List of equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces

Equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
Equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
	Emblem of the Azerbaijan Land Forces
Founded	26 June 1918
Current form	c. 1991

This is a list of modern equipment used by the Azerbaijani Land Forces.

Founded26 June 1918

Current formc. 1991

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Model	Origin	Type	Notes
PASGT	United States	Combat helmet	^[1]
MICH	United States	Combat helmet	^[2]
ACH	United States	Combat Helmet	^[3]
SSh-68	Soviet Union	Combat Helmet	^[4]
OpsCore FAST	United States	Combat Helmet	^[5]

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Notes
LBV-88		United States Turkey	Load-bearing vest	Mostly Turkish clones.^[6]
6B4		Soviet Union	Bulletproof vest	^[7]
6B5 "Ulej"		Soviet Union	Bulletproof vest	^[8]
OZA	No image available	Turkey	Bulletproof vest	Produced by Anafarta^[9]^[10]
Eagle Industries MMAC		United States	Bulletproof vest	^[11]
Crye Precision JPC		United States	Bulletproof vest	^[12]

Model	Origin	Type	Notes
AN/PVS-7	United States	Night-vision device	^[13]
AN/PVS-14	United States	Night-vision device	^[14]
AN/PVS-31	United States	Night-vision device

Name	Caliber Type	Country of origin	Notes
Pistols and submachine guns
Makarov pistol	9x18mm Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union	^[16]
Stechkin automatic pistol	9x18mm 9x19mm Machine pistol	Soviet Union	^[17]
TT pistol	7.62x25mm Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union	^[15]
Zəfər P	9×19mm Hammer-fired pistol	Azerbaijan Turkey	Zigana K domestically license produced by MODIAR from TİSAŞ. Standard pistol of the Army.^[18]
Zəfər	9×19mm Hammer-fired pistol		Zigana K Compact domestically license produced by MODIAR from TİSAŞ. Standard pistol of the Special Forces.^[18]
Inam	9×19mm Hammer-fired Pistol		Zigana F domestically license produced by MODIAR from TİSAŞ.^[18]
Glock 19	9×19mm Striker-fired pistol	Austria	160 Glock pistols purchased in 2013.^[19]
SIG Sauer P226	9x19mm Semi-automatic pistol	West Germany Switzerland	^[20]
IMI Uzi	9×19mm Submachine gun	Israel	^[21]
Heckler & Koch MP5	9x19mm Submachine gun	Germany	^[22]
Assault rifles
Aztex AR-15	7.62×39mm Assault rifle	Azerbaijan	Used in Azerbaijani Army Parade.^[23]
AK-74M	5.45×39mm Assault rifle	Azerbaijan Russia	Used by the Army and Marines. Domestically license produced by MODIAR from Kalashnikov Concern.^[24]^[25]
IWI Tavor X95	5.56×45mm Assault rifle	Israel	Used by Special Forces and Marines.^[23]
IWI Tavor TAR-21	5.56×45mm Assault rifle	Israel	Used by Special Forces.^[26]
AKM	7.62×39mm Assault rifle	Soviet Union	Used by Internal Troops
AK-74	5.45×39mm Assault rifle	Soviet Union	^[27]
AKS-74U	5.45×39mm Carbine	Soviet Union	^[27]
PM md. 63	7.62×39 Assault rifle	Socialist Republic of Romania	^[28]
M16 rifle	5.56×45mm Assault rifle	United States	Used by DSX and peacekeeping forces^[29] ^{[better source needed]}
APS underwater rifle	5.66×39mm MPS with 5.66×120mm steel darts and tracer MPST Underwater Assault Rifle	Soviet Union	^[30]
AK-105	Assault rifle	Russia	Used by DSX^[31]^[32]
AR-15-style rifle	5.56x45mm Assault rifle	United States	^[33]^[34]^[35]
Beretta ARX160	5.56x45mm 7.62x39mm Assault rifle	Italy	^[36]
Light and heavy machine guns
HP-7.62	7.62×54mmR General-purpose machine gun	Azerbaijan	Standard GPMG of the Army.^[37]
PK PKM	7.62×54mmR General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union Azerbaijan	Used by the Army.^[38]^[39]
FN Minimi	5.56x45mm Squad Automatic Weapon	Belgium	^[40]
DShK	12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Standard infantry HMG of the Army.^[39]
NSV	12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union	Vehicle-mounted.^[41]
IWI Negev	5.56×45mm Light machine gun	Israel	^[21]
Canik M2 QCB M2 Browning	12.7×99mm Heavy machine gun	Turkey United States	^[42] Vehicle-mounted.^[43]
Sniper rifles
Yırtıcı	7.62×54mmR Sniper rifle, Designated marksman rifle	Azerbaijan	Primary sniper rifle.^[44]^[45]^[46]
Yalquzaq	7.62×51mm Sniper rifle	Azerbaijan	^[47]
Vaşaq	Sniper rifle	Azerbaijan	Based on Yırtıcı^[48]
İstiqlal	14.5×114mm Anti-materiel rifle	Azerbaijan	Standard anti-materiel rifle of the Army.^[49]
OM 50 Nemesis	12.7×99mm Sniper rifle	Switzerland	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[50]
JNG-90	Sniper rifle	Turkey	^[51]^[52]
Dragunov SVD	7.62×54mmR Sniper rifle, Designated marksman rifle	Soviet Union	^[53]
VSS Vintorez		Russia	^[54]
Orsis T-5000	Sniper rifle	Russia	^[55]
RPA Rangemaster	12.7×99mm Anti-materiel rifle	United Kingdom	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
Accuracy International Arctic Warfare	Sniper rifle	United Kingdom	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
.338 Edge	Sniper rifle	United States	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
CheyTac .308/.375/.408/M300	Sniper rifle	United States	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
Accuracy International AW50	12.7×99mm Sniper rifle	United Kingdom	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
Steyr SSG 08	Sniper rifle	Austria	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
Steyr SSG M1	Sniper rifle	Austria	Used by Border Guards and Special Forces.^[55]
Mubariz-12.7	12.7×108mm Anti-materiel rifle	Azerbaijan	^[44]
Denel NTW-20	Anti-materiel rifle	South Africa	^[56]
Sako TRG	Sniper rifle	Finland	^{[citation needed]}
MACS M4	12.7×99mm Anti-materiel rifle	Croatia	Used by State Border Service and Special Forces.^[50]
PSL	7.62×54mmR Sniper rifle, Designated marksman rifle	Socialist Republic of Romania
Hand grenades and explosives
F-1	Hand grenade	Azerbaijan Russia	^[57]
Grenade launchers
Milkor MGL	Multiple grenade launcher	Azerbaijan South Africa	^[58]
AGS-30	Automatic grenade launcher	Russia	^[59]
AGS-17	Automatic grenade launcher	Soviet Union
GP-25	Grenade launcher	Soviet Union	^[59]
M203	Grenade launcher	United States	^[60]^[61]

Name	Image	Origin	Number	Notes
(Anti-tank) Guided Missiles
Spike-LR		Israel	350	[Range: 4 km].^[62]
Spike-NLOS		Israel	250	[Range: 25 km], (For use by Mi-17 attack helicopters and Sa'ar 62 patrol vessels).^[62]
Spike-ER		Israel	N/A	[Range: 8 km], (Also for use by Shaldag Mk V patrol vessels).^[62]
LAHAT		Israel	100	[Range: 13 km], (For use by Mi-17 attack helicopters).^[62]
B-300		Israel	N/A	The restart device is in limited supply.^[63]
AT-1K		South Korea	70	^[64]
9M133 Kornet		Russia	100	In 2009-2010, 100 units were purchased from Russia
9P157-2		Russia	N/A	[Range: 6 km].^[62]
9M120 Ataka		Russia	N/A	[Range: 6 km], (For use by Mi-35M attack helicopters).^[62]
9K111 Fagot		Soviet Union	N/A	[Range: 2.5 km].^[62]
9M113 Konkurs		Soviet Union	N/A	[Range: 4 km].^[62]
9K114 Shturm		Soviet Union	N/A	[Range: 5 km], (For use by Mi-24V/P attack helicopters).^[62]
Skif		Ukraine	N/A	[Range: 5 km].^[62]
R-2 Baryer		Ukraine	N/A	[Range: 5 km], (For use by Mi-24G attack helicopters).^[62]
ETR-M		Turkey Azerbaijan	N/A	[Range: 60+km].^[62]
Anti-tank rockets
ALAC	Rocket-propelled grenade		Brazil Sweden	50 pieces received, planned to joint production.^[65]^[66]
RPG-7	Rocket-propelled grenade		Soviet Union	Reusable launcher a variety of anti-personnel and anti-tank munitions available. Also exists newer model RPG-7V Standard issue.
RPG-18	Rocket-propelled grenade		Soviet Union	^[67]
RPG-29	Rocket-propelled grenade		Soviet Union	^[68]

List of equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces

Personnel equipment

Helmets

Vests

Night vision goggles

Parachutes

Infantry weapons

Anti-Armor

Armored Vehicles

Military vehicles

Artillery

Howitzers and field guns

Air defense

Target acquisition systems and Thermal/IR optic observation systems

Radar and field communication systems

Reserve Equipment

Artillery

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Name	Origin	Number	Notes
Tanks
T-90	Russia	93^[69]	In 2011, 100 tanks were purchased under a contract with Rosoboronexport. They were delivered to Azerbaijan in 2011-2015.^[70]
T-84	Ukraine	Unknown	^[71]
T-72	Soviet Union Russia Israel	405	In 2001, 600 T-72Bs were ordered from Russia, 350 T-72A tanks were ordered from Belarus, 153 T-72Bs from Ukraine, 48 T-72M1 tanks were ordered from Ukraine, unknown number of Armenian tanks were captured in military operations, various units have been modernized by Elbit Systems.^[72]
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
BMP-3	Russia	118^[73]	Together with the Vesna-K thermal launch vehicle. According to the 2013 contract, 119 units were to be delivered.
BMP-2	Soviet Union Israel	300+^[74]
BMP-1	Soviet Union	160+^[74]	268 BMP-1 and BMP-2 in service with the State Border Service^[75]
Anti-tank Guided missile carriers
9M123 Khrizantema	Russia	37	In 2014, 10 units of Chrysanthemum-S were ordered. The first batch was delivered in June 2015. In 2017, 12 units of Chrysanthemum-S were delivered. In 2018, 15 units of Chrysanthemum-S were delivered.^[76]
Armored personnel carrier
BTR-82A	Russia	230	230 units purchased in 2013-2018
BTR-80A	Russia	187	70 were purchased in 2007-2008 117 were purchased in 2008-2010
BTR-80	Soviet Union	210	Purchased from Ukraine and Belarus
MT-LB	Soviet Union	400+^[77]	^[76]
BTR-70	Soviet Union Ukraine Azerbaijan	259^[77]	Most have been modernized by Israel's Elbit Systems, 132 are in use, the rest are in reserve.
BRDM-2	Soviet Union	100+^[78]	Unknown amount modernized and named "ZKDM".^[79]^[80]
Light armored cars
AZCAN Sentry APC	Azerbaijan Canada	Unknown	Produced by AZCAN Defence Solutions, an Azerbaijani-Canadian Corporation.^[81] One seen being driven by the President of Azerbaijan during his visit to Karabakh. Some sources indicate that it has been used by the MIA, and other claims there are a handful of prototypes in the country owned by the state in general.^{[citation needed]}
AZCAN Huron APC	Azerbaijan Canada	Unknown	Produced by AZCAN Defence Solutions, an Azerbaijani-Canadian Corporation.^[81] Unknown if in service in the Azerbaijani military.^{[citation needed]}
Humvee	United States	100+	Used by peacekeeping and internal forces.^[82]
AIL Storm	Israel	90-150	Unknown amount in service.^{[citation needed]}
AIL Abir	Israel\|	110	Unknown amount in service.^{[citation needed]}
Plasan SandCat	Israel	230^[77]	10 Sandcat SPEAR 120MM, 10 Spike-LR, 100 basic sandcat (some spotted with drone launchers). R-010SC command and control, MOES-720 mobile electro-optic station, Spike-ER, Mini Samson and Samson MLS variants amongst inventory.^[83]
Otokar Cobra	Turkey	350	Delivered in 2010.^{[citation needed]}
Otokar Cobra II	Turkey	70+
Otokar APV	Turkey	200
Titan D	Canada	Unknown	Used in active service.^{[citation needed]}
Titan S	Canada	Unknown	Used in active service.^{[citation needed]}
Marauder	South Africa Azerbaijan	110^[77]	Produced in Azerbaijan with engines made in the United States.^{[citation needed]}
Matador	South Africa Azerbaijan	110^[77]	Produced in Azerbaijan with engines made in the United States.^{[citation needed]}
İTX-6L	Azerbaijan	Unknown	used by special forces
Cougar	United States	4+	Used by peacekeeping forces.^[84]
Otokar Engerek	Turkey	Unknown	Bought from the Turkish Armed Forces surplus. Based on Land Rover Defender 110 with different variants such as Engerek anti-tank and AGS-17 models. Mostly used by ÇHD units.^[85]^[86]
Vaşaq	Azerbaijan		^[87]

Name	Manufacturer	Number	Notes
Mercedes-Benz G-Class	Austria West Germany Germany	120+	Used by state border service.^{[citation needed]}
Tarpan Honker	Polish People's Republic Poland	50+	Used by mine agencies.^{[citation needed]}
Land Rover License Copy	Turkey	100+	Unknown amount in service. Fast attack variants spotted at 2020 military parade.^{[citation needed]}
Land Rover Wolf	United Kingdom	200+	Military ambulance, used for medical first aid and transportation purposes.^[88]
Gürzə	Azerbaijan	30+	Patrol vehicle.^{[citation needed]}
UAZ-3151	Soviet Union	150+	Used by Azerbaijani Land Forces.^{[citation needed]}
Military trucks
Unimog	Germany Turkey	50+	Acquired from Turkey, used for infantry transportation.^{[citation needed]}
Mercedes-Benz Atego	Germany	150+	Used for infantry and arms-ammunitions transportation.^{[citation needed]}
China National Heavy Duty Truck Group	China	100+	Vehicle hauler trailer, used for armoured vehicle transportation.^{[citation needed]}
Kamaz	Russia	2.000+	Acquired from Russia, used for infantry transportation.^{[citation needed]}
MAZ	Belarus	100+	Acquired from Belarus.^{[citation needed]}
Ural-4320	Soviet Union Russia	1.000+	Inherited from Soviet Union, additional quantities purchased from Russia and used for infantry transportation.^{[citation needed]}
Ural-43206	Russia	400+	Used for infantry transportation.^{[citation needed]}
Engineer fortifications
Revival Demining Vehicle	Azerbaijan		Demining vehicle produced by domestic company
Aardvark JSFU	United Kingdom	10	Mine flail
MEMATT	Turkey	20	Remote controlled demining vehicle.^[89]^[90]
BREM-1M	Russia	Unknown	Armoured repair and recovery vehicle built on the T-90 chassis. Obtained from Russia.^[91]
BTS-5B	Ukraine	18	Armoured repair and recovery vehicle. 4 purchased from Ukraine in 2007^[92] and 14 in 2012.^[93]^[94]
IMR-2	Soviet Union	Unknown	Engineering vehicle built on the T-72 chassis.^{[citation needed]}
IMR-3M	Russia	Unknown	Acquired from Russia.^[95]
MTU-90	Russia	Unknown	Tracked armored bridgelayer, acquired from Russia.^[95]
TMM-6 Bridgelayer	Soviet Union	Unknown	Based on wheeled heavyweight vehicle MZKT-7930. Acquired from Russia.^[95]

Name	Origin	Number	Notes
Towed Artillery
85mm D-44	Soviet Union	~100	[Range: 15.6 km].^[62]
122mm D-30		~423	[Range: 15.4 km or 21.9 km when using RAPs].
130mm M-46		36^[77]	[Range: 27.5 km or 38 km when using RAPs].^[96]
152mm Giatsint-B		49^[77]	[Range: 15.2 km or 21.9 km when using RAPs].^[96]
152mm D-20		43^[77]
Self-Propelled Artillery
155 mm L-45 DİTA	Czechoslovakia	72 on order	Maximum range 50 km
155 mm Nora B-52	Serbia	48 on order	Maximum range 52 km
155mm ATMOS 2000	Israel	6
152mm SpGH DANA	Czechoslovakia	36^[77]	[Range: 20 km].^[62]
152mm 2S19 Msta	Russia	18^[97]	[Range: 25 km or 28.9 km when using RAPs].^[98]
203mm 2S7 Pion	Soviet Union	15^[97]	[Range: 37.5 km or 55.5 km when using RAPs].^[96]
Multiple launch rocket systems
PULS	Israel	75+	They were newly brought to Azerbaijan and displayed at the 2025 Victory Parade. They are equipped with the Accural Sky Striker Block 4 and the Predator Hawk.
306mm Extra	Israel	30	[Range: 150 km], [CEP: 10m].^[62]
122mm LAR-160	Israel	30
160mm LYNX	Israel	30
302mm TRG-300 Kasirga	Turkey	36^[99]	[Range: 120 km], [CEP: 10m].^[62]
122mm T-122 'Sakarya'	Turkey	44	[Range: 40 km].^[62]
230mm TRLG-230	Turkey	20+	[Range: 70 km], [CEP: 2m]
107mm TR-107 Boran	Azerbaijan Turkey	100+	[Range: 11 km].^[62]
107mm MRLS-107	Azerbaijan Turkey	100+	[Range: 11 km].^[62]
220mm TOS-1A	Russia	36^[100]	[Range: 6 km].^[62]
300mm BM-30 'Smerch'	Russia	50	20 were purchased from Ukraine and 30 from Russia.
122mm RM-70	Czechoslovakia	30^[101]	[Range: 40 km].^[96]
301mm Polonez	People's Republic of China Belarus	10^[77]	[Range: 200 km], [CEP: 30m].^[62]
122mm KRL 122	Pakistan	55	[Range: 40 km].^[62]
128mm RAK-12	Croatia	10^[77]	[Range: 13 km].^[62]
122mm BM-21 'Grad'	Soviet Union	140+^[77]	BM-21 and BM-21V^[77] [Range: 40 km].^[62]
Cruise Missile
SOM-B1	Turkey	unknown	Used by Su-25ML and Akinci
Sea Breaker	Israel	unknown	Operational range:300 km
Ballistic Missile
Predator Hawk	Israel	unknown
LORA	Israel	4^[77]	[Range: 430 km], [CEP: 10m].^[62]
Mortars
120mm Spear Mk2	Israel	47^[77]	Used with SandCat^[77] [Range: 10 km].^[62]
120mm Cardom	Israel	50^[77]	[Range: 8 km].^[62]
120mm 2S31 Vena	Russia	18^[77]	[Range: 18 km].^[102]
2S9 Nona	Soviet Union	18
Komando 20N6MT	Azerbaijan	400	^[103]
20N5	Azerbaijan	280	^[104]
2B14 Podnos	Soviet Union	400
2B11	Soviet Union	600
2S12	Soviet Union	180^[77]
M1938 mortar	Soviet Union	27^[77]
RM-38	Soviet Union	107^[98]^[105]

Name	Manufacturer	Number	Notes
Barak 8	Israel	18+	^[106]^[107]^[108]^[109]
Spyder	Israel	Unknown	^[110]
S-300PMU-2	Russia	24
Pantsir	Russia	10+	Approved by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan
Buk-MB	Russia	18+
Tor-M2U	Russia	20+
Vikinq	Azerbaijan	?	^[111]
HQ-9	China	Unknown quantity	^[112]
FireForce	Azerbaijan		^[113]
Buk-Mb2k	Belarus	10+
Osa-1t	Belarus Azerbaijan	90+
S-125	Belarus	54
9K35 Strela	Soviet Union	60+
ZSU-23-4 Shilka	Soviet Union	50+
MANPADS
9K32 Strela-2	Soviet Union		^[69]
9K34 Strela-3	Soviet Union		^[69]
9K310 Igla-1	Soviet Union		^[69]
9K338 Igla-S^[69]	Russia		1000 missiles and 200 launchers delivered between 2012-2013.^[114]

Name	Manufacturer	Number	Notes
GonioLight VT-I	Switzerland	Unknown	^[115]
Matis HH	France	Unknown	^[115]
Şahin Gözü	Turkey	Unknown	^[116]
Dragoneye	Turkey	Unknown	The DRAGONEYE system is an electro-optical sensor system in which the following units are integrated: Thermal camera Laser Range Finder Day Camera GPS Receiver Digital Magnetic Compass^[116]
Dörtgöz thermal camera	Turkey	Unknown	DÖRTGÖZ is a 3rd generation thermal imaging system with today's most modern technology, developed for the detection, identification and diagnosis of threats from a distance^[116]
DAS- DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL Aperture CAMERA SYSTEM	Turkey	Unknown	DAS- DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL Aperture CAMERA SYSTEM is a situational awareness system that offers 360° continuous surveillance with integrated thermal and daytime cameras^[116]
ASIR IR reconnaissance camera	Turkey	Unknown	ASIR is a thermal imaging device with a 288x4 Focal Plane Index Detector that detects in the Far Infrared band, and it enables the detection of threatening elements easily in both day and night conditions^[116]
Göz SeeSpot	Turkey	Unknown	EYE-SeeSpot (EYE-SS) Thermal Camera is used for detection, diagnosis and identification of threats; It is a thermal camera that provides high performance in all weather conditions day and night^[116]
ADLR LRF	Turkey	Unknown	ADLR Laser Range Finder is a high performance laser range finder designed for use in air defense systems.^[116]

Name	Manufacturer	Number	Notes
Ground radar systems
EL/M-2080 Green Pine	Israel	Unknown	^[117]
EL/M-2084	Israel	Unknown	^[117]^[118]
EL/M-2238 STAR	Israel	Unknown
Ground-based air surveillance radar systems
Lanza-LTR	Spain	Unknown	^[119]^[120]
Lanza-MRR	Spain	Unknown	^[119]^[120]
Field mobile radio and satellite communication systems
TASMUS	Turkey	60^[121]	Total 60 unit entered into service AZRA-1 AZRA-2 in project of scope^[121]

Name	Origin	Number	Notes
Tanks
T-55	Soviet Union	155	Bought from Ukraine between 1993-1994.^[122]^[123] Modernized version of T-55s were used as an artillery during the 2nd Karabakh War.^[124]
Armoured reconnaissance vehicle
BRM-1K	Soviet Union	21+^[77]
Infantry Fighting Vehicles
BMD-1	Soviet Union	41^[77]	Not currently active
Armored personnel carrier
BTR-60	Soviet Union	35^[77]	More in storage.^[73]
BTR-D	Soviet Union	11

Name	Photo	Origin	Number	Notes
Self-propelled artillery
152mm 2S3 Akatsiya		Soviet Union	22+^[77]	The latest was presented at the Victory Parade on November 8, 2025. It will be replaced by the 155mm Dita and Nora-B52
122mm 2S1 Gvozdika		Soviet Union	70+^[77]	The latest was presented at the Victory Parade on November 8, 2025. It will be replaced by the 155mm Dita and Nora-B52.
Multiple launch rocket systems
220mm BM-27 'Uragan'		Soviet Union	18^[77]	Purchased from Ukraine
Ballistic missile systems
OTR-21 Tochka-U		Soviet Union	4^[77]	It was taken out of service and was in reserve storage.
Air defense
S-200	Soviet Union		24	^[125]
S-75	Soviet Union		10+	^[126]

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