Editing Armed Forces of Turkmenistan

{{Short description|National military of Turkmenistan}}
{{Distinguish|Turkish Armed Forces}}
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{{Infobox national military
| name               = Armed Forces of Turkmenistan
| native_name        = 
| image              = [[File:Turkmenistan Armed Forces emblem.svg|190px]] 
| caption            = Turkmenistan Armed Forces emblem
| motto              = 
| founded            = {{start date and age|1992|01|27|df=y}}
| current_form       = 
| disbanded          = 
| branches           = '''Service branches'''<br />&nbsp; {{Army|Turkmenistan|name=Ground Forces}}<br />&nbsp; {{Air force|Turkmenistan|name=Air Forces}}<br />&nbsp; {{Navy|Turkmenistan|name=Navy}}<br />'''Independent formations'''<br />&nbsp; [[Turkmen Border Troops|Border Troops]]<br />&nbsp; [[Turkmen Internal Troops|Internal Troops]]<br />&nbsp;  [[Turkmen National Guard|National Guard]]
| headquarters       = [[Ashgabat]]<ref>Military Technology, World Defence Almanac 2008, p.255</ref>
| flying_hours       = 
| website            = {{URL|https://milligosun.gov.tm/|''Milli Gosun'' National Army Newspaper}}
<!-- Leadership -->
| commander-in-chief = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the President of Turkmenistan.svg|size=23px}} [[Serdar Berdimuhamedow]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[President of Turkmenistan|Supreme Commander-in-Chief]]
| chief minister     = Lieutenant General [[Begench Gundogdyev]]
| chief minister_title = Secretary of the [[State Security Council of Turkmenistan|State Security Council]]
| minister           = Lieutenant General [[Begench Gundogdyev]]
| minister_title     = [[Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)|Minister of Defence]]
| commander          = Colonel Akmurad Anamedov
| commander_title    = [[Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)|Chief of the General Staff]]
<!-- Manpower -->
| age                = 18<ref name="theodora.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/turkmenistan/turkmenistan_military.html|title=Turkmenistan Military 2014, CIA World Factbook|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224164120/http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/turkmenistan/turkmenistan_military.html|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| conscription       = 24 months (IISS 2012)
| manpower_data      = 
| manpower_age       = 
| available          = 
| available_f        = 
| fit                = 
| fit_f              = 
| reaching           = 
| reaching_f         = 
| active             = 36,500 (Army 33,000, Air Force 3,000, Navy 500)
| ranked             = 
| reserve            = formerly 108,000, not since 2018 at least.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/turkmen-army.htm|title=Turkmenistan- Army|author=John Pike|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224155947/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/turkmen-army.htm|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
| deployed           = 
<!-- Financial -->
| amount             = $800 million (FY10) (IISS 2018)
| percent_GDP        = 3.6% (FY10)<ref name="theodora.com"/>
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| domestic_suppliers = 
| foreign_suppliers  = {{flag|Belarus}}<br />{{flag|Kazakhstan}}<br />{{flag|North Korea}}<br />{{flag|Russia}}<br />{{flag|Turkey}}<br />{{flag|Serbia}}<ref name="b92">{{cite web |title=Prvi put van Srbije: Lazar 3 prikazan u punom sjaju FOTO |url=https://www.b92.net/biz/vesti/svet.php?yyyy=2021&mm=09&dd=28&nav_id=1928989&fbclid=IwAR2UF9_mVgEeM95_LIqyyX60ysC9diwNdpaDSxhbZxcxC_3Vt6jGrux4CCo |website=B92 |access-date=28 September 2021 |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131111/https://www.b92.net/biz/vesti/svet/prvi-put-van-srbije-lazar-3-prikazan-u-punom-sjaju-foto-1928989 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />{{flag|United States}}
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| ranks              = [[Military ranks of Turkmenistan]]
}}
The '''Armed Forces of Turkmenistan''' ({{langx|tk|Türkmenistanyň Ýaragly Güýçleri}}), known informally as the '''Turkmen National Army''' ({{Langx|tk|Türkmenistanyň Milli goşun}}) is the national military of [[Turkmenistan]]. It consists of the [[Turkmen Ground Forces|Ground Forces]], the [[Turkmen Air Force|Air Force and Air Defense Forces]], [[Turkmen Naval Forces|Navy]], and other independent formations (etc. [[Turkmen Border Troops|Border Troops]], [[Turkmen Internal Troops|Internal Troops]] and [[Turkmen National Guard|National Guard]]).

==History==

=== Beginnings ===
After the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], significant elements of the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] [[Turkestan Military District]] remained on Turkmen soil, including several motor rifle divisions.  From V.I. Feskov et al. 2013 and Michael Holm's data, it appears that the three divisions were the 58th, 88th, and 209th District Training Centre (former 61 Training MRD) at Ashkhabad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=36th Army Corps |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/corps/36ak.htm |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.ww2.dk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Turkestan Military District |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/gkv/turkvo.htm |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=www.ww2.dk}}</ref> In June 1992, the new [[Russia]]n government signed a bilateral defense treaty with [[Turkmenistan]], encouraging the new Turkmen government to create its own armed forces but stipulating that they were to be placed under joint command.<ref>Stephen Foye, 'Russian-Turkmen Defense Accord,' [[RFE/RL]] Daily Report, no. 109, (10 June 1992), p.1, via [[Janne E. Nolan]] (ed.), Global Engagement, Brookings, Washington D.C., 1994, p. 369.</ref>

The United States [[Library of Congress Country Studies]] said that 'the Treaty on Joint Measures signed by Russia and Turkmenistan in July 1992 provided for the Russian Federation to act as guarantor of Turkmenistan's security and made former Soviet army units in the republic the basis of the new national armed forces. The treaty stipulated that, apart from border troops and air force and air defense units remaining under Russian control, the entire armed forces would be under joint command, which would gradually devolve to exclusive command by Turkmenistan over a period of ten years. For a transitional period of five years, Russia would provide logistical support and pay Turkmenistan for the right to maintain special installations, while Turkmenistan would bear the costs of housing, utilities, and administration.'

The [[Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies]]'s ''Moscow Defence Brief'' said that in 1992–93 Turkmenistan attempted to create a small national armed force based on the former [[52nd Army (Soviet Union)|Soviet 52nd Army]], which was located in the country and depended on support from Russia. Of the 300 formations and units, numbering 110,000 people, 200 were transferred to the command of Turkmenistan, 70 remained under Russia's jurisdiction, and 30 were either withdrawn or demobilized.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colonel Oleg BELOSLUDTSEV, Candidate of Historical Sciences, and Colonel Alexander GRIBOVSKY, Russia's Military-Political Relations with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies |url=http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/at/rmpr/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325110126/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/at/rmpr/ |archive-date=25 March 2018 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=mdb.cast.ru}}</ref>''

In 1994, the chief of staff and first deputy minister of defense was Major General [[Annamurat Soltanov]], a career officer who had served in [[Cuba]] and Afghanistan; another deputy minister of defense, Major General [[Begdzhan Niyazov]], had been a law enforcement administrator prior to his appointment. Russian commanders included Major General [[Viktor Zavarzin]], chief of staff and first deputy commander of the Separate Combined-Arms Army of Turkmenistan, and commander of the Separate Combined-Arms Army of Turkmenistan and deputy minister of defense Lieutenant General [[Nikolai Kormiltsev]]. Russian Major General [[Vladislav Shunevich]] served together with Turkmen Major General [[Akmurad Kabulov]] as joint commanders of the border troops in the Turkmen Border Guard. Under a 1993 bilateral military cooperation treaty, some 2,000 Russian officers served in Turkmenistan on contract, and border forces (about 5,000 in 1995) are under joint Russian and Turkmenistani command. Altogether, about 11,000 Russian troops remained in Turkmenistan in mid-1996.'<ref>Glenn E. Curtis (ed.), Russia: A Country study, [[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]], research completed July 1996 (Chapter 9)</ref>

=== Military policy of Niyazov ===
Turkmenistan's military is considered to be the most neutral of all former republics of the [[Soviet Union]]. The country's military did not sign the [[Collective Security Treaty Organization|Tashkent Treaty]] in May 1992,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eurasianet.org/russia-frustrated-by-refusal-of-uzbekistan-turkmenistan-to-cooperate-on-security|title=Russia Frustrated by Refusal of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan to Cooperate on Security &#124; Eurasianet|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131109/https://eurasianet.org/russia-frustrated-by-refusal-of-uzbekistan-turkmenistan-to-cooperate-on-security|url-status=live}}</ref> becoming an observer in the [[Council of Ministers of Defense of the CIS]]. Turkmenistan's first military doctrine was adopted in 1994 enforcing this.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jamestown.org/program/turkmen-leader-plans-to-adopt-new-military-doctrine/|title=Turkmen Leader Plans to Adopt New Military Doctrine|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131131/https://jamestown.org/program/turkmen-leader-plans-to-adopt-new-military-doctrine/|url-status=live}}</ref> The neutral policy of Turkmenistan was also emphasized in relation to the [[Afghan Civil War (1996–2001)|1996 Afghan War]], maintaining an even relationship with both the [[Taliban]] and the [[Afghan Government|Afghan government]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-afghanistan-neutrality-policy-punctured/27815538.html|title=Neutral Turkmenistan Chooses A Side In Afghan Conflict|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=23 June 2016 |access-date=28 December 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131136/https://www.rferl.org/a/turkmenistan-afghanistan-neutrality-policy-punctured/27815538.html|url-status=live|last1=Pannier |first1=Bruce }}</ref> Following the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]], coalition troops did not appear on Turkmen territory. President Niyazov refused to provide the [[German government]] with a base to store German aircraft, arguing that the country intends to continue to follow the principles of neutrality. 

In 2002, a "[[labor army]]" was created by Niyazov's orders which saw the creation of specialized labor military units. Soldiers in these units began to be sent from military units to enterprises, construction sites and hospitals as cheap labor, being removed from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Welle (www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche|title=Туркменские солдаты хотят в "дубайские роты" {{!}} DW {{!}} 04.02.2010|url=https://www.dw.com/ru/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B-%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%B2-%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B/a-5215423|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Deutsche Welle|language=ru|archive-date=20 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120145014/https://www.dw.com/ru/%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B-%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8F%D1%82-%D0%B2-%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B/a-5215423|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="LABOUR ARMY" IN THE ALARMING TIME OF THE NEWS {{!}} Turkmenistan.ru|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/3604|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002173819/http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/node/3604|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 October 2021|access-date=2020-12-28|website=turkmenistan.ru}}</ref>

=== Since 2006 ===
[[Jane's Information Group]] said in 2009 that "Turkmenistan's military is, even by the standards of Central Asia, poorly maintained and funded."<ref>Josh Kucera, 'Centre of Attention: Central Asia,' [[Jane's Defence Weekly]], 14 October 2009</ref>

Weeks after he was inaugurated for a first term, President [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov]] announced his decision to endorse the country's second military doctrine, officially declaring neutrality and stating that the border with [[Afghanistan]] will be a national security priority. In 2016, a new military doctrine was adopted by Berdimuhamedov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tdh.gov.tm/news/en/articles.aspx%26article16444%26cat30 |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923104142/http://tdh.gov.tm/news/en/articles.aspx%26article16444%26cat30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In November 2018, President Berdimuhamedov reiterated this at a session of the State Security Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://menafn.com/1097652078/President-Turkmen-military-doctrine-is-of-defensive-nature|title=President: Turkmen military doctrine is of defensive nature &#124; MENAFN.COM|website=menafn.com|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004191957/https://menafn.com/1097652078/President-Turkmen-military-doctrine-is-of-defensive-nature|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Military hierarchy ==

=== State Security Council ===<!--Linked from [[Template:Politics of Turkmenistan]]-->
{{Main|State Security Council of Turkmenistan}}

=== Defense Ministry ===
The [[Ministry of Defense (Turkmenistan)|Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan]] is a government agency of the armed forces which is the executive body in implementing defense policies in Turkmenistan. It was founded in January 1992 with the assistance of the [[Russian Armed Forces]]. Most of the original employees were retired Soviet officials in the [[Communist Party of the Turkmen SSR]].

=== General Staff ===
==== Structure ====
* Land Forces Command
* Department of the Missile Forces and Artillery
* Department of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces Command
* Department of Communication Troops 
* Department of Engineering Troops
* Department of training specialists for the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan
* Department of Specialized Formations

==== List of Chiefs of Staff ====
{{Main|Chief of the General Staff (Turkmenistan)}}
The Chief of the General Staff of Turkmen Armed Forces is the highest-ranking military officer in the military, being responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military and its three major branches.

== Military organization ==
The territorial Armed Forces of Turkmenistan are divided into 5 military districts in accordance with the administrative division of the country into 5 [[Regions of Turkmenistan|regions]]:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.caravan.kz/news/voennyjj-balans-v-centralnojj-azii-371405/ | title=Военный баланс в Центральной Азии | access-date=3 May 2020 | archive-date=4 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004223645/https://www.caravan.kz/articles/voennyjj-balans-v-centralnojj-azii-371405/amp/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tugulympu.ru/ashhabada-v-voiskah-artillerii-posle-armii-mira-vooruzhennye-sily-turkmenii/|title=Ашхабада в войсках артиллерии после. Армии мира|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131147/https://tugulympu.ru/ashhabada-v-voiskah-artillerii-posle-armii-mira-vooruzhennye-sily-turkmenii/|url-status=live}}</ref>

*[[Ahal Region|Ahal]] Military District
*[[Balkan Region|Balkan]] Military District
*[[Daşoguz Region|Dashoguz]] Military District
*[[Lebap Region|Lebap]] Military District
*[[Mary Region|Mary]] Military District

Each military district includes district military command and control bodies, military units, individual military units and subunits, military commissariats of etraps and cities with etrap rights. The Territorial Defence Troops of Turkmenistan also serve regional purposes.

==Ground Forces==
[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (66).jpg|thumb|[[T-90]]SA and T-72UMG units.]]
The [[Turkmen Ground Forces]] inherited several motor rifle divisions from the [[Soviet Armed Forces]] [[Turkestan Military District]], forming the basis for the branch. Among them was the [[58th Motor Rifle Division]] at [[Kyzyl-Arvat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/58msd.htm|title=58th Motorised Rifle Division|work=ww2.dk|access-date=8 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109042622/http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/58msd.htm|archive-date=9 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Today the ground forces include the [[2nd Training Motor Rifle Division "Alp Arslan"|2nd]], 3rd, [[11th Motor Rifle Division "Sultan Sanjar"|11th]], and [[22nd Motor Rifle Division "Atamyrat Niyazov"|22nd]] Motor Rifle [[Division (military)|Divisions]].<ref name="V777T">Vad777, [http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sng/turkmenia.htm Turkmenistan] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208060234/http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sng/turkmenia.htm|date=8 February 2012}}</ref> The [[11th Motor Rifle Division "Sultan Sanjar"]] is the former Soviet 88th Motor Rifle Division, with its headquarters at Kushka/Serhetabat. It was reported in January 2007 that on the [[Caspian Sea]] and the coastal zone to a depth of 350 kilometers, and on the Turkmen-Iranian border is located about 90% of the Army (22nd Motorized Division on the Caspian coast, 2nd and 3rd motorized divisions on the Turkmen-Iranian border, 11th Motorized Division on the Tajik-Afghan border).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Анатолий Цыганок: Рычаги силы государств Большого Кавказа |url=https://polit.ru/article/2007/01/03/kavkaz/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918091241/http://www.polit.ru/analytics/2007/01/03/kavkaz.html |archive-date=18 September 2008 |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=polit.ru |language=ru}}</ref>

The number of vehicles is around 2,000, the number of tanks is around 700 and the number of artillery pieces is around 560.<ref name="fas">{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/97-1055.pdf|title=Turkmenistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests|author=Jim Nichol ([[Congressional Research Service]])|date=16 May 2011|access-date=24 July 2012|work=fas.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014011703/http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/97-1055.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Turkmen ground forces equipment includes 702 [[T-72]],<ref name="IISS">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance 2007 |last=IISS |author-link=IISS |year=2007 |publisher=Routledge for the IISS |location=London|isbn=978-1-85743-437-8 |pages=326–327}}</ref> and 10 [[T-90]], ordered in 2009 for approximately $30 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav120909c.shtml |title=EurasiaNet News Briefs - Turkmenistan: Berdymukhamedov Mulls Russian Hi-Tech Deals |publisher=Eurasianet.org |date=9 December 2009 |access-date=2010-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927180853/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/news/articles/eav120909c.shtml |archive-date=27 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/cissu/turks150.html |title=Procurement (Turkmenistan) - Sentinel Security Assessment - Russia and the CIS |publisher=Janes.com |date=21 October 2009 |access-date=2010-02-07}}</ref> AIFV / APC include [[BTR-60]]/[[BTR-70]]/[[BTR-80]] - 829,<ref name="IISS" /> [[BMP-1]]/[[BMP-2]] - 930,<ref name="IISS" /> [[BMP-1|BRM-1]] 12, and [[BRDM-2]] - 170. In 2021 Turkmenistan is to receive batch of [[Lazar 3]] 8x8 armored vehicle from Serbia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/124/drustvo/4301968/lazar-vojska-nabavka.html|title=Набавка нових "Лазара 3" за Војску Србије, вредност уговора 3,7 милијарди динара|access-date=22 March 2021|archive-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322174312/https://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/124/drustvo/4301968/lazar-vojska-nabavka.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Air Force==
{{See|Turkmen Air Force}}
The IISS in 2012 said the [[Turkmen Air Force|Air Force]] had 3,000 personnel with 94 combat capable aircraft.<ref>IISS 2012 p.290</ref> The total number of aircraft is around 120.<ref name="fas"/> It said there were two fighter/ground attack squadrons with MiG-29/MiG-29UB (total of 24 both types), [[Sukhoi Su-17]] Fitter-Bs (65) and two [[Sukhoi Su-25]] Frogfoots (with 41 more being refurbished). It reported one transport squadron with [[Antonov An-26]] 'Curl' (1), and Mi-8s and Mi-24s (8 and 10 listed in service respectively). Training units had [[Sukhoi Su-7]] Fitter-As (3 listed in service) and L-39 Albatross. Air defence missile units had SA-2, SA-3, and SA-5
[[File:Turkmenistan Air Force Antonov An-74TK-200 at Kharkiv Airport.jpeg|right|thumb|A Turkmenistan Antonov An-74TK-200]]
Units: 
*99th Aviation Base (former 67th Mixed Aviation Regiment) ([[Mary, Turkmenistan|Mary-2 airbase]]) with MiG-29 and Su-25.<ref name=V777T/>
*47th Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron ([[Akdepe|Аk-Tepe]]/[[Ashkabad]]) with Аn-26/24, Mi-24 and Mi-8. 
*107th Fighter Aviation Regiment ([[Akdepe|Ak-Tepe]]) with 38 MiG-23 and 20 MiG-25 (not operational). 
*31st Separate Aviation Squadron ([[Chardzhou]]/[[Turkmenabad]]) with MiG-21, Su-7, L-39, Yak-28 and Аn-12 (not operational). Former 366th Independent Helicopter Squadron. 
*55th Fighter Aviation Regiment ([[Balkanabat]]) with MiG-23М (not operational). Former 179th Fighter Aviation Regiment. 
*56th Storage Base (Kyzyl-Arvat) with MiG-23. Former 217th Fighter/Bomber Aviation Regiment. 
*1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment 'Turkmenbashi' (Bikrova/[[Ashkabad]]) with [[2K11 Krug]]. 
*2nd Radio-Technical Brigade

==Naval Forces==
[[File:Flag of the Turkmenistan Naval Forces.svg|200px|right|thumb|Flag of the [[Turkmen Naval Forces|Turkmen Navy]]]]

The [[Turkmen Naval Forces|Turkmen naval forces]] are currently directed by the defense ministry and consist of around 700 servicemen and sixteen patrol boats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Sentinel-Security-Assessment-Russia-And-The-CIS/Navy-Turkmenistan.html |title=Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref> The [[Congressional Research Service]], citing the [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], reports a number of six patrol boats.<ref name="fas"/>

The International Institute for Strategic Studies reported in 2007 that Turkmenistan intended to form a navy and had a minor base at [[Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan|Turkmenbashy]] with one [[USCG Point class cutter]] and five [[Kalkan-class patrol vessel]]s.<ref name=IISS /> [[Jane's Fighting Ships]] 2001-2002 reported that the Point-class cutter was the ''Merjin,'' PB-129, (ex ''Point Jackson,'' 82378), which was transferred on 30 May 2000.

The country acquired four [[missile boats]] in 2011.<ref name="fas"/> In 2014 it acquired 10 [[Tuzla-class patrol boat]]s which were all delivered by 2015.

In 2012, Turkmenistan announced its first naval exercises in the Caspian Sea programmed for early September. Named '''Hazar-2012''' (''Hazar'' is the Turkic name of the Caspian Sea), these tactical exercises came after a summer of somewhat heightened tensions with Azerbaijan over [[natural gas field]]s in a contested part of the sea.<ref>{{cite news|title=The First Naval Exercises of Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea|url=http://www.satrapia.com/news/article/the-first-naval-exercises-of-turkmenistan-in-the-caspian-sea/|access-date=30 August 2012|newspaper=The Gazette of Central Asia|date=30 August 2012|publisher=Satrapia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415055856/http://www.satrapia.com/news/article/the-first-naval-exercises-of-turkmenistan-in-the-caspian-sea/|archive-date=15 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Other security forces==

=== Türkmen Edermen ===
{{Main|Türkmen Edermen}}
The Special Task Force "[[Türkmen Edermen]]" (Valiant Turkmen in [[English language|English]]) is a composite military unit drawn from the armed forces and national law enforcement agencies such as the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)|Ministry of Internal Affairs]], the [[State Border Service of Turkmenistan|State Border Service]], and the [[Ministry for National Security (Turkmenistan)|Ministry for National Security]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=GB orders, inspects snap exercise of special service group Turkmen Edermen – News Central Asia (nCa)|url=http://www.newscentralasia.net/2019/09/06/gb-orders-inspects-snap-exercise-of-special-service-group-turkmen-edermen/|access-date=2020-05-10|website=newscentralasia.net|date=6 September 2019 |archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001135059/http://www.newscentralasia.net/2019/09/06/gb-orders-inspects-snap-exercise-of-special-service-group-turkmen-edermen/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Presidential Security Service ===
[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (51).jpg|thumb|A vehicle of the security service in 2011]]
The [[Presidential Security Service (Turkmenistan)|Presidential Security Service]] ({{Langx|tk|Prezidentiniň howpsuzlyk gullugy}}) is responsible for ensuring the protection and security of the president. Established in November 1990, it is a directly reporting body of the President of Turkmenistan and not part of the Ministry of Defense.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=2421|title=Закон Туркменистана "Об оперативно-розыскной деятельности"|website=base.spinform.ru|access-date=13 October 2022|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013224626/https://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=2421|url-status=live}}</ref> During [[state visits]] to foreign countries, the service provides at least 10 agents to protect the president.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pikabu.ru/story/koechto_o_prezidentskoy_okhrane_5967301|title=Кое-что о президентской охране|website=Пикабу|date=15 June 2018 |access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131156/https://pikabu.ru/story/koechto_o_prezidentskoy_okhrane_5967301|url-status=live}}</ref> The Presidential Security Service is currently composed of 2,000 employees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.hronikatm.com/2013/06/some-facts-about-the-presidential-security-team/|title=Some facts about the Presidential security team &#124; Chronicles of Turkmenistan|date=14 June 2013|access-date=7 May 2020|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415010036/https://en.hronikatm.com/2013/06/some-facts-about-the-presidential-security-team/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Border Guard===
The [[State Border Service of Turkmenistan]] is a public service department in the government of the country and is under the command of the [[Ministry for National Security (Turkmenistan)|Ministry for National Security of Turkmenistan]]. The main tasks of the service include the following: protecting of the national border of the country, combating [[international terrorism]] and [[drug trafficking]], targeting illegal migration and [[human trafficking]], and protecting oil and gas platforms and pipelines in the [[Caspian Sea]]. The head of the service is a member of the Council of Border Guard Commanders of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] (CIS).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skpw.ru/History_skpw.htm |title=Совет командующих Пограничными войсками |website=www.skpw.ru |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518065340/http://www.skpw.ru/History_skpw.htm |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Internal Troops===
The [[Turkmen Internal Troops|Internal Troops]] is under the auspices of the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Turkmenistan)|Ministry of Internal Affairs]]. It is designed to maintain law and order and enforce the [[status quo]] in terms of state sovereignty. It aides the Turkmen National Police in its everyday activities, being organized similarly to the ground forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=2422|title=Закон Туркменистана "О внутренних войсках Туркменистана"|website=base.spinform.ru|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=15 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415220119/http://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx%3Frgn%3D2422|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Equipment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Military equipment of the Armed Forces of Turkmenistan
!Name
!Photo
!Origin
!In service
!Notes
|-
! colspan="5" |Tanks
|-
|[[T-72|T-72 'Ural' Early]]
|[[File:Głębokie T-72 02.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="5" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Oryx |title=Friendship Through Arms: Turkmenistan's Fighting Vehicles |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/10/friendship-through-arms-turkmenistans.html |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Oryx}}</ref>
|-
|[[T-72|T-72 'Ural' Late]]
|[[File:Kampfpanzer T 72.JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[T-72A|T-72A Early]]
|[[File:ParkPatriot2015part2-19.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[T-72A|T-72A Late]]
|[[File:T-72A - Patriot Museum, Kubinka (37756848074).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[T-72 operators and variants|T-72AV]]
|[[File:T-72AV.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[T-72 operators and variants|T-72UMG]]
|
|{{UKR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[T-90|T-90S]]
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(66).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{RUS}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Armoured Fighting Vehicles
|-
|[[BRDM-2]]
|[[File:Bulgaria BRDM-2 04.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Infantry Fighting Vehicles
|-
|[[BMP-1|BMP-1(P)]]
|[[File:Głębokie BMP-1 01.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMP-1|BMP-1U 'Shkval']]
|[[File:BMP-1U.JPG|150x150px]]
|{{UKR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMP-2|BMP-2 Obr. 1980]]
|[[File:BMP-2 NVA.JPG|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMP-2|BMP-2D]]
|[[File:BMP-2D IFV.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMP-3]]
|[[File:BMP-3 (1).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{RUS}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BTR-80|BTR-80A]]
|[[File:BTR-80A(2).JPG|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BTR-80|BTR-80U 'Grom']]
|
|{{UKR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Lazar 3|Lazar-3]]
|[[File:Lazar_3_30mm_-_Partner_2019_-_1.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Serbia}}
|N/A
|[Ministry for National Security].<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Armoured Personnel Carriers
|-
|[[BTR-70]]
|[[File:BTR-70 APCs, Tiraspol 2015.JPG|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BTR-80]]
|[[File:BTR-80 (4716854356).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles
|-
|[[Kamaz Typhoon|KamAZ-63968 Typhoon]]
|[[File:KamAZ-63968 Typhoon - Engineering technologies 2012 (10).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{RUS}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMC Kirpi]] 
|[[File:KirpiII.jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Turkey}}
|N/A
|[State Border Service and Ground Forces].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMC Vuran]]
|[[File:Türk Kara Kuvvetleri'ne ait BMC Vuran.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|[State Border Service].<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Infantry Mobility Vehicles
|-
|[[Otokar Ural]] 
|
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|Turkey}}
|N/A
|[Ministry of Internal Affairs].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Otokar Cobra]] 
|[[File:Kosovo Army Otokar Cobra.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|[State Border Service].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[BMC Amazon]] 
|
|N/A
|[State Border Service].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|INKAS Titan-DS 
|
| rowspan="3" |{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}
|N/A
|[State Border Service and Ground Forces].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|NIMR Ajban 440A
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|NIMR Ajban LRSOV
|
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Al Shibl 2
|
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Plasan|Plasan StormRider]] 
|
| rowspan="2" |{{flag|Israel}}
|N/A
|[Ministry for National Security].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[CombatGuard infantry mobility vehicle|IMI CombatGuard]] 
|[[File:שומר_ראש_עם_חץ_זוהר.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Bars
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(51).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Iveco LMV]]
|[[File:Iveco LMV (5118406662).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
|N/A
|[Ministry for National Security].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|PMV Survivor II 
|[[File:Achleitner_Survivor-II.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Austria}}
|N/A
|[State Border Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|KLTV 
|[[File:Kia_KLTV_at_ADAS_2018.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|South Korea}}
|N/A
|[State Border Service].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Dongfeng EQ2050]]
|[[File:Dongfeng EQ2050 Xiamen 01 2019-10-25.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Tactical Vehicles And Technicals
|-
|Polaris DAGOR
|
| rowspan="4" |{{flag|United States}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Polaris MRZR
|[[File:Special Warefare Command MRZR - Aviation Nation 2019.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Polaris MV850 ATV 4x4
|[[File:Polaris_WV850_H.O._ATV_(17763784390).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Polaris MV850 ATV 6x6
|[[File:Rear of a Polaris 6x6 ATV at the Treloar Technology Centre September 2016.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Toyota Land Cruiser]]
|[[File:TOYOTA LAND CRUISER 200 China (3).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Japan}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Combat Engineering Vehicle
|-
|[[IMR-2|IMR-2(M)]]
|[[File:IMR engineering vehicle ( Military-historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Bridgelayer
|-
|[[MT-55|MTU-55]]
|[[File:Parola Tank Museum 194 - T-55 MTU-20 (26793862919).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Tracked Amphibious Transport
|-
|[[PTS (vehicle)|PTS-2]]
|[[File:PTS-2 - RaceofHeroes-part2-35.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Minelayer
|-
|[[GMZ-3]]
|[[File:GMZ-3 minelayer vehicle at Engineering Technologies 2012.jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Chemical Cleaning Vehicle
|-
|TMS-65U
|[[File:Decontamination heating machine TMS-65U during the "Armiya 2020" exhibition (front view).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems
|-
|[[9M133 Kornet|9P133 Malyutka]]
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(56).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[MT-LB|9P149 Shturm-S]]
|[[File:9P149 vehicle with 9M144 missiles of anti-tank complex «Shturm-S» in Military-historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Caracal Shershen-Q
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(55).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Towed Artillery
|-
|100mm [[100 mm anti-tank gun T-12|MT-12]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="5" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|122mm [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|152mm [[152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)|D-20]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|152mm [[152 mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B|2A65 Msta-B]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|152mm [[2A36 Giatsint-B]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Self-Propelled Artillery
|-
|122mm [[2S1 Gvozdika]]
|[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (71).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|152mm [[2S3 Akatsiya]]
|[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (72).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Multiple Rocket Launchers
|-
|122mm [[BM-21 Grad|9P122 'Grad-P']]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|122mm [[BM-21 Grad|BM-21 'Grad']] 
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(77).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|122mm [[BM-21 Grad|BM-21A BelGrad]]
|[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (78) (cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|[State Border Service and Ground Forces].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|122mm [[RM-70 multiple rocket launcher|RM-70]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|220mm [[BM-27 Uragan]]
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(79).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|300mm [[BM-30 Smerch]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{RUS}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Artillery Rockets
|-
|[[9K52 Luna-M]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|(Likely to have been decommissioned).<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Ballistic Missiles
|-
|[[Scud missile|R-17 Scud-B]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|(Likely to have been decommissioned),<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |(Self-Propelled) Anti-Aircraft Guns
|-
|23mm [[ZU-23-2|ZU-23]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|[State Border Service and Ground Forces].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|23mm [[ZSU-23-4 Shilka]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Static Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems
|-
|[[S-125 Neva/Pechora|S-125]] 
|[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (88).jpg|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|Range: 22km], (Three sites protecting the capital Ashgabat).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[S-200 (missile)|S-200]]
|[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (89).jpg|150x150px]]
|N/A
|[Range: 300km], (Two sites protecting Türkmenbaşy and Mary).<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Self-Propelled Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems
|-
|[[9K35 Strela-10|9K35 Strela-10M]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|[Range: 5km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[9K33 Osa]]
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(82).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|[Range: 15km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[HQ-7|FM-90]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|[Range: 15km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[S-125 Neva/Pechora|S-125-2BM]]
|[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (87).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|[Range: 22km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Pechora-2M 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{RUS}}
|N/A
|[Range: 22km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2K12 Kub]] 
|[[File:Independence_Day_Parade_-_Flickr_-_Kerri-Jo_(73).jpg|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|[Range: 25km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[KS-1 (missile)|KS-1A]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|[Range: 50km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2K11 Krug]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|[Range: 55km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[HQ-9|FD-2000]] 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|[Range: 125km].<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Electronic Warfare Systems
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz|Rohde & Schwarz EW System]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Radars
|-
|[[P-14 radar|P-14 'Tall King']]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="7" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[P-18 radar|P-18 'Spoon Rest D']]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[P-35 radar|P-35/37 'Bar Lock']]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[P-8 radar|P-80 'Back Net']]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|PRV-11 'Side Net'
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|36D6 'Tin Shield'
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|SNR-125 'Low Blow' 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(For S-125).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|SNR-125-2BM 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|(For S-125-2BM <nowiki>''</nowiki>PF 50 Alebarda<nowiki>''</nowiki>).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|SNR-125-2M
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{RUS}}
|N/A
|(For Pechora-2M), (Not yet seen).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|5N62 'Square Pair'
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="3" |{{USSR}}
|N/A
|(For S-200).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|1S32 'Pat Hand'
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(For 2K11 Krug).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|SURN 1S91
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(For 2K12 Kub).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Kolchuga passive sensor|Kolchuga]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{UKR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[YLC-2 Radar|YLC-2V]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="7" |{{flag|China}}
|N/A
|(For FD-2000).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|HKJM2 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(For FD-2000).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|HT-233 
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(For FD-2000), (Not yet seen).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|H-200
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(For KS-1A), (Not yet seen).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[YLC-15 Radar|YLC-18]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|DWL-002  
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|TS-504
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
|-
|Aeronautics Defense Orbiter 2B
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{ISR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Elbit Skylark]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Used in conjunction with a ground-based rapid mine laying system).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Selex ES Falco|Selex ES Falco XN]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Italy}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Busel M
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{BLR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Busel M40
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(License-produced in Turkmenistan).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Boeing Insitu ScanEagle|Boeing Insitu ScanEagle 2]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|United States}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles
|-
|[[CASC Rainbow|CASC Rainbow CH-3A]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|China}}
|N/A
|(Armed with two AR-1 AGMs).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|WJ-600A/D
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|(Armed with two CM-502KG AGMs).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[Baykar Bayraktar TB2|Bayraktar TB2]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{TUR}}
|N/A
|(Armed with four MAM-C or MAM-L (with an 15+km range) PGMs).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Busel MB2
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|(Armed with F1 grenades and PTAB-2.5 and PFAB-05 small bombs, while license-produced in Turkmenistan).<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Loitering Munitions
|-
|SkyStriker
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{ISR}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|Busel MB1
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{BLR}}
|N/A
|(Documented by a few sources, not yet seen).<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Vertical Take-Off And Landing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
|-
|[[DJI Phantom 4]]
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{Flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|MD4-1000
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{flag|Germany}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
! colspan="5" |Target Drones
|-
|La-17
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|{{USSR}}
|N/A
|(Believed to have been decommissioned).<ref name=":2" />
|-
|ASN-9 <nowiki>''</nowiki>Ba-9<nowiki>''</nowiki>
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|China}}
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|S300
|[[File:Image_unavailable.png|150x150px]]
|N/A
|<ref name=":2" />
|}

== Personnel ==

=== Ranks ===
{{Main|Military ranks of Turkmenistan}}
[[File:Independence Day Parade - Flickr - Kerri-Jo (19).jpg|thumb|The corps of drums of the [[Berdimuhamed Annayev 1st Specialized Military School]].]]

=== Military education ===
{{Main|Turkmen military academies}}Founded in 1993 and 2007 respectively, the [[Military Institute of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan]] and the [[Military Academy of Turkmenistan]] are the senior most military academies of their kind in [[Turkmenistan]]. Other military academies include the Turkmen Police Academy, the Turkmen National Security Institute, and the Turkmen Naval Institute. Border guards are trained at special institutes in military universities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/14476.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004223644/http://www.turkmenistan.ru/en/articles/14476.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2021|title=Turkmen border guards will be trained in special university &#124; Turkmenistan.ru}}</ref>

=== Personnel awards ===

* Medal "Edermenlik"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Law of Turkmenistan "About the state awards of Turkmenistan"|url=https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=29229|access-date=2020-12-28|website=cis-legislation.com|archive-date=4 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192232/https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=29229|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Medal "For impeccable service to the Fatherland"
* Medal "Turkmen Edermen"
* Breastplate "Valiant Border Guard"<ref>{{cite web|title=Государственные награды|url=http://www.ambturkm.org.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221211304/http://www.ambturkm.org.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=23|archive-date=2014-02-21|access-date=2014-02-15|publisher=Официальный сайт посольства Туркменистана на Украине}}</ref>
* Myalikguly Berdymuhamedov Medal<ref>{{Cite web|title=Independence Day Celebrations in Turkmenistan – Interpretation of Symbolism – News Central Asia (nCa)|url=http://www.newscentralasia.net/2017/10/30/independence-day-celebrations-in-turkmenistan-interpretation-of-symbolism/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=newscentralasia.net|date=30 October 2017|archive-date=19 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619115209/https://www.newscentralasia.net/2017/10/30/independence-day-celebrations-in-turkmenistan-interpretation-of-symbolism/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===* Uniforms *===
[[File:Aliyev in Turkmenistan 04.jpg|thumb|Turkmen honour guards in winter uniform.]]
Military uniforms are sewn in the following factories of the Ministry of Textile Industry on the orders of the Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan:<ref>{{Cite web|last=goşun|first=Milli|title=Harby eginbaşlar harby gullukçylaryň ilkinji aýratynlyklarynyň biridir|url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/harby-eginbaslar-harby-gullukcylaryn-ilkinji-ayratynlyklarynyn-biridir-MGDPBnpzrf|access-date=2020-12-25|website=Milli goşun|language=tk|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203131141/https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/harby-eginbaslar-harby-gullukcylaryn-ilkinji-ayratynlyklarynyn-biridir-MGDPBnpzrf|url-status=live}}</ref>

* Ruhabat Textile Complex
* Geokdepe Textile Complex
* Turkmenbashi Textile Complex
* Ahal Sewing Production Association
* Bayramali Textile Complex
* Turkmen-Kalkan Joint Venture

The semi-woolen fabrics that are not produced in Turkmenistan are supplied through the Turkmendokma Foreign Trade Enterprise of the Ministry of Textile Industry.

=== Conscription ===
Service in the armed forces is required for all males under 27 years of age.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-03|title=Spring conscription into the army for two-year service came to the end in Turkmenistan|url=https://orient.tm/en/spring-conscription-into-the-army-for-two-year-service-came-to-the-end-in-turkmenistan/|access-date=2020-12-19|website=ORIENT: NEWS AGENCY|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Minister of Defence [[Dangatar Kopekov]] stated in 1992 that legislation was drafted to where draft dodgers would face "very severe measures, including criminal responsibility". Despite this, desertion is rampant, and was at a 20% rate in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Country report and updates|url=https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/world_survey/country_report/de/Turkmenistan|access-date=2020-12-19|website=War Resisters' International|language=en|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128230804/https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/world_survey/country_report/de/Turkmenistan|url-status=live}}</ref> For many military units, it has often been accepted that commanders extort bribes for an early demobilization of conscripts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Взятки за демобилизацию. Особенности службы в туркменской армии|url=https://rus.azathabar.com/a/30944575.html|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Радио Азатлык|date=12 November 2020 |language=ru|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202101557/https://rus.azathabar.com/a/30944575.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

There have been reported cases of mistreatment of army conscripts on duty and [[Hazing]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2019-09-17|title=В Туркменистане погибли пятеро солдат срочной службы и курсант военного института|url=https://www.hronikatm.com/2019/09/army-hazing-2/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Хроника Туркменистана|language=ru-RU|archive-date=24 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224174400/https://www.hronikatm.com/2019/09/army-hazing-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Women in the National Army ===
Women under the age of 21 who have a secondary education and have volunteered for military service can qualify for higher educational studies at the military institute.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=goşun|first=Milli|title=Türkmenistanyň Goranmak ministrliginiň Beýik Saparmyrat Türkmenbaşy adyndaky Harby institutyna 2020-2021-nji okuw ýylynda okuwa kabul etmegiň TERTIBI|url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/turkmenistanyn-goranmak-ministrliginin-beyik-saparmyrat-turkmenbasy-adyndaky-harby-institutyna-2020-2021-nji-okuw-yylynda-okuwa-kabul-etmegin-tertibi-0xDKalyfjj|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Milli goşun|language=tk}}</ref> In 2016, Senior Lieutenant Jahan Yazmuhammedova became the first female paratrooper in the Armed Forces, serving in the [[152nd Independent Air Assault Battalion]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=goşun|first=Milli|title=Ilkinji zenan desantçy|url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/ilkinji-zenan-desantcy-WA3Pje1HHL|access-date=2020-12-24|website=Milli goşun|language=tk}}</ref> A parade in 2019 was the first parade in which female siblings (Captains Shirin and Aknabat Velikurbanov) took part in the parade as part of the same contingent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milligosun.gov.tm/habar/yhlasly-zenan-harby-gullukcylarymyz-dabaraly-harby-yorisde-JBoBBTDNzt|title = Yhlasly zenan harby gullukçylarymyz dabaraly harby ýörişde}}</ref> The contingent in question was led by Major Nabat Nurgeldyeva, who was in her 16th parade.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[[CIA World Factbook]], 2003 edition.

==Further reading==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211004113556/https://www.ca-c.org/online/2003/journal_eng/cac-04/04.bureng.shtml Rustam BURNASHEV, Irina CHERNYKH, TURKMENISTAN’S ARMED FORCES: PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS, "Central Asia and the Caucasus," 2003]. Note that much of the information on ground forces deployments attributed to [[Jane's]] is inaccurate; in particular, the designation '357' attributed to a division disappeared from the [[357th Rifle Division]] in March 1955.
*Allison, Roy: ''Military Forces in the Soviet Successor States'', Adelphi Paper No. 280 (London: IISS, 1993).
*Staar, Richard Felix: ''The new military in Russia: Ten myths that shape the image'', Naval Institute Press, 1996.

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