UK armed forces equipment and formations
Annual statistics on vessels, land equipment and aircraft of the armed forces, and military formations.
Upcoming release dates for this publication are available here.
From the 2025 edition of this statistic the accompanying data tables (excluding worksheets 2 and 5) will be changed to present the most recent 5 years only. This is to allow the tables to remain focused on the most recent equipment and formation landscape and simplifying the tables will also increase readability.
Data on land equipment (worksheet 5) for 2025 will be expanded to a comprehensive list which includes some equipment that was previously not reported on. These additions will mean that totals are not comparable to previous years, therefore data on land equipment will be presented for 1 April 2025 only. Data on additional Navy formations (worksheet 2), will also only be presented for 1 April 2025, due to structural changes in Royal Marine formations meaning totals are not comparable to previous years.
Historic data will still available in previous editions of this publication.
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Added information: From the 2025 edition of this statistic the accompanying data tables (excluding worksheets 2 and 5) will be changed to present the most recent 5 years only.
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Added UK armed forces equipment and formations 2024.
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Added UK armed forces equipment and formations 2023.
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Added UK armed forces equipment and formations 2022.
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Addition of 'UK armed forces equipment and formations 2021'.
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Addition of: UK armed forces equipment and formations 2020.
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Added the UK armed forces equipment and formations 2019.
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Added UK armed forces equipment and formations report page 2018.
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Added UK armed forces equipment and formations 2017.
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