Editing Azerbaijani Armed Forces (section)

===Land Forces===
[[File:Azeri "Smerch", parade in Baku, 2013.JPG|right|thumb|Azerbaijan has a dozen 300mm salvo rocket systems 9A52 "Smerch" with a range of 70-{{convert|90|km|2|abbr=on}}.]]
The [[Azerbaijani Land Forces]] number 85,000 strong, according to UK [[Advanced Research and Assessment Group]] estimates.<ref name=Blandy12 /> The 2,500 men of the National Guard are also part of the ground forces. In addition, there are 300,000 former service personnel who have had military service in the last 15 years.<ref name="IISS157"/> Other paramilitary agencies consist of Interior Ministry [[Internal Troops of Azerbaijan]], 12,000 strong, and the land component of the [[State Border Service of Azerbaijan|State Border Service]], 5,000 strong.<ref name=Blandy12 />

Azerbaijan has signed numerous contracts to strengthen its armed forces and to train its military with Turkey's assistance. Over the last 15 years, Azerbaijan has been preparing its military for possible action against Armenian forces in [[Nagorno-Karabakh]].[[File:Azerbaijan Army 2007 OrBat.png|thumb|[[Azerbaijani Army]] order of battle]]
The Land Forces consist of five army corps:<ref name=Blandy12 />
*[[1st Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|1st Army Corps]] also known as [[Barda, Azerbaijan|Barda]] Army Corps (concentrated near [[Ganja, Azerbaijan|Ganja]])
*[[2nd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|2nd Army Corps]] also known as Beylagan Army Corps (concentrated against [[Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh|Armenian occupied territories]] and part is deployed on the Azerbaijan-Iranian border)
*[[3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|3rd Army Corps]] also known as Shamkir Army Corps (concentrated against Armenian occupied territories)
*[[4th Army Corps (Azerbaijan)|4th Army Corps]] also known as Baku Army Corps (covers [[Absheron Peninsula]] and the coast)
*[[Nakhchivan Separate Combined Arms Army]] (deployed in [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]])

The Land Forces include 23 motor rifle brigades, an artillery brigade, a multiple rocket launcher brigade, and an anti-tank regiment.<ref name=Blandy12 /> The IISS Military Balance reported in 2007 that the Land Forces had an estimated 40 SA-13 Gopher, SA-4 Ganef, and SA-8 Gecko air defence missile systems, with '80–240 eff.' to support the army in the battlefield. (IISS 2007, p.&nbsp;157)

The [[peacekeeping forces of Azerbaijan]] are mostly supplied from the Land Forces, though the [[Internal Troops of Azerbaijan]] do also supply some. As of March 2011, 94 peacekeepers were deployed with the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF) in Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/Placemats/PLACEMAT.MARCH%2004..pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-04-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406003726/http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/Placemats/PLACEMAT.MARCH%2004..pdf |archive-date=6 April 2011}}</ref> In the past, it also actively supported the peacekeeping operation in Kosovo and Iraq.

The Azerbaijani [[Peacekeeping forces of Azerbaijan|peacekeeping unit]] deployed in Iraq consisted of 14 officers, 16 sergeants and 120 privates, a total of 150 troops. The unit secured the [[hydroelectric power station]] and reservoir in [[Haditha, Iraq|Al Haditha]] from August 2003. In December 2008, Azerbaijan withdrew the unit from Iraq.

Reportedly in December 2014 Azerbaijan created the Separate Combined Arms Army in Nakhchivan. [[Karam Mustafayev]] became commander of the corps. The army was created based on the Nakhchivan 5th Army Corps to strengthen defense capability of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, increase of combat capability of military units and formations of the Armed Forces, improve central control, reports quoting the Defence Ministry said.