Nepalese Armed Forces

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Nepali Armed Forces
Service branches	Nepali Army Nepalese Army Air Service
Headquarters	Kathmandu
Leadership
Commander-in-chief	President Ram Chandra Poudel
Minister of Defence	Manbir Rai
Chief of Army Staff	General Ashok Raj Sigdel
Personnel
Military age	18
Conscription	None
Fit for military service	11,649,090, age 16–49[2]
Active personnel	98,500 (2023)[1]
Reserve personnel	82,000
Expenditure
Budget	$440 million (2024)
Percent of GDP	1.0% (2024)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	India  China  Poland  Russia  United States  Israel
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Ranks	Military ranks of Nepal

The Nepali Armed Forces are the military forces of Nepal. Composed primarily of the ground-based Nepali Army, organized into six active combat divisions, the Nepalese Armed Forces also operates the smaller Nepalese Army Air Service designed to support army operations and provide close light combat support. The Nepalese Army also operates smaller formations responsible for the organization of air defense, logistics, military communications, artillery, and airborne forces within Nepalese territory. In addition, the Armed Police Force acts as a paramilitary force tasked with maintaining internal security within Nepal.

The Nepalese Armed Forces are a volunteer force with an estimated 95,000 active duty personnel in 2020, with an estimated annual military budget of around 440 million US dollars, not including military assistance funding from the Republic of India and People's Republic of China or more recently from the United States of America. Although most of Nepal's military equipment are imports from neighboring India or China, Nepal has received 20,000 M-16 rifles, as well as night vision equipment from the United States to assist ongoing efforts in the post-September 11 global War on Terror campaign. The Nepalese Army bought 1,000 Galil rifles from Israel and received 2 V-5 helicopters from Russia.