Comparison of British and Russian Military Strength, Which is Superior?

MOSCOW – It is interesting to know the military strength of England vs. Russia, especially after the provocations made by Moscow in several countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Recently, a Russian Navy frigate equipped with a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles conducted exercises in the English Channel, according to a Reuters report.

Several Russian state agencies said that the crew of a frigate equipped with the hypersonic anti-ship missile Zircon (Tsirkon) was conducting anti-terrorist exercises.

However, this action was seen as provocation by the Western media. Reporting from the Trumpet, this step comes just weeks after another Russian ship sailed around the coast of NATO member Norway for days.

So far there has been no response from the British Empire to this provocation by Russia. Many parties believe that Queen Elizabeth’s country does not want to be encouraged by various incentives.

Comparison of British and Russian Military Strength

1. Military Team Number

In terms of military personnel, Russia is well ahead of the UK as it has a total workforce of around 3,570,000 people in 2024 according to Global Fire Power. Of this number 1,320,000 are active soldiers.

Meanwhile the UK only has around 1,108,860 military personnel, with 184,860 active soldiers. In terms of ranking in GFP itself, Russia is in second place, and England in sixth position.

2. Army

As one of the most heavily armed countries, it has a total of 14,777 tanks, 161,382 armored vehicles, tens of thousands of artillery pieces and 3,065 surface-to-air rocket launchers.

On the other hand the British had 213 tanks, 27,203 armored vehicles, hundreds of artillery pieces and 41 rocket launchers. This number is certainly very long compared to Russia.