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Revision as of 12:15, 11 August 2007
Serbian Land Forces | |
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Active | Since 2007 |
Country | Serbia |
LF HQ | Nis |
Motto(s) | За слободу и част Отаџбине Serbian: "For Honor and Freedom of the Fatherland" |
Commanders | |
Comander | Lt. Gen.Mladen Cirkovic |
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 organziation 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
Land forces:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 246. NBCW Battalion
- 3. MP Battalion
- 5. MP Battalion
- 21. Liaison Battalion
- River Flotilla of Serbian Armed Forces
Other units:
- Liaison Brigade
- 1. Center for stationary liaison
- 2. Center for stationary liaison
- 3. Center for stationary liaison
- 4. Center for stationary liaison
- Liaison Battalion
- Central logistics base
- 1. Storage Battalion
- 2. Storage Battalion
- 3. Storage Battalion
- 4. Storage Battalion
- Command Company
- SPC Belgrade
- SPC Belgrade
- Special Brigade
- Command
- Commanding Battalion
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion
- 72nd Reconnaissance-commando Battalion
- Antiterrorist Battalion
- Logistics company
- Guard
- Adjunct HQ units
- Honorary Battalion
- 25. MP Battalion
- Cobras MP Battalion
- Logistic Battalion
- Residential compounds
- Special-purpose compounds
Equipment
Here is a list of equipment of the Serbian Land Forces.
- 212xM-84 Yugoslavia - [1] upgrading to M-84AB1, 22 in reserve.
- 1-2x M-84AB1 Serbia - (prototypes)
- 15xT-72 Soviet Union - [2] used for education, 50 more are in reserve.
- 562x M-80A Yugoslavia - Upgrading and modernization to M-98 Vidra IFV.
- 58x BOV M-86 Yugoslavia - Used by Military Police.
- 84x BOV-1 Yugoslavia - 36 Used by Territorial defense brigades, 48 by anti-tank units of mechanized battalions.
- 200x BTR-50 Soviet Union - Half will be scraped, remaining half will be modernized.
- 28x BRDM-2 Soviet Union - About 60 of them scraped, the remaining 28 will be modernized.
- ?x M-74 and M-75 120 mm mortars Yugoslavia
- 36x M84 "NORA A" Yugoslavia
- 72x D-30 Soviet Union - 231 in reserve
- 18x M-63 "Plamen S" MLRS Yugoslavia - 30 in reserve
- 60x M-77 "Oganj" MLRS Yugoslavia - 40 in reserve
- 8x M87 "Orkan" MLRS Serbia
- 1x Košava rocket Serbia
- 72x 2S1 Gvozdika Soviet Union - with about 50 MT-LB's used as TT-LB M1975 Fitted with folding SNAR-10 Big Fred artillery/mortar locating radar.
- 16x "NORA B-52K" Serbia - (prototyps)
Anti-tank missile launchers
- Bumbar RPG Serbia
- 9M14 Malyutka Soviet Union/ Serbia
- 9K111 Fagot Soviet Union/ Serbia
- 9K115 Metis Soviet Union
- 9M119 Svir Soviet Union
- M79 rocket launcher 90 mm RPG Yugoslavia
- M-80 Zolja - 64 mm rocket grenade launcher Template:FRY
Army Air Defense systems
- 250x Bofors 40 mm gun L/70 Sweden - guided by GIRAFFE Radar Sweden/ Serbia
- 600x Strela 2 (SA-7) Soviet Union
- 90x 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9) Soviet Union - with about 10 BTR-60's used as SAM batery comand vehicles.
- 18x 9K31 Strela-10 (SA-13)[1] Soviet Union
- 500x 9K34 Strela-3 (SA-14) Soviet Union
- 200x 9K38 Igla-1 (SA-16) Soviet Union
- 100x 9K38 Igla (SA-18 Grouse) Soviet Union
- 65x BOV-3 Yugoslavia
- 8x BOV-30 Yugoslavia
- 550-700x Military utility vehicles
- TARA Serbia
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class (Mercedes- Benz Puch 300gd 4x4 Army version) Germany
- Land Rover Wolf United Kingdom
- Pinzgauer United Kingdom
- UAZ-469 Soviet Union
- 1500-2000x Military trucks
- TAM-110 4X4 Yugoslavia
- TAM-130 6X6 Yugoslavia
- TAM-150 6X6 Yugoslavia
- FAP-1118 4x4 Serbia
- FAP-2026 6x6 Serbia
- FAP-2228 6x6 Serbia
- FAP-2632 8x8 Serbia
- KrAZ-225 6x6 Soviet Union
- 150-200x Engineering vehicles
Infantry Weapons
- Small arms
- M70A/M70B1 Assault Rifles 7.62x39 mm Serbia
- M21S Assault Rifle Serbia
- M93 Black Arrow Long Range Rifle Serbia
- BGA Serbia
- 7.62x54 mm Sniper rifle Serbia
- M76 7.9 mm Sniper rifle Serbia
- M85 Submachine gun Serbia
- M90 Assault rifle Serbia
- M77 Assault rifle Serbia
- M84 7.62 mm Machine gun Serbia
- M87 12.7 mm Heavy Machine gun Serbia
- Heavy arms
- M-60 Recoilless rifle Soviet Union
- 90 mm M-63B2 Soviet Union
Withdrawn from service or in store
- 511x T-55 Soviet Union Tanks (stored)
- 147x M-60P Yugoslavia APC's (target practice, scrap heap)
- 60x BRDM-2 Soviet Union About 60 of them scraped, the remaining 28 will be modernized.
- 36x ZSU-57-2 Soviet Union SPAAA's (target practice, scrap heap)
- number of other vehicles and equipment has also been scraped, all in effort to cut costs and modernize the military.
Gallery
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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.
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M-80A IFV of Serbian Army.
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Serbian Army MT-LB.
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BTR-50PU of Serbian Army.
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BOV-1 ATGW vehicle fireing AT-3 Sagger Malyutka missiles.
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BOV-1 ATGW vehicle armed with 6 AT-3 Sagger Malyutka missiles
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Serbian Military police BOV M-86 APC.
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Košava rocket, modification of SA-2 in too ground-to-ground missle.
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Serbian MLRS M-77 "Oganj"
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Serbian MLRS M-63 "Plamen-S"
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Serbian Army 2S1 GvozdikaSelf Propelled Artillery.
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Serbian Army 2S1 Gvozdika
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Serbian Army NORA-A.
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D-30J of Serbian Army.
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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 vehicel.
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Bofors AAA
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A Serbian Army GIRAFFE Radar
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M55 Anti-aircraft guns with Strela 2 (SA-7) launchers on TAM-110 truck.
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Serbian soldier with Strela 2 (SA-7) SAM.
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Serbian soldiers fireing Igla SAM.
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The FAP-1118 4x4 Military medium truck will push out from use the old TAM trucks.
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The FAP-2026 6x6 Serbian military truck.
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Tara vehicle FAP
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TAM-110 4x4 armoured light truck "Lynx"(Ris).
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TAM-130 mobile workshop
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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 soldiers on patrol.
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Serbian solder with M70 rifle.
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Machinegun Coyote
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Serbian solders shoting from 82mm mortar.
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Zastava M21 in active use.
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Serbian Army paramedics.
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Serbian solder with M-76 sniper.
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M-80 Zolja RPG
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Serbian Bumbar anti-tank
See also
- Military of Serbia
- River Flotilla
- Serbian military ranks
- Special Brigade
- 63rd Paratroop Battalion
- 72nd Reconnaissance-commando Battalion
- Battalion of Military Police Cobras