Military of Serbia
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The Military of Serbia (Serbian: Војска Србије - Vojska Srbije) is the successor to the Military of Serbia and Montenegro, which ceased to exist after Montenegro voted to end the union of Serbia and Montenegro. In accordance with the agreement which established the union, Serbia inherited the joint Ministry of Defense — this was confirmed in a decree by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia on June 5. Those forces and assets inherited by Montenegro are being incorporated into a new Military of Montenegro, a completely new structure.
The Serbian Army is organized at 3 levels: strategic, operational and tactical.
The Serbian Army has professional, conscript and reserve component. While previous military organizations in Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro relied heavily on conscription, Armed Forces of Serbia are heading towards complete proffesionalization.
As Serbia was the dominant partner in the former union, it has inherited the considerable bulk of the army and air force. However, as Serbia is landlocked, the only navy it could maintain would be on the Danube river. Today, Military of Serbia still maintains Navy as separate branch, along with Army and Air Force.
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[edit] Symbols
 The symbol of the Army used on dress uniforms |
 The symbol of the Army used on camouflage uniforms |
On February 15 2007, the new arms and symbols of the Serbian Military were unveiled in Central Cultural Center of the Army in Belgrade.
[edit] Equipment
Here is a list of equipment of the Serbian Armed Forces.
| Equipment | ||||
| Role | Type | Orgin | Number of Vehicles in inventory | |
| Main battle tank | T-72 |  Soviet Union |
65 | |
| Main battle tank | M-84 |  Yugoslavia |
238 | |
| Main battle tank | T-55H | Soviet Union/ Serbia |
511 | |
| Main battle tank | VIU-55 Munja | Serbia |
100+ | |
| Light tank | PT-76 | Soviet Union |
? | |
| Armoured personnel carrier | M-80 | Yugoslavia |
562 under upgraiding to M-91 Vidra | |
| Armoured personnel carrier | M-60P (APC) | Yugoslavia |
147 -REMOVED FROM INVENTORY | |
| Armoured personnel carrier | BTR-50 | Soviet Union |
200+ | |
| Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle | BRDM-2 | Soviet Union |
28 | |
| Armoured personnel carrier | BOV (APC) | Yugoslavia |
58 | |
| Armoured personnel carrier | MT-LB | Soviet Union |
? | |
| Towed artillery | 122-mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) | Soviet Union |
? | |
| Towed artillery | 105 mm M-7 | Soviet Union |
? | |
| Towed artillery | 82 mm and 120 mm mortars | ? | ? | |
| Towed artillery | M-46 (Canon) cal. 130 mm | ? | 120 | |
| short-range artillery rocket | FROG-7 | Soviet Union |
4+ | |
| MLRS | M-63 "Plamen" (MLRS) | Yugoslavia |
? | |
| MLRS | M-77 "Oganj" (MLRS) | Yugoslavia |
100+ | |
| canon-howitzer | M-84 "Nora" (Canon-Howitzer) cal.152mm | Yugoslavia |
? | |
| MLRS | M87 LRSV "Orkan" | Yugoslavia , Serbia |
? | |
| Self-propelled canon-howitzer | 2S7 self-propelled 203 mm | Soviet Union |
? | |
| Self-propelled canon-howitzer | 2S1 self-propelled 122 mm | Soviet Union |
80 | |
| Self-propelled canon-howitzer | 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled 152 mm | Soviet Union |
12 | |
| Self-propelled canon-howitzer | Nora B-52 self-propelled 152 mm | Serbia |
12+ | |
[edit] Other vehicles
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- Land Rover Wolf
- HMMWV
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class
- Pinzgauer
- FAP-1118
- FAP-2632
- KrAZ 6X6
- TT-LB M1975 Fitted with folding SNAR-10 Big Fred artillery/mortar locating radar
- TAM 110 4X4
- TAM 150 6X6
- Anti-tank
- AT-3
- AT-4 Spigot- 'fagot'
- AT-7
- AT-11 Sniper
- M-60 recoilless rifles
- 90mm M-63B2
- M79 rocket launcher 90mm
- M-80 "Zolja" - 64 mm rocket grenade launcher
- Bumbar
[edit] Infantry Weapons
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- M70AB1,M70AB2 Assault Rifles 7.62x39mm
- M21S Assault Rifle
- M93 Black Arrow Long Range Rifle
- MP-5 submachine gun
- 30mm Automatic Grenade Launcher - BGA
- M93 Sniper rifle 7.62x51mm
- 7.62x54 mm Sniper rifle
- M76 7.9mm Sniper rifle
- M85 Submachine gun
- M90 Assault rifle
- M77 Assault rifle
- M84 7.62mm Machine gun
- M87 12.7 mm Heavy Machine gun
[edit] Air defense
The Serbian Army Air defense system contains a wide variety of Soviet and Czech models. Most are long range but some short range weapons are employed in infantry units. During the 1999 NATO bombing in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Air Defense units brought down several NATO aircraft. Confirmed are two F16's, an F18 superhornet, and many UAVs, as well as a large number of cruise missiles. The greatest achievement of these units was when the 3rd Battalion of the 250th Missile Brigade under the command of Colonel Zoltán Dani shot down a F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighter jet using an SA-3. Most of the Yugoslav fighter aircraft did not take part in the fighting due to overwhelming numbers NATO had.
Inventory of Serbian air defense:
- SAM systems
- SA-3 advanced radar('CER' system for stealth aircrafts)
- SA-6 Gainful advanced radar and missles itself
- SA-7 or Strela 2
- SA-9 Gaskin
- SA-13 Gopher
- SA-14
- SA-16 or 9K34 Strela-3
- SA-18 Grouse
- BOV-3
- BOV-30
- Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Self Propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun*
- M55 series 3x20mm AAA
- M53/59 2x30mm SPAAG
- Bofors 40mm/L70 AAA guided by GIRAFFE Radar
| Current Aircraft | ||||
| Role | Type | Orgin | Number of Airworthy Aircraft in inventory | |
| Air Superiority | MiG-21 | Soviet Union |
22 | |
| Air Superiority | MiG-29 | Soviet Union |
5(currently out of service for upgrades and refurbishment) | |
| Air Superiority and Multi Role | J-22 Orao | Yugoslavia |
16 | |
| Air Superiority and Multi Role | G-4 Super Galeb | Yugoslavia |
26 | |
| Recce/Spy | MiG-21M | Soviet Union |
1 | |
| Recce/Spy | IJ-22 Orao | Yugoslavia |
8 | |
| Recce/Spy | INJ-22 Orao | Yugoslavia |
2 | |
| Trainer Aircraft | MiG-21UM | Soviet Union |
2 | |
| Trainer Aircraft | G-4 Super Galeb | Yugoslavia Serbia |
Modificated to G-4M | |
| Trainer Aircraft | Lola Utva 75 | Yugoslavia |
Unknown amount (Estimated to be 4 or more in quantity) | |
| Cargo Aircraft | Antonov An-26 | Soviet Union |
+7 | |
| Cargo Aircraft | Yakovlev Yak-40 | Soviet Union |
4 | |
| Transport Helicopter | Mi-8/Mi-17 | Soviet Union |
Unknown Amount (Estimated to be between 10-29 airworthy) | |
| Multirole/Attack helicopter | SA.341 SA.341/342 Gazelle GAMA |  France/ Yugoslavia |
Unknown Amount (Estimated to be between 30-50 airworthy) | |
| Attack Helicopter | Mi-24V | Soviet Union |
2 | |
| UAV | IBL-2000 | Serbia |
? | |
[edit] Gallery of Serbian Army
 The M-84 Main Battle Tank of Serbian Army. |
 BTR-50PK Yugoimport SDPR upgrade package. |
 Serbian SA.341/342 Gazelle GAMA. |
 GIRAFFE Radar Serbian Army |
 Self-propelled canon-howitzer B-52 Nora. |
 M-77 Oganj MLRS on FAP military truck. |
 M-87 Orkan MLRS of Serbian Army. |
[edit] See also
- 63rd Paratroop Brigade of Serbia and Montenegro
- Yugoslav People's Army
- Military of Serbia and Montenegro
- Serbian Air Force
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