North Macedonian Armed Forces
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Commander in Chief : | President of the Republic of North Macedonia | ||
Defense Minister: | Radmila Šekerinska | ||
Military Commander: |
Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurchinovski (Chief GenStab) |
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Military leadership: | General Staff | ||
Headquarters: | Skopje | ||
Military strength | |||
Active soldiers: | 8,000 | ||
Reservists: | 5,000 | ||
Conscription: | Volunteer army | ||
Resilient population: | Males aged 16 to 49: 532,856
Women aged 16 to 49: 513,684 (as of 2010) |
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Eligibility for military service: | Age 18 and over | ||
household | |||
Military budget: | $ 151 million (2019) | ||
Share of gross domestic product : | 1.0% (2017) | ||
history | |||
Founding: | February 15, 1992 |
The Army of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk. Армија на Република Северна Македонија , APCM for short ) is the military of the Republic of North Macedonia . It is divided into an army with attached air forces ( Heeresflieger ). Due to the landlocked location of the country, there is no independent navy .
General
The North Macedonian armed forces have a workforce of 8,000 active soldiers and 5,000 reservists . In 2017 which amounted defense budget 112 million US dollars to give 1.0 percent of gross domestic product accounts. The country is a member of NATO . Foreign Minister Dimitrov and representatives of the NATO countries signed the accession agreement on February 6, 2019. After ratification, North Macedonia became the 30th NATO member on March 27, 2020. Furthermore, membership in the OSCE is given and membership in the EU is sought .
modernization
In order to improve interoperability with the other NATO members, the North Macedonian Army plans to replace most of their armored vehicles from the Soviet era. These BTR-70 , BTR-80 , BMP-2 and MT-LBs are to be replaced by 56 armored personnel carriers and 96 light armored vehicles from American production.
List of Chiefs of the General Staff
No. | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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12. | Lieutenant General Vasko Gjurchinovski | 18th August 2018 | - |
11. | Lieutenant General Metodija Velichkovski | August 18, 2015 | 18th August 2018 |
10. | Lieutenant General Gorancho Koteski | August 18, 2011 | August 18, 2015 |
9. | Lieutenant General Miroslav Stojanovski | July 6, 2005 | August 18, 2011 |
8th. | Major General Gjorgji Bojadzhiev | March 12, 2004 | July 6, 2005 |
7th | General Metodi Stamboliski | September 19, 2001 | March 12, 2004 |
6th | General Pande Petrovski | June 12, 2001 | September 19, 2001 |
4th | Lieutenant General Jovan Andrevski | February 11, 2000 | June 12, 2001 |
3. | General Trajche Krstevski | January 20, 1996 | February 11, 2000 |
2. | Colonel General Dragolyub Bocinov | March 3, 1993 | January 20, 1996 |
1. | Major General Miter Arsovski | March 16, 1992 | March 3, 1993 |
structure
- General Staff
- Operation command
- 1st Infantry Brigade
- Management company
- Tank Battalion "B"
- 1st Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Infantry Battalion
- 3rd Infantry Battalion
- 4th Infantry Battalion
- Artillery Battalion
- Telecommunications company
- NBC defense company
- Army Aviation Brigade
- Helicopter squadron
- Anti-aircraft battalion
- Air surveillance battalion
- Flight school
- Technical support relay
- Engineer Battalion
- military police
- Telecommunications Battalion
- 1st Infantry Brigade
- Training command
- Guard battalion
- Center for Electronic Reconnaissance
- Operation command
equipment
Armored vehicles
vehicle | image | origin | version | number | Remarks |
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Main battle tank | |||||
T-72 | Soviet Union | T-72A | 31 | ||
Armored personnel carriers | |||||
BMP-2 | Soviet Union | BMP-2K | 11 | To be replaced by vehicles made in the USA. | |
BTR-70 | Soviet Union | 58 | To be replaced by vehicles made in the USA. | ||
BTR-80 | Soviet Union | 12 | To be replaced by vehicles made in the USA. | ||
armored vehicles | |||||
MT-LB | Soviet Union | 10 | To be replaced by vehicles made in the USA. | ||
More sour |
Austria / Greece |
Leonidas | 8th | former vehicles of the Greek army | |
TM-170 Ermine | Germany | 89 | |||
M113 | United States | 30th | former vehicles of the German army - in reserve |
Artillery and mortar
vehicle | image | origin | version | number | Remarks |
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Multiple rocket launchers | |||||
BM-21 | Soviet Union | 12 | |||
M-63 | Yugoslavia | 12 |
- 55 76mm M-48 guns
- 10 76 mm ZIS-3 M-1942 guns
- 18 105mm M-2A1 guns
- 18 105 mm M-56 guns
- 108 122 mm M-30 guns
- 234 60 mm grenade launchers
- 340 82 mm grenade launchers
- 143 120 mm grenade launchers
Anti-tank
- 57 mm bazookas
- 82mm M60A bazookas
- 9K11-Malyutka - anti-tank guided weapons
- MILAN anti-tank guided missiles
Air defense
- 20 mm M75 anti-aircraft guns
- 30mm RH-20 anti-aircraft guns
- 9K32-Strela-2
- 9K310-Igla-1 - anti-aircraft missiles
Sea vessels
6 BOTICA (type 16) PBR watch boats are used to monitor Lake Ohrid .
Aircraft
Army aviation operates 6 aircraft and 14 helicopters (as of the end of 2019).
Aircraft | image | origin | use | version | active | Ordered | Remarks |
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Planes | |||||||
Zlín Z-143 | Czech Republic | Trainer aircraft | Z-143L | 1 | |||
Zlín Z-242 | Czech Republic | Trainer aircraft | Z-242L | 5 | |||
helicopter | |||||||
Mil Wed-24 | Soviet Union | Attack helicopter | Mi-24V | 4th | |||
Mil Wed-8 | Soviet Union | Transport helicopter | Wed-8MT Wed-17 |
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Bell 206 | United States | Training helicopter | Bell 206B-3 | 4th |
Ranks and Rank Badges
Officers
Rank group | Generals | Staff officers | Subaltern officers | |||||||
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Shoulder pieces | ||||||||||
Rank | general | General potpolkovnik | General major | Brigades general | Polkovnik | Potpolkovnik | major | Kapetan | Porucznik (Поручник) |
Podporucznik (Подпоручник) |
Rank (Bundeswehr) |
general | Lieutenant General | Major general | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | major | Captain | First lieutenant | lieutenant |
NATO rank code | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 |
NCOs and men
Rank group | NCOs | Teams | ||||||
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Shoulder pieces | ||||||||
Rank | Zastavnik I klasa | Zastavnik | Postar vodnik I klasa | Postar vodnik | Vodnik | Pomlad vodnik | Desetar | Razvodnik |
Rank (Bundeswehr) |
Sergeant Major | Staff Sergeant | Sergeant Major |
Oberfeldwebel / Feldwebel |
Staff NCO / NCO |
Corporal Corporal | Corporal | Private |
NATO rank code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-2 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Overview: Macedonia (Manpower). In: globalfirepower.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/mk.html
- ↑ Military expenditure by country, in constant (2018) US $ m., 1988-2019 (see below for 1999-2009). (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) , p. 19 , accessed on August 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Military expenditure by country as percentage of gross domestic product 2001-2017. (PDF) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ^ Holger Romann: North Macedonia is included. In: Tagesschau . February 6, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e US Funds North Macedonian Replacement of Soviet-Era Armor. In: ausa.inloop.com. Jane's Information Group , August 28, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ World Air Force 2020. Flight International , December 10, 2019, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ↑ R.-J. Gort, R. Blok, J. van Veendedaal: Macedonia's helicopter . In: Fliegerrevue . No. 08/2018 , p. 30/31 .