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.
Missions
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]
Structure
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.
Serbian Army structure
10th Comm 18th Eng 19th Log
11th Inf 14th A-d Art
12th S-p Art 17th Mech
111st Inf
13th MRL Art 15th Tank 17th Mech
20th Comm 23rd S-p Art 25th A-d Art 26th Tank 27th Mech 29th Log 210th Eng
21st Inf
28th Mech
24th S-p Art
22nd Inf
30th Comm 33rd How Art 34th MRL Art 35th A-d Art 36th Tank 39th Log
31st Inf 32nd Inf
37th Mech 38th Mech
310th Log
40th Comm 43rd How Art 45th A-d Art 46th Tank 47th Mech 49th Log 410th Eng
41st Inf 42nd Inf 48th Mech
44th MRL Art
Comm 1st H-C Art 2nd H-C Art 3rd Can Art 4th Can Art S-p C&H Art Mix Miss Art 69th Log
1st Pont
Comm 1st River 2nd River 2nd Pont Log
5th MP
2nd River
3rd MP 21st Sig T72 Tank Arm-Rec
246th NBC
211st Mnt
Army Command attached unit 1st Brigade 2nd Brigade 3rd Brigade 4th Brigade Mixed Artillery Brigade River Flotilla
48th Mechanized Battalion (Bujanovac, Army Base "Jug")
49th Logistics Battalion (Vranje)
410th Engineer Battalion (Vranje)
Serbian Army soldiers during 2015 Combined Resolve IV exercise at the US Army Joint Multinational Readiness Center in GermanySerbian Army soldiers during 2018 Slavic Brotherhood exercise at the Russian Army Rayevsky Training Center in Russia
Serbia
Serbian Armed Forces
