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The Hellenic Armed Forces ( Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized : Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force . The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense .
The term Hellenic is the endogenous synonym for Greek. The Hellenic Army is the largest of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces, also constituted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) and the Hellenic Navy (HN). The army is commanded by the chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS), which in turn is under the command of Hellenic ...
Kefefs is a Greek-made bolt-action sniper rifle designed by Hellenic Arms Industry in 1986. Used by special forces. [24] Sako TRG Finland.308 Winchester [5] Steyr SSG 08 Austria.338 Lapua Magnum: Used by Special forces. [25] Barrett Μ82Α1M United States: 12.7x99mm NATO
Modern Greek military ranks are based on Ancient Greek and Byzantine terminology. In the army and air force, these names are often based on the unit or post that a holder of each rank usual commands. For example, a tagmatarchis is in charge of a tagma, which is derived from an Ancient Greek word translatable as "command", "order", or "class ...
The Hellenic Air Force currently possesses several fighter types and is in the process of obtaining new ones. There is the F-4, F-16 in several variants, Mirage 2000 and Rafales. As well, the F-35 will be obtained soon. This is very expensive for the Armed Forces and this needs reformed.
List of active Hellenic Navy ships. The Hellenic Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Greece. As of 2024, the Navy operates a wide variety of warships including: 13 frigates, 10 submarines, 19 missile boats, 10 gunboats, and 15 helicopters.
488th Signal Battalion. 489th Signal Battalion. First Army Air Defense Artillery Command. 181st Medium Range Air Defense Battalion. 182nd Short Range Air Defense Battalion. I Infantry Division ( I ΜΠ ), based at Veroia, Macedonia. 1st Raider/Paratrooper Brigade. 32nd Marines Brigade. 71st Airmobile Infantry Brigade.
Held the rank of General, and from 1939 of Field Marshal, as King of Greece (1922–24, 1935–47) Lieutenant General. Dimitrios Giatzis. 1891. 1964. Commander of 9th Infantry Division (1945), I Corps (1946–47), First Army (1947), Chief of the Army General Staff (1947–49) Lieutenant General. Solon Gikas.