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In the 1990s, the Latvian Army and National Guard troops were equipped with leftover Soviet, Romanian and Czechoslovak [57] weapons like the AKM, AK-74, SKS rifles and TT and Makarov pistols, alongside early procurements of CZ 82 pistols from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
After the Soviet occupation of Latvia in June 1940, during which the armed forces did not intervene following orders, the annihilation of the Latvian Army began. The army was first renamed the People's Army of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Tautas armija) and in September–November 1940 – the Red Army's 24th Territorial Rifle Corps.
Jukums Vācietis, formerly a colonel in the Latvian Rifles became the first commander-in-chief of the Red Army. The Latvian Red Riflemen were instrumental in the attempt to establish Soviet rule in Latvia in 1919. They suffered great losses of personnel due to the decreasing popularity of Bolshevik ideas among the Latvian Riflemen and Latvians ...
The Latvian Land Forces (Latvian: Sauszemes spēki, SzS) together with the Latvian National Guard form the land warfare branch of the Latvian National Armed Forces.From 2007 to 2024, the Land Forces were organized as a fully professional standing army until the re-introduction of conscription.
After the occupation of Latvia in June 1940 the Soviet Armed Forces began to demobilize the Latvian Land Forces.The army was renamed People's Army and in September–November 1940- the Red Army's 24th Territorial Rifle Corps.
Daugavgrīvas latviešu strēlnieku pulks) was an infantry rifle military unit of the Imperial Russian Army. The regiment was an armed formation of the Latvian Riflemen as part of the 1st Latvian Rifle Brigade, which participated in World War I from 1915 to 1918. The regiment was formed from the 1st Daugavgrīva Latvian Riflemen Battalion on 3 ...
In 1935, Latvia traded surplus No. 1 Mk. III Lee–Enfield rifles for 15,000 vz. 24s; Brno Arms Works in turn sold the Lee–Enfields to Iraq. [14] During World War II, Latvian resistance fighters employed the vz. 24s that had been ordered by the Latvian Army against the German occupation forces. [15]
Latvian military aircraft (3 C) N. Naval ships of Latvia (4 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 15 December 2019, at 01:48 (UTC). Text is available under the ...