Top 10 Armies In World History！

I disagree with the addition of the Brits and Russians. Good but nowhere near greatest. I would add Hannibal's army and Gustavus Adolphus' army.

Excellent list, some nice pics as well. 

Originally posted by Toltec Excellent list, some nice pics as well.  I would question the Germans in the 20th century, they lost to the Russians. I would also question the Russians in the 17th to 19th century.

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Germans fought with nearly all world and they two times tired to conquer world(ok first war was not aiming for world domination but victory would made Germany superpower).

Russian Cossacks defeated Napoleon and conquered vast land from eastern Europe to Siberia(although Cossacks are not only Russian but also contain Mongols and Turks).

Originally posted by Cyrus Shahmiri Originally posted by TITAN_ The Persian army was effective during Cyru's reign, back in the 6th century BC... It was definitely weak against outnumbered Greek armies, during the 5th and 4th centuries BC, however.... Against Rome, Persia did manage to win some battles, nevertheless.  The Arabs also managed to defeat the Persians.    From the the 6th to 4th century BC, the Persian army was certainly the most powerful army in the history which could win thousands battles all around the world from the Central and South Asia to the Europe and Africa, of course they also lost a few battles, like against Greeks and Scythians, otherwise they would capture the whole world, something never happend in the history.

They lost to the Greeks, Egyptians, Scythians, and Indians not exactly one of the best.

Nice work Ruslan

But I want to add something

Hittite Army (12th century BC)


Yes, I agree with Cyrus. We should add Persian army

and also USA army



Edited by Ollios - 11-Sep-2012 at 12:28

You will need to add the American Army which bailed out Europe twice and the Middle East at least twice, and which has been the most hi-tech military in the entire world for decades, not to mention the first nuclear power in the world.

Labeling anything "the greatest" is entirely dependent on circumstances.  For example, the Romans were good militarily, but the managed to lose an entire legion to the barbarian Gauls.

The Spartans, who held off the Persians at Thermopylae, probably deserve to be among the top contenders as well.

Napoleon might have had a "great" army, but he lost the war; therefore, the British, who defeated him at Waterloo, obviously had one even "greater".


Edited by Mountain Man - 11-Sep-2012 at 15:58

Originally posted by Delenda est Roma Any evidence for defeat of thr Indians or Scythians? Cyrus' army was slaughtered by them and so was he. The Persuans chased them around but the Scythians were never decisively defeated. I have neaver heard of the Persians conquering India.....

First of all we don't know if try were Scythians, Second its a supposed victory from the Persians the evidence is flimsy at best. Where is the evidence for the defeat of an Indian army?

yes if i list "Top 12 Armies In World History" i would definitely put Persian and US army

Your forgetting or ignoring, the 500 Nations.  No mention of any of the Historic pre contact American Armies?  Aztec, Inca, remember those folks?