The Kyrgyz Ground Forces, or simply the Kyrgyz Army, is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.
History
In April 1992, Kyrgyzstan formed a State Committee for Defense Affairs, and in June the republic took control of all troops on its soil (meaning remaining units of the stationed in Kyrgyzstan) after Moscow stated that they would not back financing a unified CIS military.https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/kyrgyz-army.htm A general staff was created in 1993. In 1994, 30 percent of the officer corps were ethnic Russians.
The first commander was General , an ethnic Ukrainian. In Russian sources Luk'yanov is listed as the commander of the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division from 1985-91.Лукьянов Валентин Михайлович // Челябинская область: энциклопедия / гл. ред. К. Н. Бочкарёв. — Челябинск: Каменный пояс, 2008. — Т. 3. — К—Л. — 832 с. — ISBN 978-5-88771-074-7
On January 25, 2017, President Almazbek Atambayev officially founded the Kyrgyz Army, with Colonel Erlis Terdikbayev acting as its first commander.
Structure Ground forces are divided into 2 military commands, the Northern and Southern Groups of Forces.Vad777, accessed July 2008, reporting http://www.sk.kg/2004/n19/7.html – 2004, a dead link
Northern Group of Forces 8th Guards Motor Rifle Panfilov Division (Tokmok) 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Frunze Brigade (Koy-Tash) Independent Tank Regiment Machine Gun Battalions (Karakol) Artillery Battalions (Naryn) Engineering Battalion Signals Battalion Scorpion 25th Special Forces Brigade (Tokmok) Artillery Brigade Balykchynsky Brigade Specialized units
Southern Group of Forces 68th Independent Mountain Rifle Brigade (Osh)ЦЕНТРАЛЬНО-АЗИАТСКИЙ РУБЕЖ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ ДОГОВОРА О КОЛЛЕКТИВНОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ Armored Battalion (Ala-Buka District) Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion Mountain Rifle Battalion "Batken" 24th Independent "Ilbirs" (Snow Leopard) Special Purpose Brigade (Kök-Janggak)Десантные части и соединен Reconnaissance Battalion anti-aircraft artillery regiment parts and subdivisions of support, chemical protection, etc.
Equipment Small arms NameOriginCaliberImageNotes Pistols Makarov 9×18mm Makarov Stechkin 9×18mm Makarov Rifles and carbines SKS 7.62×39mm Ceremonial usage AKS-74U 5.45×39mm Standard carbine Assault rifles AK-47 7.62×39mm AKM 7.62×39mm AK-74 5.45×39mm AN-945.45×39mm60 donated by Russia in 2012 QBZ-95 5.8×42mm DBP87 M4 Carbine5.56x45mm NATO Designated marksman rifles SVD Dragunov 7.62×54mmR MKEK JNG-90 7.62×51mm Machine guns RPK 7.62×39mm RPK-74 5.45×39mm PK machine gun 7.62×54mmR NSV 12.7×108mm Rocket LaunchersHAR-66
Armor Name Origin Type In service Notes Tanks T-72 Main battle tank 215 At least one lost in the 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes.Armoured reconnaissance vehicle BRDM-2 Reconnaissance vehicle 30 BRDM-2MS Reconnaissance vehicle 9Infantry fighting vehicles BMP-1 Infantry fighting vehicle 230 All modernized. BMP-2 Infantry fighting vehicle 90 All modernized.Armoured personnel carrier BTR-80 Amphibious armoured personnel carrier 10 BTR-70 Amphibious armoured personnel carrier 45BTR-70 & BTR-70M Humvee Light armoured car 50 Dongfeng EQ2050 Military light utility vehicle Up to 65 Showed the 30th anniversary of the country's independence at the parade. At least one was lost in the 2022 Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan clashes. Tigr Infantry mobility vehicle Up to 100 55 vehicles purchased recently, and 50 vehicles donated from Russia in 2018. Others all purchased during previous years. Toyota Infantry mobility vehicle 40 Announced on 23 October 2021. Towed artillery D-30 122mm howitzer 72 35 are the M-30 standard.M-30(M-1938) 122mm howitzer35 D-1 152mm howitzer 16 2A65 MSTA-B 152mm howitzer N/A BS-3 100mm field gun 18 T-12 100mm Field gun 18 100mm round Self-propelled artillery 2S1 Gvozdika 122mm Self-propelled howitzer 18 2S9 Nona 120mm Self-propelled mortar 12Jane's Armour and Artillery 1997–98 Anti-tank weapons 9M14 Malyutka Anti-tank missile 26 9M113 Konkurs Anti-tank missile 12 9K111 Fagot Anti-tank weapon 24 Anti aircraft guns and Air defense system S-300 / Long-range surface-to-air missile system 8 Russia and Kyrgyzstan signed an inter-governmental agreement on cooperation in military-technical field, by which Russia must ship $1 billion worth of modern weapons to the republic. ZU-23-2 Anti-aircraft autocannon N/A 9K35 Strela-10 VM surface-to-air missile system 49K32 Strela-2VM surface-to-air-missile systemN/A ZSU-23-4 Shilka Self-propelled anti aircraft gun 24 Flying Leopard 6C Short-range surface-to-air missile system N/A Leopard 6C short-range air defense system was seen during the exercises of the Kyrgyz army in the Bujum training field in Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan in September 2020. It's capable to shot down by 500–600 km. AZP S-60 Anti-aircraft gun 24 Multiple rocket launchers BM-21 Grad Multiple rocket launcher 15 BM-27 Uragan Multiple rocket launcher 6 Utility vehicles Ford Ranger Pickup truck-attacking defender 45 Showed the 30th anniversary of the country's independence at the parade. Polaris Quad 44 Toyota Hilux Pick up truck 45 UAZ Hunter / Pick up truck Up to 140 Supported by Russia as military gift which presented on 15 January 2019. KamazAZ-43114 Pick up truck N/A Only small amount taken from Russia as a gift which 15 January 2019. Others all purchased from Russia and other post-soviet countries. KamAZ-53215 Freight carrier N/A Only small amount taken from Russia as a gift which 15 January 2019. Others all purchased from Russia and other post-soviet countries. KamAZ-5350KamAZ-4350 Freight carrier N/A Some of them is taken for free from Russia, others all purchased. Shaanxi SX2190 Off-road vehicle N/A
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