The Armenian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Armenia and consists of the ground forces responsible for the country's land-based operations. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Armenia (Հայաստան transliterated: Hayastan,) officially the Republic of Armenia (Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն Hayastani The Nagorno-Karabakh War refers to the armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small ethnic Enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Vazgen Manukyan ( Armenian: hy Վազգեն Մանուկյան born February 13, 1946) was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991 The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia represents the Army, Air Force, Air Defense, and Border Guard. It was established in conjunction with the other components of Armenia's military on January 28, 1992, several months after the republic declared its independence from the Soviet Union. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The army's first head was the former deputy of the Soviet chief of staff, Norat Ter-Grigoryants. In compliance with its strategic allies, Armenia has sent over 1,500 officers to be trained in Greece and Russia. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending ^[1]

Since the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia has committed many elements of the army to help bolster the defense and defend the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh from a possible renewal of hostilities with neighboring Azerbaijan. The Nagorno-Karabakh War refers to the armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small ethnic Enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh Note - please discuss *any* change to this intro on the talk page before making it no matter how minor it may seem Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South . The platoon sized unit of three squads has been serving in Kosovo as a part of the KFOR peacekeeping force since February 2004. The Kosovo Force ( KFOR) is a NATO -led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo, the self-proclaimed independent

History

Armenian T-72 MBT with ERA. The T-72 is a Soviet -designed Main battle tank that entered production in 1971

The Armenian army's history is described to have gone through three different stages. ^[1] It entered the first stage in February 1988, from the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict where Armenian militias were formed to combat growing hostilities in the region against similar Azeri units with the impending break of the Soviet Union. The Nagorno-Karabakh War refers to the armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small ethnic Enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South The second phase of the development of the army began in 1992, several months after Armenia had declared its independence. Ter-Grigoryants and other civilian officials in the Armenian Ministry of Defense including Vazgen Manukyan and Vazgen Sargsyan sought to establish the army to be a "small, well-balanced, combat-ready defense force. Vazgen Manukyan ( Armenian: hy Վազգեն Մանուկյան born February 13, 1946) was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991 Vazgen Sargsyan (Վազգեն Սարգսյան March 5, 1959 &ndash October 27 1999; also written Vasgen Sarkisyan Sarkissian or Sarkisyan "^[2]

Most of the army's staff officers were members of the former Soviet military as an estimated 5,000 Armenians were serving as high level officers in it prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. ^[3] Almost immediately after its independence, Armenia was embroiled in the Nagorno-Karabakh War with neighboring Azerbaijan. The Nagorno-Karabakh War refers to the armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small ethnic Enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan ( English; Azərbaycan officially the Republic of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan Respublikası is the largest and most populous country in the South Intending to establish a force of 30,000 men, the army's standing force increased to 50,000 by early 1994. During the war, the military remained on high alert and bolstered defenses in the region of Zangezur, opposite of the western Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhichevan. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası Նախիջևանի Ինքնավար Հանրապետություն Нахичеванская Автономная Purported artillery bombardment in May 1992 from the region led to skirmishes between the two sides including the Armenian army's incursion into several of the villages. Since 1994, the army has taken an active role in ensuring the defense of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in conjunction with its eponymous defense force. Note - please discuss *any* change to this intro on the talk page before making it no matter how minor it may seem The Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR Defense Army was officially established on May 9, 1992 as the formal defense force of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

MT-LB APC during during military exercise. The MT-LB ( м ногоцелевой т ягач л егко б ронированный mnogotselevoy tyagach lekhko bronirovannyi / multi-purpose

On February 12, 2004 Armenia deployed a platoon-sized unit (three squads) was deployed to Kosovo as a part of the Greek peacekeeping battalion. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The unit, known as the Peacekeeping Forces of Armenia, is headquartered in Camp "REGAS FEREOS" as a part of the Multi-National Task Force East and is tasked with maintaining vehicle check points, providing security for the base but also serves as a quick reaction force and crowd and riot control. ^[4]

Units of the Armenian army operating in field exercises. The Armenian Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Armenia and consists of the ground forces responsible for the country's land-based operations

In the autumn of 2004, the Armenian government approved to dispatch a 46-man contingent from the army consisting of sappers and engineers under Polish command as part of the Multinational force in Iraq. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A sapper is an individual engineer soldier usually in British or Commonwealth military service Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I, is a military command, led by the United States that is fighting the Iraq War against Iraqi insurgents or resistants On November 10, 2006 Senior Lieutenant Georgy Nalbandyan was injured in a mine explosion in Iraq but survived after being transported for surgeries to a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany near Ramstein Air Base. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Landstuhl (ˈlantʃtuːl is a municipality of over 9000 people in southwestern Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Ramstein Air Base is a United States Air Force base in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. ^[5]

BTR-80 armored personnel carriers on parade during the 15th anniversary of Armenia's independence. BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled Armoured personnel carrier (APC designed in the Soviet Union.

Organization

Operational Forces

Academies

• Monte Melkonian Military Academy in Martuni, Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh
• Vazgen Sargsyan Military Academy

General Staff

• Colonel-General Mikael Harutyunyan - Defense Minister
• Colonel-General Gurgen Daribaltayan — Deputy head of Chief of Staff and special military adviser to current president, Robert Kocharyan
• Colonel-General Harut Kassabian - Commader of Capital Guard
• Lieutenant-General Aghik Myurzabekyan
• Lieutenant-General Arthur Aghabekyan
• Lieutenant-General Yuri Khachaturov
• Lieutenant-General Gurgen Melkonyan
• Lieutenant-General Roland Kereshyan

An Armenian patrol maintaining a checkpoint in Kosovo. Monte Melkonian (in Armenian: in TAO Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան in RAO Մոնթե Մելքոնյան sometimes simply referred to by just his For the capital of this province see Martuni (town; for the town in Gegharkunik province Armenia see Martuni Armenia; for the village in Shamkir Rayon Note - please discuss *any* change to this intro on the talk page before making it no matter how minor it may seem Vazgen Sargsyan (Վազգեն Սարգսյան March 5, 1959 &ndash October 27 1999; also written Vasgen Sarkisyan Sarkissian or Sarkisyan Colonel General is a senior Military rank which is used in some of the world’s militaries Robert Sedraki Kocharyan (ɾobɛɹtʼ sɛdɹɑk’i kʰotʃʰɑɹjɑn Ռոբերտ Սեդրակի Քոչարյան (born August 31, 1954) was the President

Vehicle inventory

Much of the Armenian Army equipment comes from the 15th and 164th Motor Rifle Divisions of the Soviet Union. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991

Main Battle Tanks

• T-72 Main Battle Tank - 102
• T-55 Main Battle Tank

Light armor

• BMD-1 Airborne infantry fighting vehicle - 10
• BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle
• BMP-2 Infantry fighting vehicle - 158
• BTR-70 Armoured personnel carrier - 20
• BTR-80 Armoured personnel carrier - 50
• BRDM-2 including anti-tank, anti-personnel and anti-aircraft variants
• MT-LB Ampibious Armoured personnel carrier -75

multiple rocket launcher units. The T-72 is a Soviet -designed Main battle tank that entered production in 1971 Tank classification is a Taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of Tanks The classification by role was used primarily during The T-54 and T-55 tank were a series of Main battle tanks designed by the Soviet Union. The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne Infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970 An infantry fighting vehicle ( IFV, also known as (mechanized infantry combat vehicle, (MICV) is a type of Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV BMP-1 is a Soviet Amphibious tracked Infantry fighting vehicle. An infantry fighting vehicle ( IFV, also known as (mechanized infantry combat vehicle, (MICV) is a type of Armoured fighting vehicle (AFV The BMP-2 is a Soviet Infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced in the early 1980s The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled Armored personnel carrier ( бронетранспортер or bronyetransportyor Armoured personnel carriers (APCs are Armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport Infantry on the Battlefield They usually have only a Machine BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled Armoured personnel carrier (APC designed in the Soviet Union. The BRDM-2 ( Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol The MT-LB ( м ногоцелевой т ягач л егко б ронированный mnogotselevoy tyagach lekhko bronirovannyi / multi-purpose An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian) is a Vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport viable on land as well as on water - just like an

Anti-aircraft defense

• SA-4 Ganef
• ZSU-23-4
• 9K33 Osa
• S-75
• S-125
• S-300 and other variants

The army possesses a battery of BM-21 GRAD

Artillery

• BM-21 GRAD Multiple rocket launcher - 50
• 2S3 Akatsiya Self-propelled artillery - 30
• 2S1 Gvozdika Self-propelled artillery - 10
• 2A36 Giatsint Towed howitzer
• D-30 Towed howitzer - 60
• WM-80 Multiple rocket launcher- 8

References

See also

• Military history of Armenia
• Armed Forces of Armenia
• Armenian Air Force
• Armenian Air Defense
• Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army

External links

• Military Parade in Stepanakert, Artsakh
• Armenian Military Photo Gallery