Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Azerbaijani Armed Forces Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri
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Commander in Chief :	İlham Əliyev
Defense Minister:	Zakir Həsənov
Military Commander:	Nəcməddin Sadıxov
Headquarters:	Baku
Armed forces:	army Air Force Navy
Military strength
Active soldiers:	216,700 (2020)
Reservists:	850,000 (2020)
Conscription:	1.5 years
Eligibility for military service:	18th
household
Military budget:	$ 2.8 billion (2010) $ 4.46 billion (2011)
Share of gross domestic product :	4.64% (2012)
history
Founding:	1918–1920 (1991 takeover by SSR )

Azerbaijani soldiers during training

The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan ( Azerbaijani Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri ) are the military of Azerbaijan , they came into being after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 . Most of the equipment of the Azerbaijani SSR passed into their possession.

There is general conscription from the age of 18. All male citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan up to the age of 35 are called up. The service period is 1.5 years for soldiers without a university degree and 1 year for university graduates.

Militarily, the country works closely with Ukraine , Pakistan , the USA and, above all, Turkey . So elite units of the army are trained by Turkish officers.

Azerbaijan, along with Turkey , Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia, has been a member of the Eurasia special unit with military status, or TAKM for short, since 2013.

The armed forces have so far been deployed in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict . Azerbaijan is a member of the GUAM Alliance and the Partnership for Peace of NATO .

As part of this partnership, Azerbaijan also participates in ISAF operations . 94 soldiers are involved in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan (March 2011). Azerbaijan has already participated in operations in Iraq and Kosovo in the past.

Budget and armaments

Azerbaijani S-300PMU-2 anti-aircraft missile systems during a 2013 military parade in Baku

Main battle tank T-90 during a 2013 parade in Baku

According to DefenseNews.com , defense spending rose from $ 146 million in 2004 to $ 1.1 billion in 2007. The budget rose dramatically to 4.46 in 2011 due to the huge revenues from oil and gas exports Billion US dollars, so Azerbaijan has the second highest arms spending within the CIS after Russia , although it is one of the smaller former Soviet republics. It was in March 2007 from Ukraine and Belarus several air superiority fighter type MiG-29 purchased for the Air Force. The Air Force also ordered 26 units of the Chengdu Fierce Dragon from the Pakistani Aviation Integrated Company (PAIC). Most of the equipment is of Russian or Soviet origin, e.g. B. the Mil Mi-24 , the Ilyushin Il-76 or the Suchoi Su-24 . The army owns 136 T-72 and 123 T-55 tanks and 200 armored personnel carriers from the BMP series . High officers in the armed forces are not infrequently former Spetsnaz .

equipment

army Main battle tank: T-80 - 25th T-64 - 100 T-55 - 100 T-72 - 400 T-90 - 100 Armored personnel carrier: BMP-1 - 114 BMP-2 - 96 BMP-3 - 4th BMD-1 - 41 BRM-1 - 23 BTR-60 - 25th PDM-1 - 2 armored personnel carriers: MT-LB - 196 BTR-70 - 28 BTR-80 - 11 armored reconnaissance vehicles: Matador - 25 Marauder -? Artillery: D- 30-191 2A36 - 20 2S1 - 14 9A52 " Smerch " 300 mm MLRS - 18 MT-12 "Rapira" 100 mm smoothbore AT-Gun - 72 PM-38 130-23 Missile system: BM-21 - 40 Grenade launcher: Hand weapons: AK-74 AKS-74U AK-47 IMI Tavor TAR-21 MP5 G3A3 RPG-7 Remington 700 Dragunov SVD İstiqlal JNG-90

air force Air defense: S-300 - 8 Barak-8 S-75 S-125 Neva S-200 2K11 pitcher Buk M1 - 3-4 9K33 Osa - ZSU-23-4 Schilka 9K35 Strela-10 Airplanes: MiG-29 - 15 Su-25 - 16 Mi-17W-1 - 40 Mi-24G Super Hind - 12 Mi-24P - 12-13 Wed-35 - 24 Il-76TD - 1st MFI-395 Super Mushak - 10 (ordered in 2017)

marine 1 × Petya class 7 × patrol boats of which: 2 - OSA-II class - and 5 - Stenka class Parouillien boats 7 × anti-mine vehicles thereof 2 - project 1265 and 5 - Project 1258 anti-mine vehicles 6 × landing vehicles 2 × landing cutters 1 × warship for special / special uses 1 × special cutter for special / special uses

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  Safar Abiyev , the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, at the reception by Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon on March 26, 2004

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  Soldiers of the Azerbaijan Army during shooting training (April 2006)

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  Defense Minister Safar Abiyev (March 2008)

Badge of rank

Generals and army officers

Rank group	Generals			Staff officers			Captains and lieutenants
Shoulder piece
NATO rank code	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	Of-3	OF-2	OF-1	OF-1	OF-1
Azerbaijani rank designation	General-Polkovnik	General Leytenant	General-Mayor	Polkovnik	Polkovnik-Leytenant	Mayor	Captain	Bas Leytenant	Leytenant	Kiçik Leytenant
German translation	Colonel General	Lieutenant General	Major general	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	major	Captain	First lieutenant	lieutenant	Sub-lieutenant

NCOs and Army men

Rank groups	Teams		NCOs				Ensigns
Shoulder piece
Azerbaijani rank designation	Əsgər	Sıravi	Kiçik Çavuş	Çavuş	Bas Çavuş		Gizir	Bas Gizir
German translation	soldier	Private	Sergeant	sergeant	Sergeant Major	Staff Sergeant Company Sergeant	Ensign	Ensign

See also

• Political system of Azerbaijan
• Red Army
• Turkish armed forces

Web links

Commons : Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• globaldefence.net - Eurasia - Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan) ( Memento of November 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Azerbaijan has the second highest armament expenditure in the CIS (English) ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ^ The World Factbook
3. ↑ NATO report on the deployment of ISAF troops ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 734 kB) 
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ http://kornelij.livejournal.com/448875.html
7. ^ Georg Mader: Armaments cooperation in the Caucasus. Azerbaijan's spearhead . In: Fliegerrevue . No. 07/2018 , p. 20-24 .
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