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The Azerbaijan Army is the military Land Force of Azerbaijan. It has about 110,000 personnel including 15,000 airborne troops.

Military budget

Since 1994 Azerbaijan has started to increase its military budget, and since 2006 it has risen to $660 million . Azerbaijan is further expanding its military budget to $1 billion within the year 2006. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan has been trying to further develop its armed forces into a professional, well trained, and mobile military with much success.

Strength

Azerbaijan is also expanding its active forces, now numbering about 95,000, with an additional reserve of 575,000, as well as a "reserve of the reserve" of 1,314,955. The Azeri ground forces have in addition 15,000 airborne dropping troops. In the training of its troops, Azerbaijan has signed many contracts to strengthen its armed forces and to train its military with Turkey. Azerbaijan has also token a new organisation style to modernize its army organisation. Over the last 14 years, Azerbaijan has been preparing its military for possible action against Armenian forces in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh. It is feared that Azerbaijan may attempt to liberate its occupied territories in Karabakh by military force, because the last negotiations were a faillure in France. Azerbaijan has constantly stated its interested in a diplomatic and peaceful solution.

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There are 250 Azerbaijani troops stationed in Iraq.

Main Battle Tanks

In the past 10-12 years Azerbaijan has purchased significant quantities of weapons and military equipment, specifically tanks, artillery systems and combat aircraft. The amount of arms purchased by Azerbaijan have reached such a point that Azerbaijan now has almost twice as many tanks,armored vehicles, artillery systems and other equipment than the limits set by the updated 1999 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). According to expert evaluation, there are 500 tanks alone. ^[1].

In 1997 the Azerbaijan military had 274 Main battle tanks consisting of:

T-72 - 150
T-55 - 124

By 2003 the Azerbaijan military had acquired an additional 259 Main battle tanks consisting of:

T-72 - 136
T-55 - 123

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Azerbaijani soldier during training.

Armored Combat Vehicles

The Azerbaijani army (1997) had 361 armored combat vehicles consisting out; BMP-1,BM-21 122-mm Grad Artillery Rocket Launcher, BMP-2, BMP-3 and MT-LB armored combat vehicles.

In 2003 the Azerbaijani army had 513 armored combat vehicles consisting of:

BMP-1 - 114
BMP-2 - 96
BMP-3 - 4
BMD-1 - 41
BRM-1 - 23
BTR-60 - 25
BTR-70 - 28
BTR-80 - 11
MT-LB - 196

Artillery Systems

The Azerbaijani army (1997) had 301 artillery systems of 100 mm caliber or more, consisting of; MT-12, M-46 howitzer and 9A52.

In 2005 the Azerbaijani army had 410 artillery systems, consisting of:

D-30 122 mm Howitser- 191
D-20 152 mm Gun-Howitzer- 30
2A36 152 mm Gun - 20
2S1 122mm Self Propelled 122mm Howitser - 14
BM-21 122mm "Grad" MLRS - 40
9A52 "Smerch" 300mm MLRS - 7
MT-12 "Rapira" 100mm smoothbore AT-Gun - 72
M-46 130mm field gun - 36

References

^ Azerbaijani army inventory

[1] Azerbaijani army inventory

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 ===Main Battle Tanks===
-In the past 10-12 years Azerbaijan has purchased significant quantities of weapons and military equipment, specifically tanks, artillery systems and combat aircraft. The amount of arms purchased  by Azerbaijan have reached such a point that Azerbaijan now has almost twice as many tanks,armored vehicles, artillery systems and other equipment than  the limits set by the updated 1999 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). According to expert evaluation, there are 500  tanks alone. ref>[http://www.panarmenian.net/library/eng/?nid=105 Azerbaijani army inventory]</ref>.
+In the past 10-12 years Azerbaijan has purchased significant quantities of weapons and military equipment, specifically tanks, artillery systems and combat aircraft. The amount of arms purchased  by Azerbaijan have reached such a point that Azerbaijan now has almost twice as many tanks,armored vehicles, artillery systems and other equipment than  the limits set by the updated 1999 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). According to expert evaluation, there are 500  tanks alone. <ref>[http://www.panarmenian.net/library/eng/?nid=105 Azerbaijani army inventory]</ref>.
 In 1997 the Azerbaijan military had 274 Main battle tanks consisting of: