Serbia Armed Forces news & updates

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Serbia is buying newest Chinese-made FK-3 air defense missile system, according to local media.

Balkanska bezbednosna mreza (Balkan Security Network), quoting state-owned arms import company Yugoimport SDPR JP, reported that Serbia ordered FK-3 surface-to-air missile weapon system with a range of 100 km and altitude from 50 to 27,000m.

Sources said that Serbia acquired 3 batteries of the FK-3 system.

The FK-3 is an export variant of the Chinese last-generation, medium-range HQ-22 air defense missile system. The new medium-range air defense system was first shown at the Zhuhai show in 2016.


The missile defense system is equipped with a semi-active GPS, the complex is based on the HQ-12 air defense system, but, unlike the basic model, it is equipped with “wingless” missiles. In its range, the HQ-22 is in the class of American Patriot-III systems, according to Chinese sources.

Ministry of the defense Republic of Serbia also has taken delivery of the first CH-92A unmanned combat aerial vehicles from China in July.

The surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aircraft systems, with strike capabilities, was formally handed over at Colonel-pilot Milenko Pavlovic Air Base in Batajnica on 4 July.

Serbia buys Chinese air defense missile system

Serbia is buying newest Chinese-made FK-3 air defense missile system, according to local media. Balkanska bezbednosna mreza (Balkan Security Network), quoting state-owned arms import company Yugoimport SDPR JP, reported that Serbia ordered FK-3 surface-to-air missile weapon system with a range...

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The Army of Serbia (VS) MiG-21, a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft plane, crashed early on Thursday near the village of Brasina in Western Serbia.

The plane took off from the airport in Batajnica in Belgrade and crashed while on a regular assignment.

Izvor: Ministarstvo odbrane

A public prosecutor later said both pilots died in the crash, and that one local man in whose yard the plane fell was injured.

The team of the Search and Rescue Service of the Air Force and Air Defense and firefighters came to the scene soon after the crash.

The crashed MiG-21 UM aircraft with registration number 16185, was the last of the type in the VS and spent 34 years in operation.


It was a part of a total of 261 MIG 21 aircraft purchased in 1986 by the then for the needs of the then Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) which underwent the last overhaul four years ago.

Military analyst Aleksandar Radic told the Beta agency that the reasons why the plane was in use again were utterly unclear. He added the image that everything must be used had been created unnecessarily in Serbia.

"The plane was sent for a six-year-long overhaul in 2010, which is unusual because that procedure earlier lasted for months. Then it was back in use, but in May 2018 it was landed again due to technical problems and sent back to service on May 7 this year, " Radic said.

He added that the use of that plane was very questionable, especially since Serbia brags about repairing a squadron of more modern MiG-29s.

Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic told TV Pink from Istanbul he had heard about the accident and “that it was being investigated.”

VS's MiG-21 crashes in Western Serbia, both pilots killed, local injured

The Army of Serbia (VS) MiG-21, a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft plane, crashed early on Thursday near the village of Brasina in Western Serbia.

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Ministry of the Defense Republic of Serbia has for the first time publicly showed new T-72MS main battle tanks on 28 November.

The President of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces Aleksandar Vučić, accompanied with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Nebojša Stefanović, PhD, the Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces General Milan Mojsilović and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Serbia Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko attended the presentation of new T-72MS tanks, donated by the Russian Federation on Saturday.

According to the Serbian MoD, the first batch of 11 upgraded Soviet-era tanks was delivered last month.


The T-72MS, commonly known as White Eagle, s an advanced variant of T-72B1 that features new armour and is equipped with new optics and combat equipment.

“These tanks also have stronger ballistic protection, explosive-reactive armour, better steering and navigation. Everything is incomparably easier for them and I believe that this will significantly contribute to greater combat readiness, interoperability and competence of our forces,” said Serbian President Vučić.

Lieutenant Colonel Goran Jovanović from the General Staff’s Development and Equipping Department (J-5) pointed out that the Russian T-72MS tank was currently the best in the Balkans and beyond, adding that the tank had undergone complex modernization and that all its features, manoeuvrability, armour protection and firepower had been significantly improved compared to M-84 tanks, which were in operational use in our armed forces.

“By fitting it with an 840 horsepower engine, its mobility has been increased. Our M-84 tank and the basic version of the T-72 tank are fitted with 780 horsepower engines. It has also been fitted with an automatic transmission that allows the driver to drive it more easily, and depending on the type of terrain, the driver can choose whether to change gears manually or automatically,” said Lieutenant Colonel Jovanović, adding that the armour protection that has been added to the T-72MS tank, successfully protects the tank crew from various types of projectiles.

Serbia shows recently received T-72MS tanks

Ministry of the Defense Republic of Serbia has for the first time publicly showed new T-72MS main battle tanks on 28 November. The President of the Republic and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces Aleksandar Vučić, accompanied with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence...

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PASARS-16 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

PASARS-16 (Serbian: ПАСАРС-16) is a Serbian mobile hybrid short range air defense system in serial production[1] based on the new Fabrika automobila Priboj 2228[2] 6 × 6 general purpose off-road military chassis. Mounted at the rear of the vehicle, a rotary cab holds a single barrel Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun and two RLN-1C/170 infrared surface-to-air missiles the system is linked with a modernized[3] M85 Zirafa air defence radar.[4]

New programmable ammunition consisting of 1100 Tungsten pellets is developed to be used with 40mm gun giving to system Airburst round firing capability. Gun can use thermal camera to engage targets[5]

According to various sources, Serbia plans to integrate newly purchased French Mistral 3 surface-to-air missiles on PASARS-16 along with RLN-1C probably for export version.[6][7][8][9]

 

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Sırbistan’a 12 Adet Daha Pantsir-S - C4 Defence

İlk Pantsir-S hava sistemini 2020’de teslim alan Sırbistan, hava gücü için yeni satın alımların planlandığını duyurdu.

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Serbia planning to buy 12 Pantsirs. They're also planning to buy TB2 as I recall...

 

[Isa Khan]

Members of a Serbian Army Battalion equipped with the newly introduced T-72B1MS White Eagle tanks are conducting tactical and live-fire drills at the Pešter and Pasuljanske livade ranges as part of the Lightning Strike 2021 joint exercise.

During the training activities, the tank crews are working on improving their tactics, actions and procedures in performing offensive and defensive operations, independently and in cooperation with other Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) units, and practice firing 7.62 mm tank machine guns and 12.7 mm machine guns.

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Members of a Serbian Army Battalion equipped with the newly introduced T-72MS tanks are conducting tactical and live-fire drills at the Pešter and Pasuljanske livade ranges as part of the Lightning Strike 2021 joint exercise.

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The meeting of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu and the head of the military department of Serbia Nebojha Stefanovich took place on the fields of the IX Moscow Conference on International Security.

′′Today, our cooperation in the military field reached a whole new level. This year, the defense agencies of Russia and Serbia have a rich program of joint events ", said during the meeting, Army General Sergey Shoigu. He thanked the Minister of Defense of Serbia, who first visited Russia, for participating in the conference.
′′We are grateful for the decision to participate in the work of the IX Moscow Conference on International Security. In the face of Belgrade, we see a reliable friend, partner and like-minded person tested by time ", Sergey Shoigu said.

Stefanovich noted the dynamic development of military cooperation between the two countries. He recalled the past joint exercises. ′′ We were impressed by your special forces, their very effective work. And I am very pleased that our cooperation is at an exceptionally high level ", the head of the Serbian defense department emphasized.

He recalled that Serbia is committed to its military neutrality course and would like to continue to develop cooperation with Russia in the military sphere. Stefanovich also expressed gratitude to the Russian army for helping Serbia in the fight against coronavirus.

https://www.facebook.com/mod.mil.rus/posts/2974938049415598

 

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Serbian Army in peacekeeping missions

06.03.2024.

Replacement of the contingent of the Serbian Army in the peacekeeping operation in Sinai

The members of the Serbian Armed Forces, who have been engaged in the international peacekeeping operation on the Sinai Peninsula since July last year, have returned to the Republic of Serbia after successfully completing their participation in the mission and handing over their duties to the new contingent.

It was the first contingent of the Serbian Armed Forces that participated in this mission of the independent peace organization "International Forces and Observers", which was created in accordance with the agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel in 1981, with the aim of implementing the security provisions of the Egypt-Israel agreement from 1978.

In the past seven months, members of our contingent, which consists of a ten-member engineering work group, have been engaged in engineering and infrastructure works at the mission camp in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Their engagement was evaluated by superior officers and the mission command as extremely professional and responsible, in which they justified the reputation of the Serbian soldier in the best way and represented the Serbian Army and our country in the international environment.

У зони операције заменили су их припадници друге ротације инжињеријске јединице Војске Србије који су након примопредаје дужности започели шестомесечно ангажовање на истим задацима.

Извор

Zamena kontingenta Vojske Srbije u mirovnoj operaciji na Sinaju | Vojska Srbije

Pripadnici Vojske Srbije koji su od jula prošle godine bili angažovani u međunarodnoj mirovnoj operaciji na Sinajskom poluostrvu vratili su se u Republiku Srbiju nakon uspešnog završetka učešća u misiji

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