Back القوات المسلحة لجمهورية أوزبكستان Arabic Özbəkistan Silahlı Qüvvələri Azerbaijani Forces Armades d'Uzbekistan Catalan Ozbrojené síly Uzbecké republiky Czech Usbekische Streitkräfte German Fuerzas Armadas de Uzbekistán Spanish نیروهای مسلح جمهوری ازبکستان Persian Forces armées ouzbèkes French צבא אוזבקיסטן HE Üzbegisztán hadereje Hungarian
| Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan | |
|---|---|
| O’zbekiston Respublikasi Qurolli Kuchlari | |
 Flag of the Ministry of defence of Uzbekistan | |
| Founded | 14 January 1992 |
| Service branches |  Uzbek Ground Forces  Uzbek Air and Air Defence Forces Uzbek River ForceNational Guard Border Troops |
| Headquarters | Mirzo Ulugbek Avenue, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Leadership | |
| President of Uzbekistan |  Shavkat Mirziyoyev |
| Minister of Defense | Lieutenant General Bakhodir Kurbanov |
| Chief of the General Staff | .svg){kind=small} Major General Shukhrat Kholmukhamedov |
| Personnel | |
| Conscription | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months |
| Available for military service | 6,340,220 males, age 18-49 (2005 est.), 6,432,072 females, age 18-49 (2005 est.) |
| Fit for military service | 4,609,621 males, age 18-49 (2005 est.), 5,383,233 females, age 18-49 (2005 est.) |
| Reaching military age annually | 324,722 males (2005 est.), 317,062 females (2005 est.) |
| Active personnel | 70,000 (2024)[1] 20,000 paramilitary (2018)[1] |
| Expenditure | |
| Percent of GDP | 2% (2005 est.) Another reported figure is 3.7% |
| Industry | |
| Foreign suppliers |  Russia United States China Kazakhstan Turkey Belarus Israel Indonesia South Korea France Germany Czech Republic United Kingdom India Iran Pakistan United Arab Emirates Poland Japan Azerbaijan Ukraine |
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| Ranks | Rank insignia |
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbek: O'zbekiston Respublikasi Qurolli Kuchlari, Ўзбекистон Республикаси Қуролли Кучлари), is the name of the unified armed forces of Uzbekistan, consisting of the Ground Force and the Air and Air Defence forces under the defence ministry. Paramilitary units include the National Guard,[2] a Frontier Service[3] and a River Force. It is reported to be the largest and the strongest in Central Asia.[4]
'The country has also began professionalizing its military, an effort that has only limited success and erratic government support. But even in Uzbekistan, these changes represent merely a modest beginning and most of the benefits are concentrated in a few elite, higher readiness formations rather than uniformly applied to the entire force. The Uzbek military is woefully inadequate, but it is far superior to its neighbours.'[5]
- ^ a b IISS 2019, p. 217.
- ^ John Pike. "Uzbekistan- Army". Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "The World Factbook". Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ "Today.Az » Politics » Uzbekistan would prefer to be policeman of Central Asia: expert". Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
- ^ McDermott, JSMS, 2002, p.30