What is Azerbaijani Land Force?
{{Infobox Military Unit |unit_name=Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları <br />Azerbaijani Land Force |image= Azerbaijani Land Forces badge.svg |caption=The Flag of the Azerbaijani Land Forces |dates=October 9, 1991 - present |country={{AZE}} |branch=[[Army]] |type=[[Military]] |role=Ground (land) [[war]]fare |size=56,840 ground force (land) [[soldier|troops]] <br />15,000 [[paramilitary]] troops |command_structure= |current_commander= |garrison=[[Baku]] |motto= |colors= |march= |mascot= |battles='''[[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]'''; peacekeeping roles in [[Kosovo]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]] |notable_commanders=-'''[[Samad bey Mehmandarov]]'''<br />-'''[[Ali-Agha Shikhlinski]]'''<br />-'''[[Mamedbey Sulkevich]]'''<br />-'''[[Abdulhamid bey Gaitabashi]]''' |anniversaries=1918 (first founding); October 9, 1991 (second founding) }} The '''Azerbaijani Land Force''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları}}) is the [[army]] of the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces]] which is the [[military]] of the [[Republic of Azerbaijan]]. ==History== Since the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], Azerbaijan has been trying to further develop its armed forces into a professional, well trained, and mobile military. Based on 2007 [[statistic]]s the country has about 56,840 ground force (land) [[soldier|troops]], and a [[paramilitary]] force of 15,000 troops. There are 300,000 former service personnel who have had [[conscription|military service]] in the last fifteen years.<ref name=IISS>{{cite book|title=The Military Balance 2007|url=https://archive.org/details/militarybalance200unse|last=[[IISS]]|year=2007|publisher=Routledge for the IISS|location=London|isbn=978-1-85743-437-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/militarybalance200unse/page/157 157]}}</ref> ==Operation== In [[war]]time, the Army proper could call the support of the [[paramilitary]] [[Azerbaijani National Guard]], the [[Internal Troops of Azerbaijan]], and the [[State Border Service of Azerbaijan]] (who patrol Azerbaijan's [[border]]s with [[Georgia (country)