Best Armies in the World

Israel is the best ?!!!! do you know iran's army ?

Israel had only fought with Arab countries which did not have good fighting skills or manpower unlike Pakistan, Turkey and Iran. Can Israel provoke Pakistan? I am sure this will never happen as Pakistan army is considered one of the best and brave.

PAKISTAN ARMY TRAINED TO DIE FIGHTING

These guys are true badasses, taking on two sometimes three countries at a time in the 60s. Can't remember what the war was called. But they are badasses. Literally surrounded by enemies and none of them can do a thing to disrupt Israel's sanctity.

israel is the best.

Israel has by far the best army in the Middle East. They beat the arab armies already in 3 wars, although the arabs had much quantity. Meanwhile the abilities of the Israelis even have improved. No good idea to attack them. It will end in Desaster for the ennemies of Israel.

Funny how Iran thinks they can own Israel.Israel has proven that they are a force to be contended.They are keeping Iran in check,but I think they should be a bit more aggressive to sink their message in deep into Iran's thick skull.But seriously guys,don't ya'll think U.S. should be number 1?

ISRAEL IS THE BEST

ya they have a very good colection of weapons so they deserves the 5th place

This is precisely where I would place the IDF, #2. While the IDF is small, they are well trained, well equipped, agile mobile and hostile. Historically, Israel has had to rely on superior tactics, cunning, intelligence and a willingness to take the fight to the enemy. Arguably, there has been more disadvantages than advantages from the 6 Days War, but the execution was nothing less than brilliant.

no one can defeat srael

israel is the best !! better then any other army in the world!!

Hallelujah to the coming King of the World. Oh Jeru+salem (City of Peace) lets accept King of salem (King of peace) Jesus Christ their eternal King.

in the future israel gon to hell. hahahahahah

i do have to admit israel is strong, even now. though some of my fellow comrade said they're getting rusty slowly. maybe got something to do with their training method lately, who knows.

you right mate

Israel does RnD and testing on allot of American weapons systems. Israel supports the carrier fleet when thier in the east mediterrianian, Israel trains Navy Aviation in Dog fighting tactics, Israel trains U.S. Marines in urban combat, Israel was Americas little commie killer during the cold war, I think you need to look into these things before you speak on them. Honestly

Historically, the IDF, IAF, etc, have proven themselves in every conflict they've been involved in. Does this mean that they would stack up in sheer capability to a G8 (top 8 industrial capacity) nation or a country like India (the 3rd largest military behind China and U.S.)? Probably not. But, for its scale, it has to rank very high.

israel army (idf) have women in it, wow they must be hard, kind of sad, like the sikhs ( Punjab) they are surrounded by enemies that want to wipe em out, on one side the Muslims (Pakistan) and Hindus on the other, so i can imagine Israeli people wanting to defend themselves, i support the people, not sure about the state ( holding the gaza strip to ransom) but thats down to politics, face it politics sucks in every country in the world,

They've never lost a war to the Evil Religion. They're surrounded on 3 sides by a sea of Muslim filth and yet they've managed to survive.

mosad is the best so in second place is the fiolita special forces army of israel so small but strong and everyday they fight with terrorist by seb ex milatary fiolita 13 hurrra

I "think" Israel is the best army cause they are good at doing everything, they specially kicked butt in The 6 day war.

Once again we see the stupid, ignorant, paranoid views of Islamic extremism being expressed by "Sardar Rufi" above. The ignorance of this "person" is unbelievable. There is no instance of Israel doing anything against Pakistan. There has never been dogfights between Israeli and Pakistani aircraft. Also, to say that the USA conspires against Pakistan in the UN is baseless. The US and Pakistan are allies. The US needs Pakistan's support in that region and takes the policies of Pakistan's government seriously. What we have above is another incidence of an ignorant person listening to non-educated, hate filled mullahs who have an ax to grind against Jews, Americans and Hindus. These people need to come out of the Middle Ages, get some education, and do away with hate filled mullahs who have about a second grade education.

Well I really don't have anything against Jewish people so I am not hiding anything. The Holocaust was an attrocity that should never happen again. That's one muslims point of view.

Israel would stop killing Muslims today if the Muslims would stop trying to initiate another Holocaust on the Jews. It is HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, IRAN, AND THE OTHER RADICAL NATIONS AND TERRORISTS, that keep dragging this crap out. Leave Israel alone, live in peace, stop waging war against Jews and Christians, and this will end very quickly. As for the Afghans fighting for their land and religion, that's true, but not as you say. They are fighting to be set free of a radical form of their religion that should have died out 300 years ago. When groups and clerics that support terrorist organizations such as Al Queda, and beliefs that slaughter human beings like RADICAL Islam, stop spreading hate and evil among their own people, Afghanistan will be free. Not until.

Israel has been outnumbered loads of times and won every war! In around 60 years it has formed one of the greatest armies in the world!

yeah

German Mountain Rangers "Gebirgsjäger" are one of the best

Germany was boss in World Wars

The German military is superb at all levels.Their air,naval and ground capabilities,although limited sometimes,are advanced and can fulfill any modern combat role.Their Leopard 2A7 Main Battle Tank is an amazing piece of machinery arguably the best in the world while their general strategy and battlefield tactics are shockingly superb.Hell,even the old Blitzkrieg tactic(perfected by General Heinz Guderian) is still studies and used today by armies all across the world.Their military technology and hardware are high-tech state-of-the-art gear as well.Their economy is robust and that allows them to carry out a war while they are fully-stocked on ammunition and fuel.Apart from that,commanders across the world use German tactics on the modern battlefield and that speaks to the influential impact of German wartime strategy.It is safe to say that Germany can actually take on any country in a one-on-one war.The German military tradition goes back to time immemorial also,these people have honed the art of war to its maximum capacity.In any case,I would want Germany to be in a military alliance alongside my country as they have proved themselves to be reliable and self-sufficient allies.

In any country against country battle the combined branches of the U.S military will aannihlate anyone and especially if another country tried to bring it to us you would really see shock and awe

All modern war technology has something to do with germany. I mean even the atomic bomb has been mostly developed by german scentists. For gods sake they lost WW2. But their military power nowadays still is outstanding. Even though they lost most of their military scientists and also a lot of other important scientists through WW2. They still kept the knowledge and are still able to construct outstanding industrial and technical products. So as far as the world knows they are still the leading nation in engineering cars and machines. But they seem smart enough not letting the world know what other technology is/are or has been developed for military purposes. So a ranking of german military from 3 to 5 is a solid rank to place them.

They have the longest combat tradition of all nations, except Israel. Both have an incredible expertise in warfare. Israelis and Germans were the haunting experience for the Roman Empire 2 thousand years ago.

I dont know much about their combat prowess, I can say in World War 2 if their tanks were more fuel efficient - especially the Tiger - they would have lasted much longer, probably won. They also have very good industrial capabilities, so their hardware is at a standard usually higher than other countries. And I'm Australian too, not German. But I still love Germany :D

YAH FOR DEUTSCHLAND

They have (finally) a peace army. It is good to have the Germans as allies. It is even better to have them on the right side!

we should be number 1 for germany

one guest is asking why germans are always on the wrong side. I would say they are always on the right side when they are on their own side. Why should they not defend themselves from attacks. They followed once a misleading leader. But which nation had not? At the moment they are on the very right side. They are in the NATO and they protect Israel. They helped Europe and the free world in many battles since two thousand years. They had a great share in defeating the islam threat in the 8th, 16.th and 18th. century in a couple of battles in which the German talents got their display. Mostly they were on teh side of the winners. Besides, you should not believe movies. They are often propaganda and entertainment.

I'm British, and the UK does have some superb military forces, but the German soldier is unsurpassed and the German Army has the best leadership at NCO level - most important in a combat situation. The German forces in WW1 and WW2 were man for man better than any other army and it took the 3 greatest industrial powers in the world to defeat them in BOTH conflicts. Their discipline and resourcefullness is second to none and GSG9 are a match for any other special forces

The most important weapon in any war is the people. The German nation would not tolerate any kind of large-scale aggression from Germany ever again. I live here and know what I am talking about. Their army is brilliantly equipped, and their soldiers are well trained, but feel guilty about fighting – Fact! The truth is that some countries have fought wars recently and some haven't... Some have won and some have lost. The last war the UK lost was the American war of independence. British soldiers have been cutting their teeth around the world for 250 years nonstop! That's right, the UK hasn't really had peace for almost 3 centuries. Israel the same since WWII – fighting nonstop. A good army is one that has fought and won a lot, just like a football team.... Practice makes perfect.

The germans have good tech but if they were in a war they would lose

Mr. Zaheer said Pakistani eat snake. It is not true information. Please ignore these all information about Pakistan Army.

base on what iv'e seen in movies, why do germans always in the bad side?

they generally have a high quality military, but fall short with the heavy Armour. Mobile artillery is slow and beaten by the AS-90 and the leopard isnt as good as the challenger 2. Leapard is cheaper and more reliable (engine), but C2 has worlds best track record and statistics.

Tanks don't mean anything when you have American guided missles and rockets that can them them out miles away.

Let me guess, your all germans!

Germany has the best of everything. The best assault riffle, the German made Heckler & Koch HK416 The best tank, the German made Leopard 2 The best fighter jet, the German made Eurofighter GERMANY WINS!

The strength of the Wehrmacht and the imperial German Army were overwhelming. They always just could be defeated while they were outnumbered like 10 : 1 by allies. The Bundeswehr's extend and amount today is limited in the 2+4 treaty of 1990, but for sure one of the best trained and organized forces in the world (KSK) with modern technologies. Damn proud to be German, wouldn't change it for anything.

And the have Heckler and Koch manufacturing their weapons. Not only to add the fact that The new Xm8 is being manufactured for German and US soldiers.

Your forget the Germans have the most Advanced tank in the World " The Leopard II" it is the only other tank that can slug it out with the Us Abrams and the British "ChaLLenger II"

they allright

the USA appeared on the battlefield in WW I and WW II when the ennemies and allies were already exhausted from 2 years war. So there was not great risk for losing the war.This shows that the USA is always clever. It is more clever than any other. Since WWII they also have the supremacy of weapons. The Technology Comes from Germany. Very likely inclusive the big Bomb.

World War Two was not won by the supremacy of the U.S. This is no detraction from the powerful force that America was then, or the even more powerful force they are today. Germany's loss, though, was a foregone conclusion once Hitler invaded Russia. The Russian Army was the most powerful force in the world during this time. When Hitler marched his troops during winter into Russian lands, the outcome for the Germans was sealed. The use of nuclear weapons during World War Two can be argued on both sides as to whether it was necessary. The official review by the U.S. Air Force regarding their aerial bombardment in the Pacific hedges its bets on this issue as well. If I was to state which nation I would put as the most powerful today, it would be the U.S. Army. The importance of military bases, ports, air fields, mobility, supply chain, and so forth, are often overlooked. America has the lot: the troops, the weapons, the technology, the firepower, and their allies as well. I think it may be some time before this changes, and as a citizen of a Western ally of the U.S., I would rather not see it change, to be quite honest. Anti-American sentiments exist for whatever reasons one can conceive of in other Western countries, but if they're honest with themselves as to the importance of the U.S.'s military capabilities, both now and in the past, they'd be quite grateful for America's presence as the world superpower. I know I am.

Those who say the U.S has lost a war and that is a negative against them are sadly mistaken. In Vietnam, the American troops crushed the Vietnamese and the death toll was approximately 1:10, in U.S favor. The U.S only technically lost because the war was fought to prevent Vietnam from becoming communist, which they failed to prevent, but not because the U.S was successfully repelled. In fact, they only left as early as they did because the public insisted that the government withdraw from the war, a war they considered pointless. In short, the U.S would have won, but they failed to achieve their primary objective which made the Vietnam war a tactical loss.

They should be first!!!!

We have the best balance between training,technology,numbers and tactics in the whole world.We can easily dominate the skies of any country and we have the strongest Navy also.Our Army is very well trained and is very well supplied.Why are we not number 1 in these ranks?

i always agree that US have a great military (power full one).But in the case of army,some other nations have better one than US. like China, India,Pakistan,Russia etc........and the back bone of US military is always USAF, not US army.....

i agree, but they lost two wars (to the guy who said only one.)

Based on their training and their state-of-the-art training grounds facilities, such as flight simulations for Air Force, ships designed for naval practices for the navy and all-type of grounds (mountain, desert, swamp, forest, etc) prepared for infantry training, they should be the best-trained soldiers in the world.

The USA won all wars where they defended freedom and human rights - which is the reason why they lost only one war. The USarmy is always best equipped, most modern and advanced, technically superior and they have the best philosophy to make war: aim at least own losses (this is why Hitler and Napoleon were not successful!). Th USArmy was ib both WW the rescuer of the free nations. In both wars they made the all desisive difference. They are the only ones who could beat the resilient Germans.

The U.S. is has such a great army because we will not leave a man on the ground is in need of help. The U.S. army is so good because we have such good wepons and they are getting better every day.

I know that at the moment the USA are the strongest nation but I think quite soon China will be the dominant force

Yeah, it all sounds like what I used to hear on the streets of Manhattan (NYC) as a kid - "my Pop can beat up your Pop". So what's the point - who is more willing to "die for their country"? During the start of the Civil War in the USA, armies gloriously marched marched off to battle, trumpets blaring, drum's a -rattling, women and children bouncing along beside them, but 600,000 of them died just to make the Carpetbaggers and Robber Barons richer. War has NEVER been glorious, it's ALWAYS been hell. Ask the survivors of Dresden in Germany or Hiroshima in Japan. Ask the surviving Marines of the Island-hopping campaign in the pacific how they liked WW-2. Just to put a point to it, ask the returning troops from the Middle-east wars how they like what the VA has done for many of them when they needed care. In many cases, they still can't get a primary-care physician for about a year, and their suicide rate is 7 times greater across the board than it is for civilians. From beginning to end, it's all the biggest ongoing con-job on the planet to DIVIDE AND CONQUER the people in order to make them good little slaves.

Americans have always won their wars through superior technology and absolutely unmatched and overwhelming firepower. I personally don't think their soldiers are any better than any other in the world in terms of courage, moral and patriotism.

Th US military is the most powerful in the world. The US ARMY however, given it's size and firepower, is quite poor. Tactically they generally need massive superiority and firepower in any conflict to prevail (Bastogne in WW2 aside). I took part in excercises with the US Army with the British Army acting as the 'enemy' and it was embarrasing how easy it was to outwit standard US Army units again and again. Different story against the Seals and Marines, but they are a small part of US Forces.

One country in the world spends more to put soldiers in the field than the US.Only ONE country - it is NOT the U.K. They won many a fight the US got credit for in the Pacific in ww2. First to push a Japanese invasion back in to the water in WW2. First to stop a German Blitz in WW2. Not gonna tell you who it is but I find this sort of stuff just so offensive. It pits one agains the other, thats dumb! And you and me take the bait!. My country is as large as yours. Total population about the same as greater NYC. Travels out of season to compete at sports - travels many thousands of miles to do so, comes about 4th or 5th every summer olympics and sometimes pushes for 3rd. Dont crap on about abilities! The US doesnt offer that much when you honestly compare it to some where better!

I think British army should be higher we are the best trained army in the world .. But saying that we deffently don't have the manpower like USA and china

I wrote the above comment and wanted to say that I'm aware of JSDF (Japan's Defense Forces) but excluding them from the term "army" out of respect for Japan's intention of it as a self-defense force only.

Having served with The US Mountain Rangers in Afghan..indeed they are a well trained force on par with The British Reserve Trained Infantry i'd say. Havin then come across British Royal Marine Commando's as well...no comparison i'm afraid Royal Marines were exceptional no disrespect meant i love US forces....A danish soldier.

USA should be number 1 USA has the best weapons best technology and there is a reason the army is voulnetered because they dont need to pull ppl of the streets for tiny wars in iraq afghanistan they have it all undercontrol and if usa needs people then thats when usa drafts young men to fight in the war just like ww2 USA is the strongest country in the world check any other site besides this one! 1. USA 2.UK 3. China

Our stand point is now far liberal, why people still think that strong army is necessary to gain a power. Thats last century's thoughts. You just need an enough military to protect yourself, that's all you need.

One of the countries who has conquered the whole world once with the axis powers!!!!!

Just imagine china with conscription.

trust me, nobody wants to mess with china

Yes but china has never fought a way overseas. United States has a lot of experience in fighting overseas.

Nobody messes with China because they have the biggest army and population in the world

Badly underrated. The PRC has been doing a lot of sabre rattling recently. Hopefully cooler heads will prevail. If China is able to go another 20 years without a war, their military will be unstoppable as they will have closed the tech gap.

China has lost it wars in the past, but then who has won wars against that which you can't attack (I'm talking about tartars. China, the nation as it is today won't lose a war any soon. Well on my opinion atleast. But what if europe were to be 1 country with 1 army?? How would it rate on your opinions... still though China dominates :P

I think chinese army should be rated much more higher than this.Although I dont like the chinese authorities very much I have to say it is the best disciplined army in the world and I dont remember it has loose any war yet.

China will be super power soon....

i beilive this is a ryt position for china because the person who wrote the book on war was chinese and also britain and america have a numbers disadvantige against china

There was a unit during the occupation of Finland, The Ingrians, which consisted of Swedes and the Dansih. So yes, Sweden did help Finland.

In WWII Finland fought very successful against the Russian army. This small country has many skills.

swedish were neutraali, they didnt have and effect on us keeping our side against a 10 times bigger superpower-soviet union.they lost like 800 000, finland lost 40 000men..was a close call.

They got helped by Sweden.

Best army i ever herd about!

You right...tuff mutha****as! They will beat your ass down if you start runnin yo mouth...go finland go!

camoon stupides, Finland against russia in W2 39-44 and it keeps independence. 4 M people against 100 M

They've lost an embarresing battle though against Finland in WW2.

@"But no one is going to invade russia suicde read the history" No one.... 1612 polish in Kreml.

Russia should be number one

Russian Army has huge story of victories and that way of Glory keeps aside all others - with my respect to Bundessehr and Her Majesty’s Armed Forces.

While I think the Russian military should be ranked in the top five, I do not think they should be number one or even two. In my opinion even there most high speed units, such as the VDV lack communication and coordination abilities. CAS and ART missions, the USA would fine easy to accomplish; proved difficult for the Russians against Georgia in 2008. The Spetsnaz have the comm and coordination abilities between branches that the US standard Infantry has. Sorry guys but the Spetsnaz don’t make up a big enough part of the Russian military, to make up for the conventional forces lack of equipment and capabilities. The Military as a whole in Russia is outdated and run down. While I expect this to change and progress rapidly in the next decade, this list is current; not projected. Nukes are a different story all together. Russia is by no means a paper tiger and deserves to be in the top five. Tough SOB troops, just not equipped like they should be!

The Russian Spetsnaz for the win man! Go Russia!

nobody messes with Russia is allied With almost all Post-soviet states and China. Invading Russia=war with china. that, in combination with nukes is suicide

we are allies

and that is same for US

But no one is going to invade russia suicde read the history

Love russia

Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear warheads...

they are good in a way

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Gurkhas are greatest fighters ever to walk through earth

Even Hittler was afraid to attack to Nepal Army in ww's ...The whole world knows that...The Gorkhas are the bravest and best in the world.. Proud to be Nepali......Jay Nepal

Jay Nepal ...Nepal's army is the best

proud to be nepalese.

कायर हुनु भन्दा मर्नु राम्रो (Better To Die Than Be a Coward)

You know All of Nepalese Youths tries once for join Army... because they were Natural Fighters, You know Victoria Cross Awarded to 26 Soldiers. 13 Of them were Gurkha as rest of were British. My fathers also wants that i also became Gurkha so I'm also trying to join Gurkha.

Thou Nepal stands 110 position in GDP and does not stand out in anything, one thing Nepal can be proud of is GURKHA ARMY. Jay Nepal Jay Desh, Jay Naresh (Birendra)

I am proud to born in Nepal

The Bravest of Bravest Gurkha Soldiers. Proud to be NEPALI. JAY NEAPL

I AM PROUD TO BE A NEPALI AND I AM GLAD THAT OUR ARMY STANDS ON THE 5TH POSITION IN THE WORLD I LOVE MY COUNTRY VERY MUCH AND I CAN DIE FOR HER, BECAUSE I AM ALSO A GURKHA

the Gurkhas are part of the british army and the british should be joint top with the us

Gurkha the bravest of the brave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah we are the best GO NEPALI ARMIES!!

M Proud of my country.. Jai Nepal,Jai Gurkhas

The word "defeat" is not in the dictionary of Gurkha...the gene carrying the behaviour for "fear" lacks in their DNA...gurkha i salute you !!

gurkha are the bravest solders even uk has top rank for gurkha not only that but even hitler told he would have conqure world if he had gurkha

i love my nepal................the only thing that we are behind is coz of the politicians who are traitors to our country,,,,,,,all of them must be exiled permanently from nepal

I feel proud to say that i was born in Nepal. and i salute the bravery of Nepalese army. India stands in 3rd position coz Gurkhas are there.

gurkha never die..they will rebirth automatically if war invites them in their blood..so dont wake gurkhas...

I love my Nepal

IF A MAN SAYS I M NOT AFRAID TO DIE ...EITHER HE IS LYING OR HE IS GURKHAS....SALUTE TO GURKHAS...

we gurkhas fear no forces or armies and fight even we have no weapons at all..jst imagine if we had modern tech and weapons ..i bet all of you we would be ruling earth ...and you can google anglo-nepal war where you can see our bravery . gurkhs are true fighting machine...

The Gurkhas are an effective mercenary force with high levels of special forces training considered standard. They are tough and flexible, but not indestructable. Certainly they are worth the investment.

Hi every one :) . I am from Bulgaria and know that bulgarian army have defeated the gurkhas in a close combat during the ww1 as part of the british army

We are poor, We don't have good weapons, We don't have any nuclear bombs, and what the heck? We are still on 7th position. Guess what would happen if we had everything...... Proud to be Nepali and part of Gurkhas.

If gurkhas are provided good weapons Then other countries soul rest in peace

the gurkhas must be in the top

There's no doubt that Gurkha"s(Nepalese) are indeed the most bravest and fiercest armies in the world, that"s why they are being much praised in afghan war and other wars. To defeat them u need iron heart but still you are sure to lose.

gurkhali will win the world

one of the bravest fighters ever to walk on the face of the earth GURKHAS!!!!!!NO explanation needed because history tells it all.....brings fear in eye of the enemy when ever they see a gurkha...so we are always ready to fight till the death

just a year back a home returning gorkha after teriement, from the indian army, about 35 years old stood up against a gang of 40 robbers in a train in india, trying to protect a girl from being abused. He had just his khukuri with him against swords and guns. He killed three and injured around eight of the robber with the rest running for their lives. He was injured too but was able to save some heavy amount of loot and most importantly the girl.

God knows

small country but ~100,000 strong personal tough provides around 100,000 personal to indian gurkha more than 2000 in singapore as gurkha contingent around 2000 in brunei protecting sultans as gurkha reserve unit (retired gurkhas) 200,000 fought for british now 3,640 but still the best and fearsome and around the world in US, Iraq etc war of gallipoli (WWI)gurkhas were the only ones to reach the top of island,

Haha what do U know about Grukhas?? Their bravery is a legend. Its not a joke at all. Thats why British army and Indian army have special battalions of Gurkha Army. And selection of Gurkha Army is one of the toughest military selection process in the world.

Germans destroyes the world in World War 1 and 2 but to the praise of the Gurkhas no German force even of Hitler dared to attack any place where Nepali held there army

The Name itself is more than any explanation and story. Time changes, history doesn't ; Weapons change over time but Bravery and Valour need in blood. Salute to Gurkhas.

Gurkha Army is the best army in the world.

Gurkha Army is best known for its bravery. Apart from Nepalese Army, Gurkhas are also strength of Indian Army and British Army. Former Chief of staff of the Indian Army, Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw once famously said about Gurkhas: “ If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or he is a Gurkha. ”

As a former Aussie soldier,I can say that when I was in the army we were easily the best in closed and semi closed country. ( forests). However we were shit at urban. That has changed now. Also the unarmed combat skills are getting better too.

Aussie pride!!! :D The SAS is one of if not the best fighting force in the world, and we have a damn good military too.... Oh, and someone mentioned about the Turks defending Gallipoli bravely and well. I don't believe they weren't that, but the entire invasion was botched by terrible commanding and wasteful tactics. However, the Australians then were great fighters, even the commander for the Turks there (I can't remember his name) praised them for their combat prowess. Rant over :)

good to see someone is proud that the only identity they have is a religion and a country, at least the country is based on reality.

Australia's special forces destroyed all of Iraq's forces in the Western Desert of that country in the month before the war was announced during Desert Storm. They did this at the cost of 20,000+ Iraqi troops to 0 Australian casualites. Australia defeated Indonesian insurgents in East Timor at the cost of 2 guys injured. Australian troops in Afghanistan have lost 32 dead and 226 wounded in a period of 11 years. This last figure is considered problematic, but it breaks down to 3 dead and 20 injured per year against hundreds of Taliban dead. Still, there is room for improvement apparently.

australian army is the best trained army in the world and where only geting better we fight for our country and our mates

just remember how tough crocodile dundee was

If had the size of china or us, easily best any modern military

The Great Egyptian Army Defeated israel in 1973 war

Probably the best country in the world and proof is in their army. Small army but extremely well trained with high intelligence. Pound for pound the best army in the world.

S.A.S. is second to none in recon & surveliance. regular army is quite small but very well trained. good personal discipline and drills.

Australian defense of the Pacific in both WWs was outstanding.

I really dont think you should be criticizing arab armies because in the dark ages, the arabs were advancing while europeans were dying and the crusades were the same too, Look at the Umayyads, the Abbasids, the Seljuks, the Ottomans. Remember Gallipoli, where the Ottoman bravely defended their home land. Even after that, the muslims fought for indepedence like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan. Arabs and Muslim fight for religion and have a purpose.

outstanding!

outstanding army! sas on par with british. pound for pound aussies and brits are the best. arab armies are cowards and untrustworty allies. israel has good army also. french will always be high on the list. 1973 egypt lost the war!!!

North Korea is even better

I had the honor of serving on the Korean Peninsula. The ROC solders where very well trained, well motivated, well equipped and well lead. These conscripts motivated us to train harder than we did in the US. Hopefully, the peninsula will not erupt in open warfare; that would be truly horrific.

Anyone with military knowledge knows how unbelieveably tough South Korean troops are.....A very well trained, well equipped, well motivated force. Man for man the equal of any in the world.

Norway got good epquipment and its skilled. They got an high thechnologig navy

ALT FOR NORGE!!!!

the danes are fighting fearless against the Taleban!

We are brothers and sisters with the north, aka. the Viking-land!

In WW2 people said that the danish soldiers were afraid of the Germans. Thats not true, we could have shot their ships in the water, but the government didnt want us too, because they were cowards! Not the soldiers fault, but the weak danish socialism party's fault!

The danish soldiers are like brothers and sisters, they would die for eachother!

Amazing warriors

A true dane will fight for his country!

A long time ago, people called them Vikings! if the danes really want to, they can make people call em that, again!

We have some big nations watching our back! (USA, Germany, England, France and so on) I am dane, and i look at these nations, as family!

the danish nation is a "handgrenade". Little, but very affective and dangures!

Denmark have been called "the best soldiers" by a marine officer.

A naval hero of Denmark, eliminated all the Swedish ships, without losing just one of his own.

One of the best special forces in the world! the "jaegers" moved around in the Afghan mountains for a week, with 150 kg on their back.

Denmark is a little nation, yes, but don't underestimate it just because of the size. Denmark got a proud history. and you can see that Denmark still is a nation, little but still living.

ask anyone how have fighting whit the danes

Arguably Armenian soldiers are the most formidable soldiers on land.Sometimes the outcomes of war can be dictated by each soldiers' will to fight and the Armenian soldiers' will never diminishes.This soldiers will duke it out to the end because he knows one defeat will cost his whole nation the war.Armenians are fanatics in war,the famous Zeitoun and Karabagh peoples are a testament to this,they have maintained their autonomous state throughout the rules of empires over them. EVERYONE SHOULD READ ABOUT THE ARMENIANS! They deserve the attention because they are the most noble nation.

acording to NATO Armenia is the most ready army in Europe and also the most capable it has a number of some 50,000 active soldiers which will reach a number of 800,000 if a war was to start. Armenia should be in the top 10 because when a war is to start all the Armenian in the world will volenteer and fight for their land Armenians are not scared of death and are willing to die for their country

Armenians just fight without fear of being dead! When they fight they know no fear!

Participated in one war after the independence and came out victorious against a superior enemy.

Just a note: Over 40,000 Canadians came down from Canada to join the US forces in order to go to Vietnam, most joined the Marines, then Army and so on. I was one.

Germany always put there best Soldiers against Canada not America because we were the best.

The Germans in both world wars always tried to delay the Canadian army because they it would extremely hard to stop if they attacked we were the #1 best army in the World Wars.

In every war we are in we are given all the Hard Jobs, Juno Beach, The Somme, Passchendale, Ypres, Amiens, And Vimy Ridge(after which the Americans put on 15 Renactions.) Also we had Billy Bishop, Raymond Collishaw, Sir Arthur Currie, and that guy who took a town by himself he did this and while he was doing it he was hitting Germans over the head with his pistol.

The JTF2 is amazing, let allow are training sim battleground in Alberta, It is better then anything the US army uses for training. Look it up if you dont believe me, War of 1812 was a good time to show the might of Canada, WW1, and WW2. Im quoting this from Winston Churchill hill himself "If I had British Officers, American Technology, and Canadian Soldiers. I would rule the world." < top 3 at least guy who made this article.

Canada should be first or second because we are friends with every country next are troops are given the most training and last we fight fair

im hoping we can break top ten in the next ten years. i see absolutley no reason why we cant be operating in the top ten in the world military wise.

Global fire power say that Canada is rank 24 or 23, to me that is a lie Canada is know upgrading it entire fleet of ship, tank, and a new combat outfit that will be in service by 2014-2017.

Also our Speacial forces are kick ass as well. The JTF2 were the only non american special forces allowed to operate with the Americans in Afghanistan.

Canadians regularly beat the USAF in the Top Gun competitions, we were the original Storm Troops in WWI, and we burnt the first White House down. And yes, we're too Canadian to say we're in the Top 5, but we're in the Top Ten. Happy Bicentennial of the War of 1812, yanks!

Canadian troops were known as the shock troops of the allies during the both world wars. Small force but highly trained and vicious. Rommel is quoted saying if he had command of the Canadian troops no army in the world could have stood against him.

Look to the World Wars....the Ghanni... there is something more about Canadians than you know... We are considered fierce for a reason... We'll take care of your impossible missions... Vimy, Juno, Khandahar

Canada badly needs to increase its military spending and develop a navy proportional to the size of its coastline. Russia is its natural enemy and conflict this century is inevitable as global warming melts the polar icecaps allowing free navigation and use of the NW Passage.

PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN!!!!

Canadians have a history of being able to acomplish great things in battle despite being smaller in numbers. 1917 Vimy Ridge. This was the first time all of the Canadians fought togeather in WW1. Vimy had been a key point in the war and the French and British had both failed trying to capture it. At this time Canada had been a country for 50 years and were still pretty small in the eyes of the world. Vimy Ridge changed that. Also on in 1944 on D-Day despite being the smallest of the allied forces we were the only one able to acomplish the goal to clear the beach and push into France. No disrespect to the US or the British but they fell slightly short of the mission objectives. Canada shouldn't be top 5 for sure but we are higher than 21.

WIth those few men its a bit overhelmed, they fought great no offense, but to lead WW1 or WW2 it were far to less servicemen. However it supported Britain with goods as well and did its part.

GO CANADA!!!

Canada is one of the smallest armies in the world. I am a canadian but i just want to say this... WE KICK ASS. Small numbers, but (nd i dont want to start a argument here :P) We pretty much lead WW1 (behind britain) and WE were a massive part in WW2 the us didnt even want to be in ww1 or ww2 until they were ACCIDENTLY attackd by germany (2nd world war) and accidently attackd my austria-hungary in world war 1. you guys didnt power house world war one, canada,france,and britain did! i think canada should have atleast number 5. we only have a small army because of a small population, but i gotta give this to the us: "There is strength in numbers." I am very greatfull that the us is our big brother, cause withought echother we would be 3rd world countries, i would die if anything happend between our alliance. our alliance are like brother and sister.

Ya man canada's army may not be the strongest in size but in the equiptment they use and strategie. Canada Rules!!

Being a Canadian soldier myself: many underestimate the Canadian Forces, but we do have one of the best fighting forces in the world, and one of the best trained since we are smaller, therefore, have more time and money to train. In fact, a Reg force infantry soldier has the same experience of a US Army Ranger rifleman once they complete their infantry training. (I hope saying that doesn't start a debate). That is why an army buddy of mine says we're like the Greek Spartans! We do have money problems, and lack of political will, but we are growing both in strength and numbers since the "Decade of Darkness" (the 90's) where funding was cut and the forces suffered from a poor public image. Canada's mission in Afghanistan, and the growing number of recruits in the ranks, has proven this. I just wish we had a better navy, with air craft carriers.

yep, longest shot ever made came from a soldier of the canadian army!

How about us?

best paid army i hear!

it's all about quality, not quantity. you can be the largest army in the world, but efficiency counts. it's only takes a few good trained commando to take a whole brigade down. one nukes to bring down a whole army. the dutch army is has sold all old conventional stuff like tanks etc. it's now ready for this century with, brains, experience fighting all over the world and top equipment's like the new JSF F35, one of the top of the arts ships and rapid response troops. David had also beaten Goliath,

The Netherlands (Holland) has really one of the best armies! Storm in New Orleans, 2010: Netherlands helped. In the Netherlands are Russian spies, because Russia is jealous. Every NATO-country know Netherlands as a really good Army-country!!

the Dutch army is very good and they spend very much on it 8.000.000.000 for 65.000 soldiers and for a example spain: 17.000.000.000 for 450.000 soldiers

The words Netherlands and Army just don't match.

Not the biggest army but for a little country it's oke

The netherlands has 1 of the best army's in the world it isnt the biggest but every member is a good trained soldier many counrty's want us back in Afganistain because of our civil help, and our strong good Air force

a thin red line the other side of the world. your mates could never equal their acheivments

The only armed forces trusted to guard The Vatican

Poles in the opinion of many army generals are one of the better fighters. They should be higher in the rankings.

Poles have proven themselves throughout the entire history, warriors forged by Polands geographic location.

75th Ranger regt train these guys. They are keen warriors. If not for the Pols, we would have never cracked enigma.

there are well trained

I don't really know much about them but from what I hear, they are tough and well trained. :)

I would put them in the top 10 for sure. They have been trying or trained a lot with the seals, and are elite unit 100% !

One of the best special forces of the world. Brave and steadfast warriors

Pretty much amazing missions with 100% Proof so far

never heard of the irsh rangers ive buddys in the irish rangers and they have served as peacekeepers all over the world as well as irish buddys serving in the us marines in iraq and afghanistan

only reason we are not yet superpowers is because we are inbetween the 2 best superpowers

well david sterling was a founding member .but most people regard paddy mayne as the founder of the sas ...and the irish rangers do exist ....if u look it up you will see.here is wat it says in wikipedia ...(Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) was a Irish soldier, solicitor, Ireland rugby union international, amateur boxer, polar explorer and a founding member of the Special Air Service.)

In my opinion the ARW are above the rest I was Reading on their website and I found out that in 2005 I think they sent a team of 20 into somewhere to extract 35 hositages they did so rescuing all hostiges without any casualties while capturing the rebel leader. Full stop.

CORRECTION the S.A.S was founded by a scottish man named david stirling, the irish are certainly tough and ive never heard of Irish rangers

They have amazing skills in the disposal of bombs due to a time in Irish history know as the Troubles

one of the best trained special forces in the world ...and some of the best snipers in the world two

I know from nearly two decades of experience training special forces around the world that the Irish Army Rangers are the best special forces in the world, period. The tougest, the bravest and the most highly trained..

sure the S.A.S are the best elite force in the world and the were founded by an irish man and all the orginal S.A.S were irish (scotish) two...and the irish rangers are one of the best elite forces in the world aswell.

half the American Army are Irish

christ all you people have no clue what you are talking about....i've served with the French Navy, and have collegues that were in the legion....the legion is tough sure that i can agree on but stop making them sound like super humans they aren't you want the toughest guys from the french military look up the units in the COS christ get you're facts before you open your mouths

that funny to put france low why not but as much no and you talk about the LEGION the most tough and rought army in the world maybe not the most skilled but those guy are crazy bring the french history with french give up france an join germany durring WW2 is useless the legion never surrender anything the actually got lot of loss for that they should be on of the most fear as they will never surrender like some kamikaze

france sucks they got conquered by germany and then US came in and had to liberate tere capital for them and what the hell the french soldiers do they joined the german army and fought us on D DAY like the gay stoner ****** frnch u r

Qualitatively, industrialized nations with larger militaries are probably going to score higher. France's army is about the 13th largest in the world. Their financial expenditures on their military, however, are 4th highest, so probably more technology emphasis than focus on number of personnel. Aside from that, people are probably going to vote up or down based on what they think of the country or some opinion about a country's special forces or commandos, etc. These things get voted up or down a lot depending on who visits the website and how they vote. The person who made the original comments did not make this list, it's open to public voting.

The rank does not fit the comments. This is unrealistic to see such a power be under all those countries. How can military ranks be voted??

Vietnam can and will beat ANY nation that dare to invade! VIETNAM!!!!!!!!

Vietnam has a good millitary but we cannot produce our own weapons yet. Our weapons are from Russia, USA and China, but that will change soon. P.S I'm from Vietnam!!!

Vietnam want peace, but we can defeat any powerful countries want to invade our country. even Chinese now, 2012

Vietnam however cannot produce its own weapons just yet but that will change soon. As its indisputable reputation of courage and smartness, Vietnam has been the only country that can defeat many much more powerful countries in the world: US, France, China, Japan, Mongolia. Which other can do the same as Vietnam did???? I best the answer was none.

Vietnam has been weakened for several decades after the corruption of Soviet Union. Vietnam currently can't manufacture its own modern technology such as China or India did. Countries who can't self supply its own military hardwares will be dependent in any war.

Vietnam, for a smaller nation, has a large military -- if you count their reserve and paramilitary forces, they are the fourth largest army overall in the world -- although 11th, if you were to just consider active duty forces.

yes i do agree Vietnam r best armies in the world who only defect powerfull nation.

on paper i agree, but in terms of america which should have done better, did the vc/nva beat them, or was it the jungle or the hippies?

ukraine rocks

Best Army with a good equipment ( Georgia is making their own weapons) They know fighting as breathing

Almost as good as Portugal, wow.

it's true, best commandos.

Best commandos of the world.

don't make mess with this humble team..they will pay back a equal price..

the BEST army on ASIA

They have the most deadliest commando training in the world ..even the usa forces says that if the training is been doing in usa ..i bet no ONE want to be a commando ..

humble but deadly

In assessing the tactics, strength, equipment, personnel and abilities as a whole of these Malaysian special forces, they are the equal in competence with the special forces teams of Indonesia, Britain and the United States.

"While the Special Service Group of the Malaysian Army traces its origins to 1965 and the post Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation, they gained fame and recognition worldwide after successfully assaulting the communist terrorist in the jungle during the Communist Insurgency War." Wikipedia said it.

Malaysia army the best in South East Asia...

Malaysian army is the best! we don't talk much, humble but deadly; one of the best sniper in the world. we saved the American soldiers during black hawk down incident in Mogadishu and yet we get a little recognition but hey! a real heroes have no names..right?

the best

Malaysian army save the day~~

Malaysia comando is the strongest army in asia but no body know about this...we quiet but deadly

malaysia comandos is the most crazy force...

Grup Gerak Khas is the trained jungle warfare units, they are the best

they never helped Colombian army against FARC

20 Jan 2011, Malaysia navy frees hijacked tanker “MT Bunga Laurel with all 9 pirate alive Without any help from US and etc.

Currently there is no one really knows how strong is malaysia armies. too quiet, humble but deadly.

ATM, the best forces in jungle warfare and geurila tactics. they also have the best commando forces in the world.

The only country to put down a communist insurgency, helped saved the US Rangers in Mogadishu, instrumental in creating the US jungle warfare school, hosts and trains numerous countries in jungle warfare, saved 3 UN judiciary officers in the Benadir Court shootout in Somalia... just to mention a few...

jungle warfare is australias specialty

rescued the US rangers during the black hawk down in somalia....the best in jungle warfare at the moments

who said malaysia commando untested & dont fight actually knows nothing. malaysia commando involved in communist guerilla war, assist US war in Laos, assist NATO in Balkan war as RRAF team, help Turkey arrest Abdullah Okalan and even assist Colombia to fight FARC.

The only country that won a war with communist party during a war 1960-1994. They had the best coomando in the world .

they have good equipment but as green as any other country who experienced combat only during ww2. they are UNTESTED in combat.

that's weird

See WWI!!Allied Forces won WWI just because of SERBIAN soldiers(Macedonian Front !!)

Serbia was victim in both world war. First war was started attacking on Serbia.

Those wars 20 years don't have a winner..people don't seem to get that....all of you who judge serbian armed force only on those events are making a mistake..you should check out WWI and see what real heroism is..that was the only time in history such a small country defended itself against such a strong and mighty force only by the power of will, tradition and true patriotism..lost every battle..lol..serbia won the first win of the allied forces in WWI..

The reason why serbian soldiers were happy when they came out of their bunkers were because they were relieved they did not have to fight another losing ground battle. During the bombing the Serbian armed forces hid in bunkers because they cared more about their own personal safety then their citizens safety.

We could have one the war if we kept waiting. one american soldier said he expected the serbs to be devisated and hungry when they came out of the bunkers instead he found them happy and well fed.

dumb miloshi. stop ****ing with albania, kosovo, croatia and bosnia and maybe you won't be ****ed over again.

You lose every battle in history. Shame on you.

From the early 70's to the early 90's The Recces was a potent force and during that period of time, the Recces were rated among the best in the world. I would think that most of the old school Recces that still wanted to be involved in military activities, would probably still be involved as contracted mercenaries.

Were the best in the world up to 1994! Now they are useless.

They should be atleast 30th

I think the South African military has potential but lacks leadership

They have excellent soldiers but lack good leadership.

Two comments. 1; to the comment that the DEA has the gives the Mexican law enforcement their missions that are too tough. 2; the comment about the Mexican Marines. I can wrap up these two comments in one. It is their job. Is is absurd that you say the US gives the Mexican law enforcements the jobs that are too dangerous. If you were even remotely inept, we wouldnt have to be there. The Cartel is not tougher than any other foe. Militaries around the world face tough opponents each and every day. That is why they join. Because they have a believe.The reason the cartel has such a stronghold only confirms how weak the policies are. The Cartel should be writing stories about how tough the Marines are....not vice versa.

The DEA and other American drug enforcement organizations gives Mexican law enforcement their missions that are too dangerous for them to do themselves.

Mexican Federal Police are super elite. 1-5 officers are killed each month fighting the drug cartels. Mexico is a great country with a history richer then most others in the world.

The Mexican Marines are some tough guys. Mexican Marines or Marinas Mexicanas as they are called in Spanish helped catch a top drug cartel member and the media made the mistake of letting one the Marines names out and the cartel members killed his mom, aunt, and two sisters. Basically they killed everyone who was at his home of address, if he had been there with his wife and kids they would have killed them too. This shows how tough the Marinas are because they are not afraid of going after these brutal cartel members who are not afraid or do not care about killing family members and children.

I'm biased cause I am American and grew up thinking the Marines were the best in the world, I served four years in the US Marines and tried out for recon. In my experience the toughest military people I have met or have heard about through other military members were the US Marine Force Recon, US Marine Scout Sniper, Navy Seals, Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, British SAS, British SBS, US Air Force Pararescuemen, US Coast Guard Search and Rescue teams, French Foreign Legion, Mexican Federale, Mexican Fuerzas Especiales (Mexican Special Forces), Mexican Drug Smugglers,although smugglers are not officially military and are seen as negative, I have met some that have been in the most violent situations I have ever been told. Now the military members I have known had been in some violent situations, the smuggler is the only to go into detail about what he had been through. I'm not saying the Smuggler is better or tougher then the military men I have known. I'm just saying that they never went into detail about the situations they had been in. Even though I know they had been in some hairy situations.

Mexico has one of the top Marines in the world one day Mexico will take there lost land;)

I agree, besides according to the CIA it's within the top 20 armies

Mexico is one of the strongest in the past like when they beat France In Cinco the Mayo And it still isthe strongest army

In Latvian Army only has 8-10k soldiers but they are profesional! And disciplined!

We have one of the disciplined army in the world ! And we have strong soldiers! We too have special task teams they are awasome!

I date a girl from Latvia.... and I have to tell you. If they had an army full of girls like her there is no way anyone would mess with Latvia. They don't put up with the bull****-ski :)

too own

USN 1974-1980.Dominated the SEAL'S.Bull shizer.Will believe anything riight?????......Sheesh!.Tell me another one man......You funny......not.

The fact is the S.A.S went over to America in 2013 to see how the quality of training was compared to the U.S navy seals,and in a report that came out in England and in certain published papers in america the S.A.S completely dominated the seals in both combat and tactical excersises, so no way should we be ranked 26th.

British SAS is the mother of all Special Forces and deserves to be ranked much higher that what it is at the moment.

the best special force ever

601.sks the best special army group in Middle-Europe

Only proffesional soldiers with good motiv

actually, oluja and bljesak were conducted after the serbian army withdrawal. great croatian army defeated civilians.

if you thing that UN helped Croatia to defeate Serbia you are wrong. Serbs were defeated by operations "Oluja" and "Bljesak". UN haven't don anything. Serbians have committed the greatest crimes since World War II: Ovćara, Srebrenica and mayn other but UN DIDNT DO ANYTHING

Croatian troops took part in Napoleon's march on Russia, of which the first mentioned and 3 regiment had the task of protecting Napoleon's retreat across Breznine. After what was recorded that Napoleon gratitude: "The Croats, yesterday I was personally convinced of your courage. you have gained fame and honor". During the retreat from Russia, both the regiment lost two thirds of soldiers. Marmont in his memoirs, Napoleon wrote that the Croats said: "I never had a brave and better soldiers." and the Croats are the best soldiers the world. If I only had 100 000 Croats, would win the whole world " In most French Les Invalides military museum is a memorial plaque which Napoleon to thank the Croatian soldiers for their contribution in the battle of Breznine 1812th The translation of the text goes like this: "In memory of Croatian regiments under the French flag shared the glory of the French Army" This plate is just a small reminder of the fact that the Croatian military courage and glory known throughout the world During the retreat from Russia, both the regiment lost two thirds of soldiers. Marmont in his memoirs, Napoleon wrote that the Croats said: "I never had a brave and better soldiers." and the Croats are the best soldiers the world. If I only had 100 000 Croats, would win the whole world " In most French Les Invalides military museum is a memorial plaque which Napoleon to thank the Croatian soldiers for their contribution in the battle of Breznine 1812th The translation of the text goes like this: "In memory of Croatian regiments under the French flag shared the glory of the French Army" This plate is just a small reminder of the fact that the Croatian military courage and glory known throughout the world

NATO doesn't help Croatia a bit. Croats defeated serbs by themselfs

Lol they never won the war!Serbians were winning till Americans interveined.Unless by saying that they won you mean NATO or UN won.

won the last war in Europe against Serbia, and save Bosnia. Small , but well trained SF, brave and patriotic.

were small but when i join the army we are going to be on top of that list ;)

The thai army is great with their 300,000 troops plus good weapons tech and a pretty good navy, making the thai army one of the most feared in asia, they can take on Cambodia and had history in an empire defeating chinese invasions.

hi all :) i am from Bulgaria and although you stoll part of our territory we all are thankful for the help in the 1870's battle south of Danube. Partially because of you there is a Bulgaria :)

Aslo Romanians played a good role when they fought aganist the Ottomans at the South of Danube in the 1870's and not the Russians that were there!

Romania has shortened the WW2 with 200 days due the return of the weapons aganist the Germans after when the Soviet Army arrived in Romania!

got the best special forces...Vanatori de munte(Mountain Huntsman)

they lose it's called they were annexed in World War 2 by Hitler

"Greeks dont fight like heroes,heroes fight like Greeks" Sir Winston Churchill

Greece won the first win of the allied forces in WW2 against Mousolini. During WW2 Turkey was neutral...again!

HADE ORDAN TIRT SPARTANS but may be spagetti :) kıçımın spartanı

there are like the spartans

the history speaks

What makes the UK stand out is there whole military operation (Technology/army you name it) ,, Its just the perfect size and a dream to command at war i bet. its not big bulky, its slender and fighting fit and hard as nails a true island nation of war mongrels is UK, and islands race is bred for war, and i dare any TRUE military mind to deny that the history and the true proven pedigree, of what makes our country the uk the best ally any country would ever wish for becuase lets face it we dont want to be an empire no more.. look at what we have already got out of the world when we commanded the biggest empire to date ^^

Brits stood long alone against the Germans (with the help of USA), while no others in Europe could. Therfeore they must have great skills. Thank You Brits, that Europe did not become German.

I'm pretty sure that Britain should be in the top 5, and BTW people the SBS is superior to the SAS, but less people know of it :P

Relax you wanders! The US and United Kingdom are allies. We have enough enemies without us making one out of each other. It is no question that the happiest person on the planet about Pearl Harbor was Churchill. It brought us into the war....Officially.

We didnt loose the battle of the somme anyway, we only made 6 miles which is very small but better than loosing.

Who had the largest empire in the world, Britain. Who hasnt been taken over since 1066, Britain.

If your saying that the Brits lost the battle of the somme because of poor tactics then do abit of research, The british killed nearly as many germans as they lost. And doesn't the falklands war prove it, the US navy said it was 'a military impossibility' but somone proved them wrong :P

hahaha as if england are all way down here we might not have got the biggest number but we are far the bet trained mentally and physically ,, when it comes down to the infantrys no other infantry can compete against the british army ,, and in modern warfare infantry is used the most we also have the highest amount of typhoons in the world and even the highest comander of america said its the best fight jet in the world , where a little island that kicks big countrys ass wall to wall thats why all these people who dont like us dont want to have a war against us wee also have the best special forces in the world ,, okay we might not have enough people to say come on lets have a war but but we are near the top ,, and everyone knows america are the best to say come on lets go for a war a documentry on tv siad they have got thousands of airstrips with thousands and thousands of aicraft war ready if needed AND BY THE WAY EVERY ONE ALSO KNOWS WHILE THE BRITISH AND AMERICANS ARE TEAMED UP NO OTHER ****ER AS GOT **** ON US !!! BRITISH AND PROUD !!!

We should be no.1 ever heard of the S.A.S they are trained with apache knife skills

great britian sucks and you talk like ******s and guess what in the battle of somme about half a million of yah died cause of your dumb commanders

good

i agree that they good but i never knew 4th its not right it should be about 8th in my opinion

what, anyway vote up for bangladesh

Well, without us, we would never have had the..ur.. Harrier!!

The russins(spetznas) or britishs(S.A.S) should be first because the sas train all the other spesil forces and the americans dont know the meaning of stealth

the U.K should be the top the british S.A.S founded modern warfare tactics.... america or russia wouldnt have a chance...

THE BEST PROFESIONAL I EVER SEEN KOSOVO'S ARMY,

Israel is old The new is Iglesia ni Cristo The Israel is story of moises and back to return to egypt and the New is INC will return in The Philippines in July 27,1914

OFW in Malaysia 700k based for television news on PH for great works

All the things said here are all great and inspiring. but those are in the past, cant we say its still the same today? HELL YEAH, who won the asean military comp. the AFP who is the worlds best jungle trackers Scout rangers, even a navy seal(as seen on TV) can't escape them, and they're nor technologically equipped just necessary stuff on their bags, cloths on their back, and rifles still they got him, other countries train with the Philippine military to get their skills. Basically Filipinos, are born fighters, started on Magellan , or even back till today, Filipinos are peaceful, but try pissing off one and you hell of a figth.

I remember my History Subject about Mc.arthur Filipino army is the best . Give me 10,000 Filipino Army I will Conquer the world

The Filipino soldiers are good and brave fighters. They never step back in any battle and has the courage to face the challenges in the battlefield. If only it has the most modern military hardware in the world, even the US can hardly defeat them. China has no match with the Philippines in a face to face battle because the Filipinos are intelligent people and knew how to defeat their enemies in any angle of war.

"Historically Filipino Army are born warriors descend from Hell, they are very brave and intelligent and also very experience in battle. they can fight anything they have, (what the use of any modern equipment if you don't have a Heart to fight).

Nobody beat the Filipino army

Filipino army are beasty and strong

Really!

they should be the no.1 in the world

Filipino army is a great soldier ever, The Filipinos are a brave fighter soldiers, frontliner soldiers, they are well trained soldier, inexperienced in combat even lacking equipment. If you only remember korean war in the Philippine soldiers is one of the countries help South Korean to protect this country in the invaders. Philippines sent five batalion in 1950-1955. Of 7,420 Filipino soldiers only 112 of them KIA to defense Korea's Freedom. In battle of Yuldong, battle of Miudong, Battle of Hill Eirie, hill Arsenal and many more battle in Time of Korean War. Remember: Among those sent to stop the attack were 7,420 Filipino Soldiers. They Faced 40,000 Chinese troops Soldiers. They have only triples, machine, mortars, and howitzers to stop them. They also had two light tanks, few's bazooka's that did not work, and not all of them have winter clothing. the communist attack while overwhelming so British and Puerto Rican's on the left retreated. while Turkish on the right also fell back. But Filipino's Soldier stayed and kept fighting. Everybody joined to fight including drivers, clerks and cooks. the Filipino's fought hard against all odds. They held the line preventing the Chinese and more Korean's. Chinese lost 7,000 soldiers. while Filipino's lost 112 soldiers As they fulfill the responsibility they support South Korea and we see the different of qualities of Filipino's Soldier. I Proud to be Filipino!!!!!!.... We shall Fight the "Rags" oppressor and invader!!!!!!!!

one the best army in asia. even lack of modern technology they have the best experience in terms of war

FILIPINO ARE GREAT WARRIORS THEY ARE FEARLESS AND SMART.JUST GIVE THEM THE MOST AND ADVANCED WEAPON TO PROVE HIS WORTH.

FILIPINO ARE THE GODS SOLDIER ONE OF THE BEST GROUND FIGHTER IN THE WORLD ASTIG!!!!

Filipinos are brave....most of the Filipino soldiers during the ww2 are students. They gave up their future just to fight the japs. Even igorot soldiers joined the war

Filipinos will do everything to protect their beloved country,even if that means their lives...they have defeated the weakling japs in WW2 and invented the MSSR!With this army,they can conquer the whole world or the whole universe!

Filipino Soldiers BUILT FOR A KILL

considering the vietnam war is over...the philippine army is regarded as the best guerilla fighter in the world

If Philippine army have modern weapons... they can probably conquer every nation!!!!! they have the fighting spirit and well trained soldiers... I'm a thailand soldier and once trained by U.S and Philippine soldiers I think Philippine army is better based on experience and tactics

God bless the AFP, God Bless the Philippine Army they were trained best unlike other armed forces in the world. they go to war without vest and balistic helmet..... Only in the Philipines (JUST DO IT NEVER SAY DIE) I'm proud to be one of them.

Only advance weaponry is missing to make this country Invincible. Can even conquer CHINA any time if only armed enough to do the tough battle. Even in long ago this country is tested for battle. Philippines is known as land of the great Datu's , great warriors, who once killed the great Ferdinand Magellan. This country was born for war. Philippine soldiers were often used as a Frontliner during war times. That is why US always rely on this country.

Even the Philippine armed forces are lack in some equipment for the soldier they are ready to fight the invadres of the Philippine territory... AFP

ohhhhhh....... that's good! but it's still better to be on top!!!!!

The Japanese forces conquered Korea, China, Singapore, Sumatra in a short time but It took the Japaneese 6 months taking Corregidor island. Filipino and American defenders really gave them hell in taking this....

Filipino soldiers are tough they fight with tenacity and spirit. Fearless, it is said that the .45 caliber gun was invented just to down a rampaging Filipino soldiers....

At least out army can still fight with worn out uniform and boots.. how about the rest? can they still fight efficiently with ruined uniform and boots? There are other people who complain with just simple problems..

For the Filipino soldiers.., technology and too much modernization is not needed .. but a brave heart fighting for one country ... Giving up all they can do even their life for their Motherland.. Honor to Filipino Soldiers.. Mighty and Fearless !!!! unlike others...

WITH HISTORY and EXPERIENCE... I AM SURE THE FILIPINO SOLDIER IS BEYOND THAT OF ANY>>> MANY DIED FIGHTING AND MOST ARE STILL YET THEY NEVER GAVEUP... I SALUTE THE FILIPINO SOLDIER

Douglas McArthur once said, "Give 100 Filipino soldiers and I can conquer the world."

One of the best because they can improvise with what little they have, one of the most important skill for survival.

the philippine army is very good because they trained every terrain possible but the tchnology is poor, the army doesnt have main battle tanks not even 1 the vehicles you see in the magindanao martial law are only light tanks and APC since the Americans had left the Philippines in the 90's we have no strong defense on land. 2nd surface to air missiles because its important to defend the atmosphere that air raids or even bombing in the air is imminent and we have nothing to defend us with but only guns. 3rd artillery the mobile ones because we need to establish order to Mindanao and fight the MILF because it cross rage in the country, artillery can destroy anything we want, we could surely buy at least 5 MRLS to secure the safety of the people. 4th an aircraft that is a multirole, jet figther and ground attack aircrafts to secure air superiority to the sky and defeat easily the rebels, we need also surveillance to see the movement of enemy from the sky and bombers as well. 5th attack helicopters to secure the air superiority in the philippine sky. 6th are submarines to srcure the depths of the philippines. 7th is destroyers cruisers to bombard enemies from shores. 8th aircraft carrier after you had done the 7 things you can buy that particular thing for the new flagship of the philippines. 9th ballistic missiles but this is optional. If the economy flows very well and it is rich we could buy and do this things..

On average,a filipino soldier faces hostile action 75% more during his tour than any other of his counterparts in southeast asia.that's enough to hone his skills in combat.lacking equipment and underfed,he is as spartan as any soldier can get.he makes do with what he has and he kills very efficiently.

philippine army is one of the best...BATTLE OF THE BATAAN...WW2..they trained the US army!JUNGLE SURVIVAL..w/out the filipino soldier in WW2 and STAND for BATAAN...the japs soldier may conquered whole ASIA and AUSTRALIA including the NEW ZEALAND and some tiny island in the PACIPIC..bcoz that time only the filipino soldier stand bravery..so that the time plan of japs filled..some of their strong forces in asia regroup just to face the BATAAN forces.lack of equipment but trained with the spirit and honor...PHILIPPINE ARMY

very tough and well practiced in jungle and guerilla warfare. Even trained the US army in guerilla and jungle tactitcs.

Portugal had three open battle front during the colonial war, and after ten year, only guine bissau was lost, angola and mozambique were pacified, but colonialism is wrong and portugal ended to give freedom to those country. The first naval infantery was portugues, and portugal has been capable of maintain souverany since year 1139. Most of the country mention here were ones ocupied by other countrys.

Tiny Portugals navy and army was strong enough to contest with the biggest might in the 16.th century which was at that time the Holy Roman Empire with their German-Hispano outreach to rule the world. And they did it successful for one hundred years. Therefore the Portuguese merit respect.

In the Battle of la lys they had to deal with the Germans in WW I. This action was one of the greatest defeats ever suffered by Portuguese forces. The 2nd Portuguese Division, with approximately 20,000 men and commanded by General Gomes da Costa (later President of Portugal), lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men killed, wounded or taken prisoner. Despite the defeat, acts of remarkable bravery were shown by the Portuguese soldiers.

I only know that the U.S. Marines came to Portugal to train with our military, and all Americans gave up after a week because of the exigency of our training

the portugeses are tough and the americans hired some portugeses generals to teach the american troops. And they have the second best sniper in the world. But of couse they have small army and not much money.

Portuguese Army is really strong the problem is they dont have much money to get better weapons

Portuguese are though bastards but their army is kinda small

BUT Oba EWEKA SHOWED THEM DURING COLONIAL DAYS IN ANCIENT BENIN KINGDOM

Defeated many Spanish army, Napoleon army, and the German army at WWI at Batlle of La Lys, where the Portuguese were out number 5 to 1 (100000 Germans against 20000 Portuguese), and with only 88 guns, they manage to stop the Germans from advance. In this battle a man became a legend, Aníbal Milhais.

the general says aussie sas 2nd to none!

Portuguese comandos are some hardcore SOB,even Dave Patreius says it and hes one of the USA generals I think

They are ranked #3 actually just by the army, and recently their military went up to rank 7

sure?

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One of toughest armies in the world

Not yet.... We don't want to be among the more powerful world's armies right now. Mainly because we are not beligerant. But we need to set up a modern and strong Army within the next 5 five years. We don't want to be feared around the world. Just respected. Right now we are about to start the contruction of one nuclear sub and more 4 conventional one. We can't to compare with Russia and China, however, Brazil is growing fast though the world's economic crisis. The world's top military strenght will be defined in 2020. Brazil, in the near future, not yet.Who told you we are in a hurry?

Brazil has been rising thru powers with a smile, without having to flex a muscle. Why no "Empire Building Nation" ever attempted to invade Brazil, with all it's rich resources? Just always wondered that.....

Best army in South America. Brazil is actually in the 11th position of the world rank.

Bt not best than indian army which is the 4th world power

They ARE really good. Just not famous as most other armies are.

they will probably be really good in the future

ROCMC is worldwide renown for it’s tough training and as one of the best force in world. The ROC Marine elite corps of frogmen are officially called the Amphibious Searching Unit of the ROC Marine Corps. Their motto is: "Let the high mountains bow and the deep seas give way before us." In war, they serve as a spearhead of the armed forces. They must slip into enemy occupied territory before a major attack. Their task is to destroy the barriers facing a landing force, pinpoint enemy pillboxes and map airports and sandbars. On the sea, they are taught to maneuver rubber boats while combating the enemy and detonating targets. On the land, they are trained in long-distance jogging, demolitions, searching, surveillance, hand-to-hand fighting and guerilla warfare. In the mountains, they learn to scale cliffs and cross ravines.

History proves mongolians are originally born fightrers. Even we have small army and haven't advanced high tech and tanks we really proud to be mongolian

Mongolian Airforce: In 2011 Mongolian airforce bought 5 fighter jets called MiG-29 and 1 trainer aircraft called ***-130, In 2013 Mongolian airforce is planning to buy 3 C-130J transport aircraft

Mongolian army is best in the world

Yeah me too, it is good. I proud of them. that sounds good

Wow, Mongolia has a good army in the world, and it sounds good.

In my opinion, Mongolia is enough for this place in the world.

Mongolia is one the countries that have the greatest armies in the world.

A great german commander once said... Give me a battalion of maori soldiers and i'll conquer the world !!

Probably the most fearless soldiers ever!

The Marines are part of the US Army.

I'm biased cause I am American and grew up thinking the Marines were the best in the world, I served four years in the US Marines and tried out for recon. In my experience the toughest military people I have met or have heard about through other military members were the US Marine Force Recon, US Marine Scout Sniper, Navy Seals, Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, British SAS, British SBS, US Air Force Pararescuemen, US Coast Guard Search and Rescue teams, French Foreign Legion, Mexican Federale, Mexican Fuerzas Especiales (Mexican Special Forces), Mexican Drug Smugglers,although smugglers are not officially military and are seen as negative, I have met some that have been in the most violent situations I have ever been told. Now the military members I have known had been in some violent situations, the smuggler is the only to go into detail about what he had been through. I'm not saying the Smuggler is better or tougher then the military men I have known. I'm just saying that they never went into detail about the situations they had been in. Even though I know they had been in some hairy situations.

na, without air support, they will not be so good, same can be said for any European army..... think about it

the largest and worlds best navy is with india go and check again

U.S. Marine Corps is not an Army... It's a highly-mobile, amphibious attack force under the U.S. Navy.

US marines are i would say on par with British reserve trained Army the (TA) when it comes to skill..that said they have numbers but i'd rather have a platoon of British Infantry coming to save me than a platoon of US marines or infantry

u say that the us marines are number 1 However Royal Marine Commandos are the best they are first to be picked for the SBS so they must be the best and they have the toughest training course in the world except for special forces

The Most tactical army in the world.Must be in top 20 military nations. They have done Worlds premium hostage rescue ever in Pudukuduirruppu Sri Lanka.For Saving more than hundred thousand innocent lives thousands of bravery heroes Sacrificed their lives in the battle field.In entire operation they were in ultimate moral and discipline. And finally they became the worlds first nation to eradicate an organized terrorist group.Cheers!!!!!

They are the best since they successfully destroyed the most modern and the most ruthless terrorist organisation in the world which is the LTTE who pioneered the suicide bombs. The army special forces are trained by Isreal Special Forces and among the best in the world

SL A rmy must be at top 20.It,s a joke to see at 105.

It's one of the best armies in the world.It's the one and only army defeated a well organized terrorist organization.Brave,disciplined,moral and has everything a great army should have.HAIL LIONS1

THE BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD

Sri Lanka Army is the most experienced in wilderness face to face combat. not only special force all the other regiments have equal experience in combat. and those who render their service as UN peace keepers are also showing their abilities and experience. though they are lack of technology they can end up a mission without a single scratch.

we never faught WITH GPS, GURILLA TACS,& MODERN TECHNICS.. our brave soldiers fights just face to face.. no army in the world has the strength to do that.. we salute our brave soldiers..

really powerful & strong military. their country is little but they got really big heart to fight against the enemy. I think they should be the most experienced combat force in the world.

Sri lankan army has well trained special forces. they should be the bravest soldiers in the world. cheers from USA

sri lankan army is one of the best army in the world.it should be ranked withing top 10 armies in the world! long live Sri lankan mighty forces!!

I believe that the Sri LAnkan Army is the 7th best in the world

No one beats our mahasona brigade

Sri Lanka is know as Pearl Of the Indian Ocean...the people lives in this tear-drop Island are the most Respectable People in the world..they give their respect first and they treated everyone equally... but if some one wants to fight with them their the best fighters in the world...Sri Lankan military win the war against the most dangerous terrorist in the world Sri lanka Special Task Force Is the worlds best police..and other military is never gonna second for and army in the world...'' sathurata kisivitakath Yatath nowanama''

No more any doubt, Sri Lankan army is the world best army in the world. Because they are the army who eradicate a terrorism organization completely. As well as LTTE organization was the most ruthless terrorism organization in the world and it was on the top of the list of powerful terrorists organizations... Still other countries trying to struggle with terrorists for a long time. Some are having supreme power of the world.... But Sri Lankan soldiers done it less than 3 years........

We are not a terrorist county we a buddhist.We never teach army to kill other county pepole.But some one try too beet us We never foget them.P/S think Many time

Support for SL army from pakistan. U people are brothers and rock. Keep up the best show

As Usual, some idiots found a way to argue about the ethics of the wars fought. Fact remains, SL army alone is 200,000 strong while it has the best Battle-hardened special forces and commandos in the world. I personally see lot of mismatches in this list, where super powers are actually downgraded. So dont think anyone should take this list seriously.

After nearly thirty years of experience in high and low intensity counter-insurgency warfare, the Sri Lanka Army ranks among the most combat experienced armies in the world.

sri lankan army took out the most well organized, well trained, well armed and most ruthless terrorist force in the world. They are the BEST!

sub continent armies are ok. british structure made them half decent

Actually what happened was,lot of countries tried to pull back Sri Lanka from destroying terrorism.. and LTTE had lot of supports from various nations.. Finally as an unstoppable force, the nation's political leadership together with the military forces destroyed the terrorism.. but still some of the individuals somewhere from the world believe that the LTTE was the representative of Tamils... sometimes those people haven't even came to the country, and haven't even talked to a real Sri lankan Tamil brother who has suffered LTTE's cruelty for more that 30 years.. I'm a sri lankan.. and I believe our military is the best in warfare, protecting human rights and even in helping our own Tamil brothers.. (and friends!! LTTE is a history now.., It is totally vanished.. so any LTTE fan, please save your stories to tell your grandchildren.. )

one of the worlds best armys

Sri Lanka army is the world greatest army. Because our brave soldiers could eradicate world most ruthless, babarian, dangerous terrorism organization from sri lanka. But, now America who has super fire power still couldn't defeat Taliban or Alcaida. The secret of Sri Lankan forces they are having best military strategics and well trained, experienced man power with good political leadership.

To that Sakthi Guy: The whole world accepts the fact that the Sri Lankan Forces destroyed the LTTE and you single handedly opose the notion. First off learn your english before commenting on a public forum. Second of all do some research and save yourself from being called a jackass.

Sri Lanka i give respect but they are so small they couldn't take down a country larger then them.

Are you kidding me? The Pakistan army is fighting the TALIBAN right now. That's harder, but still out of friendship, I respect Sri Lanka.

sydney australia is full of sri lankan deserters. mainly officers!!!

ur the heroes

The most powerful special force

the most polite army

The most helpful army for the refugees in history

The great heroes of the world

The great Lions

no more questions SL army is the world best army ever who faught bravely against L.T.T.E

Is that why they needed the united states help to win over FARC! Very strong.....army...!!!

Colombia has the best special forces trained in jungle warfare. Well equiped and well trained.

Most countries ignore Colombia and Guatemala but the true is that this countries special forces are well trained very high discipline they don't know the word fear they are known as killing machines U.S navy seals are trained by this countries as well as Canadians ETC. And no I'm no from this two countries I'm Canadian.

@"Without a doubt..." Come on, be honest. You're in Columbia for the cheap Cocaine... I'd put the Drug Barons armies above the Columbian military... Otherwise, why are they still operating..?

Indeed many consider Brazil the mightiest army in southamerica, might be so, but Colombia has over 50 years of combat experience, readiness status, well trained, well equipped, excellent special forces (3rd best in the americas after Bolivia and Guatemala), if there is a match for Brazil would be Colombia

Without a doubt, the Colombian Army, soldier for soldier, pilot for pilot, is the most efficient army in the world. Not only is Colombia the oldest constitutional democracy in the world (after the USA) and has had to defend its borders from foreign and domestic enemies exceptionally well, but it has some of the oldest armed forces in the free world. No army in the modern world has ever been able to act in the extraordianraly efficient way as the Colombian army has, given the nation’s GDP ratio to its investment. While the USA spends well more than 50% of its GDP in defense, the Colombian taxpayers get far more bang for their investment. Israel does indeed have an exceptional armed forces as well, as does France, BUT, I can assure you that the Colombian army, which has the distinction of being comprised by highly educated and collaborative (fraternal-like) soldiers can outperform any other army in the world, ounce for ounce. The Colombian army is the only one in the world that can also boast that despite its diversity on religion, race and gender, there is virtually NO discrimination to ever be found within this incredible, honorable group of fighting professionals (and it is no wonder that there is so much disinformation about Colombia perpetrated by its enemies). I am a United States citizen who now lives in Colombia, for its beauty, culture and SAFETY!

Colombia should be ranked in the top 20, I agree with last two comments.

Many people ignore Colombia and its military power. If you look at GlobalFirePower, they don't even include the country, which has a population bigger than Spain and Argentina's. It's simply ignored, althouhg it's somewhere arounf the top 20 in population, and has the secoind biggest active army in Latina Amarica. Brazil 197million people - around 310,000 troop. Colombia 46 million people - around 290,000 troop. It may not have the greatest equipment, or budget, but if manpower is the THING at war, plus experience, the Colombian army should be ranked high. Yes, The Commandos (with over has been won by Colombia for four years in a row. Another clue: Colombias COPES training is so tough, it has only graduated 750 officers since its establishment in 1984, 150 of which were foreigners. This includes personnel from Latin Amaerica, the Middle East, Far East and even Africa. Most of the foreigners who come to train here: Brazilians and Ecuatorians, who have later also done well in this competition. They helped train the people who founded the BOPE-Brazil (fact which will never be admitted by these). Just check the dates and records! They also have the commando JUNGLA training, since 1989, where you will find local military giving training to new personnel, as well as to soldiers from over 20 other countries. BOPE still sends personnel to train in Colombia. In the Escola Superioir de Guerra de Colombia, founded in 1909, there are currently 685 students (in 2010), from Colombia and countries such as Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru. Colombian military are now counselling police and military (in-loco) from Urugay, Mexico and Brazil to Afghanistan.

Without a doubt the Colombians have one of the best special forces in the world. Check this out: Special operations military and police forces from Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States and Uruguay are competing for the best special forces team in the Western Hemisphere. For the fourth year in a row Colombian Special Forces win Fuerzas Comando.

Colombian army represents the most powerfull and effective army in America, and probably the world. Equiped with light armament, the Colombian army has a total adventage in troop mobility, the most skilled soldiers in THE WORLD, that can be displayed in the many operations against guerillas.Besides, 60 years of war had converted evry colombian soldier in the most tenacious,tough,and mean human being, capabell of crawling through the jungle in the darkest night, live in the disturbing humidity of the rain forest, and shoot canibal guerillas evry day, makes Colombian Army the BEST.

no, the lanceros need the US to train them, thats why were down there training u.

They deserve number 1.The first who defeated Ghingiz Khan,the invetors of battle avation,artillery support.The users of WWII standart defense postion during Doiran (1918).Their cavary divison were better than the cossaks during the WWI encounters. Their officers lead them into battles with songs and with no fear they were advancing under artillery and machiengun fire.The soldiers who captured Ederne,the "untakable" fortress considered by many western architecths.The men who were attack from all fronts and still hold the front.Those who massacered British cowards think that they will capture Bulgaria. They turn 10 times bigger armies into routing. Do you need more facts,because I know so many.

The Bulgarian army is the only force in the entire world which has never lost a single flag, despite activily participaing in wars in Europe since the 19th century

pretty good, considering that we beat the soviet russian ass in 1920 in the independent war. A military with the best morale and the need for independencie

Armenian Army always have surprise element .Not the weapon neither the numbers its all about the spirit and Science. The next thing is who is on your side. Thanks God that we have The Northern big brother next to us Russia. God Bless Russia.

When Peru was ready to invade Chile in 1975 ... Chile called U.S. and Britain which put pressure on Peru with their Naval Forces to protect Chile from an Invasion ..... Peru has the best pilots in South AMerica ... trained by Americans, Russians, French and Israelis

true, modern, well trained, motivated, proffesional, and balanced (army navy air force) while many of the region armed forces rely mostly on the army, chilean armed forces are equally strong, chile is the third best army in south america, after Brazil and Colombia, and third mainly because precisely their officers are trained in Universities and lack of combat experience, overall Chile is one of the worlds finest armies and should be among the top 25

chile is the most modern and proffesional because they have some of the best universities in latin america plus some of the best airforce

The most modern and proffesional of latin america.

There is no defeat in the history of ETHIOPIAN'S war history, I hope the Italians also knows it well. The 100million may die but Ethiopia is never surrender. The army leaders knows what to do, no need to have much explosive like that of US.

Let´s not forget the eritreans who wiped out this army out of their territory with minimal to no help from outside. In my view, the eritreans are the best fighters in the world, considering they lacked the funds and weaponry required to win a war against a mechanized army with an air force, navy and help from both the US and Russia not to mention Israel, Yemen, Cuba etc.etc.

they are beasty

i was served ethiopian special force in Somalia operation, its the best army in east africa!

A strong army because very thin and skinny people are hard to aim at. I am joking. (all the best Ethiopia, I love your country and architecture that can be found in the green highlands, a secret destiny and a one of the worlds diamonds..)

*largest active duty military, I meant

Political sentiments aside, the fact that they have the largest army in the world has to count from an objective standpoint.

Haha, would this now be the National Guard units of the 11 U.S. states that seceded in the mid 19th century? Just kidding. I suppose someone was trying to include historic armies.

I do believe this list is for current, existing armies. Not historical, defeated, yet valiant ones.....

An army more suitable for peacekeeping rather than a full scale conflict, Argentina historically has fought a real war and in mid-intensity conflict, always came out second, were beaten by chileans, bolivians, paraguayans, british, lets be honest the argentinians could not fight even the uruguayans, nevertheless their officers are well trained and educated, they make good staff and planners, multiple applications for them but combat is not one of them.

Iceland doesn't really have a standing military, although they contribute to NATO financially and have a Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) that is a paramilitary force.

Ha ha ha....thatz laughable

Best warriors in the world, beaten Poland, Russia and Germany in the past.

They are one of the richest.

Not the strongest but is pretty welk trained by the U.S and israel. Too bad its not like it was before, DR had the strongest army and airforce of Latin America during trujillo's reign in power. Not the same power as before but they have so much pride in their country that even civilians faced the U.S invasion in 1965

I dont know about any american soldier or from other country...except France (F. F. Legion) who could stand for the special forces training in Ecuador. Is just so tough that only some french could approve the comando or jungle training.....but they are just never mentioning the Ecuadorian Special forces....Smal country but great training...

When Peru was ready to invade Chile in 1975 ... Chile called U.S. and Britain which put pressure on Peru with their Naval Forces to protect Chile from an Invasion ..... Peru has the best pilots in South AMerica ... trained by Americans, Russians, French and Israelis

When did Peru defeated Chile? When did that happened?

Peru can`t be 62º in rank. In south America we can defeat everyone except Brazil and Argentina. More respect to peruvian army forces.

what's their processing power?

very strong backgrond forces