Royal Serbian Army

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

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Royal Serbian Army
Војска Краљевине Србије
Regimental standard
Active	1882–1918
Country	Kingdom of Serbia
Type	Army
Role	Conventional warfare
Size	420,000^[1]^[2]
Mottos	За веру, краља и отачаство Za veru, kralja i otačastvo "For Faith, King, and Fatherland"^[3]
Engagements	Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885) First Balkan War (1912–1913) Ohrid–Debar uprising (1913) Second Balkan War (1913) World War I (1914–1918)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Radomir Putnik Petar Bojović Stepa Stepanović Živojin Mišić Pavle Jurišić Šturm

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Organization

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Conflict	Allies	Adversaries	Results
Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885)	Austria-Hungary (support)	Bulgaria	Defeat Treaty of Bucharest (1886), return to situation before the war Recognition of the unification of Eastern Rumelia with Bulgaria.
First Balkan War (1912–1913)	Bulgaria Greece Montenegro Italy (volunteers) Albanians (volunteers) Armenians (volunteers) Russia (support)	Ottoman Empire Circassians Albanians (volunteers and irregulars) Austria-Hungary (support)	Victory Treaty of London Outbreak of the Second Balkan War.
Ohrid-Debar Uprising (1913)	Greece	IMRO Kachaks	Victory Suppression of uprising
Second Balkan War (1913)	Romania Greece Montenegro Ottoman Empire	Bulgaria	Victory Treaty of Bucharest (1913).
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 Serbia regained its territory in 1918, occupied since 1915. Proclamation of Podgorica Assembly in Montenegro of unification with Serbia Unification of Slavic inhabited lands of Austria-Hungary with Serbia to form Yugoslavia Treaty of Neuilly

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Weapon	In use	Notes
Rifles
Mauser-Koka	1881–1907+	110,000 units. Known as kokinka (pl. kokinke). Upgraded Mauser Model 1871.
Mauser-Koka 1884	1884–1918	4,000 units. Upgraded M71/84.
Mauser M1890	1912–1918
Mauser M1893 and Mauser Model 1903	1912–1918
Mauser M1899, M1899/07 and M1899/08	1899–1918
Mauser-Koka-Đurić	1907–18	Upgraded Mauser-Koka.
Mauser Model 1910	1910–1918
Berdan #1 and #2	1890–1918	75,000 units. Known as berdanka (pl. berdanci, berdanke).
Mauser Model 1889	1907–1918	known as belgijanka (pl. belgijanke)
Berthier M1907/15	1915–18
Gras M1874	1880–1918
Lebel M1886	1916–1918
Mosin–Nagant M1891	1914–1918
Machine guns
Chauchat	1916–1918	3,838 units.
Lewis	1915–1918
Maxim	1897–1918	2,500 units.
MG 08	1911–1918
Schwarzlose	1914–1918	^[4]
Handguns
Chamelot-Delvigne M1873 and M1874	1887–1918
Gasser M1870	1883–1918
Nagant M1895	1896–1918
Ruby M1914	1916–1918
Grenades
Vasić M12	1904–1918

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