{"id":1893,"date":"2018-07-11T19:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.sauldie.org\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2026-03-14T13:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:25:47","slug":"the-militaries-with-the-most-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/die-militaers-mit-den-meisten-schusswaffen\/","title":{"rendered":"The militaries with the most firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallarmssurvey.org\/about-us\/highlights\/2018\/highlight-bp-firearms-holdings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Arms Survey<\/a> resulted in it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/14342\/worldwide-firearm-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Worldwide<\/a> more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/14342\/worldwide-firearm-ownership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a billion firearms<\/a> There are, of which at least 857 million (85 percent) are in civilian hands. A further 133 million (13 percent) are owned by the military, and 23 million are held by law enforcement agencies. Firearms in military possession are a leading factor in conflicts and violence. More than 43 percent of the global total are located in just two countries - Russia and China.<\/p>\n<p>The study estimates that the Russian military has just over 30.3 million assault rifles, machine guns, and handguns in its arsenal, just ahead of China with 27.5 million. Also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/8938\/the-military-balance-on-the-korean-peninsula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In North Korea,<\/a> the military firearms <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/8938\/the-military-balance-on-the-korean-peninsula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intensely focused<\/a>. An estimated 8.4 million weapons are centrally controlled by the armed forces of the mysterious country. In the United States, the estimated total number, distributed across the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, is far lower at just 4.5 million.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Infographic: The Militaries With The Most Firearms | Statista\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/14422\/the-militaries-with-the-most-firearms\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto !important; max-width: 960px; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" title=\"Royal Air Force\" src=\"https:\/\/infographic.statista.com\/normal\/chartoftheday_14422_the_militaries_with_the_most_firearms_n.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic: The Militaries With The Most Firearms | Statista\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further infographics can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">Statista<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die j\u00fcngste Ausgabe des Small Arms Survey ergab, dass es weltweit mehr als eine Milliarde Schusswaffen gibt, von denen sich mindestens 857 Millionen (85 Prozent) in zivilen H\u00e4nden befinden. Weitere 133 Millionen (13 Prozent) befinden sich im Besitz des Milit\u00e4rs und 23 Millionen sind im Besitz von Strafverfolgungsbeh\u00f6rden. Schusswaffen in milit\u00e4rischem Besitz sind ein f\u00fchrender &#8230; <a title=\"The militaries with the most firearms\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/risawave.org\/en\/die-militaers-mit-den-meisten-schusswaffen\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Die Milit\u00e4rs mit den meisten Schusswaffen\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4202],"tags":[1838,1839,1840,1841],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transruption-blog","tag-feuerwaffen","tag-militaer","tag-russland","tag-waffe","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - 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