Slovenian Armed Forces

Slovenian Armed Forces Slovenska vojska
guide
Commander in Chief :	President Borut Pahor
Military Commander:	Brigadier General Robert Glavaš
Headquarters:	Ljubljana
Military strength
Active soldiers:	7,500 (2016)
Reservists:	8,300
Conscription:	No
Resilient population:	775,000
Eligibility for military service:	17th
household
Military budget:	$ 790 million
Share of gross domestic product :	1.5% (2009)
history
Founding:	1991

The Slovenian Armed Forces ( Slovenian : Slovenska vojska ) are subordinate to the Ministry of Defense of Slovenia . The navy responsible for protecting the 46 kilometers of the Adriatic coast and the air force are not independent armed forces.

history

During the 10-day war in Slovenia in 1991 there were around 30,000 (information from the staff) to 35,200 (information from NATO ) men in the Yugoslav People's Army, around 26,000 (information from NATO) to 30,000 (information from the General Staff of the Slovenian Territorial Defense ( Teritorijalna Obramba - TO) ) across from. These were mainly recruited by the new state of Slovenia from associations of the former Yugoslav territorial defense of Slovenia and the police. 30% of the total strength of the RV i PVO (Yugoslav Air Force) and in some units up to 76% of the pilots were of Slovenian descent. About 200 members of the RV i PVO decided to change sides before the end of the conflict.

The territorial defense was able to successfully repel the Yugoslav federal army and became the nucleus of the Slovenian army founded in 1993. Since 1994 the country has participated in NATO's Partnership for Peace program. Slovenia has been a member of NATO since 2004, and in a referendum in March 2003, 63 percent of voters voted for membership. The defense strength is to be reduced from 47,000 men in 2001 to 14,000 (active and reserve) by 2010.

The military rank of "general" is only awarded in times of war. The current chief of the general staff, Alenka Ermenc , currently has the rank of major general .

hierarchy

The armed forces command, the guard unit and the recruiting department are directly subordinate to the General Staff . The Forces Command report to the Doktrin-, development and training command, the reconnaissance and news battalion and special forces Špeciálne Sile . It directs the army brigades (8,750 soldiers), the air forces (250 soldiers) and the sea ​​component (47 soldiers).

equipment

Hand weapons

A Slovenian soldier with an FN F2000 assault rifle during an exercise

designation	image	origin	caliber	Remarks
Pistols
Beretta 92 FS		Italy	9 × 19 mm
Assault rifles
FN F2000 S		Belgium	5.56 × 45 mm NATO
Machine guns
FN Minimi		Belgium	5.56 × 45 mm NATO	Light machine gun
FN MAG		Belgium	7.62 × 51 mm NATO	Medium machine gun
FN M2HB QCB		Belgium	12.7 × 99 mm NATO	Heavy machine gun
Sniper rifles
PGM Ultima Ratio		France	7.62 × 51 mm NATO
PGM Précision 338		France	8.6 × 70 mm
PGM Hécate II		France	12.7 × 99 mm NATO	Anti-Materiel Rifle
Grenade launcher
FN LG1		Belgium	40 × 46 mm HR	Underflow Grant Thrower
HK GMW		Germany	40 × 53 mm HR	Machine grenade launcher
Anti-tank weapons
RGW 90		Germany	90 mm	reactive anti-tank rifle
Spike ML / MR		Israel		Anti-tank guided missile

Land vehicles

Slovenian M-84 during a 2015 maneuver

Slovenian armored personnel carrier of the Valuk type

• 54 M-84 main battle tanks
• 52 M-80A armored personnel carriers (to be replaced by 135 × Patria AMV )
• 85 Valuk 6x6 armored personnel carrier (a Slovenian production of the Pandur )
• LKOV 4x4 Hummer

Ships

• 1 Super Dvora Mk2 patrol boat
• 1 Triglav patrol boat (Russian type: "Svetlyak")

Aircraft

As of the end of 2019

Aircraft	origin	photos	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Planes
Let L-410	Czech Republic		transport		1
Pilatus PC-6	Switzerland		transport		2
Pilatus PC-9	Switzerland		Trainer aircraft		9
Zlín Z-143	Czech Republic		Trainer aircraft		2
Zlín Z-242	Czech Republic		Trainer aircraft		8th
helicopter
Bell 412	United States		Light multipurpose helicopter		8th
Eurocopter AS 532	France		Transport helicopter	AS 532AL Cougar	4th
Bell 206	United States		Training helicopter		4th

See also

• List of armed forces
• List of women in the military

literature

• Marjan Malesic, Ljubica Jelušič , Maja Garb, Janja Vuga, Erik Kopac, Jelena Juvan: Small, but Smart ?. The Structural and Functional Professionalization of the Slovenian Armed Forces (= Military and Social Sciences . Vol. 49). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2015, ISBN 978-3-8487-2067-5 .

Web links

Commons : Slovenian Armed Forces  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Slovenian Ministry of Defense (Slovenian)
• Kievit, Paul, et Kuit, Carlo: “The Slovenian Air Force and joining NATO in 2004” , in: Troop Service , Volume 278, Issue 4/2004
• Petek, Robert: "Equipment and armament of the Slovenian armed forces" , in: Troop service , volume 280, issue 6/2004
• GlobalDefence.net with lots of information about the armed forces (German / English)
• Slovenian Armed Forces, patrol boat Triglav 11 (Slovenian)
• Slovenian Armed Forces homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Slovenia Military Strength. Current military capabilities and available firepower for 2016 detailed Globalfirepower, last seen on January 6, 2017
2. ↑ Information from the Slovenian Embassy on conscription (accessed on February 6, 2009)
3. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/si.html#Military
4. ↑ “Financial and Economic Data Relating to NATO Defense”, Press Release Communique PR / CP (2009) 009, NATO Public Diplomacy Division, February 19, 2009 (PDF, 128kB)
5. ↑ Brigadier Janez J. Svajncer: War for Slovenia 1991 . Slovenska vojska, May 2001 + Slovenian Government + Nato Statistics 1991.
6. ↑ Country information from the Austrian Ministry of Defense
7. ↑ Slovenian Armed Forces - Weblink: http://www.slovenskavojska.si/oborozitev-in-oprema/mornariska-oprema-in-plovila/vecnamenska-ladja-triglav-11/#c2129 . Triglav 11.
8. ↑ World Air Force 2020. Flight International , December 10, 2019, accessed January 16, 2019 .