The 4th Army Corps ( az, 4-ci Ordu Korpusu), also referred to as the Baku Army Corps is a regional

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of the

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, that covers

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and the coast, currently deployed from the capital of

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Overview

The corps consists of three motorized rifle brigades: one at Zeynalabdin, one at Jusar, and another at an undisclosed location. Unlike the other corps, its role was mainly to serve as a strategic reserve. As a result, it is the smallest corps in the Land Forces Like the 3rd Corps, it will be used for replenishing the ranks of the 1st Corps. At the beginning of the

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, Azerbaijan lined up six additional motorized infantry brigades along the front line, with reservists being mobilized and transferred from the 4th Corps. At the

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on Azadliq Square, the corps was represented by a parade contingent led by Colonel Ilham Mammadov.

Facilities

A facilities in the village of

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in the

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is the site of a missile base operated by the corps, opened in June 2018 by President

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. The base houses Polonez-M and

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missile systems. In January 2017, a new 42 hectare military camp is located at the corps. Construction work began here in May 2014 and was completed at the end of 2016. A total of 13 military dormitories were built. A 76-bed, two-story medical center also operates at the corps.

Commanders

* Lieutenant General

Rovshan Akbarov Lieutenant General Rovshan Telman oğlu Akbarov () is an Azerbaijani general and military leader. Early life and career He was born in Baku in 1965. From 1972 to 1979, he received his secondary education in secondary school No.42. In 1979, he e ...

(May 1998-?) * Colonel

Hikmat Hasanov Hikmat Huseyn oglu Hasanov (; born 1975) is an Azerbaijani major general, who is the commander of the 1st Army Corps (since December 2014). He is a laureate of the 3rd degree " For Service to the Fatherland" order. Life and service Hikmat Hasa ...

(until late 2013) * Major General

Karim Valiyev Karim Tofig oglu Valiyev ( az, Kərim Tofiq oğlu Vəliyev; born 9 February 1961) is an Azerbaijani military officer, serving as the colonel general in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He is the Chief of the General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forc ...

(until May 2014) * Major General Ayaz Hasanov (October 2014-)

References

{{Azerbaijani Armed Forces 1992 establishments in Azerbaijan Military units and formations established in 1992 Army corps of Azerbaijan Military units and formations of Azerbaijan in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war