Artsakh Defence Army

Artsakh Defence Army
Artsakh Defence Army
Արցախի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության բանակ
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Founded	9 May 1992
Disbanded	20 September 2023
Headquarters	Stepanakert
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Samvel Shahramanyan
Minister of Defence and Defence Forces Commander	Lieutenant General Kamo Vardanyan
Personnel
Military age	18
Conscription	24 months
Active personnel	~12,000 (until September 2023)
Reserve personnel	20,000–30,000 (before 2020)
Related articles
History	First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994) Battle of Shusha (1992) on (8–9 May 1992); Opening the Lachin corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh (1992); Mardakert and Martuni Offensives (summer–autumn 1992); Defence of the Martakert front from 1992 to 1994; Battle of Kalbajar on (27 March – 3 April 1993); Agdam, Fizuli, Jebrail and Zangelan offensives (June–August 1993); ; Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (1994–2024) 2008 Mardakert clashes (2008); 2010 Mardakert clashes (2010); 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes; 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes; 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes; ; Second Nagorno-Karabakh War (27 September 2020 – 10 November 2020) Battle of Hadrut (October 2020); Battle of Shusha on (4–7 November 2020); ; 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh;

The Artsakh Defence Army (Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետության պաշտպանության բանակ, romanized: Artsakhi Hanrapetut’yan pashtpanut’yan banak) was the defence force of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Established in 1992, it united previously disorganized defence units which were formed in the early 1990s.

It was disbanded on 20 September 2023 under the terms of the Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement following the 2023 Azerbaijani military offensive.