Serbian Armed Forces (pictures and discussion)

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US army 2nd battalion, 503rd infantry regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Serbian army 63rd parachute battalion, Special Brigade. Exercise "Winter 2017"

 

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Serbia offers tour of modernization progress of the Mig29's delivered last year. Proceeding according to schedule with Russian technicians on site and now officially receiving the designation of Mig29-SD for the specific upgrades it will receive . No details yet on what systems are being installed.
from Tango six, (in serbian)
https://tangosix.rs/vojna-avijacija/

image showing IRST unit removed from aircraft

Also, 6 new Lasta-95 prop trainers delivered, bringing the total to 14 for training new pilots, of which there is a serous shortage. Those who have completed the prop and LIFT training on Soko G4 are being sent to Russia for training on the Mig-29.
rumors of donation of AN-26 not confirmed.

 

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Serbian armed forces preparations for "Century of Victors 1918-2018" exercise

 

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More great photos by Dimitrije Ostojic from the same exercise:

http://dimitrijeostojic.com/blog/vek-pobednika/

First H145M of the Serbian armed forces:

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/pre...erbia-receives-first-out-of-nine-h145ms-.html

Lazar 3 is now officially introduced to the SAF

 

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First battery of Nora B 52 enter service in Serbian Armed Forces:

 

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Serbian delegation inspects it's 4 new Mi35M's at Rosvertol

Serbia displays 10 BRD-2M's gifted by Russian Federation
https://www.janes.com/article/90181/serbia-presents-brdm-2ms-gifted-by-russia

Serbia orders Mistral-3 for ground troops as well as integration onto Pasars-16 SPAA platform

https://www.army-technology.com/news/mbda-to-deliver-mistral-3-air-defence-systems-to-serbia/

 

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https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3811240.html

 

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Slavic Shield 2019- phase 2 in Serbia. Serbian and Russian forces train with S400 and Pantsir at newly renamed Pukovnik-pilot Milenko Pavlović Airbase (former Batajnica). Commander Pavlović gave his life while fighting against the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

S400 and Pantsir were flown in for the event and used in conjunction with older/upgraded legacy systems in Serbian inventory - SA6 and SA2.
Serbia is purchasing Buk-MBM3 and Pantsir from Russia

Some nice pictures from the base here,
https://tangosix.rs/2019/25/10/prvi...stit-2019-ruski-panciri-i-s-400-na-batajnici/

great pics of Serbia's rapidly expanding self-defense capabilities.
https://tangosix.rs/2019/20/10/foto...rsnija-vojna-tehnika-na-jednom-mestu-do-sada/
including this one of a T72B3 , I believe this is a Russian crew.

30? of these will be gifted from Russia. Hopefully the self-densive suite is one that Serbia will hopefully be able to purchase/and or produce under license for it's 200+ Domestically produced M84 (T72 variant)

 

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Serbia tries/hopes to purchase S400

Serbia considering asking Russia for long-term loan to purchase S-400 systems

https://tass.com/defense/1086534

I imagine just one s400 Radar would cover the entire territory + many of the surrounding NATO members too.

 

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Update Nov. 7-2019: Washington threatens Serbia with Sanctions over possible purchase of S400.

https://tass.com/defense/1087242

US Special Representative for the Western Balkans Matthew Palmer warned in an interview with the Macedonian television during his visit to Skopje that the purchase of S-400 systems from Russia would entail US sanctions against Belgrade.

The Serbian leader’s reaction shows that Serbia perceives the US warning seriously.


"What I have seen is an impressive weapon. We have no intention to purchase [the S-400 system] because we have no money to pay for it, considering the construction of motorways and numerous projects. You know, when you have such a weapon, no one would attack you. Neither US nor any other pilots fly where S-400s are operational: Israeli pilots do not fly either over Turkey or Syria, except for the Golan Heights. We have aviation, which the strongest than ever before. We will be strengthening the air defense with Pantsyr systems and other things, which are not on the sanctions list," he said.

The Vecernje novosti newspaper earlier reported that the Serbian authorities were considering buying S-400 surface-to-air missile systems on long-term credit. The paper also said that 14 Serbian planes simulated a notional enemy during the drills. All of them were notionally shot down within less than three minutes by an S-400 system that fired 26 missiles. The paper also said that a group of Serbian officers had already undergone training in Russia to learn to operate S-400 systems.