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Հայկական Բանակ
Haykakan Banak
Armenian Army
Active January 28, 1992 - present
Country Republic of Armenia
Role Ground warfare
Engagements Nagorno-Karabakh War; peacekeeping roles in Kosovo and Afghanistan
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 -Harut Kassabian
-Vazgen Manukyan
-Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan

The Armenian Army is the army of Armenia. Armenia has sent around 1,500 officers to be trained in Greece and Russia over the past years. Since the end of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenia has made the army boost the defense and help defend Nagorno-Karabakh from a possible new attack by neighboring Azerbaijan.

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    Armenian soldiers in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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    Snipers during a field exercise (2004)

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    Armenian Air Force Su-25's during a military parade in Yerevan.

  • Armenia in parade 2015

    Contingent from the Armed Forces of Armenia on Red Square in 2015.

  • Vladimir Putin in Armenia, December 2013 (2236-20)

    Vladimir Putin during his visit to the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia.

  • Armenian army Capt. Avetisyan Slavik, a platoon leader, gives a safety briefing to his troops before loading onto a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise March 12, 2014, at Camp 140312-A-QK348-046

    Armenian troops before loading onto a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de Armenia para niños

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