The Kyrgyz Ground Forces, or simply the Kyrgyz Army, is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan.
In April 1992, Kyrgyzstan formed a State Committee for Defense Affairs, and in June the republic took control of all troops on its soil (meaning remaining units of the stationed in Kyrgyzstan) after Moscow stated that they would not back financing a unified CIS military. A general staff was created in 1993. In 1994, 30 percent of the officer corps were ethnic Russians.
The first commander was General , an ethnic Ukrainian. In Russian sources Luk'yanov is listed as the commander of the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division from 1985-91.
On January 25, 2017, President Almazbek Atambayev officially founded the Kyrgyz Army, with Colonel Erlis Terdikbayev acting as its first commander.
Ground forces are divided into 2 military commands, the Northern and Southern Groups of Forces.
Small arms