2nd Army Corps (Armenia)
2nd Army Corps | |
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2-ին բանակային կորպուս | |
Country | Armenia |
Branch | Armenian Ground Forces |
Type | Field army |
Part of | Ministry of Defence of Armenia |
HQ | Khachaghbyur |
Commanders | |
Commander | Major General Garegin Poghosyan |
The 2nd Army Corps (
History
During the
During the
Commemorating Shushi Liberation Day and Victory Day, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, accompanied by Chief of the General Staff Artak Davtyan, visited the corps on 9 May 2021, presenting state awards to a number of servicemen. In his speech, he said that the "2nd Army Corps was crowned with glory and stood out for its high combat capability during the 44-day war" and "retained the high honor of all of us, our army, our people and our history."[3]
On 19 January, fifteen servicemen of the corps were killed and seven injured after a fire broke out at a military barracks in Azat.[7] It was the deadliest non-combat incident in the history of the armed forces, and as a result, the commander, Vahram Grigoryan, was sacked.[8]
Structure
The corps has the following structure:[9][10][11][12][13]
- Headquarters (Khachaghbyur)
- independent tank battalion
- independent reconnaissance battalion
- independent rifle regiment
- two independent motor rifle regiments
- one independent artillery battalion
Commanders
- Major General Sedrak Saroyan (1993–???)[14]
- Major General Ovik Oganyan (– 12 June 2013)[15]
- Major General Poghos Poghosyan (12 June 2013 – 7 July 2016)[16]
- Colonel David Manukyan (7 July 2016)[17]
- Major General Arayik Harutyunyan (19 December 2019 – 9 August 2021)[18]
- Major General Vahram Grigoryan (9 August 2021 – 19 January 2023)[19]
- Major General Garegin Poghosyan (since 19 January 2023)[20]
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- ^ "Vahram Grigoryan appointed commander of second army corps".
- ^ "2nd Army Corps Commander sacked after deadly fire at barracks". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2023-01-21.