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Some months later, Greece received another batch of 170 Leopard 1V and 2 Leopard 1A5 from the Royal Netherlands army – the Leopard 1V is basically an 1A1 with an EMES 12A3 AFSL-2 FCS and spaced turret armor. From 1998 until 2000, Greece bought 192 used Leopard 1A5s as offsets for the upgrade of the Greek F-4 aircraft in Germany in a symbolic ...
As of June 2022, the Greek government intended to send at least 40 BMP-1 IFVs to Ukraine as military aid. 40 vehicles have already been sent. [24] [73] [74] [75] Armored personnel carriers (APCs) 491 G-127 Leonidas II Greece
Rigopulos M1941 [14] (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Philippidis M1925 [14] (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Lelakis M1923 [14] (Austrian origin and Greek modification) Light machine guns. Breda M1930 (Italian captured) Bren machine gun (British made, used by exiled Greek forces) Chauchat M1915 (French made) EPK M1939 [15 ...
Supreme Military Command of the Interior & Islands Structure (click to enlarge) Supreme Military Command of Interior and Islands (ΑΣΔΕΝ), based at Athens, Attica. 5th Airmobile Brigade (5η Α/Μ ΤΑΞ), based at Chania, Crete; 79th National Guard Higher Command (79 ΑΔΤΕ), based at Samos
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Greece currently has universal compulsory military service for males from and over 18 years of age. Under Greek law, all men over 18 years of age must serve in the Armed Forces for a period of 9-12 months. Women can serve in the Greek military on a voluntary basis, but cannot be conscripted.
The same can be said for including unreferenced material of course, but I am only speaking for pieces of equipment such as the Leopard 1s and M48s which are operated in very large numbers, can be seen in many photos and have become almost synonymous with the Hellenic army.
The I Army Corps (Greek: Α' Σώμα Στρατού, abbr. Α' ΣΣ) was an army corps of the Hellenic Army, founded in December 1913. Originally based in Athens and covering southern Greece, since 1962 it was responsible for covering Greece's northwestern borders (Epirus and Western and Central Macedonia). It was disbanded in 2013.