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Azerbaijani Armed forces

Azerbaijan
Population
10,353,296
Military budget
3.8 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
3.8 billion $
Percent of GDP
5.5

Manpower

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

Land Forces

Tanks
647
AFV
2,100
Artillery
1,167
Self-propelled guns
153
Rocket artillery
364
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-55 155
T-90S 93
T-72 SIM2 404

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- BRM-1K 7
- BTR-82A 230
BMP-1 120
BMP-2M 250
BMP-3 118
- BMD-1 20
BTR-80 70
- 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
2S1 Gvozdika 68
2S19 Msta 18
- ATMOS 2000 5
- 2S7 Pion 12
2S3 Akatsiya 14
SpGH DANA 36

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- LORA 3
- 301mm Polonez 10
- 306mm Extra 25
BM-21 Grad 78
T-122 Sakarya 18
BM-30 Smerch 30
TOS-1 24
- 302mm TRG-300 Kasirga 36
- LAR-160 Lynx 16
- TR-107 Boran 71
- OTR-21 Tochka 3
- RM-70 30
- TRLG-230 20

Air Forces

Total aircraft
196
Fighters
0
Multirole
17
Attack
52
Helicopters
99
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
- -

Multirole aircraft

TypeNameNumber
Mikoyan MiG-29 17

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Aero L-39 Albatros 14
Sukhoi Su-25 38

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Bell 412 3
Mil Mi-24 47
Mil Mi-17 33
- Kamov Ka-27 3
- Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin 2
- Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma 1
- Bell 407 1
- Mil Mi-8 8
- MD 500 1

UCAV (combat drone)

TypeNameNumber
Bayraktar TB2 -
- Bayraktar Akinci -

Navy

Total naval
28
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.