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The old KZ military flags can be found at the page:
http://military-
kz.ucoz.org/index/voennye_flagi/0-58
Jens Pattke, 9 June 2012
Modern KZ Armed Forces consists of several branches:
1) from Ministry of Defence:
- Ground Forces
- Air Defense Forces
- Naval Forces
- Air Mobile Forces
- Rocket Forces and Artillery
- Special Forces
2) from the Committee of National Security
- Border Forces
3) from the President Administration
- Republican Guard
4) from the Emergencies Ministry:
- Emergencies Forces
I dont know dates of adoption. But two of these flags (Ground F. and Air
Defence F.) seen many times at parades and press-coferences in Ministry of
Defence.
Victor Lomantsov, 9 June 2012
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is the name of the
unified armed forces of Kazakhstan and they depend on the Ministry of
Defence (official website: http://www.mod.gov.kz/)
The Ministry of Defence has its own heraldry site,
dedicated to the
following official military (all are rectangular in shape) flags:
- Any given military Unit (Standard) flag:
http://www.mod.gov.kz
/... (shows both, obverse and reverse): it is a sky blue background flag
which measures are 145
cm long by 115 cm wide, and has a golden fringe. On the obverse, on the top
it reads Êàçàêñòàí Ðåñïóáëèêàñû (Kazakhstan Republic), in the
middle there's the CoA ) which measures 50 cm high and on the
bottom it reads OTAN UShIN (For the motherland). These two inscriptions are
7.5 cm high. On the
reverse, on the top it reads "MINDET, ABYROJ, ERLIK" (Duty, Honor, Courage),
below is the CoA of the Armed
Forces) that stands at 56 cm wide and below the number of the Unit and
below
that, the name of the Unit. All writing is in golden colored letters.
Here's an example:
https://pp.
vk.me/....jpg (source: https://vk.com/wall-87916928?o
ffset=20)
- Land Forces
current flag is seen here (measurements are 2 meters long by 1 meter
high): http://www.mod.gov.kz/..
.
It features a red five-pointed star on the canton, measuring 30 cm from one
end to
the other, and in the middle, the sun and the golden eagle).
- Naval Forces
current flag is seen here (measurements are 2 meters long by 1 meter
high): http://www.mod.gov.kz/..
..
It features a red five-pointed star on the canton, measuring 30 cm from one
end to the other, over a silver anchor and in the middle, the sun and the
golden eagle). The top fringe is white and the bottom is sky blue, both
measuring
the same in width.
- Air Force
current flag is seen here (measurements are 2 meters long by 1 meter
high): http://www.mod.gov.kz/..
.. It
features a red five-pointed star on the canton, measuring 30 cm from one end
to the other, and in the middle, the sun and the golden eagle). The flag is horizontally divided in
equal stripes,
the top part having 13 rays, seven white and six sky blue, spreading from
the middle in a circular way, from the middle outward and the bottom part
being sky blue.
- Air Defence Forces
current flag is seen here (measurements are 2 meters long by 1 meter
high): http://www.mod.gov.kz/..
.. It features a red
five-pointed star on the canton, measuring 30 cm from one end to the
other, inside a rectangle that measures 32 cm high and 65 cm long and has 24
rays from the middle outward, 12 white and 12 sky blue. and in the middle,
the sun and the golden eagle).
- Armed Forces flag
on January 21 I saw the (purported) Kazakhstan Armed Forces here: http://en.tengrinews
.kz/... (source: http://en.tengrinews.kz/...).
The picture was taken on May 7, 2014 during the Defense of the
Fatherland/Fatherland Defender's Day military parade, and published
the next day online, on May 8. Picture credits to © Turar Kazangapov. It
features >the CoA of the Armed Forces)
on a light blue
horizontal background.
- Minister of Defence
on January 21 I saw the (purported) Kazakhstan
Armed Forces here (the carflag on the right): http://en.tengrinews
.kz ... (source:
http://en.tengrinews.kz/...).
The picture was taken on May 7, 2014 during the Defense of the
Fatherland/Fatherland Defender's Day military parade, and published
the next day online, on May 8. Picture credits to © Turar Kazangapov.
It is a sky blue horizontal flag with an emblem in the middle. This flag
seems to be the same as this one (on the right):
https://pp.
vk.me/... (source: https://vk.com/...)
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016
by Victor Lomantsov, redrawn from www.hameleons.com
by Victor Lomantsov, redrawn from www.hameleons.com
by Victor Lomantsov, redrawn from www.hameleons.com
by Mark Sensen and Jan Oskar Engene
by Martin Grieve, 12 August 2016
Looking at the link provided on Kazakh Military flags on FOTW, I have
drawn and giffed 4 flags for submission.
The most dramatic "change" if you like is the eagle and
sun emblem on all of these flags which differ from the standard
design on the national flag - The sun contains only 20 rays
as opposed to 32 on the national flag and the eagle is of
a more simplified design. Perhaps this is erroneous, but on
the other hand, it may well be a deliberate change from the norm.
Martin Grieve, 12 August 2016
by Martin Grieve, 12 August 2016
Looking at the link provided on Kazakh Military flags on FOTW, I have
drawn and giffed 4 flags for submission.
The most dramatic "change" if you like is the eagle and
sun emblem on all of these flags which differ from the standard
design on the national flag - The sun contains only 20 rays
as opposed to 32 on the national flag and the eagle is of
a more simplified design. Perhaps this is erroneous, but on
the other hand, it may well be a deliberate change from the norm.
Martin Grieve, 12 August 2016
One can also see the following military flags here:
I - http://www.mod.g ov.kz/... 6930.jpg : a set of three flags, from left to right, in which the first one is very similar to Land Force Flag, but notice that the sky blue of the flag of Kazakhstan is not the color displayed on the flag, but rather a light blue; the second one seems to be the 2nd Brigade of Air Defence Forces, in contrast to the one we already have at FOTW which is the 3rd Brigade; and the final and third flag is the Ministry of Defence flag (also seen here: http://www.mod.g ov.kz/..._6931.jpg; (source: http://www.mod.gov.kz/rus/struktura/...). Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016
I think it is not flag of MoD. It is ceremonial flag of the Navy.
Soldiers at the photo (http://www.mod.g
ov.kz/data/nws/rus/img_2323_6931.jpg)
are from Honour Guard. They have flags of main army branches - Land Forces,
Air Defence Forces, Navy.
Why you think these flags belonged to 2nd Brigade of Air Defence Forces
3rd
Brigades? Roman cyphers at the emblem? For me they means nothing. I think
in both cases it is Air Defence Forces flags with minor artistic
differences.
Victor Lomantsov, 27 January 2016
Regarding the above, I guess you are right. At a first glance, it seems
the emblem has many different symbols representing the different branches.
But when you take a closer look (and judging from the uniform the troops in
the picture are wearing) I agree with you that it is a Naval forces flag
(maybe another Honor Guard flag). The Naval forces CoA (
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/images/kazak-navy.g
if ) is indeed featured on that flag, without the outer ring inscription
though. This is the official website of the ?ñêåðè òå?³ç ê?øòåð³ (Naval
Forces) by the way:
http://www.mod.gov.kz/rus/struktura/vooruzhennye_sily_rk/voenno-morskie_sily
/index/
Now regarding that last paragraph, I infer they are Unit flags (i.e. 2nd or
3rd Brigade) for the naming system (Order of Battle) thay they inherited
from the Soviet
era. Remember that their main military (strategic) Units are usually
Regiments, so in case it's not a Regiment, it's a Brigade. I don't think the
Roman numerals
in the flag is a mere coincidence. On the contrary: I do think they are, as
I just mentioned, Unit flags, so they each represent a different Unit.
Still, I think we need further information and further evidence tu support
any of either statement, but for the moment, the least we can do is include
this thread
and all its discussion on its respective section to update it.
Esteban Rivera, 27 January 2016
II- http://www.mod.g ov.kz/...6813.jpg: a set of three flags, from left to right: Republic of Kazakhztan, the Air Defence Forces (notice the brighter red in the separation of colors, and also the light blue instead of the sky blue) and the Ground (Land) Forces (again, notice the light blue in the picture, instead of the sky blue we have) (source: http://www.mod.gov.kz/rus/struktura/...)
III- https://pp. vk.me/...9oyZl52_oFE.jpg (unknown set of flags) (source: https://vk.com/wall-87916928?of fset=0)
IV - ttps://pp.v
k.me/...WH7Pb_Q.jpg (unknown
flag, featuring flags of all armed forces) (source: https://vk.com/wall-87916928?o
ffset=40)
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016
Honor Guard Company of Airborne Assault Brigade
Victor Lomantsov, 27 January 2016