3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijan)

The 3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijani: 3-cü Ordu Korpusu), also referred to as the Shamkir Army Corps is a regional military formation of the Azerbaijani Land Forces, concentrated against Armenian occupied territories in Nagorno-Karabakh.

3rd Army Corps
Azerbaijani: 3-cü ordu korpusu
Badge of the 3rd Army Corps
Country Azerbaijan
Branch Azerbaijani Land Forces
Garrison/HQShamkir
Nickname(s)Shamkir Army Corps
Engagements
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Khaghani Jabrayilov

History

Soldiers of the corps took part in the 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes. A Ganja Military Court passed a verdict against six commanding officers of the Shamkir Corps of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan, who were accused "of negligence and admitting sabotage of the Armenian Armed Forces in June 2012, which killed five Azerbaijani soldiers", referring to the casualties during the 2012 clashes.[1] The court sentenced the officers to 4-5 years in prison.[2] Until 2018, forces of the 707th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps guarded the Qazax sector of the Armenia–Azerbaijan border.[3] As a result of the 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani skirmishes in the Tovuz District, the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Corps, Major General Polad Hashimov, was killed.[4] During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the corps took part in clashes in western Azerbaijan.[5]

Commanders
  • Major General Fikret Mammadov (May 1998-15 May 2002)[6]
  • Colonel Garay Bagirov (15 May 2002-)[7][8][9]
  • Major General Chingiz Shafiev (-23 February 2011)[10]
  • Lieutenant General Rovshan Akbarov (since 2011)[11][12][13][14]

Composition
  • HQ
  • 7th Motor Rifle Brigade
  • 11th Motor Rifle Brigade
  • 12th Motor Rifle Brigade
  • 16th Motor Rifle Brigade
  • 19th Motor Rifle Brigade
  • 20th Motor Rifle Brigade

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Corps territory

On 15 November 2014, President Ilham Aliyev took part in the opening of the headquarters building, built on the territory of the corps.[16][17] Among the assets on the territory of the corps are the following: Heydar Aliyev Museum, Barracks, 500-seat auditorium, Library, Computer room, Soldiers Club, Medical Center, and Soldiers' Canteen.

There is also a parade ground, a sports town and a swimming pool that were constructed in the military town.[18]

Incidents

In February 2011, a soldier of the corps shot 8 Azerbaijani servicemen dead at a defense point in near Martakert.[19]

References
  1. Узел, Кавказский. "Азербайджанских офицеров посадили за армянскую диверсию?". Кавказский Узел. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  3. "Баку хочет заменить войска на армянской границе пограничниками". regnum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  4. "Азербайджанский генерал Гашимов погиб из-за обстрела Арменией". Moskovskij Komsomolets (in Russian). Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. "Эксперт оценил потери Армении и Азербайджана в Нагорном Карабахе" (in Russian). Moskovsky Komsomolets. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  6. "Faciəli şəkildə ölən korpus komandiri - General Məmmədovun vəfatından 17 il ötür". Femida.Az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  7. http://www.asersoft.com.tr, ASERSOFT-; http://www.webmanagerneo.com, Webmanager-. "Silahlı Qüvvələrinin III ordu birləşməsinə yeni qərargah rəisi təyin edilib". newsaze.com. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  8. kaspi.az. "Silahlı Qüvvələrin III korpusuna yeni qərargah rəisi təyin edilib". kaspi.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  9. "В III корпус ВС Азербайджана назначен новый начальник штаба". apa.az (in Azerbaijani). 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  11. Netservice.az. "General-leytenant Əkbərov - 50-ni haqladı - VİDEO". ATV.AZ (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  12. "Rövşən Əkbərov Telman oğlu". Ens.az - 4 dildə xəbərlər və ensiklopediya (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  13. "ƏKBƏROV RÖVŞƏN TELMAN OĞLU". VƏTƏN UĞRUNDA - Hərbi-Vətənpərvərlik Şurasının İnternet Orqanı (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
  14. "Акперов Ровшан Тельман оглы | Центр военно-политических исследований". eurasian-defence.ru. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  15. "Противостояние на армяно-азербайджанской границе". anna-news.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  16. "В военном городке Шамкирского военного соединения сдано в эксплуатацию новое здание штаба". www.anl.az. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  18. Vzglayd.az. "И.Алиев побывал в военном городке в Шамкире". vzglyad.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  19. "Seven Azerbaijan soldiers shot dead by comrade at base". BBC News. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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