Armed Forces of Montenegro

Armed Forces of Montenegro Vojska Crne Gore
guide
Commander in Chief :	President of Montenegro
Defense Minister:	Predrag Bošković
Military leadership:	Brigadier General Dragutin Dakić
Headquarters:	Podgorica
Military strength
Active soldiers:	1,600 (2019)
Conscription:
Resilient population:	280,982 (men and women, ages 16–49; 2010)
Eligibility for military service:	Age 18 and over
household
Military budget:	€ 80 million (2019)
Share of gross domestic product :	1.65% (2019)
history
Founding:	1879, founded in May 2006

The armed forces of Montenegro ( Montenegrin : Vojska Crne Gore) are the military of the state of Montenegro . The armed forces built up since 2006 comprise 1,600 soldiers and are now considered a functioning small army in Europe.

Montenegro has been a member of NATO and the association of armed forces on the Adriatic , the Adriatic Charter , since June 2017 .

history

Montenegro, which was part of Yugoslavia or the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro from 1918 to 2006 , regained its independence in May 2006 after a referendum. The present day army of Montenegro therefore emerged from the army corps of the armed forces of Serbia and Montenegro stationed in Podgorica . Since Serbia has no coast, the joint navy was completely taken over by Montenegro, but should be reduced to a coast guard . Montenegro has been a member of NATO since June 5, 2017.

structure

Organizational structure of the Montenegrin Armed Forces 2019.

Montenegrin Armed Forces in Afghanistan

• General Staff
  • • EloKa company
    • Medical center
    • 2nd and 3rd Infantry Battalion (Reserve)
    • mixed artillery battalion (reserve)
  • 1st Infantry Battalion
    • Rod
    • 1st Infantry Company
    • 2nd Infantry Company
    • 3. Mountain Company
    • 4th Infantry Company
    • Fire Support Company
    • NBC defense train
    • Telecommunication train
    • Supply group
  • Combat Support Battalion
    • Rod
    • Reconnaissance Company
    • Naval department
    • Military Police Company
    • Guard company
  • marine
    • Rod
    • Patrol boat P105
    • Patrol boat P106
    • Coast Guard Company
    • Training ship Jadran
    • Auxiliary boat group
    • Support company
  • air force
    • Rod
    • Fliegerstaffel
    • Support company
    • Air surveillance
    • Telecommunication train
    • 1. Anti-aircraft platoon
    • 2. Anti-aircraft platoon
    • Supply group
  • Support battalion
    • Rod
    • Pioneer company
    • Logistics company (3 ×)
    • Logistics train
  • Training center

Locations

The air force is located in the military area of Podgorica Airport (Golubovci), which also serves as one of the two international airports in Montenegro. There are also the marine bases Bar , Kumbor and Tivat . The land forces are based in Danilovgrad , Nikšić , Pljevlja and Kolašin .

equipment

The Montenegrin Army has 61 T-55 tanks , which have been decommissioned for cost reasons. For this purpose it has around 300 artillery pieces ready. The workforce was 6500, but has since been reduced significantly for cost reasons. The German Bundeswehr trains u. a. also the Montenegrin military.

Aircraft

Status: end of 2018

Aircraft	image	origin	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Bell 412		United States	Transport helicopter	412EPI	3
Soko Gazelle		France / Yugoslavia	Transport and school helicopters		6th		Licensed production of SA 341 from Aérospatiale

modernization

Due to the accession to NATO, the Montenegrin Ministry of Defense plans to modernize the material used by 2025. A first step was the acquisition of three Bell 412 helicopters , which replaced the five Mil Mi-8T transport helicopters from the Soviet era . Furthermore, in October 2019, sixty-seven armored vehicles of the type Oshkosh JLTV were ordered in the United States ; these are to be equipped with remote-controlled weapon stations from the Israeli company Elbit Systems .

Ranks and Rank Badges

Officers

Rank group	Generals				Staff officers			Subaltern officers
Land and Air Forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	General Pukovnik	General Potpukovnik	Major general	Brigadir	Pukovnik	Potpukovnik	major	Kapetan	Poručnik	Potporučnik
Rank (Bundeswehr)	general	Lieutenant General	Major general	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	major	Captain	First lieutenant	lieutenant
Naval forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	admiral	Vice Admiral	Contra admiral	Komodor	Kapetan Bojnog Broda	Kapetan Fregate	Kapetan Korvete	Poručnik Bojnog Broda	Poručnik Fregate	Poručnik Korvete
Rank (Bundeswehr)	admiral	Vice admiral	Rear admiral	Flotilla admiral	Sea captain	Frigate captain	Corvette Captain	Lieutenant captain	First lieutenant at sea	Lieutenant at sea
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
Land, air and naval forces
Shoulder pieces
Rank	Zastavnik Prve class	Zastavnik	Stariji Vodnik Prve class	Stariji Vodnik	Vodnik Prve class	Vodnik	Mladji Vodnik	Desetar	Razvodnik
Rank (Bundeswehr)	Oberstabsfeldwebel / Oberstabsbootsmann	Staff sergeant / officer in charge	Hauptfeldwebel / Hauptbootsmann		Sergeant / Boatswain	Staff sergeant / chief mate	NCO / mate	Corporal	Private
NATO rank code	OR-9	OR-8	OR-7		OR-6	OR-5	OR-4	OR-3	OR-2

Web links

Commons : Armed Forces of Montenegro  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Montenegrin Ministry of Defense (English)
• CIA - The World Factbook (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} DDefence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2012-2019) Press Release Communique PR / CP (2019) 069, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, June 25, 2019 (PDF)
2. ↑ Montenegrin army begins destroying its tanks. on: serbianna.com , July 3, 2007. (Eng.)
3. ↑ Craig Hoyle: World Air Force 2019. (PDF) Flight International, December 8, 2018, accessed December 6, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Jaroslaw Adamowski: Montenegro opts for Bell helos, eyes armored vehicles, radars. In: DefenseNews.com. November 13, 2017, accessed January 25, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Seth J. Frantzman: In first deal with Montenegro, Israel to Provide remote control weapons stations. In: DefenseNews.com. December 18, 2019, accessed January 25, 2020 .