Morocco — analysis of the armed forces

What the inventory on record could form, man and sustain, by published norms — the same engine and the same figures as the Analysis tab of the interactive map. Models of what the equipment allows, not the real order of battle, training or readiness.

31brigade-eq3.9 squadron-eq

216%manning195,800 on strength

29%O&S share$6.3B · 2025

6.8strength indexinventory only, 0–100

combat categories documented 16 of 17·support categories documented 3 of 7·norms table 2026-10-19·About the method ↗

52 types without a published quantity — counted as 1 unit (lower bound) in the index and coverage

data for Live War: 42 % — missing: drone stock 5, interceptor stock 5, quantity 5, ship cells 4, combat radius 2, cruise-missile family 1, artillery rounds 1, production 1, storage 1 About the method ↗

Budget too small for the personnel at any tier: even the low cost tier exceeds 45% of the budget
Rear categories not documented in open sources (4 of 7) — support figures are a lower bound

Rings

Northrop F-5 — 1,056 km · with tankers 1,584 kmF-16 Fighting Falcon — 550 km · with tankers 825 kmWeishi Rockets — 350 kmPHL-03 — 130 km

HQ-9B — 260 km · low-flying targets 36 km · 8 batteries on recordSky Dragon 50 — 50 km · low-flying targets 36 km · 4 batteries on recordMICA — 20 km · 38 batteries on record

Rings from the border: from any point of the territory the system reaches this far — the markers on the map stand in formation, not at bases, so the rings are never drawn from them. Dashed: with tanker aircraft on record (radius × 1.5). Combat radius as the source gives it; a plain published range is divided by three (helicopters: halved).

One battery of the longest-range system of every tier, placed at the centre of the country: solid = engagement range at altitude, dashed = against low-flying targets (radar horizon ≈ 36 km). The share of the territory all the batteries could cover is in the Air-defence coverage section below.

Rings off.

Force structure i

Inventory: a 31-brigade army, a 4-squadron combat air force and a navy of 6 major surface combatants.

formation · what it means	equivalents
Tank battalion-equivalents`959 tanks ÷ 36`·3 companies of 10–14 tanks; light tanks at half weight derived	26.6
Mechanised battalion-equivalents`1,994 carriers ÷ 30`·3 companies × 10 IFV / APC sourced	66.5
Motorised (protected mobility) battalion-equivalents`6,328 vehicles ÷ 30`·3 companies × 10 MRAP / protected 4×4; not added to brigade-equivalents derived	211
Manoeuvre brigade-equivalents`93.1 battalion-eq ÷ 3`·3 manoeuvre battalions (tank + mechanised) per brigade sourced	31
Division-equivalents`31 brigade-eq ÷ 3`·3 brigades per division sourced	10.3
Artillery battalion-equivalents`539 guns ÷ 18`·3 batteries × 6 guns, self-propelled and towed sourced	29.9
Rocket-artillery battalion-equivalents`119 launchers ÷ 18`·3 batteries × 6 launchers derived	6.6
Mortar battery-equivalents`146 mortars ÷ 6`·6 mortars per manoeuvre battalion sourced	24.3
SAM battalion-equivalents`32 launchers ÷ family norms`·HQ-9 32 ÷ 8 sourced	4
SAM battery-equivalents`176 launchers ÷ family norms`·other 176 ÷ 4 (fallback) derived	44
Attack-helicopter battalion-equivalents`24 helicopters ÷ 24`·24 helicopters per attack battalion (US Army) sourced	1
Transport-helicopter battalion-equivalents`135 helicopters ÷ 30`·30 helicopters per assault battalion (US Army) sourced	4.5
Fighter squadron-equivalents`70 aircraft ÷ 18`·18 fighter / attack aircraft per squadron (NATO 12–24) derived	3.9
Transport squadron-eq`31 aircraft ÷ 9`·9 aircraft per squadron (placeholder: half a fighter squadron) assumption	3.4
Tanker squadron-eq`2 aircraft ÷ 9`·9 aircraft per squadron (placeholder: half a fighter squadron) assumption	0.2
AEW&C squadron-eq`2 aircraft ÷ 9`·9 aircraft per squadron (placeholder: half a fighter squadron) assumption	0.2
UAV squadron-eq`36 aircraft ÷ 9`·9 aircraft per squadron (placeholder: half a fighter squadron)·6 small tactical / loitering drones not counted assumption	4

Not on record: bombers

naval class	hulls	crews needed
major surface combatants	6	900
corvettes & fast attack craft	5	180
amphibious	6	312
patrol vessels	93	782
auxiliaries	3	90

Formation equivalents by published tables of organisation — an estimate of what the inventory could form, not the actual order of battle.

Manning & readiness i

Personnel needed to man the inventory: 90,622 (crews 26,829 / maintainers 29,810 / support 33,983)·on strength: 195,800·manning 216%·the force is infantry-heavy or much equipment is in storage

group	units	availability	effective fleet
Land	20,248	70% assumption	14,174
Air	429	65% sourced	279
Sea	113	36% sourced	41

Effective fleet is shown next to the nominal count, never instead of it. Support coefficient 0.6 derived

Air-defence coverage i

tier	at altitude	vs low-flying
Long-range (100 km and more)8 batteries·HQ-9B 260 km	100%	3%
Medium-range (30–100 km)4 batteries·Sky Dragon 50 50 km	3%	2%
Short-range (under 30 km)38 batteries·MICA 20 km, Tunguska M1 10 km, MIM-72 Chaparral 5 km	1.0%	1.0%

Long-range SAM could cover ~100% of the territory at altitude, ~3% against low-flying targets·Medium-range SAM could cover ~3% of the territory at altitude, ~2% against low-flying targets·Short-range SAM could cover ~1.0% of the territory at altitude, ~1.0% against low-flying targets·all tiers against low-flying targets: up to ~6%

point defence: 557 launchers / guns (SPAAG, AAG)

Territory area from the outline: 583,844 km²·overlap factor assumption·radar horizon derived

Strike reach i

system	km
Northrop F-5FTR·combat radius·with tankers ≈ 1,584 km	1,056
F-16 Fighting FalconFTR·combat radius·with tankers ≈ 825 km	550
Weishi RocketsMLRS·missile range	350
PHL-03MLRS·missile range	130
BM-21 GradMLRS·missile range	40

rings for the 4 longest-range systems (at most 2 per kind)·3 strike types without a documented range

Budget realism i

Inventory value30 of 160 types priced·31% of units covered	$13B
Annual budgetSIPRI 2025	$6.3B
Operation & support / year29% of budget·benchmark O&M 40%·incl. +30% for equipment families·O&S from estimated unit prices for 129 types	$1.83B
Personnel cost / yearassumed cost per service member $15K (model tier: low, fitted to the budget)·47% of budget·benchmark 22%·personnel-heavy at published norms	$2.94B
Implied procurement sharebenchmark 20% (NATO ≥ 20%)	24%
Years to re-buy the inventoryinventory value ÷ (budget × procurement share)	8.4

Support equipment not documented (MED, C3, CBRN, EOD)·figures are a lower bound

Budget structure compared with US FY2025 / NATO guideline shares; national accounting differs — read as an order of magnitude. Cost-per-service-member tiers derived

World standing i

Active personneltop 32% (8th of 25 documented countries)	195,800
Main battle tankstop 32% (7th of 22 documented countries)	903
Infantry carriers (IFV + APC)top 33% (8th of 24 documented countries)	1,994
Artillery (SP + towed + MLRS)top 38% (9th of 24 documented countries)	658
SAM launchers / systemstop 40% (8th of 20 documented countries)	136
Combat aircrafttop 64% (14th of 22 documented countries)	70
Helicopters (all)top 44% (11th of 25 documented countries)	159
Major surface combatantstop 64% (9th of 14 documented countries)	6
Military budgettop 67% (16th of 24 documented countries)	$6.3B

Closest inventories: Egypt (53,942 units, 92% similar), Lebanon (6,993 units, 90% similar), Azerbaijan (4,683 units, 87% similar)

Inventory Strength Index i

6.8of 100

Land14.2

Air2.2

Sea3.5

Air defence & missiles4.2

Enablers10.1

Transparent index: published weights × counts, normalised to the leading documented country per block; quality factor 1 for every type until stage 2; mass categories on a square-root scale above 100 units. It measures inventory, not training, doctrine, readiness or will — like every such index. Weights assumption mass rule assumption

Fleet age i

category	type entered service	older than 30 y	past life by 2036
Multiple Launch Rocket Systems3 of 4 types with a year·BM-21 Grad 1963 … Lynx 2013	1988	42%	86% (30 y)
Anti-Tank Missile Carriers1 of 1 types with a year few types·M901 ITV 1979	1979	100%	100% (25 y)
Surface-to-Air Missile Systems1 of 4 types with a year few types·MIM-72 Chaparral 1969	1969	100%	100% (30 y)
Gun-Missile Air Defense Systems1 of 1 types with a year few types·Tunguska M1 2003	2003	0%	100% (30 y)
Radar Systems2 of 4 types with a year few types·Ground Master 403 2007	2007	0%	100% (25 y)
Fighter Aircraft3 of 3 types with a year·Northrop F-5 1964 … F-16 Fighting Falcon 1978	1972	100%	100% (35 y)
Transport Helicopters5 of 6 types with a year·Aérospatiale SA330 Puma 1968 … Sikorsky S-92 2004	1973	96%	100% (25 y)
Frigates3 of 3 types with a year·Floréal class 1992 … FREMM 2012	2003	33%	33% (30 y)
Corvettes1 of 1 types with a year few types·Descubierta class 1978	1978	100%	100% (30 y)
Fast Attack Craft1 of 1 types with a year few types·Lazaga 1974	1974	100%	100% (25 y)

Year the type entered service, not the airframes: fleets built long after the type's debut (Mi-8, F-16, Tu-95) look older here than they are.·Service life by category low-confidence source

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