Of all the armies of states formed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the armed forces of Kyrgyzstan, according to experts, are the weakest. In their opinion, military and moral-psychological training is not up to standard. Also, the army of Kyrgyzstan is armed with outdated military equipment. The illusion of security is created exclusively through membership in the CSTO. Information on the structure and armament of the army of Kyrgyzstan can be found in the article.
The history of the formation of the armed forces
The army of Kyrgyzstan was created in May 1992. During the collapse of the USSR, several parts of the Soviet army were deployed on the territory of the young republic. Following the instructions of President of the State Askar Akayev, they were taken under the jurisdiction of Kyrgyzstan.
In 1993, the State Committee of the Republic was transformed into the Ministry of Defense.
Since 1999, the army of Kyrgyzstan has been 20 thousand troops. Of these, 11 thousand are subordinate to the Ministry of Defense. 3 thousand serve in the National Guard, and 6800 serve in the border troops.
In 2006, at the direction of the Commander-in-Chief Kurmanbek Bakiev, a special operations force was formed on the basis of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces. The mission of the air defense forces is to cover military, strategic, state and military-industrial facilities on the territory of the republic. Since that time, service in the army of Kyrgyzstan has been reduced from 18 months to one year.
In 2013, President Almazbek Atambayev signed the Military Doctrine of the Kyrgyz Republic.
2014 was the year of the formation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan - the main command body, subordinate to which the Ministry of Defense, border service, National Guard and Internal Troops (BB).
About the structure of the aircraft
The army of Kyrgyzstan consists of the following units:
- General Staff of the Armed Forces. It is a single center from which all the armed forces in the republic are controlled.
- The Ministry of Defense with the ground forces and the Navy.
- State Border Service.
- National Guard and parts of explosives.
About the ground forces
Management is carried out by two regional commands: North and South-West. The first manages the following military units:
- Two machine gun and artillery battalions stationed in the cities of Narakol and Naryn.
- Separate battalion of communications in the city of Bishkek.
- 25th brigade of special forces "Scorpio".
- Engineer Battalion.
- Separate tank regiment.
- Parts responsible for security and chemical protection.
Southwest coordinates:
- 68th separate mountain rifle brigade.
- Machine gun and artillery and reconnaissance battalions.
- Consolidated armored battalion in the Ala-Buki district.
- Anti-aircraft artillery regiment and chemical protection and support units.
About military equipment
The armed forces include:
- Soviet tanks T-52. The number varies between 100-150 units.
- Soviet-made infantry fighting vehicles: BMP-1 (230 pcs.) And BMP-2 (90 vehicles).
- Armored combat reconnaissance vehicles BRDM-2. The amount is 30 units.
- Armored personnel carriers BTR-70 and BTR-80. The technique of the first model is represented by 25 cars, the second -10.
- The anti-tank weapons function is performed by the Malyutka anti-tank system. Kyrgyzstan has 26 complexes.
- BM-21 Grad (15 pcs.) And BM-27 Hurricane (6 units) are used as multiple launch rocket systems in the republic.
The Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan have the following artillery fire systems:
- Self-propelled 120mm 2S9 Nona-S (12 self-propelled guns).
- Self-propelled 122-mm gun mounts 2C1 "Carnation" (18 units).
- 72 towed D-30 howitzer guns, 122 mm caliber.
- 122 mm M-30 1938 release (35 units).
- Towed D-1 caliber 152 mm, released in 1943. In service there are 16 guns.
- 120 mm M-120 mortars (30 units).
- Mortar complexes 2C12 "Sled", of which there are 6 in the army of the republic.
NWO
The air defense forces are represented in the Kyrgyz army:
- Command of the Navy of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in the city of Bishkek. Here is the location of the Central Command Post.
- 5th guards separate anti-aircraft missile brigade.
- 11th Air Defense Brigade. The place of deployment is the city of Osh.
- 44 separate radio engineering battalion in the village of Grigoryevka.
Bishkek became the location of the Frunze-1 air base.
KR fleet
The Kyrgyz Air Force has the following aviation units:
- Soviet-made MiG-21 fighters in an amount of 21.
- Two transport models An-26.
- Four combat training L-39s.
Of the helicopters, the Republic’s Air Force uses transport and combat Mi-24 (2 aircraft) and multi-purpose Mi-8, of which there are 8 units in Kyrgyzstan.
Special Forces
Since 1994, the 525th Scorpion company began operations. The fighters are armed with Pecheneg machine guns, Gyurza pistols, Kashtan submachine guns, Vintorez silent sniper rifles and special Val submachine guns. As headdresses of the military personnel - green berets on which the scorpion is represented.
In 1999, the Ilbirs Special Forces Unit was formed. They enter the service on a contract basis. On the green berets of the fighters the head of a leopard is depicted. In the paratrooper assault unit "Panther", which became part of the National Guard, 800 people are serving. The Gyurza reconnaissance company is subordinate to the National Guard. To combat terrorism and organized crime in Kyrgyzstan created a special forces unit "Shumkar".
His activities are under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Illegal trafficking of narcotic substances across the border is suppressed by the border troops and soldiers of the special forces “Kyrgyz” and “Wolf”.