Uzbek Ground Forces

Uzbek Ground Forces
O'zbekiston quruqlik qo'shinlari Сухопутные войска Узбекистана
Founded	1992
Country	Uzbekistan
Type	Army
Size	40,000 (est. 2006)
Part of	Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Headquarters	Tashkent
Nickname(s)	Uzbek Land Forces
Colors	Steel Blue
Anniversaries	Defender of the Motherland Day - January 14
Engagements	Tajik Civil War Batken Conflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

The Uzbek Ground Forces are the land component of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Operating since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the army is made up of former Soviet Army units that were in the territory of Uzbekistan. As of 2006, it had around 40,000 active personnel. Much of the equipment it uses is also old Soviet material, and the government of Uzbekistan has not given much effort to replace it with modern equipment.^[1]