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The '''Chechen National Guard''' was the army and air force of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria{{Infobox military unit
#REDIRECT [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]
| unit_name = Chechen National Guard
| image = Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg
| image_size = 180px
| caption = Flag of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
| dates = 1991-2000
| country = {{flag|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}}
| allegiance =
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| type = Defence
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| nickname = CNG
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| colors = Green, White, Red
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| notable_commanders = [[Army Commander]]
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| current_commander_label = Commander
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== History ==
Dudayev spent the years from 1991 to 1994 preparing for war, mobilizing men aged 15-55 and seizing Russian weapons depots. The Chechen National Guard counted 10,000 troops in December 1994, rising to 40,000 insurgents by early 1996.<ref name="lutz97">{{cite web|url=http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA399031|title=Russian Strategy In Chechnya: a Case Study in Failure|last1=Lutz|first1=Raymond R.|date=April 1997|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027183615/http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA399031|archivedate=27 October 2016|deadurl=no|accessdate=9 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Army and Air force ==
Major weapons systems were seized from the Russian military in 1992, and on the eve of the First Chechen War they included 23 air defense guns, 108 APC/tanks, 24 artillery pieces, 5 [[MiG-17]]/[[MiG 15|15]], 2 [[Mi-8]] helicopters, 24 multiple rocket launchers, 17 surface to air missile launchers, 94 [[L-29]] trainer aircraft, 52 [[Aero L-39 Albatros|L-39]] trainer aircraft, 6 [[An-22]] transport aircraft, 5 [[Tu-134]] transport aircraft.<ref name="lutz972">{{cite web|url=http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA399031|title=Russian Strategy In Chechnya: a Case Study in Failure|last1=Lutz|first1=Raymond R.|date=April 1997|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027183615/http://www.dtic.mil/get-tr-doc/pdf?AD=ADA399031|archivedate=27 October 2016|deadurl=no|accessdate=9 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The military also owned STIGL the national airline.

== Equipment ==

=== Army ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Gun
!Origin
!Type
!Photo
!Notes
|-
!
! colspan="5" |Guns
|-
|[[Makarov pistol|Makarov PM]]
|USSR
|Pistol
|[[File:Макарыч (639835268).jpg|180x180px]]
|
|-
|[[AK-101|Borz, AK-101]]
|Russia
|Assault Rifle
|[[File:AK-100s displayed.jpg|180x180px]]
|
|-
|[[AK-74]]
|USSR
|Assault Rifle
|[[File:DPR AK-74.png|180x180px]]
|
|-
|[[RPO-A Shmel]]
|USSR
|Rocket Launcher
|[[File:4thTankDivisionOpenDay17p2-59.jpg|180x180px]]
|
|-
|[[RPK]]
|USSR
|Machine Gun
|[[File:Iraqi soldier with RPK.jpg|180x180px]]
|
|-
|[[PK machine gun|PK]]
|USSR
|Machine Gun
|[[File:A Bulgarian machine gunner with the Bulgarian Army's 38th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Light Infantry Brigade, engages targets with a PK machine gun at the Novo Selo Training Range in Bulgaria June 16 110616-M-OB762-003.jpg|180x180px]]
|
|-
|[[GP-25|GP-30]]
|USSR
|Grenade Launcher
|[[File:GP-25 at Tula State Museum of Weapons.jpg|180x180px]]
|
|}

=== Air force ===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |Aircraft
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Origin
! style="text-align:l center; background:#acc;" |Type
! style="text-align:left; background:#acc;" |Variant
! style="text-align:center; background:#acc;" |In service
! style="text-align: center; background:#acc;" |Notes
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |Combat Aircraft
|-
|[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17]]
|USSR
|Attack
|
|5
|
|-
|[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]]
|USSR
|Attack
|
|1
|
|-
|[[Aero L-39 Albatros|Aero L-39]]
|Czechoslovakia
|COIN
|
|52
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |Transport
|-
|[[Antonov An-22]]
|USSR
|Cargo
|
|6
|
|-
|[[Tupolev Tu-134]]
|USSR
|VIP
|
|5
|Used by STIGL<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Worlds Commercial Airlines|last=Taylor|first=Michael|publisher=Regency House Publishing Ltd|year=1997|isbn=1-85361-443-2|location=|pages=22}}</ref>
|-
|[[Antonov An-24]]
|USSR
|Transport
|
|1
|Used by STIGL<ref name=":0" />
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |Traniers
|-
|[[Aero L-29 Delfín|Aero L-29]]
|Czechoslovakia
|Trainer
|
|94
|
|-
! colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;" |Helicopters
|-
|[[Mil Mi-8]]
|USSR
|Utility
|
|2
|
|-
|[[Kamov Ka-50]]
|USSR
|Attack
|
|1
|
|}

== References ==
<references />{{Military of Europe}}
[[Category:Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]]

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