It goes without saying that the ability to hit targets from a longer distance than your adversary is a huge military advantage. Of course, one way to do that is artillery.
To identify the countries with the most artillery units, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the 2024 Military Strength Ranking from Global Firepower, an annually updated defense-related statistics website with information on 145 countries. Countries were ranked on the total number of artillery units in their arsenal. We included supplemental information regarding the total number of military vehicles, tanks, and MLRS units, as well as each country’s overall military strength score.
Why Is This Important?
The Russian military possesses the largest artillery arsenal in the world, comprised of over 14,000 towed and self-propelled units. In addition to these artillery units, Russia also has the largest tank army in the world, with nearly 15,000 tanks at its disposal. For the Red Army, it makes sense to have some of the largest ground forces on the planet, as Russia is the largest country in the world by square mileage, with at least one not-too-friendly neighbor.
Here is a look at the countries with the most artillery in their arsenal.
30. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Total artillery: 590
- Total tanks: 91
- Total military vehicles: 450
- Total MLRS: 79
- Military strength score: 2.3996 – #116 out of 145
29. Azerbaijan
- Total artillery: 594
- Total tanks: 920
- Total military vehicles: 29,312
- Total MLRS: 218
- Military strength score: 0.9934 – #59 out of 145
28. Brazil
- Total artillery: 632
- Total tanks: 469
- Total military vehicles: 44,044
- Total MLRS: 78
- Military strength score: 0.1944 – #12 out of 145
27. Thailand
- Total artillery: 639
- Total tanks: 648
- Total military vehicles: 14,040
- Total MLRS: 26
- Military strength score: 0.3389 – #25 out of 145
26. Japan
- Total artillery: 653
- Total tanks: 518
- Total military vehicles: 37,662
- Total MLRS: 54
- Military strength score: 0.1601 – #7 out of 145
25. Kazakhstan
- Total artillery: 696
- Total tanks: 300
- Total military vehicles: 6,012
- Total MLRS: 407
- Military strength score: 0.9495 – #58 out of 145
24. Algeria
- Total artillery: 707
- Total tanks: 1,632
- Total military vehicles: 35,990
- Total MLRS: 236
- Military strength score: 0.3589 – #26 out of 145
23. Ethiopia
- Total artillery: 713
- Total tanks: 680
- Total military vehicles: 10,028
- Total MLRS: 79
- Military strength score: 0.7938 – #49 out of 145
22. Romania
- Total artillery: 720
- Total tanks: 345
- Total military vehicles: 9,990
- Total MLRS: 225
- Military strength score: 0.7712 – #47 out of 145
21. Finland
- Total artillery: 792
- Total tanks: 200
- Total military vehicles: 11,716
- Total MLRS: 76
- Military strength score: 0.7967 – #50 out of 145
20. Morocco
- Total artillery: 871
- Total tanks: 1,564
- Total military vehicles: 13,710
- Total MLRS: 208
- Military strength score: 1.0081 – #61 out of 145
19. Vietnam
- Total artillery: 880
- Total tanks: 2,029
- Total military vehicles: 18,578
- Total MLRS: 450
- Military strength score: 0.3158 – #22 out of 145
18. Israel
- Total artillery: 950
- Total tanks: 1,370
- Total military vehicles: 43,407
- Total MLRS: 150
- Military strength score: 0.2596 – #17 out of 145
17. Greece
- Total artillery: 1,318
- Total tanks: 1,365
- Total military vehicles: 57,030
- Total MLRS: 152
- Military strength score: 0.4349 – #32 out of 145
16. Taiwan
- Total artillery: 1,420
- Total tanks: 1,010
- Total military vehicles: 19,868
- Total MLRS: 223
- Military strength score: 0.3302 – #24 out of 145
15. Iraq
- Total artillery: 1,727
- Total tanks: 848
- Total military vehicles: 39,872
- Total MLRS: 425
- Military strength score: 0.7441 – #45 out of 145
14. Myanmar
- Total artillery: 2,083
- Total tanks: 705
- Total military vehicles: 8,139
- Total MLRS: 586
- Military strength score: 0.5251 – #35 out of 145
13. Ukraine
- Total artillery: 2,217
- Total tanks: 1,777
- Total military vehicles: 22,110
- Total MLRS: 491
- Military strength score: 0.2598 – #18 out of 145
12. Iran
- Total artillery: 2,630
- Total tanks: 1,996
- Total military vehicles: 65,765
- Total MLRS: 775
- Military strength score: 0.2269 – #14 out of 145
11. Syria
- Total artillery: 2,695
- Total tanks: 2,720
- Total military vehicles: 14,550
- Total MLRS: 614
- Military strength score: 1.0026 – #60 out of 145
10. Turkey
- Total artillery: 2,785
- Total tanks: 2,231
- Total military vehicles: 55,104
- Total MLRS: 286
- Military strength score: 0.1697 – #8 out of 145
9. United States
- Total artillery: 2,862
- Total tanks: 4,657
- Total military vehicles: 360,069
- Total MLRS: 694
- Military strength score: 0.0699 – #1 out of 145
8. Egypt
- Total artillery: 3,046
- Total tanks: 5,340
- Total military vehicles: 77,596
- Total MLRS: 1,119
- Military strength score: 0.2283 – #15 out of 145
7. Saudi Arabia
- Total artillery: 3,253
- Total tanks: 1,485
- Total military vehicles: 20,694
- Total MLRS: 490
- Military strength score: 0.3235 – #23 out of 145
6. India
- Total artillery: 3,383
- Total tanks: 4,614
- Total military vehicles: 151,248
- Total MLRS: 702
- Military strength score: 0.1023 – #4 out of 145
5. Pakistan
- Total artillery: 3,990
- Total tanks: 3,742
- Total military vehicles: 50,523
- Total MLRS: 602
- Military strength score: 0.1711 – #9 out of 145
4. China
- Total artillery: 5,284
- Total tanks: 5,000
- Total military vehicles: 174,300
- Total MLRS: 3,180
- Military strength score: 0.0706 – #3 out of 145
3. South Korea
- Total artillery: 8,052
- Total tanks: 2,501
- Total military vehicles: 66,492
- Total MLRS: 581
- Military strength score: 0.1416 – #5 out of 145
2. North Korea
- Total artillery: 9,000
- Total tanks: 5,845
- Total military vehicles: 24,696
- Total MLRS: 2,920
- Military strength score: 0.5313 – #36 out of 145
1. Russia
- Total artillery: 14,564
- Total tanks: 14,777
- Total military vehicles: 161,382
- Total MLRS: 3,065
- Military strength score: 0.0702 – #2 out of 145
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