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[yankeebobb]

?? Serbian military police ??

 

[yankeebobb]

?? Serb MP's ??

 

[yankeebobb]

63rd Para Brigade - 1999 ?? Kosovo ??

 

[Paya]

MP exercise:

 

[Paya]

The 93rd River Center:

 

[Paya]

New weapons and ballistic equipment for the infantry:

 

[yankeebobb]

 

[BravoZulu]

Lazar 3 - 8x8 armoured combat vehicle

 

[Paya]

Paras:

 

[Deleted member 11302]

Hold on, the Serbian Army operates G36 ARs?

 

[Paya]

Hold on, the Serbian Army operates G36 ARs?

Yeah, the paras use G-36KV, while the CT Battalion of the 72nd and "Cobras" use G-36C. Generally, Serbian special forces use an absurd amount of weaponry, ranging from captured R4s, Ultimax LMGs and Bulgarian polymer AKs, to H&K G-36 and HK416 and FN SCAR rifles.

 

[Kadir93]

Serbian Army trooper bearing Zastava M17.

 

[Paya]

Ground Security Zone:

"Little Milos", unmanned robot thingie, used by special forces:

 

[Paya]

A Serb police officer displays a wall calendar showing images of KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) rebels, as an unidentified ethnic Albanian villager watches, in the village of Vraganica, some 40 kms (25 miles) northwest of the Kosovan capital Pristina Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999. Serb forces clashed with ethnic Albanian rebels Wednesday killing two.

Jan.25, Serbian police near the village of Rakovina.

Jan. 25, 1999, Yugoslav soldiers in an armoured truck riding through the village of Stimlje, 25 kilometres South of Pristina.

Jan. 27, 1999, Yugoslav soldiers on patrol near the Gorani-majority Prizrenski Brod village.

Feb. 2, 1999, Yugoslav soldiers on patrol near the Cafa Prusit village, where a large armament cache was seized.

Feb. 5, 1999, Gorazdevac village near Pec, a funeral for an 18-year old policeman killed in an ambush in Djakovica.

 

[Paya]

New infantry gear, volume 2:

 

[Deleted member 11302]

Yeah, the paras use G-36KV, while the CT Battalion of the 72nd and "Cobras" use G-36C. Generally, Serbian special forces use an absurd amount of weaponry, ranging from captured R4s, Ultimax LMGs and Bulgarian polymer AKs, to H&K G-36 and HK416 and FN SCAR rifles.

That seems like an overly eclectic mix of infantry weapons but hey, if the Serbs can make it work, why not.
What news are there of that Zastava M17? I see pictures of it in this thread. Has it been issued in significant numbers, I am asking because I take great interest in all 6.5 Grendel rifles.

 

[haze99]

Yeah, the paras use G-36KV, while the CT Battalion of the 72nd and "Cobras" use G-36C. Generally, Serbian special forces use an absurd amount of weaponry, ranging from captured R4s, Ultimax LMGs and Bulgarian polymer AKs, to H&K G-36 and HK416 and FN SCAR rifles.

Not uncommon amongst SOF units, due to their small structure, mission sets, and narrowed supply chain. Easier to equip and resupply them and such as U.S. Army Special Forces lends to unconventional warfare/foreign internal defense role.

 

[Paya]

That seems like an overly eclectic mix of infantry weapons but hey, if the Serbs can make it work, why not.
What news are there of that Zastava M17? I see pictures of it in this thread. Has it been issued in significant numbers, I am asking because I take great interest in all 6.5 Grendel rifles.

From what I understand, there's a new version, the M-19, the rifle shown above, in 7.62x39mm. The gimmick being it can be re-chambered on the go, by replacing the barrel and presumably a few other components, making it spew out Grendel ammo. The practicality of that eludes me, but I'm not likely to ever use it.

So far, it hasn't been issued in significant numbers, but recent practices show that, once a piece of kit gets spoon-fed to the media, it soon starts getting issued in limited numbers, followed by mass-production.

Not uncommon amongst SOF units, due to their small structure, mission sets, and narrowed supply chain. Easier to equip and resupply them and such as U.S. Army Special Forces lends to unconventional warfare/foreign internal defense role.

In the case of Serbian SF, it mostly has to do with the wars of the '90s and vast amounts of captured weapons. Some, like the South African R4 rifles, Bulgarian AKs and Steyr AUGs, were captured and subsequently used en masse, while others, such as British SA80s and Ultimax LMGs are somewhat rarer.

German and Belgian weaponry was acquired later, when their respective governments were convinced we were going to behave and not use them on the teacher's pets in the region.

Paras in the '90s with R4s.

Early 2000s Paras with R4s an Bulgarian AKs with under barrel GLs.

Recces with Bulgarian AKs, Steyr AUGS, M5s and an M-21 thrown in for good measure (mid-2000s).

 

[BravoZulu]

Serbian River Flotilla on the Danube at Novi Sad. Neštin class minesweepers and Type 22 441-class LCU's

 

[BravoZulu]

Serbia tested its upgraded M-84AS1 tank.

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Gun is the same 125 mm 2A46 smoothbore gun but with new ammunition. What's new is the remotely operated weapon station armed with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun mounted at the rear of the tank commander hatch, DNNS 2ATK day-night sighting device with a thermal imager, NERA, 360-degree surveillance system, and active protection system coupled to the smoke grenade dischargers