FACTBOX-Military capabilities of Azerbaijan and Armenia

Sept 11 (Reuters) - Here is a look at the military capabilities of Azerbaijan and Armenia. The "frozen conflict" between the two has been punctuated by heated rhetoric and skirmishes across their common border and a line of contact around the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. AZERBAIJAN'S ARMED FORCES: TOTAL: Active - 66,940; Reserve - 300,000 ARMY: 56,840 Main Battle Tanks - 339 including 95 T-55 and 244 T-72 Armoured Infantry Fighting vehicles - 111 Armoured personnel carriers - 347 Artillery pieces - 458 NAVY: 2,220 Patrol and coastal vessels - 8 Coastal Mine Hunter - Mine warfare/inshore - 4 Amphibious - 6 AIR FORCE: 7,990 Combat capable aircraft - 44 14 Fighters - MiG-29 Fulcrum 11 Fighter ground attack aircraft - including 4 MiG-21 Fishbed, 4 Su-17 Fitter, 1 Su-17U Fitter, Su-24 Fencert 19 Attack aircraft - 16 Su-25 Frogfoot, 3 Su-25UB Frogfoot B Transport aircraft - 4 Helicopters - 26 Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters, 40 transport OTHER FORCES: 15,000 paramilitaries including border guards and militia. DEFENCE BUDGET: 2010 ${esc.dollar}1.59 billion, 2011 ${esc.dollar}1.68 billion Azerbaijan's armed forces have yet to make a successful transition from Soviet-era times despite the growth of the defence budget from rising oil revenue. Armed forces still rely on conscription and the standard of available equipment remains uncertain. Azerbaijan has contributed a small contingent to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF). ARMENIA'S ARMED FORCES: TOTAL: 48,834 - active, reserves some mobilisation, possibly around 210,000 ARMY: 45,846 including 25,880 conscripts Main Battle Tanks - 110 including 3 T-54, 5 T-55, 102 T-72 Armoured Infantry Fighting vehicles - 104 Armoured personnel carriers - 136 Artillery pieces - 239 AIR FORCE AND AIR DEFENCE: 1,061 Combat capable aircraft 16 1 fighter MiG-25 Foxbat 15 Fighter ground attack aircraft Su-25 Frogfoot Transport aircraft - 2 Helicopters - 8 Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters, 10 multi-role, 9 light transport OTHER FORCES: There is a paramiltary force of 6,694 consisting of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Border troops. DEFENCE BUDGET: 2010 ${esc.dollar}436 million, 2011 ${esc.dollar}395 million Armenia's army is primarily focused on territorial defence given the tensions with Azerbaijan and is still strongly based on Russian military thinking. However Armenia contributes to ISAF in Afghanistan, enabling its troops to benefit from their NATO counterparts. The IISS says in its latest Military Balance that Armenia's air force "reportedly struggles with serviceability and maintenance while Russia's air force provides national air defence from a leased base". Sources: Reuters/IISS Military Balance 2012 (Reporting by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)