Military of Tajikistan

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Military of Tajikistan
Service branches Ground Troops, Air and Air Defense Troops, Mobile Troops
Conscription 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years
Available for
military service		 1,556,415 males, age 15–49 (2005 est.),
1,568,780 females, age 15–49 (2005 est.)
Fit for
military service		 1,244,941 males, age 15–49 (2005 est.),
1,297,891 females, age 15–49 (2005 est.)
Reaching military
age annually		 87,846 males (2005 est.),
85,869 females (2005 est.)
Expenditures
Percent of GDP 3.9 (2005 est.)

Tajikistan's armed forces consist of the Army, Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Presidential National Guard, and Security Forces (internal and border troops). There are also significant Russian forces in the country principally the 201st Motor Rifle Division.

Unlike the other former Soviet states of Central Asia, Tajikistan did not form armed forces based upon former Soviet units on its territory. Instead, the Russian Ministry of Defence took control of the Dushanbe-based 201st Motor Rifle Division; actually control simply shifted from the former district headquarters in Tashkent, which was in now-independent Uzbekistan, to Moscow. Also present in the country was a large contingent of Soviet border guards, which transitioned into a Russian-officered force with Tajik conscripts. For a long period a CIS peacekeeping force, built round the 201st MRD, was in place in the country.

Due to the presence of Russian forces in the country and the Tajik civil war, Tajikistan only formally legalised the existence of its armed forces in April 1994.[1]

The armed forces were during the 1990s often poorly commanded, mostly badly disciplined, and with their equipment under-maintained. Draft-dodging and desertion was commonplace. Reflecting the fragmented militia group origin of the army’s units, in late 1995 the Mahmud (1st) and Faisali (11th) Brigades of the Army exchanged fire several times, and fighting again broke out between the Army Rapid Reaction Brigade (formerly the Mahmud Brigade) and the Presidential Guard in June 1996. Colonel Khudoiberdiev, commander of the Rapid Reaction Brigade was relieved of his command as a result. In the wake of the clashes, the government tried to rein in both units but with only limited success.

Contents

[edit] Army

[edit] Equipment

[edit] MBT

[edit] AIFV / APC

[edit] Air Force

[edit] Aircraft Inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[2] Notes
Mil Mi-24 Hind Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union attack Mil-24 4
Mil Mi-8 Hip
Mil Mi-17 Hip-TM		 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union transport Mi-8
Mi-17		 14
Tupolev Tu-134A Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union VIP Tu-134A 1

[edit] References and links

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2007 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.

  1. ^ Jane's World Armies 2004
  2. ^ Tajikistan Air Force at globalsecurity.org


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