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The Military of Serbia 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.

As Serbia was the dominant partner in the former union, it has inherited the considerable bulk of the army and air force. As Serbia is landlocked, however, the only navy it could maintain would be on the Danube river. No formal decision has been taken regarding the future of the Serbian navy.

1 Equipment
- 1.1 Infantry Weapons
- 1.2 Air defense
2 See also
3 External links

[edit] Equipment

Here is a list of eqipment of the Serbian armed forces.

Main battle tanks
- M-84 300+
- T-55H 100+
- VIU-55 Munja 100+

Armoured personnel carrierss
- M-80 400+
- M-60P 300+
- BTR-40 200+
- BTR-50 200+
- BRDM-2 28
- BOV ?
- M8 ?

Artillery and battlefield missile systems
- 122-mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) 1000+
- 105 mm M-7 1000+
- 82 mm and 120 mm mortars 6000+
- FROG-7 4+
- YMRL-32 100+

Anti-tank
- AT-3
- M-60 recoilless rifles
- 90mm M-63B2

[edit] Infantry Weapons

M21S Assault Rifle
M93 Black Arrow Long Range Rifle
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 Machinegun
M87 12.7 mm Heavy Machinegun

[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 Serbian Air Defense units brough down a several NATO aircraft. Confirmed are one F16, and an F117, 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 'Goa'.

Inventory of Serbian air defense: