Great pics , but what I'm wondering about is inspite of being such a huge country why does Kazakhstan have a poor military?(No offence but i dont know much, i'm only judging from what battleman said)
Kazakhstan is the 9 largest country in the world and the fourth largest in Asia
I know that size doesn't matter, but still if you have extensive borders and a large area to look upon you must have a well equipped military
Plus, they have had so much Soviet influence

Battleman- you wouldn't happen to be a TA Tiger would you?

Originally Posted by Kenty

Battleman- you wouldn't happen to be a TA Tiger would you?

And who would you be?

Originally Posted by Battleman

And who would you be?

Lets just say I will be a TA Tiger in 1 week So are you?

Yup I am a TA Tiger. Now on the topic of the Kazakhstan Military, the country is the size of Europe with a population of 15 Million. Therefore with vast borders a country of this sort is difficult to defend. There equipment and training methods seriously need to be upgraded as they still conduct exercises the old soviet way, vast bombardment then sending in mechanised trrops in BTR's and BMP's. They dont train for Offensive operations like us Brits and they were well impressed to watch us Brits conduct a live firing Company attack and the accuracy of our SA80.

Those anhpibs remind me a bit of strykers.

The BMP 2's or the BTR 70's?

Originally Posted by Pete031

The BMP 2's or the BTR 70's?

I think he means BTR

Both the BMP's and BTR's are amphibious. Oh by the way they were BTR 80's not 70's. As the 70's slant down at the back while the BTR 80 has a straight back.

Originally Posted by Battleman

The 4th picture shows Kazakh Blue Berets on the left hand side and other troops with PASGT-like helmets on the right. Are these soldiers from your country or are they also Kazakh servicemen?

If they are kazakhs, did the USA provide them with the relatively modern helmets as a reward for Kazakhstan's military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq or were they given/sold to Kazakhstan by your country (if different from the USA) when you guys trained with Kazakhs or did Kazakhstan buy this piece of relatively modern equipment on their own?