3rd Army Corps (Azerbaijan) explained

Unit Name:3rd Army Corps
Native Name:Azerbaijani: 3-cü ordu korpusu
Country: Azerbaijan
Garrison:Shamkir
Nickname:Shamkir Army Corps

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.

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

Composition

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.[15] [16] 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.[17]

Incidents

In February 2011, a soldier of the corps shot 8 Azerbaijani servicemen dead at a defense point in near Martakert.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Узел. Кавказский. Азербайджанских офицеров посадили за армянскую диверсию?. 2020-12-19. Кавказский Узел.
  2. Web site: Азербайджан: Осуждены офицеры виновные в смерти 5 солдат на границе - aysor.am - Горячие новости из Армении.
  3. Web site: Баку хочет заменить войска на армянской границе пограничниками. 2020-12-19. regnum.ru. ru.
  4. Web site: Азербайджанский генерал Гашимов погиб из-за обстрела Арменией. Moskovskij Komsomolets. 14 July 2020 . ru. 20 July 2020.
  5. Web site: 7 November 2020. Эксперт оценил потери Армении и Азербайджана в Нагорном Карабахе. 10 November 2020. Moskovsky Komsomolets. ru.
  6. Web site: Faciəli şəkildə ölən korpus komandiri - General Məmmədovun vəfatından 17 il ötür. 2020-12-19. Femida.Az. az.
  7. News: Silahlı Qüvvələrinin III ordu birləşməsinə yeni qərargah rəisi təyin edilib. 2020-12-19. NewsAze.
  8. Web site: kaspi.az. Silahlı Qüvvələrin III korpusuna yeni qərargah rəisi təyin edilib. 2020-12-19. kaspi.az. az. 2021-01-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121051511/http://kaspi.az/az/az/silahli-quvvelerin-iii-korpusuna-yeni-qerargah-reisi-teyin-edilib/. dead.
  9. Web site: 2014-04-30. В III корпус ВС Азербайджана назначен новый начальник штаба. 2020-12-23. apa.az. az.
  10. Web site: Aliyev dismisses military unit commander - aysor.am - Hot news from Armenia.
  11. Web site: Netservice.az. General-leytenant Əkbərov - 50-ni haqladı - VİDEO. 2020-11-26. ATV.AZ. az. 2021-01-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210122054247/http://atv.az/news/social/29898-general-leytenant-ekberov. dead.
  12. Web site: Rövşən Əkbərov Telman oğlu. 2020-11-26. Ens.az - 4 dildə xəbərlər və ensiklopediya. 16 September 2018 . az.
  13. Web site: ƏKBƏROV RÖVŞƏN TELMAN OĞLU. 2020-11-26. VƏTƏN UĞRUNDA - Hərbi-Vətənpərvərlik Şurasının İnternet Orqanı. ru.
  14. Web site: Акперов Ровшан Тельман оглы Центр военно-политических исследований. 2020-12-19. eurasian-defence.ru.
  15. Web site: В военном городке Шамкирского военного соединения сдано в эксплуатацию новое здание штаба. 2020-12-19. www.anl.az.
  16. Web site: В военном городке Шамкирского военного соединения сдано в эксплуатацию новое здание штаба ВИДЕО.
  17. Web site: Vzglayd.az. И.Алиев побывал в военном городке в Шамкире. 2020-12-20. vzglyad.az. ru.
  18. News: 2011-02-21. Seven Azerbaijan soldiers shot dead by comrade at base. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-12-19.