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Azerbaijani Armed forces

Azerbaijan
Population
10,353,296
Military budget
3 billion $
Active personnel
126,400
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Baku
Area: 86,600 km2
Population: 10,353,296
Etnic groups: Azerbaijani 91.6%, Lezgian 2%, Russian 1.3%, Armenian 1.3%, Talysh 1.3%, other 2.4%
Religions: Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other <.1

Military branches

(Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri ) Army, Navy, Air, Air Defense Forces, Azerbaijani National Guard, and the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan.

Military service

18-35 years of age for cumpulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools.

Military expenditures

Military budget
3 billion $
Percent of GDP
5.5

Manpower

Active personnel
126,400
Reserve
330,000
Available
3,000,000

Land Forces

Tanks
940
AFV
2,363
Artillery
909
Self-propelled guns
267
Rocket artillery
323
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

TypeNameNumber
T-90S 190
T-72 SIM2 600
T-55 150

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- BTR-82A 230
BMP-1 120
BMP-2M 250
BMP-3 112
- BMD-1 20
BTR-80 346
- BTR-70 259
- BTR-60 25
- MT-LB 336
- BRDM-2 88
- BTR-3 3
Otokar Cobra 350
- Marauder 110
- Matador 110
Cougar 4

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
T-155 36
2S1 Gvozdika 72
2S19 Msta 18
- ATMOS 2000 5
- 2S7 Pion 15
2S3 Akatsiya 21
SpGH DANA 100

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- LORA 10
- Polonez 10
- Extra 25
BM-21 Grad 42
T-122 Sakarya 21
BM-30 Smerch 30
TOS-1 36
- T-300 Kasırga 20
- Lynx MR 30
- OTR-21 Tochka 4
- RM-70 30
- TRLG-230 20
- MLRS-107 45

Air Forces

Total aircraft
176
Fighters
5
Multirole
15
Attack
11
Helicopters
97
UCAV (combat drone)
0
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
MiG-21 5

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Mikoyan MiG-29 15

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Aero L-39 Albatros 12
Sukhoi Su-25 11

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Bell 412 2
Mi-35 24
Mil Mi-17 64
- Ka-32 4
- Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin 2
- Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma 1

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
Bayraktar TB2 -
- Bayraktar Akinci -

Navy

Total naval
31
Aircraftcarriers
0
Destroyers
0
Frigates
1
Corvettes
0
Submarines
4
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
- Petya-class 1

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
- -

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
- Triton-2m and Triton-1 4

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.