union
right and obviously the european union is buddy buddy with america so who would be on whose side
you know so exactly what he said whoever started the war would likely not have the allies it's
likely the defendant but for argument's sake let's say no one else got involved who do you
think would win let us know in the comments yeah i ain't going to put nothing against the germans but
the the nukes the nukes bro the nukes would have just handled business so i wha what can i say
the nukes would handle business so i don't know man germany germany would probably get whipped
because of the nuclear weapons but um yeah we up out of here we're gonna get up out of here y'all
let me know what y'all think about this and um leave suggestions for french videos german
videos i'll do those as soon as possible and uh for now i'm gonna get up out of here so uh peace