Military history of Azerbaijan
The military history of Azerbaijan is framed within thousands of years of armed actions of many other states in the territory encompassing modern Azerbaijan, as well as the shorter history of interventions by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in conflicts abroad. The Azerbaijanis are the inheritors of the lands of various ancient civilizations and peoples including the indigenous Caucasian Albanians, Iranian tribes such as Scythians and Alans, and Oghuz Turks among others.
Depiction of a battle between Safaviyya and Shirvanshahs forces during the Safavid conquest of Shirvan in 1501.
The Battle of Ganja was a battle that took place in the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828.
Soldiers from the newly formed Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918.
In April 1920, Soviet forces invaded Azerbaijan, leading to the dissolution of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991. The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 28 April 1920. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991–92, Azerbaijan's armed forces were reformed based on Soviet bases and equipment left on Azerbaijani soil.
Officers of the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918
Cadets of the Baku Higher All-Arms Command School during a parade in Baku in 1960
A Guard of Honor during a parade in Baku in 1966
Azerbaijan has a dozen 300mm salvo rocket systems 9A52 "Smerch" with a range of 70-90 km (55.92 mi).
