Serbian Army
| Serbian Army | |
|---|---|
| File:Komanda KoV.jpg Land Forces | |
| Active | Since 2007 |
| Country | Serbia |
| LF HQ | Niš |
| Motto(s) | "For Honor and Freedom of the Fatherland" [За слободу и част Отаџбине] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) |
| Commanders | |
| Commander | Lt. Gen. Mladen Ćirković |
Land Forces is the largest and the oldest army branch. Its organization, structure, armaments and equipment are tailored to activities conducted predominantly on the ground in their respectively assigned missions and tasks.
Tasks
LF Command is responsible for:
- deterring armed threats
- defense of the territory
- creating condition for mobilization and development of the Army and other bodies, and organization of defense system,
- participation in peace-keeping operations and international military cooperation and
- providing support to civil authorities in countering non-military challenges, risks and security threats.
Organization
- File:1 Brigada KOV.jpg LF 1st Brigade
- 10. Command Battalion
- 11. Infantry Battalion
- 15. Tank battalion
- 16. Mechanized Battalion
- 17. Mechanized Battalion
- 12. Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
- 13. Self-Propelled Missile Launcher Artillery Battalion
- 14. Air Defense Artillery Battalion
- 18. Engineer Battalion
- 19. Logistic Battalion
- 110. Pontoon Battalion
- 111. Pontoon Battalion
- File:2 Brigada KOV.jpg LF 2nd Brigade
- 20. Command Battalion
- 21. Infantry Battalion
- 22. Infantry Battalion
- 26. Tank Battalion
- 27. Mechanized Battalion
- 28. Mechanized Battalion
- 23. Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
- 24. Self-Propelled Missile Launcher Artillery Battalion
- 25. Air Defense Artillery Battalion
- 210. Engineer Battalion
- 29. Logistic Battalion
- File:3 Brigada KOV.jpg LF 3rd Brigade
- 30. Command Battalion
- 31. Infantry Battalion
- 32. Infantry Battalion
- 36. Tank Battalion
- 37. Mechanized Battalion
- 38. Mechanized Battalion
- 33. Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battalion
- 34. Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion
- 35. Air Defense Artillery Battalion
- 310. Engineer Battalion
- 39. Logistic Battalion
- File:4 Brigada KOV.jpg LF 4th Brigade
- 40. Command Battalion
- 41. Infantry Battalion
- 42. Infantry Battalion
- 46. Tank Battalion
- 47. Mechanized Battalion
- 48. Mechanized Battalion
- 43. Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battalion
- 44. Self-Propelled Rocket Launcher Battalion
- 45. Air Defense Artillery Rocket Battalion
- 410. Engineer Battalion
- 49. Logistic Battalion
- File:Mesovita artiljeriska Brigada.jpg LF Combined-Arms Artillery Brigade
- Command Division
- Combined-Arms Artillery Rocket Battalion
- 1. Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion
- 2. Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion
- 3. Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion
- Logistic Battalion
- File:3VP.jpg 3. Military Police Battalion
5. Military Police Battalion- File:Nbcw saf.jpg 246. NBC Battalion
- 21. Signal Battalion
- File:Recnaflotila.jpg River Flotilla of Serbian Armed Forces
- File:Specbr.sluz..jpg Special Brigade
- Command
- Commanding Battalion
- File:63ca.jpg 63rd Paratroop Battalion
- File:72spec.b..jpg 72nd Reconnaissance-commando Battalion
- File:PT bataljon color.jpg Anti-terrorist Battalion
- Logistics company
Equipment
Equipment list for Serbian Land Forces.
Armored vehicles
- Tanks
- IFVs and APCs
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Serbian M-84A MBT with new camouflage.
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Serbian Army M-84 MBT.
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T-72M of Serbian Army. -
Serbian army T-72M tanks. -
M-80A IFV of Serbian Army.
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M-80A LT armed with six 9M114 Maljutka (AT-3 Sagger) ATGW is anti-tank version of M-80A.
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Serbian Army MT-LB.
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BTR-50PU of Serbian Army.
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BOV-1 or POLO M83 vehicle armed with 6 AT-3 Sagger Malyutka missiles -
Serbian Military police BOV M-86 APC.
Artillery
- Towed artillery
- Self propelled and rocket artillery
- M-94 "Plamen S" - 18 (30 in reserve)
- M-77 "Oganj" - 60 (40 in reserve)
- 16x Nora B-52 - 16 (12 on order)
- M87 "Orkan" - 4[7]
- 2S1 Gvozdika - 72 with 50 MT-LB M1975's Fitted with folding SNAR-10 Big Fred artillery/mortar locating radar.[8]
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Serbian M-77 "Oganj" -
Serbian M-94 "Plamen-S"
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Serbian Army 2S1 Gvozdika.
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Nora B-52 on order
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Serbian Army NORA-A.
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D-30J of Serbian Army. -
Serbian soldiers shooting from 82mm mortar.
Army Air Defense systems
- Anti-Aircraft artillery
- Bofors 40 mm gun L/70 - guided by GIRAFFE Radar
- BOV-3 - 63
- MANPADs
- SAMs
- 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9) - 90
- 9K31 Strela-10 (SA-13) - 18 (upgrading)[9]
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9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9) of Serbian Army Air Defense
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Serbian Army Air Defense SA-13 SAM.
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BOV-3 Anti-aircraft armoured vehicle. -
40 mm Bofors AAA
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A Serbian Army GIRAFFE Radar
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Serbian soldier with Strela 2 (SA-7) SAM.
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Serbian soldiers firing Igla SAM.
Non-combat vehicles
Logistics
- 550-700x Military utility vehicles
- 1500-2000x Military trucks
Engineering vehicles
- 150-200x Engineering vehicles
- VIU-55 Munja on order
- M-84AI
- MT-55A
- T-55TZI
- BTM-3
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The FAP-1118 4x4 Military medium truck will replace old tam trucks.
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The FAP-2026 6x6 Serbian military truck. -
TAM Truck
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Tara vehicle FAP on order
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Mercedes-Benz Puch 300gd 4x4 Army.
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VIU-55 Munja on order -
MT-55A of Serbian Army.
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T-55TZI of Serbian Army.
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M84AI TZI of Serbian Army.
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Serbian army BTM-3.
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Amphibious vehicle PTS-M during joint exercise of Hungarian and Serbian Army, Šabac.
Anti-tank missile launchers
- Bumbar
- 9M14 Malyutka
- 9K111 Fagot
- 9K115 Metis
- 9M119 Svir
- M79 "Osa" 90 mm
- M80 "Zolja" 64 mm rocket grenade launcher
- M90 "Stršljen" 120 mm
Infantry Weapons
- Small arms
- CZ-99 Pistol 9 mm
- Automatic gun 7.65 mm M84[10]
- Zastava Shotguns
- M70A/M70B1 Assault Rifles 7.62 mm
- M21S Assault Rifle
- Heckler & Koch MP5
- M93 Black Arrow Long Range Rifle
- BGA
- M76 7.9 mm Sniper rifle
- M91 7.62 mm Sniper rifle
- M85 assault rifle
- M90 Assault rifle
- M77 Assault rifle
- M72 7.62 mm Machine gun
- M84 7.62 mm Machine gun
- Heavy arms
- M87 12.7 mm Heavy Machine gun [11]
- M-60 Recoilless rifle
- 90 mm M-63B2
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CZ-99 Pistol 9 mm
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Automatic gun 7.65 mm
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Special Forces Crossbow weapon
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Serbian soldier with M70A/M70B1 rifle.
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Heckler & Koch MP5 used for special ops.
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Serbian soldier with M76 sniper.
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M93 Black Arrow Long Range Rifle
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M72 7.62 mm Machine gun
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M84 7.62 mm Machine gun
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Machine gun Coyote 12.7 mm
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Serbian Bumbar anti-tank
Withdrawn from service or stored
- 511x T-55 Tanks (stored)
- 147x M-60P [12] APC's (target practice, scrap heap)
- 60x BRDM-2 About 60 of them scraped, the remaining 28 will be modernized.
- 36x ZSU-57-2 AAA vehicles scrapped
- M53/59 Praga AAA vehicles stored.[13]
- A number of other vehicles and equipment has also been scraped,or conserve all in effort to cut costs and modernize the military.
See also
- Military of Serbia
- River Flotilla
- Special Brigade
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion
- 72nd Reconnaissance-commando Battalion
- Battalion of Military Police Cobras
References
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/oklopno_borbena_sredstva/Tenk_M84.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/lat/naoruzanje/kov/oklopno_borbena_sredstva/Tenk_M84.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/oklopno_borbena_sredstva/BDRM2-eng.htm
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/streljacko_naoruzanje/Minobacaci_M74_i_M75.html#M75
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/lat/jedinice/kov/mabr.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/artiljerija/Haubica_122mm_D30.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/artiljerija/Samohodni_visecevni_lanser_M87_Orkan.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/artiljerija/Samohodna_Haubica_2s1_Gvozdika.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/pvo/Strela_10M.html
- ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/eng/naoruzanje/kov/streljacko_naoruzanje/AP_M84_Skorpion.htm
- ^ http://www.odbrana.mod.gov.yu/odbrana050/Arsenal%2010.pdf
- ^ http://www.vojska.net/eng/armed-forces/equipment/armored-personnel-carrier/m-60/
- ^ http://www.odbrana.mod.gov.yu/odbrana046/08%20Arsenal.pdf