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Yugoslav Ground Forces

Yugoslav Ground Forces

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Active
1992 – Present

Country
Yugoslavia

Allegiance
Yugoslav Armed Forces

Type
Army

Size
500,000

Commander HQ
Niš

Anniversaries
November 16

Leadership

Commanders of General Staff HQ
Colonel General Nebojša Pavković

Army Sergeant Major
Warrant officer 1st class Simon Stević

Notable commanders
Field Marshal Živojin Mišić
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.

Equipment


Name

Origin

Type

Photo

Notes

Zastava CZ 99

Yugoslavia

Pistol

Standard service pistol.

Heckler &
Koch USP

Germany

Pistol

Used by Special Brigade.

Zastava M59/66

Yugoslavia

Carbine

Deactivated versions are still in use by
Honour Guard.

M4 Carbine

United
States

Carbine

Used by Counter-terrorist Battalion "Sokolovi".

SIG 552
Comando

Switzerland

Carbine

Standard service carbine.
Preferred for urban warfare.

Zastava M92

Yugoslavia

Carbine

Domestically produced carbine used in urban
warfare due to stronger cartridge.

Zastava M70

Yugoslavia

Rifle

Standard service rifle. Around 76,000
M70 rifles are in service or kept
reserve.

Zastava PAP

Yugoslavia

Rifle

Standard service rifle.

Styer AUG

Austria

Rifle

Used by Special Brigade and 72nd
Reconnaissance-Commando Battalion.

Heckler &
Koch HK416

Germany

Rifle

Used by 72nd Reconnaissance-Commando
Battalion.

Zastava M76

Yugoslavia

Sniper Rifle

Most numerous sniper rifle in caliber
7.92×57mm.

Zastava M91

Yugoslavia

Sniper Rifle

Domestically produced copy of SVD, in
limited use.

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
Gun

30 or 40 round box magazines or 75
round drum magazine.

Zastava M77

Yugoslavia

Light Machine
Gun

20 round box magazines.

Zastava M84

Yugoslavia

General-purpose
Machine Gun

Standard machine gun of the Army.
Produced under license.

Zastava M87

Yugoslavia

Heavy Machine
Gun

Standard heavy machine gun of the Army.
Produced under license.

M84 Škorpion

Yugoslavia/
Czechoslovakia

Submachine Gun

Standard sevice submachine gun. Used as well by tank and armored crews.

Heckler &
Koch MP5

Germany

Submachine Gun

Different variants used by Special Brigade and
military police battalions.

Heckler &
Koch UMP9

Germany

Submachine Gun

Used by Special Brigade and military police
battalion Cobras.

M93 AGL 30mm

Yugoslavia

Automatic
Grenade
Launcher

Standard grenade launcher of the
army.

M11 RBG 40mm

Yugoslavia

Grenade
Launcher

Handheld revolver-type grenade
launcher.

M74/M75
mortar

Yugoslavia

Mortar

120mm mortars are used to provide fire support for
infantry battalions.

M57 mortar

Yugoslavia

Mortar

60mm mortar is still being used in Special
Brigade.

Name

Origin

Type

Quantity

Photo

Notes

Project: Velikan

Yugoslavia

Main Battle
Tank

0

In design stages. Expected
to enter service in 2002.

M-84

Yugoslavia

Main Battle
Tank

Active: 212
Reserve: 20

Deployed in four tank battalions. One
battalion with 53 tanks for each of the
four land brigades of the Yugoslav
Army. 20 kept in reserve.

T-72

Soviet
Union

Main Battle
Tank

Active: 13
Reserve: 48

One company with 13 tanks still in
use. 48 kept in reserve.

T-55

Soviet
Union

Main Battle
Tank

Active: 0
Reserve: 550

Kept in reserve. Plans to modernize and sell to other
countries.

BVP M-80A

Yugoslavia

Infantry Fighting
Vehicle

Active: 320
Reserve: 200

Deployed in 8 mechanized battalions,
40 vehicles in each. Some 200 M80
are kept in reserve.
Modernization under way with
additional armour, new engine and
30mm A1 gun.

BTR-50

Soviet
Union

Armoured
Personnel
Carrier

Active: 12
Reserve: 18

BTR-50PK and BTR-50PU command
vehicle versions. 18 are kept in
reserve.

BTR-60

Soviet
Union

Armoured
Personnel
Carrier

Active: 10
Reserve: 50

Used mostly as command
vehicles with Strela-1M. Some kept in reserve.

MT-LBu

Soviet
Union

Armoured
Personnel
Carrier

Active: 20
Reserve: 12

Used as a command vehicles in 2S1
batteries and battalions. Eight
vehicles per artillery battalion of 2S1
howitzers.

BOV VP

Yugoslavia

Armoured
Personnel
Carrier

Active: 30
Reserve: 22

Used by military police.

BRDM-2

Soviet
Union

Armoured Car

Active: 10
Reserve: 26

Reconnaissance role in tank
and mechanized battalions, three vehicles
per battalion. Some kept in reserve.

Humvee

United
States

Light Utility
Vehicle

Active: 35
Reserve: 5

40 vehicles donated by the United
States for peacekeeping
operations.

BOV-1

Yugoslavia

Self-Propelled
Anti-Tank
Missile
Launcher

Active: 48
Reserve: 48

Each mechanised battalion is
supported by a company of 6 BOV-
1. Serbian army inherited between
70 and 80 M83 vehicles. Additional
48 are stored in reserve. Several
modernized, with a new generation of
armor and new missiles.

M-84AI

Yugoslavia

Armoured
Recovery
Vehicle

Active: 5
Reserve: 0

The M-84AI project was completed in
the factory IMK 14. oktobar Kruševac
and it's based on Polish WZT-3
license.

WZT-2

Poland

Armoured
Recovery
Vehicle

Active: 16
Reserve: 0

Bought in the 80's from Poland.

JVBT

Czechoslovakia

Armoured
Recovery
Vehicle

Active: 8
Reserve: 20

Deployed in mechanized battalions,
self-propelled artillery battalions and
logistic battalions, one per each
battalion. About 20 vehicles in
reserve.

MT-55

Soviet
Union

Armoured
Vehicle-
Launched
Bridge

Active: 4
Reserve: 20

Deployed in tank and mechanized
battalions, two per each
battalion.

Name

Origin

Type

Quantity

Photo

Notes

2S1
Gozdivka

Soviet
Union

Self-Propelled
Howitzer

Active: 72
Reserve: 9

Four self-propelled artillery battalions, one
in each of the four land brigades of the
Yugoslav Army.

M84 NORA

Yugoslavia

Self-Propelled Gun

Active: 20
Reserve: 16

Two battalions in Mixed Artillery Brigade.

M-46

Soviet
Union

Field Gun

Active: 6
Reserve: 30

Two battalions in Mixed Artillery
Brigade.

D-30

Soviet
Union

Howitzer

Active: 0
Reserve: 302

All D30s are stored in reserve.

M-94
Plamen-S

Yugoslavia

Multiple Rocket
Launcher

Active: 10
Reserve: 8

One self-propelled rocket artillery battalion
deployed in 3rd Land Force Brigade of the
Yugoslav Army.

M-77
Oganj

Yugoslavia

Multiple Rocket
Launcher

Active: 34
Reserve: 26

Three self-propelled rocket artillery
battalions are deployed in 1st, 2nd and
4th Land Force Brigade. Additional 6 M77
are deployed in Mixed Artillery
Brigade.

M-87
Orkan

Yugoslavia

Multiple Rocket
Launcher

Active: 4
Reserve: 0

All four are part of the Mixed Artillery
Brigade.

SNAR 10

Soviet
Union

Ground
Surveillance Radar

Active: 1
Reserve: 0

Used in Mixed Artillery Brigade.

ARMS 3

Soviet
Union

Ground
Meteorological Radar

Active: 1
Reserve: 0

Name

Origin

Type

Quantity

Photo

Notes

Bofors L/70

Sweden

Anti-Aircraft
Autocannon

12 batteries

M53/59 Praga

Czechoslovakia

Anti-Aircraft
Autocannon

Active: 40
Reserve: 8

Returned to service as support to mechanised battalions.

BOV-3

Yugoslavia

Anti-Aircraft
Autocannon

Active: 0
Reserve: 60

In storage.

S-125
Neva/Pechora

Soviet
Union

SAM System

Active: 2 battalions
Reserve: 6 battalions

Active.

2K12 Kub

Soviet
Union

SAM System

Active: 3 battalions
Reserve: 9 battalions

Tracked medium-range surface-to-
air missile system.

9K31 Strela-1

Soviet
Union

SAM System

Active: 10
Reserve: 44

Used in air defence artillery
missile battalions of the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th Land Force Brigade of the
Yugoslav Army.

9K35 Strela-
10

Soviet
Union

SAM System

Active: 2
Reserve: 4

9K40 Strela-
100

Yugoslavia

SAM System

0

GIRAFFE
Radar

Sweden

Early Warning Radar

Active: 18
Reserve: 0

Used in combination with Bofors
L/70. Modernized, computerized
with extended range of 50 km.

AN/TPS-70

United
States

3D Radar

Active: 5
Reserve: 0

Four purchased in 1983. One
destroyed by NATO strikes in
1999.

Strela 2

Soviet
Union

Man-Portable
Air-Defense
Systems

The licensed mass production in
Yugoslavia was organized
in Krušik arms factory in Valjevo.
The domestic Strela-2M systems
have been in use since 1979.

9K38 Igla

Soviet
Union

Man-Portable
Air-Defense
Systems

In use are versions 9K310 Igla-1
and 9K38 Igla.

Name

Origin

Type

Quantity

Photo

Notes

M80 Zolja

Yugoslavia

Shoulder-Fired
Missile

The most numerous unguided anti-tank
weapon in Yugoslavia Army.

M79 Osa

Yugoslavia

Shoulder-Fired
Missile

M90
Stršljen

Yugoslavia

Shoulder-Fired
Missile

Used in small numbers.

9K11
Malyutka


Soviet
Union/
Yugoslavia

Anti-Tank Missile

9K111
Fagot


Soviet
Union

Anti-Tank Missile

Infantry battalions for anti-tank combat
are armed with POLK Fagot launch
system. POLK 9K111 was imported from
USSR.

Name

Origin

Type

Quantity

Photo

Notes

BOV SN

Yugoslavia

Ambulance

23

UAZ-469

Soviet
Union

Off-Road Vehicle

23

TAM 110 T7
B/BV

Yugoslavia

Truck

360

TAM 150
T11 B/BV

Yugoslavia

Truck

210

FAP 2026

Yugoslavia

Truck

168

In use are models FAP 2026 BS/AV, FAP
2026 BSD/A, FAP 2026 BSD/AVG.

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
Union

Tracked
Amphibious
Transport

12

Used for transport of troops and materials.

TMM-3

Soviet
Union

Vehicle-Launched
Bridge

PM M71
Floating
Bridge

Yugoslavia

Pantoon Bridge

Made under licence version of the Soviet
PMP Floating Bridge.

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