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Message: [QUOTE="medwaymud, post: 10650700, member: 27975"] They gave the Italians a severe slapping in the Albanian mountains in 1941/2 too. During the Korean War they gave many impressive performances v. the Chinese hordes and were highly respected by US Military. Their Regular Forces are significantly larger than ours and their active Reserve 200k v. our 30k . Not bad for a country with a population circa 10 million. Today all young men do compulsory Military Service which is 99% geared towards stopping another Turkish invasion - which they fully believe will happen. They regularly go face to face with the Turkish Airforce ( F-16 v. F-16 ) and I don't think a year went by without it resulting in an aircraft loss on either side. They put a lot of effort into A/A Defence - you really wouldn't want to be sat on a beach in Cos or Samos if it kicked off. The Navy is modern and well designed for defending home waters - of which they have a lot. They have a surprising amount of submarines ( a mate is an Engineering Officer on one ) Up on the land border with Turkey they field 800 modern Leopard MBT. How many can dear old RTR drive out of the sheds tomorrow ? 100'ish ? Zito i Ellada ! [/QUOTE]