Conflict catalog

1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh War: Weapons and Equipment

Post-Soviet war over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.

The 1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh War was the post-Soviet conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces.

This catalog tracks weapon systems documented in the 1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Entries should be limited to systems with direct conflict-use sourcing.

5 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians / Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

4 weapon systems in this catalog

Context

Status
Published catalog

Weapons

1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh War Weapon Systems

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Su-25, Ground-attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-25Ground-attack aircraftSide: AzerbaijanArmenia and Nagorno-Karabakh ArmeniansRole: Strike aircraftBuilt: Sukhoi / Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant / United Aircraft Corporation / Soviet Union / Russia / GeorgiaThe Su-25 is a Soviet-designed armored close air support aircraft built for low-level battlefield strike, rough-field operation, and heavy stores carriage. Developed by Sukhoi and produced in Soviet, Russian, and Georgian factories, the twin-engine subsonic jet combines a protected cockpit, internal 30 mm cannon, and multiple pylons for rockets, bombs, missiles, and adapted guided weapons, with documented use from Afghanistan and Iraq to Darfur, Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine.
Aero L-29 Delfin, Jet trainer and light attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsAero L-29 DelfinJet trainer and light attack aircraftSide: AzerbaijanRole: Armed trainer ground-attack sortiesBuilt: Aero Vodochody / CzechoslovakiaThe Aero L-29 Delfin is a Czechoslovak two-seat jet trainer built by Aero Vodochody and Let Kunovice for Warsaw Pact and export air forces. Its simple, rugged design was optimized for basic, intermediate, and weapons training, with underwing stores for gun pods, light bombs, or unguided rockets. Azerbaijani forces pressed L-29s into ground-attack service during the 1988 First Nagorno-Karabakh War, where the lightly protected trainers suffered repeated losses to Armenian air defenses.
Su-22 fighter-bomber, Variable-sweep-wing fighter-bomber / ground-attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-22 fighter-bomberVariable-sweep-wing fighter-bomber / ground-attack aircraftSide: AzerbaijanRole: Azerbaijani combat aircraft lossBuilt: Sukhoi / Soviet UnionThe Su-22 is the export member of Sukhoi's Su-17 Fitter family, a Soviet variable-sweep fighter-bomber built for low-level strike, ground attack, and battlefield interdiction. Direct conflict records on this page emphasize documented combat use and losses: Libyan Su-22s over the Gulf of Sidra, an Azerbaijani Su-22 loss in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Iraqi Su-22/Fitter chemical-attack delivery in the Iran-Iraq War, Desert Storm losses, Peruvian Cenepa War air-support missions, and Syrian government bombing near Tabqah in 2017.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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OZM-72, Bounding antipersonnel fragmentation mine, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsOZM-72Bounding antipersonnel fragmentation mineSide: Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh ArmeniansRole: Legacy antipersonnel minefield contaminationBuilt: Factory 583 / Soviet state arsenals / Soviet Union / RussiaThe OZM-72 is a Soviet-designed bounding antipersonnel fragmentation mine that ejects upward before detonation and scatters fragments around the burst point. Human Rights Watch and Landmine Monitor reporting document the mine in modern clearance and conflict-use cases in Ukraine, Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Nagorno-Karabakh, making it a persistent explosive-ordnance hazard rather than only a Cold War stockpile item.
TS-50 anti-personnel mine, Minimum-metal blast anti-personnel mine, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsTS-50 anti-personnel mineMinimum-metal blast anti-personnel mineSide: Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh ArmeniansAzerbaijanRole: Legacy anti-personnel minefield contaminationBuilt: Tecnovar Italiana SpA / ItalyThe TS-50 is an Italian minimum-metal blast anti-personnel mine built around a small pressure-actuated plastic body and pneumatic fuze. The record covers the Italian TS/50 baseline and closely documented T/79 and YM-1 copy designations, with conflict-use evidence from Afghanistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, and the Russia-Ukraine War's Donbas supply trail.