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Infantry weapons

Pistols and SMGs

Name Type Photo Country of origin Notes/Manufacturer
Zafer P Pistol Azerbaijan/Turkey Joint production of MODIAR (Azerbaijan) and TİSAŞ (Turkey) under licence of TİSAŞ. Standard pistol of the Army and Special Forces[1]
Zafer Pistol Azerbaijan/Turkey Joint production of MODIAR (Azerbaijan) and TİSAŞ (Turkey) under licence of TİSAŞ. Primary sidearm of the Special Forces[1]
Inam Pistol Azerbaijan/Turkey Joint production of MODIAR (Azerbaijan) and TİSAŞ (Turkey) under licence of TİSAŞ. Used by the Army[1]
Glock 19 Pistol Austria 160 Glock pistols purchased in 2013. Used by Azerbaijani Special Military Services[2]
Heckler & Koch MP5 Submachine gun Germany Used by Gendarmerie and Special Forces.Launch produced under-license in Azerbaijan[3]
IMI Uzi Submachine gun Israel
AKS-74U Carbine Soviet Union Standard carbine of the army

Assault Rifles

Name Type Photo Manufacturer Notes
M4 carbine Assault rifle United States Standard Rifle of the Special Forces(XTQ) and State Security Service(DTX)[4]
Heckler & Koch G36 Assault rifle Germany Used by State Security Service(DTX)[5]
AK-74M Assault rifle Russia/Azerbaijan Produced under license in Azerbaijan[6]
AK-74 Assault rifle Soviet Union Standard service Assault Rifle of the army[7][8]
AKM Assault rifle Soviet Union Standard service Assault Rifle of the army
IMI Tavor TAR-21 Assault rifle Israel Standard Azerbaijani Special Forces Units and POLICE teams.
M16 rifle Assault rifle United States [9]
MPT-76 Assault rifle Turkey [10]

Machine guns

Name Type Photo Country of origin Notes/Manufacturer
IWI Negev Light Machine Gun Israel Standard Light Machine Gun of The Army[11]
RPK-74 Light machine gun Soviet Union Standard Squad automatic weapon of the army. 30- or 45-round magazine, based on the AK-74
PK machine gun Machine gun Soviet Union/Azerbaijan Standard machine gun of the army.

Including Azeri PKM variants[12]

M2 Browning Heavy machine gun United States Standard .50 BMG HMG of the army, most of them are mounted on MRAPs[13]
DShK Heavy machine gun File:Doushka desert.jpg Soviet Union Standard 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun of the army
NSV machine gun Heavy machine gun Soviet Union Standard 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun of the army
HP-7.62 Machine gun Azerbaijan [14]
UP-7.62 Heavy machine gun Azerbaijan [14]

Bayonet

Name Type Photo Country of origin Notes
M9 bayonet Bayonet United States M4 Carbine bayonet
Command Knife Knife Turkey Used by Special Forces Units.
6H4 Bayonet Soviet Union AK47 bayonet

Sniper Rifles

Name Type Photo Country of origin Notes/Manufacturer
YIRTIJI-7.62 Sniper rifle Azerbaijan YIRTIJI 7.62x54mm Produced by Azerbaijan Defence Industry (MODIAR). Primary sniper rifle[15][16][17]
Dragunov (SVD-63) sniper rifle Sniper rifle Soviet Union
Kalekalıp KNT-308 Sniper rifle  Turkey/ Azerbaijan Co-produced between Turkey and Azerbaijan Military complex.[18]
Remington Model 700 Sniper rifle United States Standard sniper rifle of the special forces
Yalguzag sniper rifle Sniper rifle Azerbaijan Produced in Azerbaijan[19]
JNG-90 Sniper rifle Turkey Used by Border Guards and Gendarmerie
PSL (rifle) Sniper rifle Socialist Republic of Romania
Sako TRG[20] Sniper rifle Finland
MKEK JNG-90 Sniper rifle Turkey
Istiglal Anti-materiel rifle Azerbaijan Standard anti-materiel rifle of the army with 14.5×114mm and 12.7×108mm cartridge[21]
Mubariz-12.7 Anti-material rifle Azerbaijan Mubariz 12.7x108mm Produced by Azerbaijan Defence Industry (MODIAR).Used by special forces[15]
OSV-96 Anti-materiel rifle Russia 12.7×108mm anti-material rifle

Grenade Launchers

Name Type Photo Country of origin Notes
Milkor MGL Multiple Grenade Launcher South Africa/Azerbaijan [22]
AGS-30 Automatic Grenade Launcher Russia/Azerbaijan [23]
AGS-17 Automatic Grenade Launcher Soviet Union

Anti-tank missiles

Name Type Photo Country of origin Notes/Manufacturer
RPG-7 Rocket-propelled grenade Soviet Union Reusable launcher with a variety of anti-personnel and anti-tank munitions available. Also exists newer model RPG-7V
Standard issue
B-300 Anti-tank missile Israel Reusable launcher
Limited issue
9K111 Fagot Anti-tank guided missile Soviet Union Also known as "TƏİR"(Tank əleyhinə idarəolunan raket kompleksi)
Standard Issue
9M113 Konkurs Anti-tank missile Soviet Union Standard Issue
Spike (missile) Anti-tank missile Israel[24] 100 systems used on vehicles
MILAN Anti-tank missile France[24] Limited Usage
9M133 Kornet Anti-tank missile Russia[24] ~100 missiles
Limited Usage
  • Azerbaijani soldier with M-16A4 rifle
    Azerbaijani soldier with M-16A4 rifle
  • Azerbaijani Special Forces with Israeli Tavor Tar-21 rifles
    Azerbaijani Special Forces with Israeli Tavor Tar-21 rifles
  • Azerbaijani Special Forces
    Azerbaijani Special Forces

Vehicles

Main Battle Tanks

Name Image Quantity Country of origin Notes
T-90S 100[25] Russia 100 at the time in service.[26] Option for 100 more.[27]
The most modern MBT in service in the Azeri army.
T-72 Aslan 470[25] Azerbaijan Active,[28] Some units are stored, for strategical reserve. The upgraded variant was updated by Elbit Systems from Israel, on basis from the upgrade pack T-72 "Aslan" (SIM-2). These tanks were equipped with GPS/INS navigation, modern fire control system, a kit of modular reactive armour, modern electronics warfare and other systems already.
T-55 95[25] Soviet Union Used as targets in military tank shooting exercises.[29]

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Name Image Quantity Country of origin Notes
BMP-3 100[25] Russia BMP-3M version with Vesna-K termal sights
Main IFV of the Azeri army with 88+ in active service.
BMP-2 33[25] Soviet Union BMP-2M version was modernised by "Elbit Systems" from Israel.[citation needed]
30+ in active service, the other units are in strategic storage.
BMP-1/BMP-1K
BRM-1		 43[25] Soviet Union 43 in active service, More are stored as strategic reserve.
BMD-1 20[25] Soviet Union

Armoured Personnel Carriers

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
BTR-80A, 82A Soviet Union
Russia		 80[25] Used by Land Forces
Over 70 BTR-80A and ~10 BTR-82 in active service
BTR-70 Soviet Union 132[25][30] Modernized by Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan.Vehicle equipped modern "Shimshek" gun turret, fire-control system and thermal sights
132 in active service, More in storage
BTR-60 Soviet Union 10[25][31] 10 in active service,More in storage
BTR-3 Ukraine 3
BRDM-2 Soviet Union 88[32] 23 vehicles were modernized by Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan that is named ZKDM.[33][34]
MT-LB Soviet Union 336[25]

Light Armored Cars

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
AZCAN Sentry APC Azerbaijan/Canada N/A Produced by AZCAN Defence Solutions, an Azerbaijani-Canadian Corporation.[35]
AZCAN Huron APC Azerbaijan/Canada N/A Produced by AZCAN Defence Solutions, an Azerbaijani-Canadian Corporation.[35]
Humvee United States 100+ Used by peacekeeping and internal forces[36]
AIL Storm Israel 150 [37]
AIL Abir Israel 80 [37]
Plasan Sand Cat Israel 230 [37]
Otokar Cobra Turkey 350 [38]
Otokar ZPT Turkey 300[citation needed] [38]
Marauder (vehicle) South Africa/Azerbaijan 45[25] Produced in Azerbaijan
Matador (mine protected vehicle) South Africa/Azerbaijan 45[25] Joint Produced in Azerbaijan
ILDIRIM MRAP South Africa/Azerbaijan 35+ Joint production by MLS. 35 more vehicles will be produced[39]
Tufan MRAP Azerbaijan 1 Produced by Azerbaijan Defence Industry.One prototype is produced, under development stage.[40]
Cougar (vehicle) United States 50 Used by peacekeeping forces[41]

Light vehicles

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
Mercedes-Benz G-Class Germany 43 Used by State Border Service.[36]
Tarpan Honker Poland 60 [citation needed] Used by mine agencies.[42]
Land Rover Defender United Kingdom 110 [43]
Gürzə patrol vehicle Azerbaijan 45+

Artillery

Tactical Ballistic Missiles

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
OTR-21 Tochka Soviet Union 4 launchers[44] 120 km range
Polonez (MRL) Belarus 10 launchers 300 km range

LORA (missile)

400 km range


Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
BM-30 Smerch Russia 30[25]
TOS-1 Russia 17[25] [45] 1 lost in 2016.
T-122 Sakarya[25] China
Turkey		 21[25]
RM-70 Vampire Czechoslovakia Unknown [46]
Lynx Israel 30+[25]
EXTRA[25] Israel Unknown
BM-21 Grad Soviet Union 43[25]

Self-Propelled Artillery Systems

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
ATMOS 2000 Israel 5[47]
2S19 Msta Soviet Union 18[48]. [49]
2S7 Pion Soviet Union 12[50].
SpGH DANA Czechoslovakia 100 [51]
2S3 Akatsiya Soviet Union 6[52]
2S1 Gvozdika Soviet Union 46[53]

Towed Howitzers

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) Soviet Union 129[54][55]
152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) Soviet Union 24[56]
152 mm gun 2A36 Soviet Union 18[57]
130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) Soviet Union 36[58]
85 mm divisional gun D-44 Soviet Union N/A

Mortars

Name Manufacturer Photo Number Notes
2S31 Vena Russia 18[59]. 18 in active service
2S9 Nona Soviet Union 50[60]
Cardom Israel 50
MO-120-RT-61 France 350[citation needed]
Komando 20N6MT Azerbaijan N/A
2B14 Podnos Soviet Union N/A
2B11 Sani Soviet Union N/A
M1938 mortar Soviet Union
RM-38 Soviet Union 107[61][62]

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