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Land warfare branch of the Serbian Armed Forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Serbian Army (Serbian: Копнена војска Србије, romanized: Kopnena vojska Srbije, lit. 'Serbian Land Army') is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces.
Serbian Army | |
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Копнена војска Србије | |
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Founded | 1830 (current form since 2006) |
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Type | Army |
Size | 13,200 (2021 est.)[1] |
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Command HQ | Niš, Serbia |
Motto(s) | For freedom and honour of the Fatherland (Za slobodu i čast Otadžbine) |
Anniversaries | 16 November |
Engagements | Serbian Revolution Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878) Russo-Turkish War Serbo-Bulgarian War Balkan Wars World War I Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lt. General Milosav Simović |
Army Sergeant Major | Warrant officer 1st class Mladen Pupovac |
Notable commanders | Vojvoda Radomir Putnik Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović Vojvoda Živojin Mišić Vojvoda Petar Bojović |
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Flag | ![]() |
Originally established in 1830 as the Army of Principality of Serbia and after Serbia's independence it subsequently grew in size and was renamed the Royal Serbian Army. After the World War I it was incorporated into the newly established Royal Yugoslav Army which was in turn transformed into Yugoslav Ground Forces of the Yugoslav People's Army after the World War II. The Serbian Army in its current form has been active since 2006 when Serbia restored its independence.
The Serbian Army is responsible for defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia from foreign hostiles; participating in peacekeeping operations; and providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
The Army i.e. infantry battalions of its 2nd, 3rd and 4th brigades are tasked with securing the 384 kilometers long and 5 km wide Ground Safety Zone along the administrative line between Serbia and Kosovo with over 20 camps and security checkpoints.[2]
The Serbian Army consists of six brigades, six independent battalions directly attached to the Army Command, as well as the River Flotilla, the Technical Overhauling Institute and Multinational Operations Training Centre.[3] The four primary army brigades are composed of as many as ten battalions, including: one command battalion, one armored battalion, two mechanized battalions, two infantry battalions, one self-propelled artillery battalion, one self-propelled multiple rocket launcher artillery battalion, one air-defence battalion, one engineer battalion and one logistics battalion.
The following equipment is in operational use as of 2023:
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
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Генерал General |
Генерал-потпуковник General-potpukovnik |
Генерал-мајор General-major |
Бригадни генерал Brigadni general |
Пуковник Pukovnik |
Потпуковник Potpukovnik |
Мајор Major |
Капетан прве класе Kapetan prve klase |
Капетан Kapetan |
Поручник Poručnik |
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Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
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Заставник I класе Zastavnik I klase |
Заставник Zastavnik |
Старији Водник I класе Stariji Vodnik I klase |
Старији Водник Stariji Vodnik |
Водник Vodnik |
Млађи водник Mlađi vodnik |
Десетар Desetar |
Разводник Razvodnik |
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Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted |
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