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Republic of Tadjikistan

In 1915, The Tadjik general Blagoja Samblevski (http://www.artehistoria.com/batallas/thumb/ANJ16492.jpg) seeking power within the Afghan region supported the Tadjik region of Afghanistan with weapons, bought with resources from his own countries, and so started a rebellion within Afghanistan, deposing the local ruler in a short battle near Kabul.
Samblevski quickly took control over the nation and started his 'Great leap', industrializing his new country as fast as possible while building up an army of his own.
In 1917, after inciting seperatists in Peshawar, Samblevski attacked British Pakistan and allthough the operations of his army were badly coordinated and suffered some setbacks, the rebels were able to make good progress and take several cities.
Britain, forced to fight a war in Europe and thus unable to counter the Tadjik attack, eventually had to agree on a treaty with Samblevski giving him Pakistan.

Afghanistans economy is mainly centered around agriculture and trade but through Samblevski's Great Leap program, the industry has become an important employer in the Republic.
natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones, hydropower, uranium, mercury, brown coal, tungsten, silver, gold are all resources found on and in the Tadjik soil.

Head of state: general Blagoja Samblevski (http://www.artehistoria.com/batallas/thumb/ANJ16492.jpg)
Population: 142,000 000 (1934 est.)
Government type: Dictatorship (officialy a democratic republic with emergency power for the president)
Languages: Official: Tadjik, English/ other: Dari, Farsi, Pushtu.
Ethnicities: Tadjiks 35%, Hazara, 20%, Pushtu 40%, Indian 5%.
Army personnel: Approx 1.5 million including militia's
Naval personnel: 85000
Airforce personnel: 157000

Foreign relations
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Army Equipment
rifle: M5/30 (http://users.pandora.be/bdc/mk31.jpg)
Calibre: 8mm round, 5-round internal mag
Length: 1.23m
weight: 4kg
Designed in 1903 and accepted for service in 1905, the rifle has been improved in 1931. The vast majority of all rifles in service are modernized though rearguard and especially militia troops may still use the old m5 model.
The British Lee Enfield .303 is very common among militia's, reserves and tribesmen, as it was kept in production in the former British colony of West-Pakistan.

machinepistol: M31 (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Submachine_gun_Suomi_M31.jpg/300px-Submachine_gun_Suomi_M31.jpg)
Calibre: 9mm with 50 or 71-round mag,
range: 300m
length: 0.87m
weight: 7kg
Tadjiks like firepower and this is a typical example. Based upon the m31 Suomi, this Tadjik produced machinepistol is used mainly by squadleaders, platoon- and companycommanders, though individual soldiers may be spotted using them. Small numbers have also appeared in the hands of tribesmen, who use them to enhance their reputation as warriors within their tribe.
The military trains on firing the weapon in short bursts but your average tribesmen prefers to fire fullautomatic (often resulting in a shortage of ammunition.

pistols:
P-30 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C96)
P-35 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Hi-Power)
P-25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley_revolver)

The pistol may be a useful item but not as far as the Tadjiks are concerned, they regard it as a luxury or possibly a last option. Most pistols in Tadjik service are therefore, foreign types. The first officially adopted handgun was the Webley, which the army at that time wrongly designated as Pistol 25(1925 is the year of acceptance into service). A powerful and as with all revolvers, reliable weapon that is used by all branches of the Tadjik armed forces.
The P-30 is the most powerful among Tadjik handguns, can be fired rapidly and is thus muchliked among Tadjiks (they often just stick it in their belt or pocket with the broomhandle hanging out), It is not very accurate however.
Last on the list is the P-35 which is at the moment, only in limited use by the army.

Machinegun: LMG-25 (http://worldwar2.free.fr/vickersberthier.jpg)
calibre: 8mm, 30-round mags
length: 1.1m
weight: 11kg