Yugoslav Army

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The Yugoslav Army was the federal military force of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, central to the country's defense and involved in major conflicts during the 1990s Balkan wars.


Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces
military organization
national army
appliesToJurisdiction Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
commanderInChief President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
conflict Bosnian War
Croatian War of Independence
Insurgency in the Preševo Valley
Kosovo War
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
country Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
surface form: Serbia and Montenegro
doctrine territorial defense
total national defense
endTime 2003
equipment 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile system
surface form: Kub air defense system

M-84 main battle tank
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
surface form: MiG-21 fighter aircraft

MiG-29
surface form: MiG-29 fighter aircraft

S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile system
surface form: S-125 Neva air defense system

T-55 tank
garrison Belgrade
hasPart 1st Army
2nd Army
3rd Army
Air Force of Serbia and Montenegro
surface form: Air Force and Air Defence of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Navy of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
headquartersLocation Belgrade
historicalPeriod Yugoslav Wars
language Serbian
legalForm federal armed forces
militaryRankStructure Yugoslav military ranks
nativeName Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vojska Jugoslavije
notableCommander Dragoljub Ojdanić
Momčilo Perišić
Nebojša Pavković
operatedIn Kosovo
Montenegro
Serbia
partOf Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
predecessor People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia
surface form: Yugoslav People’s Army
reorganizedAs Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Army of Serbia and Montenegro
serviceBranch air defense forces
air force
ground forces
river flotilla
shortName VJ
startTime 1992
subsequentName Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
surface form: Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro
usedBy Yugoslavia
surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kosovo War mainBelligerent Yugoslav Army
Yugoslav Wars mainBelligerent Yugoslav Army
this entity surface form: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia armed forces
Yugoslav Army nativeName Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vojska Jugoslavije
Kosovo Liberation Army opponent Yugoslav Army
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia opponent Yugoslav Army
Yugoslav Army partOf Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Račak massacre perpetrator Yugoslav Army
this entity surface form: Yugoslav security forces
Yugoslav Army reorganizedAs Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Army of Serbia and Montenegro
Yugoslav Army subsequentName Yugoslav Army self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro