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  1. $Title{Table A.: Conventional Forces in Europe, 1983-84}
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  4.                                                  NATO               Warsaw Pact
  5.                                            Note       Note       Note       Note
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  7. Manpower
  8. Total (in millions) ................          2.6        4.5        4.0        6.0
  9. Division equivalents ...............         88        115        115        192
  10.  
  11. Land forces
  12. Main battle tanks ..................     13,470     17,730     26,900     46,230
  13. Antitank guided weapon
  14.  launchers .........................     12,340     19,170     18,400     35,400
  15. Artillery/mortars, including
  16.  rocket launchers ..................     11,000     14,700     18,910     38,800
  17. Armored personnel carriers and
  18.  infantry fighting vehicles ........     33,000     39,580     53,000     94,800
  19. Attack helicopters .................        560        900      1,135      1,175
  20. Transport/support helicopters ......      1,960      6,000      1,180      1,375
  21.  
  22. Naval forces
  23. Aircraft carriers ..................         10                     2
  24. Helicopter carriers ................        n.a.                    2
  25. Cruisers ...........................         14                    23
  26. Destroyers and frigates ............        277                   187
  27. Coastal escorts and fast
  28.  patrol boats ......................        192                   515
  29. Amphibious ships....................        113                   193
  30. Mine warfare ships .................        273                   378
  31. Submarines
  32.   Ballistic missile submarines......         35                    49
  33.   Long-range attack submarines .....         67                   142
  34.   Other ............................         95                    55
  35.     Total submarines ...............        197                   246
  36. Sea-based tactical antisubmarine
  37.  warfare support aircraft ..........        685                   181
  38. Land-based tactical and support
  39.  aircraft including helicopters ....        366                   700
  40. Land-based antisubmarine warfare
  41.  fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters        454                   228
  42.  
  43. Air forces
  44. Bombers ............................          0                   400
  45. Fighter-bombers/ground attack ......      1,960                 2,250
  46. Interceptors/air-combat ............        795                 4,195
  47. Reconnaissance aircraft ............        235                   585
  48.  
  49. Air defense
  50. As of 1983 the Warsaw Pact had nearly 4,000 more antiaircraft guns (20mm and
  51. above) than NATO and more than three times as many mobile surface-to-air
  52. missile systems than NATO.
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  54. Source: Based on information from NATO Information Service, NATO and the
  55.         Warsaw Pact: Force Comparisons, Brussels, 1984, 8-16; United States,
  56.         Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Atlas of NATO,
  57.         Washington, February 1985, 8; and John M. Collins and Patrick M.
  58.         Cronin, U.S./Soviet Military Balance: Statistical Trends, 1975-1984
  59.         (As of January 1, 1985), Library of Congress Congressional Research
  60.         Service, 85-83F, April 15, 1985, 97-108.
  61.