Army of Republika Srpska

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The Army of the Republika Srpska (Serbian: Војска Републике Српске (ВРС); Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian Vojska Republike Srpske (VRS)) also referred to as Bosnian Serb Army, was the military of the Republika Srpska. In 2005 it was integrated into Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina controlled by the Ministry of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It was founded in 1992 from the forces of the old Yugoslav People's Army, the army of former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from which Bosnia and Herzegovina had seceded the same year. The army counted some 80,000 personnel during the Bosnian War (1992-1995).

The VRS was made up almost entirely of Serb Orthodox officers and recruits from Bosnia-Herzegovina. The army formations that fought for Republika Srpska also included various Serb paramilitary units, as well as Russian, Greek and other volunteers fighting for Serb cause. There were also a few Muslims, mostly from the area of Teslić and Derventa (major Ismet Đuherić and his Meša Selimović brigade) in the north of the country.

The VRS is one of a number of groups that have been accused of war crimes in Bosnia against Bosniaks and Bosnian Croats. The military leader of VRS was general Ratko Mladić, who is now indicted at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for genocide, as are other high-ranking Serb officers, but has not been yet apprehended.

1 Weapons
- 1.1 Aircraft inventory
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Weapons

ZSU-57-2

[edit] Aircraft inventory

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Versions	In service^[1]
Aérospatiale Gazelle	France	scout/utility helicopter	SA 341	20
Lola Utva 75	Yugoslavia	liaison		2
Mil Mi-8	Soviet Union	utility helicopter	Mi-8T	11
SOKO G-4 Super Galeb	Yugoslavia	light attack/trainer		1
SOKO J-21 Jastreb	Yugoslavia	attack	Total J-21 IJ-21 NJ-21	9 4 2 3
SOKO J-22 Orao	Yugoslavia	attack		7