5th Army Corps (Armenia)


The 5th Army Corps is a military unit of Armenian Army. The 5th Army Corps was formed in 1998. The commander of the army corps is Andranik Piloyan.

Structure

The corps consists of two fortified regions, the 4th independent motor rifle regiment, and the 545th independent rifle regiment. It also has reconnaissance, tank, and artillery battalions as well as self-propelled artillery and rear battalions. Units from the corps are stationed close to the Armenian-Turkish border. Together with the Russian 102nd Military Base, the corps makes up the United Group of Forces, set up in 2000 by President Robert Kocharyan and President Vladimir Putin. Units of the corps took part in the 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani skirmishes.

Commanders