Kazakh Ground Forces

Kazakh Ground Forces
Қазақстан Республикасының Құрлық әскерлері Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qūrlyq äskerlerı Сухопутные войска Республики Казахстан
Shoulder Patch of the Kazakh Ground Forces
Founded	9 April 1993
Country	Kazakhstan
Type	Army
Size	80,000
Part of	Armed Forces of Kazakhstan
Directorate of the Commander-in-Chief	44 Victory Avenue, Astana
Anniversaries	7 May
Engagements	Tajikistani Civil War Iraq War
Commanders
Supreme Commander-in-chief	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Chief of the General Staff	Lieutenant General Murat Bektanov
Commander of the Ground Forces	Major General Talgat Koibakov

The Kazakh Ground Forces (Kazakh: Қазақстан Құрлық әскерлері, Qazaqstan Qūrlyq äskerlerı; Russian: Сухопутные войска Казахстана) is the land service branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is one of the three uniformed military services, and is the most senior branch of the Kazakh military in order of precedence. The main tasks of the Ground Forces include the following:^[1] maintaining the readiness of troops to repel aggression, the armed defense of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Kazakhstan, protecting the state and military facilities, peacekeeping missions. In its duties, it primarily engages in land warfare and combined arms operations, including armored and mechanized operations as well as airborne and air assault operations. It is headed by a chief military officer, the Commander of the Ground Forces who is also a member of the General Staff.