The
Swiss Armed Forces perform the roles of Switzerland's
militia and regular army: under the country's militia
system professional soldiers constitute only about
5 percent of the military personnel; all the rest
are conscript citizens aged from 20 to 34 (in some
cases up to 50) years. The total armed forces of the
Swiss Army are 2,500 regulars soldiers for instruction
officers and NCO with 140,000 conscripts and 80,000
reserves soldiers.
The structure of the land forces is:
- 4 territorial divisions for the Command Staff
- 4 infantry brigades, 3 mountain infantry brigades,
2 armoured brigades, 6 training units, 1 logistic
brigade.