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Yugoslav Ground Forces
Field Marshal Petar Bojović
General Milan Milovanović
General Draža Mihailović
Colonel General Blagoje Adžić
Colonel General Života Panić
The Yugoslav Ground Forces (Serbian: Југословенске копнене снаге / Jugoslovenske kopnene snage) is the land-based component of the Yugoslav Armed Forces, responsible for defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Yugoslavia from foreign hostiles; participating in peacekeeping operations; and providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief. Originally established in 1918, the current Yugoslav army has been active since 1992 when Yugoslavia became a federal republic.
Name | Origin | Type | Photo | Notes |
Zastava CZ 99 | Yugoslavia | Pistol | Standard service pistol. | |
Heckler & | Germany | Pistol | Used by Special Brigade. | |
Zastava M59/66 | Yugoslavia | Carbine | Deactivated versions are still in use by | |
M4 Carbine | United | Carbine | Used by Counter-terrorist Battalion "Sokolovi". | |
SIG 552 | Switzerland | Carbine | Standard service carbine. | |
Zastava M92 | Yugoslavia | Carbine | Domestically produced carbine used in urban | |
Zastava M70 | Yugoslavia | Rifle | Standard service rifle. Around 76,000 | |
Zastava PAP | Yugoslavia | Rifle | Standard service rifle. | |
Styer AUG | Austria | Rifle | Used by Special Brigade and 72nd | |
Heckler & | Germany | Rifle | Used by 72nd Reconnaissance-Commando | |
Zastava M76 | Yugoslavia | Sniper Rifle | Most numerous sniper rifle in caliber | |
Zastava M91 | Yugoslavia | Sniper Rifle | Domestically produced copy of SVD, in | |
Zastava M93 Black Arrow | Yugoslavia | Anti-Material Rifle | Domestically designed. | |
Benelli M4 | Italy | Shotgun | Used by Special Brigade. | |
SPAS-15 | Italy | Shotgun | Used by Special Brigade. | |
Zastava M72 | Yugoslavia | Light Machine | 30 or 40 round box magazines or 75 | |
Zastava M77 | Yugoslavia | Light Machine | 20 round box magazines. | |
Zastava M84 | Yugoslavia | General-purpose | Standard machine gun of the Army. | |
Zastava M87 | Yugoslavia | Heavy Machine | Standard heavy machine gun of the Army. | |
M84 Škorpion | Yugoslavia/ | Submachine Gun | Standard sevice submachine gun. Used as well by tank and armored crews. | |
Heckler & | Germany | Submachine Gun | Different variants used by Special Brigade and | |
Heckler & | Germany | Submachine Gun | Used by Special Brigade and military police | |
M93 AGL 30mm | Yugoslavia | Automatic | Standard grenade launcher of the | |
M11 RBG 40mm | Yugoslavia | Grenade | Handheld revolver-type grenade | |
M74/M75 | Yugoslavia | Mortar | 120mm mortars are used to provide fire support for | |
M57 mortar | Yugoslavia | Mortar | 60mm mortar is still being used in Special |
Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Photo | Notes |
Project: Velikan | Yugoslavia | Main Battle | 0 | In design stages. Expected | |
M-84 | Yugoslavia | Main Battle | Active: 212 | Deployed in four tank battalions. One | |
T-72 | Soviet | Main Battle | Active: 13 | One company with 13 tanks still in | |
T-55 | Soviet | Main Battle | Active: 0 | Kept in reserve. Plans to modernize and sell to other | |
BVP M-80A | Yugoslavia | Infantry Fighting | Active: 320 | Deployed in 8 mechanized battalions, | |
BTR-50 | Soviet | Armoured | Active: 12 | BTR-50PK and BTR-50PU command | |
BTR-60 | Soviet | Armoured | Active: 10 | Used mostly as command | |
MT-LBu | Soviet | Armoured | Active: 20 | Used as a command vehicles in 2S1 | |
BOV VP | Yugoslavia | Armoured | Active: 30 | Used by military police. | |
BRDM-2 | Soviet | Armoured Car | Active: 10 | Reconnaissance role in tank | |
Humvee | United | Light Utility | Active: 35 | 40 vehicles donated by the United | |
BOV-1 | Yugoslavia | Self-Propelled | Active: 48 | Each mechanised battalion is | |
M-84AI | Yugoslavia | Armoured | Active: 5 | The M-84AI project was completed in | |
WZT-2 | Poland | Armoured | Active: 16 | Bought in the 80's from Poland. | |
JVBT | Czechoslovakia | Armoured | Active: 8 | Deployed in mechanized battalions, | |
MT-55 | Soviet | Armoured | Active: 4 | Deployed in tank and mechanized |
Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Photo | Notes |
2S1 | Soviet | Self-Propelled | Active: 72 | Four self-propelled artillery battalions, one | |
M84 NORA | Yugoslavia | Self-Propelled Gun | Active: 20 | Two battalions in Mixed Artillery Brigade. | |
M-46 | Soviet | Field Gun | Active: 6 | Two battalions in Mixed Artillery | |
D-30 | Soviet | Howitzer | Active: 0 | All D30s are stored in reserve. | |
M-94 | Yugoslavia | Multiple Rocket | Active: 10 | One self-propelled rocket artillery battalion | |
M-77 | Yugoslavia | Multiple Rocket | Active: 34 | Three self-propelled rocket artillery | |
M-87 | Yugoslavia | Multiple Rocket | Active: 4 | All four are part of the Mixed Artillery | |
SNAR 10 | Soviet | Ground | Active: 1 | Used in Mixed Artillery Brigade. | |
ARMS 3 | Soviet | Ground | Active: 1 |
Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Photo | Notes |
Bofors L/70 | Sweden | Anti-Aircraft | 12 batteries | ||
M53/59 Praga | Czechoslovakia | Anti-Aircraft | Active: 40 | Returned to service as support to mechanised battalions. | |
BOV-3 | Yugoslavia | Anti-Aircraft | Active: 0 | In storage. | |
S-125 | Soviet | SAM System | Active: 2 battalions | Active. | |
2K12 Kub | Soviet | SAM System | Active: 3 battalions | Tracked medium-range surface-to- | |
9K31 Strela-1 | Soviet | SAM System | Active: 10 | Used in air defence artillery | |
9K35 Strela- | Soviet | SAM System | Active: 2 | ||
9K40 Strela- | Yugoslavia | SAM System | 0 | ||
GIRAFFE | Sweden | Early Warning Radar | Active: 18 | Used in combination with Bofors | |
AN/TPS-70 | United | 3D Radar | Active: 5 | Four purchased in 1983. One | |
Strela 2 | Soviet | Man-Portable | The licensed mass production in | ||
9K38 Igla | Soviet | Man-Portable | In use are versions 9K310 Igla-1 |
Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Photo | Notes |
M80 Zolja | Yugoslavia | Shoulder-Fired | The most numerous unguided anti-tank | ||
M79 Osa | Yugoslavia | Shoulder-Fired | |||
M90 | Yugoslavia | Shoulder-Fired | Used in small numbers. | ||
9K11 |
| Anti-Tank Missile | |||
9K111 |
| Anti-Tank Missile | Infantry battalions for anti-tank combat |
Name | Origin | Type | Quantity | Photo | Notes |
BOV SN | Yugoslavia | Ambulance | 23 | ||
UAZ-469 | Soviet | Off-Road Vehicle | 23 | ||
TAM 110 T7 | Yugoslavia | Truck | 360 | ||
TAM 150 | Yugoslavia | Truck | 210 | ||
FAP 2026 | Yugoslavia | Truck | 168 | In use are models FAP 2026 BS/AV, FAP | |
IMK TG-200 | Yugoslavia | Tracked Dozer | |||
IMK ULT-160C | Yugoslavia | Wheel Loader | |||
KN-251 | Yugoslavia | Backhoe Loader | |||
MG-145 | Yugoslavia | Grader | |||
IMK DVV 11 | Yugoslavia | Road Roller | |||
PTS-M | Soviet | Tracked | 12 | Used for transport of troops and materials. | |
TMM-3 | Soviet | Vehicle-Launched | |||
PM M71 | Yugoslavia | Pantoon Bridge | Made under licence version of the Soviet |