Editor's Foreword

190 The MiliTary Balance 2010
serbia SER
Serbian Dinar d 2008 2009 2010
GDP d 2.73tr 2.99tr
US$ 49.2bn 47.4bn
per capita US$ 6,633 6,426
Growth % 5.4 -4.0
inflation % 11.7 9.9
Def bdgt d 57.5bn 67.1bn 70.7bn
US$ 1.03bn 1.06bn
US$1=d 55.7 63.1
Population 7,379,339
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 9% 4% 4% 4% 22% 6%
Female 9% 4% 4% 4% 23% 8%
capabilities
ACTIVE 29,125 (army 12,260, air Force and air
Defence 4,262, Training command 6,212, MoD 6,391)
rEsErVE 50,171
Terms of service 6 months
OrgAnIsATIOns by sErVICE
Army 10,460 conscripts 1,800 (12,260 in total)
Reconstruction continues
FOrCEs by rOLE
Comd 1 Land Forces HQ
Mech 4 bde (3 (2nd 3rd and 4th ) mech bde (each: 1 MRL
bn, 1 SP arty bn, 1 AD bn, 1 inf bn, 2 mech inf
bn, 1 tk bn);
1 (1st ) Mech bde (1 AD bn, 2 Mech Inf bn, 1 Inf
bn, 1 SP arty bn, 1 MRL bn, 1 engr bn))
Gd 1 bde (ceremonial, 2 MP bn, 1 anti terrorist bn)
SF 1 bde with (1 anti terrorist, 1 cdo, 1 para bn)
Engr 4 bn
Sig 1 bn
Arty 7 bn, 1 (mixed) bde (3 arty bn, 1MRL bn)
Riverine 2 det (under review), 2 pontoon br bn
NBC 1 bn
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
MBT 212: 199 M-84; 13 T-72
RECCE 46: 46 BRDM-2
AIFV 323 M-80
APC 39 BOV VP M-86
ARTY 515
SP 122mm 67 2S1 Carnation
TOWED 204: 122mm 78 D-30; 130mm 18 M-46; 152mm
36 M-84; 155mm 72: 66 M-1; 6 M-65
MRL 81: 128mm 78: 18 M-63 Plamen; 60 M-77 Organj;
262mm 3 Orkan
MOR 163: 82mm 106 M-69; 120mm 57: M-74/ M-75
AT • MSL
SP 48 BOV-1 (M-83) AT-3 9K11 Sagger
MANPATS 168: 99 AT-3 9K11 Sagger; 69 AT-4 9K111
Fagot (Spigot)
RCL 6: 90mm 6 M-79;
AD • SAM 156
SP 77 SA-6 Gainful; 12 S-1M (SA-9 Gaskin); 5 SAVA
S10M;
MANPADS 62: 8 S-2M (SA-7 Strela-2); 54 SA-16 Šilo
GUNS 36
TOWED 40mm: 36 L70 Bofors
reserve Organisations
Territorial brigades 8.
Air Force and Air Defence 3,785 (plus 477
conscipts) Total 4,262
Comprises a Cmd HQ, 2 air bases (Batajnica near Belgrade
and Ladevci, central Serbia), 1 SAM bde; 1 centre for early
warning and reporting, 1 comms bn and 1 eng bn.
Flying hours: Ftr – 40 per yr
FOrCEs by rOLE
Ftr 1 sqn with MiG-29 Fulcrum and /MiG-21bis
FGA 1 sqn with J-22 Orao 1 and N-62 G-4 Super Galeb
Recce 2 flts with IJ-22 Orao 1*; MiG-21R Fishbed H*
Tpt 2 sqns (1 tpt and 1 hel) with An-26, Jak-40, Do-28,
An-2, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-24
Trg 1 sqn with UTVA 75 (basic trg), H-62 G-4 Super
Galeb (adv trg/light atk), Ho-42-45 SA-341/342
Gazelle
Cbt hel 1 sqn with Hn-42/45 and Mi-24
SAM 1 bde (4 bn) with SA-3 (Neva); SA-6 Kub, SA-7/16
MANPAD
EW 2 bns for early warning and reporting
EQUIPMEnT by TyPE
AIRCRAFT 83 combat capable
FTR 29: 3 MiG-29B Fulcrum; 1 MiG-29UB Fulcrum; 20
MiG-21bis Fishbed L & N; 5 MiG-21UM Mongol B
FGA 42: 22 J-22 Orao 1; 20 N-62 G-4 Super Galeb
RECCE 12: 10 I J-22R Orao 1*; 2 MiG-21R Fishbed H*
TPT 8: 4 An-26 Curl; 1 An-2; 1 Do-28 Skyservant; 2 JAK-
40
TRG 8 UTVA-75
HELICOPTERS
SPT 65: 9 HT-40, 16 Ho-42/45, 2 Hi-42, 34 HN-42/45, 2
Mi-24, 2 Mi-17
AD • SAM 6 SA-3; 9 SA-6
MANPADS 156 SA-7/16
GUNS 24 40mm L-70 Bofors
MSL
AAM: 20 AA-8 (R-60R; R-60MK); AA-10 (R-27R1) and
AA-11 (R-73) are time expired
ASM AGM-65 Maverick, A-77 Thunder
DEPLOyMEnT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (2006)