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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.

Contents 1 Symbols 2 Equipment 2.1 Other vehicles 2.2 Infantry Weapons 2.3 Air defense 3 Gallery of Serbian Army 4 See also 5 External links

[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

• • 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

• 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

[edit] External links

• Serbian Ministry of Defense
• Official Website