Royal Serbian Army

Army of the Kingdom of Serbia, 1882–1918 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Војска Краљевине Србије, romanized: Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918, succeeding the Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia and preceding the Royal Yugoslav Army.

Active1882–1918
TypeArmy
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Royal Serbian Army
Војска Краљевине Србије
Regimental standard
Active1882–1918
Country Kingdom of Serbia
TypeArmy
RoleConventional warfare
Size420,000[1][2]
MottosЗа веру, краља и отачаство
Za veru, kralja i otačastvo
"For Faith, King, and Fatherland"[3]
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Radomir Putnik
Petar Bojović
Stepa Stepanović
Živojin Mišić
Pavle Jurišić Šturm
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Field uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914.
Parade uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914.
Military ranks of the Royal Serbian Army.

Organization

Wars

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Conflict Allies Adversaries Results
Serbo-Bulgarian War
(1885)
Austria-Hungary (support)  Bulgaria Defeat
First Balkan War
(1912–1913)
 Bulgaria
 Greece
 Montenegro
Kingdom of Italy Italy (volunteers)
Albania Albanians (volunteers)
Armenia Armenians (volunteers)
 Russia (support)
Ottoman Empire
Circassians
Albania Albanians (volunteers and irregulars)
Austria-Hungary (support)
Victory
Ohrid-Debar Uprising
(1913)
 Greece IMRO
Kachaks
Victory
  • Suppression of uprising
Second Balkan War
(1913)
 Romania
 Greece
 Montenegro
Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria Victory
Balkans theatre (World War I)
(1914–1918)
 Montenegro
 France (from 1915)
 United Kingdom (from 1915)
 Greece (from 1917)
 Italy (from 1915)
 Russia (1916-1917)
Austria-Hungary
 Bulgaria (from 1915)
 Germany (from 1915)
Ottoman Empire (1916–1917)
Victory
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Military equipment

Armament

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Weapon In use Notes
Rifles
Mauser-Koka1881–1907+110,000 units. Known as kokinka (pl. kokinke). Upgraded Mauser Model 1871.
Mauser-Koka 18841884–19184,000 units. Upgraded M71/84.
Mauser M18901912–1918
Mauser M1893 and Mauser Model 19031912–1918
Mauser M1899, M1899/07 and M1899/081899–1918
Mauser-Koka-Đurić1907–18Upgraded Mauser-Koka.
Mauser Model 19101910–1918
Berdan #1 and #21890–191875,000 units. Known as berdanka (pl. berdanci, berdanke).
Mauser Model 18891907–1918known as belgijanka (pl. belgijanke)
Berthier M1907/151915–18
Gras M18741880–1918
Lebel M18861916–1918
Mosin–Nagant M18911914–1918
Machine guns
Chauchat1916–19183,838 units.
Lewis1915–1918
Maxim1897–19182,500 units.
MG 081911–1918
Schwarzlose1914–1918[4]
Handguns
Chamelot-Delvigne M1873 and M18741887–1918
Gasser M18701883–1918
Nagant M18951896–1918
Ruby M19141916–1918
Grenades
Vasić M121904–1918
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Uniform

See also

References

Sources

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