Back القوات البرية الأذرية Arabic Exércitu de la República d'Azerbaixán AST Azərbaycan Quru Qoşunları AZ آذربایجان جومهوریتی قورو قوشونلاری AZB Exèrcit de l'Azerbaidjan Catalan ھێزی وشکانیی ئازەربایجان CKB Ejército de la República de Azerbaiyán Spanish نیروی زمینی جمهوری آذربایجان FA Exército de Terra de Acerbaixán GL Ադրբեջանի ցամաքային զորքեր HY
| Azerbaijan Land Forces | |
|---|---|
| Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları | |
 Badge of the Azerbaijan Land Forces | |
| Founded |
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| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Branch | Land Forces |
| Size | IISS 2013: 85,000[1] |
| Part of | Azerbaijan Armed Forces |
| Headquarters | Baku |
| March | "Forward" (Marş "İrəli") |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| President and Commander-in-Chief | Ilham Aliyev |
| Minister of Defence | Colonel general Zakir Hasanov |
| Commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces | Colonel general Hikmat Mirzayev |
| Insignia | |
| Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces |  |
The Azerbaijani Land Forces (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları) are the land force component of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.[2][3] Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan has been trying to create professional, well trained, and mobile armed forces. Based on 2013 statistics, the country has about 85,000 ground force troops, with additional paramilitary forces of 15,000. In addition, there are 300,000 former service personnel who have had military service in the last fifteen years.[1]
Reportedly, in wartime, the Army proper could call upon the support of the National Guard, the Internal Troops of Azerbaijan, and the State Border Service. The exact wartime command structure remains unclear.
- ^ a b The Military Balance 2013. London: Routledge for the IISS. 2013. p. 216. ISBN 978-1-85743-680-8.
- ^ Azərbaycan Quru Qoşunları yaradıld Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
- ^ В Азербайджане созданы сухопутные войска Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)