Kazakhstan Armed Forces

In 2003 Navy again became independent branch of Armed Forces, Mobile Troops became Air Mobile Troops. 3 branches again:

• Ground Troops
  • Rocket Forces and Artillery
  • Air Mobile Troops (from 2017 renamed to Air Assault Forces)
• Navy Forces
• Air Defence Forces

Modern list ot the branches of Armed Forces:

• Ground Troops
• Air Defence Forces
• Navy Forces
• Air Assault Forces
• Special Forces

In time of mobilization Armed Forces supplemented by:
1) from the Committee of National Security
        - Border Forces
2) from the President Administration
        - Republican Guard
3) from the Emergencies Ministry:
        - Emergencies Forces
Victor Lomantsov, 9 June 2012 and 25 June 2024

by Zoltan Horvath, 20 June 2024

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.
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016

Flag of Armed Forces is a blue flag with emblem of Armed Forces, which a yellow-bordered red star superimposed yellow sun and eagle. Ratio is 1:2. The "Flag of Armed Forces" pattern is used for the reverse of unit flags (Photo 1 and Photo 2).
Zoltan Horvath, 20 June 2024

So the "Flag of Armed Forces" pattern is used for the reverse of unit flags (https://x.com/modgovkz/status/1797622362164314155/photo/1 and https://x.com/modgovkz/status/1801858432347123786/photo/1).
Zachary Harden, 20 June 2024

What about adoption of this flag? I saw this flag once (at aviation show) but I don’t know date of adoption. And I think it is not official.
Victor Lomantsov, 20 June 2024

I found these regulations:. It is project of Law about Military Symbols of Kazakhstan (not adopted). Chapter 1 sais "Military Symbols of the Republic of Kazakhstan are the emblem, flag and colour of the Armed Forces"; but adopted version of this Law sais nothing about flag of the Armed Forces.
Zoltan Horvath, 21 June 2024

Ground Troops - branch of Armed Forces was formed in 1993 and existed until now. Other translation versions of the name: Ground Forces, Land Forces.

Former flag of Ground Troops

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

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).
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016. After Ministry of Defence heraldry site

Modern flag of Ground Troops

by Victor Lomantsov, redrawn from www.hameleons.com

I dont know dates of adoption. But flag of Ground Forces seen many times at parades and press-coferences in Ministry of Defence.
Victor Lomantsov, 9 June 2012

Naval Forces - branch of Armed Forces was formed in 1993. For detailed info see page Kazakhstan Naval Flags.

by Mark Sensen and Jan Oskar Engene

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.
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016. After Ministry of Defence heraldry site

Air Defence - branch of Armed Forces was formed in 1998 by combining former Air Forces and Anti-Aircraft Defence Troops.

by Victor Lomantsov, redrawn from www.hameleons.com

I dont know dates of adoption. But flag of Air Defence Forces seen many times at parades and press-coferences in Ministry of Defence.
Victor Lomantsov, 9 June 2012

New branch of Armed Forces was formed in 2000 as Mobile Troops, from 2003 renamed to Air Mobile Troops, from 2017 - Air Assault Forces. Independent branch (with own Commander-in-Chief) since 2022.

by Victor Lomantsov, redrawn from www.hameleons.com

Air Forces was separate branch of the Armed Forces until 1998. Now - part of Air Defence Forces.

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

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.
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016. After Ministry of Defence heraldry site

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

Anti-Aircraft Defence Troops was separate branch of the Armed Forces until 1998. Other translation versions of the name used sometimes - Air Defence Forces. Now - part of Air Defence Forces.

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).
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016. After Ministry of Defence heraldry site

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

founded by Esteban Rivera

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. After Ministry of Defence heraldry site

by Victor Lomantsov, 08 July 2024; based on military-kz.ucoz.org/

The old KZ military flags can be found at the page: http://military-kz.ucoz.org/index/voennye_flagi/0-58 . Flag of Minister of Defence.
Jens Pattke, 9 June 2012

The emblem on the Flag of Minister of Defence is a "Issyk Golden Cataphract Warrior": "The Golden Cataphract Warrior is thought to be a Saka prince or princess around the age of 18, since he dates to the 4th century BC and the region where the kurgan was found was ruled by the Sakas in the 4th century BC".
Victor Lomantsov, 8 July 2024

One can also see the following military flags here:

I - http://www.mod.gov.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.gov.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.gov.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.gif ) 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.gov.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?offset=0)

IV - ttps://pp.vk.me/...WH7Pb_Q.jpg (unknown flag, featuring flags of all armed forces) (source: https://vk.com/wall-87916928?offset=40)
Esteban Rivera, 25 January 2016

Honor Guard Company of Airborne Assault Brigade
Victor Lomantsov, 27 January 2016

Kazakhstan Air defence force roundel & fin flash 1992-1998

   by Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 June 2024

Kazakhstan Air defence force roundel & fin flash 1998-

   by Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 June 2024

Border Guard of the Committee of National Security roundel. By Law of 2012

   by Nozomi Kariyasu, 20 June 2024

Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior Affairs roundel. By Law of 2012

by Victor Lomantsov, 21 June 2024; based on the law and specifications for the aircraft markings reported by Zachary Harden