Turkmen Ground Forces


The Turkmen Ground Forces is the army branch of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan. The ground forces include the 2nd, 3rd, 11th, and 22nd Motor Rifle Divisions as well as an Airborne Brigade.

History

The basis of the present-day Turkmen Ground Forces are several rifle divisions from the Turkestan Military District of the Soviet Armed Forces. Of these units, the 36th Army Corps was stationed in the Turkmen SSR. More than 50,000 former Soviet Army personnel were either withdrawn or fired following the creation of the national defence ministry. This was more than half the Soviet troops who operated in the Turkmen SSR at the end of 1991. By 1993, the ground forces operated 200 military units, 70 of which were under joint Turkmen-Russian jurisdictions. The ground forces had been reduced to about 11,000 by 1996, which was organized into a singular army corps.

Organization

Units of the Ground Forces located in each of the 5 military districts:. Direct operational control of the ground forces is carried out by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan.
The Ground Forces includes the following units:
The number of vehicles is around 2,000, the number of tanks is around 700 and the number of artillery pieces is around 560.

Light Weapons

Combat Vehicles

Artillery

Army Air Defence