Military Personnel and Weapons Stocks in Newly Independent States, 1957-1981

This dataset contains annual enumerations of military personnel and annual inventories of land, air, and sea weapons in stock for 46 countries that have gained independence since 1957. The time series for each country begins with the year of independence and continues through 1981. Weapons are classified by 329 unique designations identifying the weapon and the country of supply. A quantity of weapons is reported for each designation, except for missile systems which are coded as either present or absent without specifying quantities in stock.