Country profile 路 public, aggregate figures
France
France fields 203,900 active soldiers and 38,100 reservists, with 222 tanks and 282 combat aircraft. It shares a land border with 9 countries. Below is how the model plays out a war on each of those borders.
France in numbers
Active soldiers
203,900
Reservists
38,100
Tanks
222
Armoured vehicles
1,500est.
Artillery
110est.
Combat aircraft
282
Helicopters
400est.
Defence budget
$70.7bn
GDP
$3,366bn
Population
68.7m
From free public sources: Wikipedia's country lists (citing the IISS Military Balance), the CIA World Factbook and the World Bank. Figures marked est. have no free source and are model estimates; every value's source is on the data sources page. Not operational information.
Simulated wars involving France
Europe vs Russia, without the United States
Ceasefire, front frozen after 270 days
The European Union vs Russia
Ceasefire, front frozen after 305 days
France vs Belgium
Side A achieves its objectives after 155 days
France vs Germany
Defender holds after 274 days
France vs Italy
Defender holds after 269 days
France vs Luxembourg
Side A achieves its objectives after 5 days
France vs Spain
Ceasefire, front frozen after 250 days
France vs Switzerland
Side A achieves its objectives after 137 days
NATO vs Russia
Defender holds after 210 days
Neighbours
Build your own scenario with France
Pick who it fights, who joins in, the season and how much of the reserve is called up, then watch the front move day by day.
Model-generated simulation on public, country-level data. Not a prediction. No operational, classified or real-time information is used.