Armed Forces of Transnistria

Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic
Вооружённые Силы Приднестровской Молдавской Республики Vooruzhonnije Síly Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika
Insignia of the Armed Forces
Active	6 September 1991 –
Country	Pridnestrovia
Allegiance	President of Transnistria
Type	Armed Forces
Role	Ground / Aerial warfare
Size	Active: 7,500 Reserve: 80,000
Part of	Ministry of Defence
H/Q	Tiraspol
Colours
Engagements	Transnistria War
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief	Yevgeny Shevchuk
Minister of Defence	Alexander Lukyanenko
Insignia
War Flag

The Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic (Russian: Вооружённые Силы Приднестровской Молдавской Республики; Vooruzhonnije Síly Pridnestrovskaya Moldavskaya Respublika), are the military forces of the semi-recognised state of Pridnestrovia. The Armed Forces were created on 6 September 1991 to protect the sovereignty and independence of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, in accordance with Article 11 of the Republic's Constitution.

The armed forces are composed of 4,500 to 7,500 soldiers, divided into four motorized infantry brigades (Tiraspol, Bender, Rîbniţa, and Dubăsari), a tank battalion, an artillery regiment, and an anti-aircraft regiment (further 15,000-25,000 can be mobilised).

Inventory

Army

Infantry Weapons

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Image
Makarov PM	Semi-automatic pistol	—	Soviet Union
AKM	Assault rifle	—	Soviet Union
AK-74	Assault rifle	—	Soviet Union
SVD Dragunov	Semi-automatic sniper rifle	—	Soviet Union
PKM	General-purpose machine gun	—	Soviet Union

Armoured Vehicles

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Image
T-72	Main battle tank	~20	Soviet Union
T-64BV	Main battle tank	~18	Soviet Union
T-55	Main battle tank	~35	Soviet Union
BMP-1	Infantry fighting vehicle	~30	Soviet Union
MT-LB	Armoured personnel carrier	—	Soviet Union
BTR-70	Armoured personnel carrier	~75	Soviet Union
BTR-60	Armoured personnel carrier	~40	Soviet Union
BRDM-2	Amphibious armored car	—	Soviet Union

Artillery

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Image
BM-21 Grad	Multiple rocket launcher	~40	Soviet Union
D-44	Field gun	—	Soviet Union

Anti-Air Defence

Name	Type	Quantity	Origin	Image
ZU-23-2	Anti-aircraft autocannon	—	Soviet Union
ZPU-4	Anti-aircraft autocannon	—	Soviet Union
KS-19	Anti-aircraft gun	—	Soviet Union
S-60	Anti-aircraft gun	—	Soviet Union

Air Force

Aircraft Roundel

• 1 Antonov An-12
• 3 Antonov An-2
• 1 Antonov An-26
• 4 Mil Mi-2 helicopters
• 5 Mil Mi-8 helicopters
• 2 Yakovlev Yak-18 trainers
• 6 Mil Mi-24 helicopters

Gallery

• 
  Alexander Lukyanenko, Minister of Defence
• 
  Army Personnel

External links

• Prednestrovie.net, Law enforcement and armed forces of Pridnestrovie (archived link)