Annual spending series. Check the reference year and whether a figure uses current or constant prices before comparing it with a game value.
Methodology
Sources, definitions and data limits
Understand what the game measures, how to interpret its records and which references can help verify a disputed clue.
What the game actually uses
Militarydle reads a bundled country dataset containing spending, personnel, equipment labels, geography and other clues. The comparison values are game records, not a live feed of military inventories.
The imported dataset does not record a source URL or reporting year for every value. We cannot honestly describe the entire database as current or independently verified. The reference directory below helps you check specific claims; it is not a claim that each value was taken from one of those sources.
How to read the numbers
Budgets are displayed in US dollars, often rounded for readability. A budget in current dollars, a constant-price spending series and a NATO defence-expenditure estimate are not automatically comparable. Always check year, currency basis and definition.
Personnel categories are also distinct. Active personnel, reserves and paramilitary forces should not be treated as interchangeable. Equipment counts do not establish how many vehicles are operational, available or newly delivered.
What the arsenal chart means
Each category is scaled against the largest corresponding value in the country dataset. The chart then displays the relative share of those normalized scores. A tile occupying 20% of the chart does not mean 20% of the defence budget is spent on that category.
Model labels inside a category can have incomplete quantity information. Treat the chart as a comparison puzzle, not a financial breakdown or a comprehensive order of battle.
What an equipment profile can establish
Country tables on equipment pages show exact-label matches in the bundled game data. Different variants and spellings may appear on separate pages. Counts and geographical comparisons are calculated from those matches, rather than independently verified operator lists.
Profiles with model-specific field guides name the reference used and the date on which the notes were reviewed. A reference about an aircraft or vehicle does not, by itself, verify the game’s complete list of countries using it.
Images and external references
Equipment previews can use bundled files or images returned through Wikipedia-related services. An image is an illustration, not evidence that a particular country operates the equipment.
Photo rights depend on the original file and its licence, not simply on whether it appeared on Wikipedia. Contact us with a file URL if an attribution or rights issue needs correction.
References you can check
Reference links reviewed on . These are verification resources, not proof that every imported game value was taken from these publications.
Definitions, source selection and estimation methods. Useful when military expenditure differs from a national defence budget.
Report published 28 August 2025, with information cut off on 3 June 2025. National definitions and NATO’s definition can produce different totals; distinguish estimates from final figures.
What is not yet documented
The imported country dataset does not include a source URL and reference year for each individual field. We therefore cannot assign a single reporting year or claim that all figures have been independently verified. Model-specific reference notes are linked on the equipment profiles that have them.
Reporting a useful correction
Include the country, field, current game value, proposed value, reporting year and a direct source URL. For equipment, distinguish orders from deliveries and active service from storage. Send the evidence to contact@militarydle.com.