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{{Short description|Branch of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Azerbaijan Land Forces
| native_name                   = {{lang|az|Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları}}
| image                         = Azerbaijani Land Forces badge.svg
| image_size                    = 100
| caption                       = Badge of the Azerbaijan Land Forces
| start_date                    = {{plainlist|
* {{start date and age|1918|df=yes}} {{small|(Establishment)}}
* {{start date and age|1992|df=yes}} {{small|(Re-establishment)}} }}
| country                       = [[Azerbaijan]]
| branch                        = [[Land warfare|Land Forces]]
| size                          = [[IISS]] 2013: 85,000<ref name=IISS2013>{{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2013 |year=2013 |publisher=Routledge for the IISS |location=London|isbn=978-1-85743-680-8 |page=216}}</ref>
| command_structure             = [[Azerbaijan Armed Forces]]
| garrison                      = Baku
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| nickname                      = 
| motto                         = 
| march                         = "Forward" (''Marş "İrəli"'')
| equipment                     = 
| equipment_label               = 
| battles                       = {{Unbulleted list|[[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]|[[Second Nagorno-Karabakh war]]}}
| anniversaries                 = 
| decorations                   = 
| battle_honours                = 
| disbanded                     = <!-- Commanders -->
| commander1                    = [[Ilham Aliyev]]
| commander1_label              = President and Commander-in-Chief
| commander2                    = [[Colonel general]] [[Zakir Hasanov]]
| commander2_label              = Minister of Defence
| commander3                    = [[Colonel general]] [[Hikmat Mirzayev]]
| commander3_label              = [[Commander of the Land Forces (Azerbaijan)|Commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces]]
| notable_commanders            = <!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol         = [[File:Flag of Azerbaijani Land Forces.svg|120px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
| identification_symbol_2       = 
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}}
The '''Azerbaijani Land Forces''' ({{langx|az|Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları}}) are the land force component of the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]].<ref>[http://tia.az/index.php?name=News&op=Article&sid=499 Azərbaycan Quru Qoşunları yaradıld] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706130828/http://tia.az/index.php?name=News&op=Article&sid=499 |date=6 July 2011 }} {{in lang|az}}</ref><ref>[http://www.azadliq.org/content/article/1871273.html В Азербайджане созданы сухопутные войска ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719064311/http://www.azadliq.org/content/article/1871273.html |date=19 July 2011 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> Since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], Azerbaijan has been trying to create professional, well trained, and mobile armed forces. Based on 2013 statistics, the country has about 85,000 ground force troops, with additional paramilitary forces of 15,000. In addition, there are 300,000 former service personnel who have had military service in the last fifteen years.<ref name=IISS2013 />

Reportedly, in wartime, the Army proper could call upon the support of the [[Azerbaijani National Guard|National Guard]], the [[Internal Troops of Azerbaijan]], and the [[State Border Service of Azerbaijan|State Border Service]]. The exact wartime command structure remains unclear.

==History==
During the Soviet period, Azerbaijan was part of the [[Transcaucasus Military District]], whose forces in the republic were commanded by the [[4th Army (Soviet Union)|4th Army]]. The [[4th Army (Soviet Union)|4th Army]] consisted of three motor rifle divisions (the [[23rd Guards Motor Rifle Division]] (MRD) at [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]], the [[60th Motor Rifle Division]] at [[Lankaran]], and the [[295th Motor Rifle Division]] in [[Baku]]), plus army troops that included missile and air defence brigades and artillery and rocket regiments. Azerbaijan also hosted the 49th Arsenal of the [[Main Missile and Artillery Directorate]], which contained over 7,000 train-car loads of ammunition holding in excess of one billion units of ammunition and stores. In addition, the [[75th Motor Rifle Division]], part of the [[7th Guards Army]], was in the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]].

In summer 1992, the Defence Ministry of Azerbaijan, following a resolution by the Azerbaijani president on the privatization of units and formations in Azerbaijani territory, forwarded an ultimatum demanding control over vehicles and armaments of the 135th and 139th motorized rifle regiments of the 295th Motor Rifle Division.<ref>Vladimir Petrov, [http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/4-2002/dp/hscwa/?form=print How South Caucasus was armed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024014020/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/4-2002/dp/hscwa/?form=print |date=24 October 2007 }}, Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (Moscow, Russia)</ref> The transfer of the property of the 4th Army (except for over half the equipment of the [[366th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment]] of the 23rd Division captured by Armenian armed formations in 1992 during the regiment's withdrawal from [[Stepanakert]]) and the 49th Arsenal was completed in 1992. Thus, by the end of 1992, the Azerbaijani Government received arms and military hardware sufficient for approximately three motor rifle divisions with prescribed army units. The stores and equipment of the 75th Division were handed over to the Nakhchivan government.<ref>Tehran IRNA, 9 January 1992, as transcribed in FBIS, Soviet Union Daily Report, 92-007, 10 January 1992, p. 53., via ref in 75 MRD note in 7th Guards Army article.</ref> The former Division HQs may have contributed to the formation of corps headquarters.

=== Twenty-first century ===
Azerbaijan reorganized its army, and has been preparing its armed forces for possible action against Armenian forces in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]. Intermittent fighting continued, most recently breaking out into the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]].

Azerbaijan has contracted with Turkey for troop training to strengthen its armed forces. This is necessary in view of deficiencies that Jane's World Armies said in 2004 included huge problems in training, equipping and motivating its soldiers; corruption in its ranks; and a highly politicized officer corps.<ref>Jane's World Armies Azerbaijan, as accessed October 2004.</ref> The [[Soviet Army]] tradition of [[dedovshchina]], institutionalized hazing, appeared to be continuing in the armed forces as of 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanrights-geneva.info/Azerbaijan-Army-hazing-scandal,3643 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081113083909/http://www.humanrights-geneva.info/Azerbaijan-Army-hazing-scandal%2C3643 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2008 |title=Infosud - Tribune des Droits Humains &#124; www.infosud.org Journal en ligne offrant une information indépendante et pluraliste sur les droits de l'homme dans le monde |publisher=Humanrights-geneva.info |access-date=2010-03-07 }}</ref> The quality and readiness of much of the army's equipment, Jane's said, is also a problem, as a decade of poor maintenance and chronic shortages of spare parts meant that many systems were not operational, or cannibalised for parts. Azerbaijan has the second-highest military expenditure in CIS. Azerbaijan's defence spending is second only to Russia's within the Commonwealth of Independent States.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Azerbaijan has second highest military expenditure in CIS|url=http://www.news.az/articles/politics/31785|publisher=News.Az|access-date=22 February 2011 <!-- 07:45 GMT -->|archive-date=26 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226025556/http://news.az/articles/politics/31785|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]], the Azerbaijani army was widely accused of committing war crimes against Armenian soldiers and civilians.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-10|title=Armenia/Azerbaijan: Decapitation and war crimes in gruesome videos must be urgently investigated|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2020/12/armenia-azerbaijan-decapitation-and-war-crimes-in-gruesome-videos-must-be-urgently-investigated/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Amnesty International|language=en}}</ref> [[Human Rights Watch]] and [[Amnesty International]] both condemned Azerbaijan's "indiscriminate" shelling of Armenian civilians, including the use of [[Cluster munition|cluster munitions]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-11|title=Azerbaijan: Unlawful Strikes in Nagorno-Karabakh|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/12/11/azerbaijan-unlawful-strikes-nagorno-karabakh|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-05|title=Armenia/Azerbaijan: Civilians must be protected from use of banned cluster bombs|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2020/10/armenia-azerbaijan-civilians-must-be-protected-from-use-of-banned-cluster-bombs/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Amnesty International|language=en}}</ref> In addition, videos of Azerbaijani soldiers mistreating or executing captive Armenians were circulated online and received widespread condemnation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-15|title=Two men beheaded in videos from Nagorno-Karabakh war identified|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/15/two-men-beheaded-in-videos-from-nagorno-karabakh-war-identified|access-date=2021-10-05|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-24|title=Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: 'Execution' video prompts war crime probe|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54645254|access-date=2021-10-05}}</ref>

=== Foreign deployments ===
One officer, 1 sergeant and 32 soldiers formed part of the [[Turkish Army]] battalion deployed as part of the [[Kosovo Force]] from September 1999. The Azerbaijanis oversaw eighteen settlements. On 26 February 2008, as Kosovo [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|declared its independence]], [[President of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani President]] [[Ilham Aliyev]] addressed the [[National Assembly of Azerbaijan|National Assembly]] to call for the withdrawal of Azerbaijani peacekeepers from Kosovo. Within ten days the address was accepted. On April 15 of the same year the [[platoon]] returned to Azerbaijan. About 400 Azerbaijani servicemen were peacekeepers in Kosovo.

Azerbaijani servicemen were deployed to Iraq as part of [[Combined Joint Task Force 7]] in 2003.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} The peacekeeping unit consisted of 14 officers, 16 sergeants and 120 privates, who secured the [[hydroelectric power station]] and reservoir in [[Haditha]] from August 2003. One company of Azerbaijani peacekeepers commanded by Captain Nasimi Javadov guarded the area of [[Haditha Dam]], which is one of the principal sources of electricity in Iraq.<ref name="PA" /> An Azerbaijani delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Defence visited the Hadithah Dam at the invitation of the Marine Corps officials.<ref name="PA" />

From 2004 the company became part of the USMC led [[Multi-National Forces West]]. Ilham Aliyev's address to recall the Azerbaijani peacekeepers in Iraq was accepted at the [[plenary session]] of National Assembly by eighty six votes in favor and one against Four Azerbaijani officers in Iraq (Maj. Huseyn Dashdamirov, Capt. Nasimi Javadov, Capt. Alizamin Karimov and Sr. Lt. Abdulla Abdullayev) have been awarded the US Navy and Marines Corps [[Achievement Medal]].<ref name="USA">{{cite web|url=http://www.azembassy.com/new/newsletter18jan2008.pdf|title=Azerbaijani Officers Receive High US Military Awards|publisher=Azembassy.com|accessdate=2009-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608071245/http://www.azembassy.com/new/newsletter18jan2008.pdf|archive-date=2011-06-08|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PA">{{cite web|url=http://static.dvidshub.net/media/pubs/pdf_2726.pdf |title=The Peacekeeping Forces of Azerbaijan |publisher =Coalition Bulletin |accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref>

==== Afghanistan ====
Azerbaijan sent a platoon of 21 soldiers, one officer, First Lieutenant Shamil Mammadov, and one [[Non-commissioned officer|NCO]] to the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF) in Afghanistan in November 2002 to contribute to peace, security and order.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centcom.mil/en/countries/coalition/azerbaijan/ |title=United States Central Command-Coalition Countries |publisher=Centcom.mil |accessdate=2009-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925053548/http://www.centcom.mil/en/countries/coalition/azerbaijan/ |archive-date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref> The platoon performed patrolling duties in southern [[Kabul]]. On 2 October 2008 the National Assembly passed a decision to send 45 more peacekeepers to Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=97519 | title = Azerbaijan to render military assistance to Afghanistan | accessdate = 2009-04-26 | date = 2009-02-20 | publisher = Azeri Press Agency}}</ref> In an interview with the [[Azeri Press Agency]] Brigadier-General Richard Blanchette gave ISAF's thanks for Azerbaijan's contribution.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=99313  | title = ISAF Commander in Afghanistan: "We highly appreciate Azerbaijani peacekeepers' contributions to ISAF mission" | accessdate = 2009-04-26 | date = 2009-03-27 | location = Baku | first = Rashad | last = Suleymanov | publisher = Azeri Press Agency}}</ref> The number of peacekeepers serving in the [[Resolute Support Mission|Resolute Support mission]] in [[Afghanistan]] was raised from 94 to 120 on 9 January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thedefensepost.com/2018/01/09/azerbaijan-increases-afghanistan-resolute-support-deployment/|title=Azerbaijan increases number of troops deployed to Afghanistan mission|date=2018-01-09|work=The Defense Post|access-date=2018-01-10|language=en-US}}</ref> according to an amendment by the [[National Assembly (Azerbaijan)|Milli Majlis]] on 29 December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mod.gov.az/en/news/the-number-of-azerbaijani-peacekeepers-participating-in-the-nato-led-resolute-support-mission-in-afghanistan-has-increas-21290.html|title=The number of Azerbaijani peacekeepers participating in the NATO-led Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan has increased - VIDEO|website=mod.gov.az|language=en|access-date=2018-01-10}}</ref>

==Structure==
[[File:Azerbaijan Army 2007 OrBat.png|thumb|right|400px|Azerbaijani Land Forces Structure 2007]]
Opposed by Armenian forces, the Azerbaijani military was forced back out of Nagorno-Karabakh and was significantly reorganised in the mid-1990s predominantly around brigades, though at least one division was reported as late as 2000. Manoeuvre formations have consistently stayed at a strength of around twenty brigades and regiments since 1995, though that has slowly risen recently. During the 1990s, these brigades may have included the 701st Motor Rifle Brigade (1st Army Corps), the 708th Motor Rifle Brigade (1st Army Corps), 130th Motor Rifle Brigade (1st Army Corps), 161st Motor Rifle Brigade (2nd Army Corps), 709th Motor Rifle Brigade (formerly the 23rd Motor Rifle Division), and the 112th Motor Rifle Brigade.

The Land Forces currently consist of five army corps:<ref name="Blandy12">C. W. Blandy [http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/caucasus/08(17)CWB.pdf Azerbaijan: Is War Over Nagornyy Karabakh a Realistic Option? Advanced Research and Assessment Group. Caucasus Series 08/17. — Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, 2008, p.12] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510000120/http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/caucasus/08(17)CWB.pdf|date=10 May 2011}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Azerbaijan 1st Army.svg|size=15px}} [[1st Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|1st Army Corps]] also known as [[Barda, Azerbaijan|Barda]] Army Corps (deployed near [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]] ), currently led by Major General [[Hikmat Hasanov]] 
**1st Motor Rifle Brigade
**3rd Motor Rifle Brigade
**9th Motor Rifle Brigade
**10th Motor Rifle Brigade
**15th Motor Rifle Brigade
**17th Motor Rifle Brigade
* {{flagicon image|Azerbaijan 2nd Army.svg|size=15px}} [[2nd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|2nd Army Corps]] also known as [[Beylagan (city)|Beylagan]] Army Corps (concentrated against [[Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh|Armenian occupied territories]] and part is deployed on the Azerbaijan-Iranian border), currently led by Major General [[Mais Barkhudarov]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Провал военной хунты|url=https://freeazerbaijan.org/2020/11/16/провал-военной-хунты/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Free Azerbaijan|language=ru-RU|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122085222/https://freeazerbaijan.org/2020/11/16/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B/|url-status=live}}</ref>
**2nd Motor Rifle Brigade
**4th Motor Rifle Brigade
**6th Motor Rifle Brigade
**8th Motor Rifle Brigade
**13th Motor Rifle Brigade
**14th Motor Rifle Brigade
**18th Motor Rifle Brigade
* {{flagicon image|Azerbaijan 3rd Army.svg|size=15px}} [[3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|3rd Army Corps]] also known as [[Shamkir District|Shamkir]] Army Corps (concentrated against Armenian occupied territories), currently led by Lieutenant General Rovshan Akbarov<ref>{{Cite web|last=Netservice.az|title=General-leytenant Əkbərov - 50-ni haqladı - VİDEO|url=http://atv.az/news/social/29898-general-leytenant-ekberov|access-date=2020-11-26|website=ATV.AZ|language=az|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122054247/http://atv.az/news/social/29898-general-leytenant-ekberov|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Rövşən Əkbərov Telman oğlu|url=https://www.ens.az/az/rovsen-ekberov-telman-oglu|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Ens.az - 4 dildə xəbərlər və ensiklopediya|date=16 September 2018 |language=az|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204061036/https://www.ens.az/az/rovsen-ekberov-telman-oglu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ƏKBƏROV RÖVŞƏN TELMAN OĞLU|url=http://veten-ugrunda.az/milliqehremanlar/221-kbrov-rvn-telman-olu.html|access-date=2020-11-26|website=VƏTƏN UĞRUNDA - Hərbi-Vətənpərvərlik Şurasının İnternet Orqanı|language=ru|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204060946/http://veten-ugrunda.az/milliqehremanlar/221-kbrov-rvn-telman-olu.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
**7th Motor Rifle Brigade
**11th Motor Rifle Brigade
**12th Motor Rifle Brigade
**16th Motor Rifle Brigade
**19th Motor Rifle Brigade
**20th Motor Rifle Brigade
* {{flagicon image|Azerbaijan 4th Army.svg|size=15px}} [[4th Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|4th Army Corps]] also known as [[Baku]] Army Corps (covers [[Absheron Peninsula]] and the coast)
**Motor Rifle Brigade
**Motor Rifle Brigade
**Motor Rifle Brigade
* {{flagicon image|Azerbaijan 5th Army.svg|size=15px}} [[Nakhchivan Separate Combined Arms Army]] (deployed in [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]] ), currently led by [[Colonel general|Colonel General]] Karam Mustafayev<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-25|title=Vasif Talıbov Kərəm Mustafayevə general-polkovnik ali hərbi rütbəsini təqdim etdi|url=https://azeridefence.com/vasif-talibov-kərəm-mustafayevə-general-polkovnik-ali-hərbi-rutbəsini-təqdim-etdi/|access-date=2020-11-25|website=Azeri Defence|language=az|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204061028/https://azeridefence.com/vasif-talibov-k%C9%99r%C9%99m-mustafayev%C9%99-general-polkovnik-ali-h%C9%99rbi-rutb%C9%99sini-t%C9%99qdim-etdi/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[6th Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|6th Army Corps]]

The [[IISS]] estimated in 2007 that the Azerbaijani regular army was 56,840 strong, probably basing this figure on [[Conventional Forces in Europe]] treaty data. It attributes to the army five corps headquarters, 23 motor rifle brigades, one artillery brigade, one multiple rocket launcher brigade, and one anti-tank regiment.<ref name="IISS">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2012 |last=IISS |author-link=IISS |year=2012 |publisher=Routledge for the IISS |location=London|pages=92–93}}</ref> Of the five army corps, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Corps are concentrated against NK; part of 2nd is deployed on the [[Azerbaijan]]-[[Iran]]ian border; the 4th covers the capital and the coast and the 5th is deployed exclusively in [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]].<ref>C. W. Blandy [http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/caucasus/08(17)CWB.pdf Azerbaijan: Is War Over Nagornyy Karabakh a Realistic Option? Advanced Research and Assessment Group. Caucasus Series 08/17. — Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, 2008, p.12] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510000120/http://www.da.mod.uk/colleges/arag/document-listings/caucasus/08(17)CWB.pdf |date=10 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sng/azerb/azerb.htm |title=Force _sng |access-date=2010-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928131441/http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sng/azerb/azerb.htm |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}></ref> Following the 2020 war, and specifically during the [[Baku Victory Parade of 2020|Baku Victory Parade]], experts noted that a 6th corps was created, in part due to the partial mobilization that occurred in the country during that 44-day period.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Azərbaycanda daha iki ordu korpusu yaradıldı|url=https://gundelik-baku.com/cemiyyet/11284-azerbaycanda-daha-iki-ordu-korpusu-yaradildi.html|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Gundelik-Baku.Com|language=en|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204061006/https://gundelik-baku.com/cemiyyet/11284-azerbaycanda-daha-iki-ordu-korpusu-yaradildi.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Royal|date=2020-12-11|title=Azərbaycanda daha iki Ordu Korpusu yaradıldı|url=https://pressklub.az/news_az/azərbaycanda-daha-iki-ordu-korpusu-yaradildi/|access-date=2020-12-23|website=Baku Press Klub|language=az-TR|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204061017/https://pressklub.az/news_az/az%C9%99rbaycanda-daha-iki-ordu-korpusu-yaradildi/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition, the Army maintains the following units:

* [[File:Azerbaijani Special Forces badge.svg|20px]] [[Special Forces of Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani Special Forces]]
*[[Azerbaijani peacekeeping forces|Peacekeeping Battalion]]
*Security Team
* Artillery Brigade
* Multiple Rocket Launcher Brigade
* Anti-Tank Regiment
*Communication Brigade
*Engineering Brigade
*Logistics Brigade
*[[Azerbaijani Commando Brigades|Commando Brigades]]

==Ranks==
{{Main|Military ranks of Azerbaijan}}

===Commissioned officer ranks===
The rank insignia of [[commissioned officer]]s.
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===Other ranks===
The rank insignia of [[non-commissioned officer]]s and [[Enlisted rank|enlisted personnel]].
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==Equipment==
{{See also|List of equipment of the Azerbaijani Land Forces}}

==Service March==
The service march of the Lane Forces is "Forward" (''Marş "İrəli"'') also known as the "Soldier's Anthem" (''Əsgər Marşı''). The lyrics are based on that of the ''[[Regiment March]]'', which is the official march of the [[Special Forces Command (Turkey)|Special Forces Command of Turkey]]. The lyrics of the march are as follows:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://e-derslik.edu.az/books/75/units/unit-2/page47.xhtml |title=Azərbaycan dili - 4 |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204061050/http://e-derslik.edu.az/books/75/units/unit-2/page47.xhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

{|
|-
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:'''English Text'''
:The homeland brought me up
:Sent to these years
:He called the land a victim
:He turned to God
:"Don't sit idle, work," he said
:Serve the Motherland
:My milk is not halal for you
:You bow to the enemy
:<br />
:March forward! March forward!
:Azerbaijani soldier!
:Irrevocable, irreversible
:Azerbaijani soldier!
:<br />
:Our pillow is the Motherland
:Let our blanket be snow.
:If we turn away from this path
:Shame on us!
:How wonderful it is for us to die
:For the beloved Motherland
:Burning heart love the country
:Always in-between
:<br />
:March forward! March forward!
:Azerbaijani soldier!
:Irrevocable, irreversible 
:Azerbaijani soldier!
|}

The march was written by Cavanşir Quliyev.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musigi-dunya.az/new/added.asp?action=print&txt=133 |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204061055/http://www.musigi-dunya.az/new/added.asp?action=print&txt=133 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is performed at all [[military parades in Azerbaijan]].

==See also==
*[[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]]

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