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Serbian Land Forces
ActiveSince 2007
CountrySerbia
LF HQNis
Motto(s)За слободу и част Отаџбине
Serbian: "For Honor and Freedom of the Fatherland"
Commanders
ComanderLt. Gen.Mladen Cirkovic


Land Forces is the largest and the oldest army branch. Its organization, structure, armaments and equipment are tailored to activities conducted predominantly on the ground in their respectively assigned missions and tasks.

Tasks

LF Command is responsible for:

  • deterring armed threats
  • defense of the territory
  • creating condition for mobilization and development of the Army and other bodies, and organziation of defense system,
  • participation in peace-keeping operations and international military cooperation and
  • providing support to civil authorities in countering non-military challenges, risks and security threats.


Organization

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Organization of the Military of Serbia (click to enlarge)
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2S1 Gvozdika of LF 1ST Brigade.
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Mechanized battalion of LF 2nd Brigade.
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LF 4TH Brigade solders in trensc.
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M-77 Oganj MLRS of Combined-Arms Artillery Brigade.
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Special Brigade members.
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Serbian Army Guard

Land forces:

  • LF 1ST Brigade
    • 10. Command Battalion
    • 11. Infantry Battalion
    • 15. Tank battalion
    • 16. Mechanized Battalion
    • 17. Mechanized Battalion
    • 12. Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
    • 13. Self-Propelled Missile Launcher Artillery Battalion
    • 14. Air Defense Artillery Battalion
    • 18. Engineer Battalion
    • 19. Logistic Battalion
    • 110. Pontoon Battalion
    • 111. Pontoon Battalion
  • LF 2ND Brigade
    • 20. Command Battalion
    • 21. Infantry Battalion
    • 22. Infantry Battalion
    • 26. Tank Battalion
    • 27. Mechanized Battalion
    • 28. Mechanized Battalion
    • 23. Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
    • 24. Self-Propelled Missile Launcher Artillery Battalion
    • 25. Air Defense Artillery Battalion
    • 210. Engineer Battalion
    • 29. Logistic Battalion
  • LF 3RD Brigade
    • 30. Command Battalion
    • 31. Infantry Battalion
    • 32. Infantry Battalion
    • 36. Tank Battalion
    • 37. Mechanized Battalion
    • 38. Mechanized Battalion
    • 33. Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battalion
    • 34. Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion
    • 35. Air Defense Artillery Battalion
    • 310. Engineer Battalion
    • 39. Logistic Battalion
  • LF 4TH Brigade
    • 40. Command Battalion
    • 41. Infantry Battalion
    • 42. Infantry Battalion
    • 46. Tank Battalion
    • 47. Mechanized Battalion
    • 48. Mechanized Battalion
    • 43. Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battalion
    • 44. Self-Propelled Rocket Launcher Battalion
    • 45. Air Defense Artillery Rocket Battalion
    • 410. Engineer Battalion
    • 49. Logistic Battalion
  • LF Combined-Arms Artillery Brigade
    • Command Division
    • Combined-Arms Artillery Rocket Battalion
    • 1. Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion
    • 2. Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion
    • 3. Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion
    • Logistic Battalion
  • 246. NBCW Battalion
  • 3. MP Battalion
  • 5. MP Battalion
  • 21. Liaison Battalion
  • River Flotilla of Serbian Armed Forces

Other units:

Equipment

Here is a list of equipment of the Serbian Land Forces.

Armored vehicles

Artillery

Anti-tank missile launchers


Army Air Defense systems

Logistics

Infantry Weapons


Withdrawn from service or in store

  • 511x T-55  Soviet Union Tanks (stored)
  • 147x M-60P  Yugoslavia APC's (target practice, scrap heap)
  • 60x BRDM-2  Soviet Union APC's (target practice, scrap heap)
  • 36x ZSU-57-2  Soviet Union SPAAA's (target practice, scrap heap)
  • number of other vehicles and equipment has also been scraped, all in effort to cut costs and modernize the military.

See also

Template:Military institutions in Serbia

  1. ^ http://www.vojska.mod.gov.yu/cir/naoruzanje/kov/pvo/Strela_10M-cir.html
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