701st Motorized Rifle Brigade | |
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Azerbaijani: 701 saylı Motoatıcı Briqada | |
Active | 9 October 1991 |
Country | Azerbaijan |
Branch | Azerbaijani Land Forces |
Part of | 1st Army Corps |
Nickname(s) | "Shikhov Battalion" "The First Battalion" |
Engagements | First Nagorno-Karabakh War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Colonel Zaur Rzayev Colonel Azizaga Ganizade[1] |
The 701st Motorized Rifle Brigade (Azerbaijani: 701 saylı Motoatıcı Briqada) is a military unit of the Azerbaijani Land Forces. It was the first unit to be founded in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and took part in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]