Kazakhstan

Capital: Astana

The largest city in Kazakhstan is Almaty.

Large open steppes

A sun with 40 rays and the Berkut or �Golden Eagle� are the national symbols of Kazakhstan.

Constitution Day- August 30

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About 65,000 total active duty military personnel with around 237,000 in reserve (2004)

Inherited a large amount of equipment after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Air Force

MiG-31 fighter aircraft (42)

MiG-29 fighter aircraft (34)

MiG-23UB trainer aircraft (3)

MiG-27 attack aircraft (12)

SU-27 fighter aircraft (47)

SU-25 attack aircraft (18)

SU-24 attack aircraft (40)

L-39 trainer aircraft (20)

An-12 transport aircraft (2)

An-26 transport aircraft (7)

CASA C-295 transport aircraft (2)

Mi-24 attack helicopters (36)

Mi-8 transport helicopters

Mi-26 transport helicopters

UH-1 helicopters

MiG-25 aircraft (16 retired?)

Wing Loong Chinese made unmanned aerial vehicles

Orlan 10 unmanned aerial vehicles

Skylark unmanned aerial vehicles

Air Defense

S-300PMU-2 Favorite (8)

S-300PS surface-to-air missiles (5)

SA-2 (S-75) surface-to-air missiles

SA-3 (S-125) surface-to-air missiles

SA-5 (S-200) surface-to-air missiles

SA-13 (9K35 Strela 10) surface-to-air missiles

SA-18 (9K38 Igla) surface-to-air missiles

ZU-23 surface-to-air missiles

Navy

4,000 personnel

Naval forces operate on the Caspian Sea

Also charged with the maritime security of offshore oil rigs

Naval base at Aktou

Kazakhstan Class Missile boat (1)

Corvettes (6)?

Patrol Boats (12)

Naval Infantry

Wear black berets

Army

Inherited large powerful units from the former Soviet Unions 40^thArmy and part of the 17^th Corps. This also included storage facilities.

T-72 tanks (980)

T-62 tanks (280)

T-54/T-55 tanks (540)

BMP-T �Terminator� (10)

BMP-2 and BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles (1430)

MT-LB armored personnel carriers (680)
BTR-80A armored personnel carriers (107)

BTR-70 armored personnel carriers (190)

BTR-50 and BTR-60 armored personnel carriers (30)

BRDM-2 armored reconnaissance vehicles (140)

BRM (140)

BTR-4 (4 on order)

BTR-3 (2)

Otokar Cobra (30)

BPM-97 (KAMAZ 43269) 4x4 wheeled armored vehicles -80

GAZ-2330 TIGR (100)

HMMWV utility vehicles (51)

2S4 Tyulpan self propelled 240mm mortars

2S9 Nona self propelled 120mm mortars
120mm mortars

D-30 towed 122mm howitzers
D-20 towed 152mm gun/howitzers
2A65 towed 152mm howitzers
2A36 towed 152mm guns

2S1 122mm self propelled howitzers

2S3 152mm self propelled howitzers

Naiza (�Lance�) multiple rocket launchers. Mounted on 8x8 KamAZ 63502 truck. Similar to the Lynx system. Fires 40 (2x20) 122mm Grad rockets, 26 (2x13) 160mm LAR rockets, 10 (2x5) 220mm rockets, or 8 (2x4) 306mm EXTRA rockets. Developed by IMI for Kazakhstan.