Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro

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Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
Yugoslav Army
Војска Србије и Црне Горе / Vojska Srbije i Crne (2003–2006)
Војска Југославије / Vojska Jugoslavije (1992–2003)
Serbia and Montenegro Armed Forces' seal
FoundedMay 20, 1992 (1992-05-20) (as the Yugoslav Army)
Current formSerbian Armed Forces
Armed Forces of Montenegro
DisbandedJune 5, 2006 (2006-06-05)
Service branches Ground Forces
War Navy
Air Force
HeadquartersBelgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro
Leadership
President Svetozar Marović (last)
Prime Minister Dragiša Pešić (last)
Minister of Defence Zoran Stanković (last)
Chief of the General Staff Lt. Col. General Ljubiša Jokić (last)
Personnel
Military age19
ConscriptionYes
Active personnel114,000 (1999)
Reserve personnel400,000 (1999)
Related articles
History
Ranks
Ranks and insignia of Serbia and Montenegro

The Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro (

Preševo Valley conflict, and also engaged NATO warplanes during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
.

Upon the dissolution of Serbia and Montenegro with the

Montenegrin independence referendum (2006), a fraction of the joint military was given to Montenegro, with the bulk of the force remaining in Serbia
. Montenegro inherited the navy as Serbia is landlocked.

Organization

Pre-2003 emblem of the Ground Forces
Pre-2003 emblem of the Air Force

VJ

The Armed Forces of Yugoslavia (VJ) was organized into the following:

Ground Forces

  • 1st Army
    • Novi Sad Corps
    • Belgrade Command
    • Kragujevac Corps
    • Independent units
  • 2nd Army
    • Podgorica Corps
    • Užice Corps
    • Independent units
  • 3rd Army
    • Niš Corps
    • Leskovac Corps
    • Priština Corps
    • Independent units

Navy

  • War Command
  • Flotilla
  • 81st
  • 83rd
  • 85th
  • 108th
  • 110th
  • 82nd
  • 69th
  • 367th
  • 9th
  • 10th
  • 27th
  • 61st
  • 223rd
  • 9th

Air Force

Main article: Air_Force_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro § Organization

VSCG

Ground Forces

Main article: Ground Forces of Serbia and Montenegro

Inventory

Official seal of the Yugoslav Forces, prior to its renaming.

Ground Forces

Armoured vehicles
Artillery
Air Defence
Infantry weapons
  • CZ-99
    Pistol 9 mm
  • M70A/M70B1
    Assault Rifles 7.62 mm
  • M93 Black Arrow
    Long Range Rifle
  • BGA
  • M76 7.9 mm Sniper rifle
  • M72 7.62 mm Machine gun
  • M84 7.62 mm Machine gun
  • M87 12.7 mm Heavy Machine gun[3]
  • AT-3 Sagger
  • AT-4 Spigot
  • M79 "Osa"
    90 mm
  • M80 "Zolja"
    64 mm rocket grenade launcher

Air Force

Main article: Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro

The inventory included

Kamov Ka-28 (anti-submarine), Aérospatiale Gazelle
(attack/utility/recon).

Navy

War Navy of the Army of Yugoslavia (1992–2003)
War Navy of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006)
Ратна морнарица Војске Југославије (1992–2003)
Ратна Морнарица Србије и Црне Горе (2003–2006)
Emblem of the Navy from 1992 to 2003
ActiveMay 1992 – June 2006
Country Serbia and Montenegro
Garrison/HQKotor, Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro
March"Mi smo ratna mornarica!" (English: "We are the War Navy!")[4]
Insignia
Ensign
Jack

The Navy, officially called the War Navy of the Army of Yugoslavia (

Boka Kotorska. The images of the remains of one of them were displayed online.[9]

Intelligence

  • Security Administration

Operational experience

Statistics

The M-84 Main Battle Tank

Civilians fit for military service were estimated at about 4,888,595 (2001 est.). The 2002 estimate for military expenditures as percent of GDP was 4.6%. Significant reforms were undertaken in the military of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2002 the Serbo-Montenegrin Military force numbered around 117,500 soldiers, supported by some 450,000 reserves. The 100,000 strong Army had 1,500 main battle tanks and 687 armed infantry vehicles. The Navy had 3,500 personnel, of whom 900 were marines. The entire Navy was composed totally out of 6 submarines, 3 frigates, 41 patrol & coastal ships and 14 "other" vessels. The Air force 14,000 personnel had 192 combat aircraft and 72 armed helicopters.

Branches

  • Army or Ground Forces (Kopnena vojska – KoV VSCG)
  • Air Force and Air Defense (Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdušna odbrana – RV i PVO VSCG)
  • Navy (Ratna Mornarica – RM VSCG)

Military manpower – military age: 19 years of age (2003 est.)

Military manpower – availability:
males age 15–49: 3,579,620 (2003 est.)

Military manpower – fit for military service:
males age 15–49: 3,077,660 (2003 est.)

Military manpower – reaching military age annually:
males: 101,547 (2003 est.)

Military expenditures – dollar figure: $954 million (2002)

Military expenditures – percent of GDP: 4.6% (2002. est.)

International deployment

The VJ was in Croatia until October 20, 1992.[10]

The VSCG was part of

UNAMSIL, the UN mission into Sierra Leone
.

Last chief of staff of the Military of Serbia and Montenegro was general Ljubiša Jokić.

See also

References

  1. ^ Biljana Vankovska (2000). "Civil-Military Relations in the Third Yugoslavia" (working paper). Copenhagen Peace Research Institute. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022 – via Columbia University.
  2. ISBN 0-300-08507-9
    . JNA (now simply called the Yugoslav Army)
  3. ^ "Arsenal" magazine, 15 October 2007 Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Serbian)
  4. ^ "Yugoslavian Navy March | Mi smo ratna mornarica! | We are war navy!". YouTube.
  5. ISBN 9780160392757
    .
  6. ISBN 9781136713163
    .
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  9. ^ "UAV REMAINS IN YUGOSLAVIA". yumodelclub.tripod.com. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  10. ^ "Last Yugoslav army troops withdrawing from Croatia". UPI.

External links

Look up Yugoslav Army in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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