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The Military of Montenegro (Montenegrin

Montenegrin language

Montenegrin is a name used for the Serbo-Croatian language as spoken by Montenegrins; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of Montenegro...

: Vojska Crne Gore) consists of an army

Montenegrin Ground Army

Montenegrin Ground Army is the primary component of Military of Montenegro.-Montenegrin Army:The fundamental role and purpose of the Montenegrin Army is to protect vital national interests of Montenegro and defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state.-Infantry...

, navy

Montenegrin Navy

The Montenegrin Navy is a branch of the Military of Montenegro.-Naval Base:*Command Station*Patrol Boat Unit*Coastal Reconnaissance and Guidance Unit*Search and Rescue Unit*"Jadran" Training Center...

and air force

Montenegrin Air Force

The Montenegrin Air Force is the air arm of the Military of Montenegro. The aircraft marking of the Montenegrin Air Force consist of a red-on-gold roundel, currently being the sole air arm using the latter colour in its official insignia.-Equipment:Following the dissolution of the state union of...

. Conscription

Conscription

Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service, most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names...

was abolished in 2006; the military is now a fully professional standing army

Standing army

A standing army is a professional permanent army. It is composed of full-time career soldiers and is not disbanded during times of peace. It differs from army reserves, who are activated only during wars or natural disasters...

.

The military currently maintains a force of 3,127 active duty members. The bulk of its equipment and forces were inherited from the armed forces

Military of Serbia and Montenegro

The Military of Serbia and Montenegro were the armed forces of the Serbia and Montenegro...

of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; as Montenegro contained the entire coastline of the former union, it retained practically the entire naval force.

Montenegro is a member of NATO's Partnership for Peace

Partnership for Peace

Partnership for Peace is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet Union; 22 States are members...

program and is an official candidate

Accession of Montenegro to NATO

The accession of Montenegro to NATO is in the negotiations stage as of 2010. In December 2009, Montenegro was granted a Membership Action Plan, the final step in an application for membership in the organization...

for full membership in the alliance. Montenegro applied for a Membership Action Plan on 5 November 2008, which was granted in December 2009. Montenegro is also a member of Adriatic Charter

Adriatic Charter

The Adriatic Charter is an association formed by Albania, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia and United States of America for the purpose of aiding their attempts to join NATO. The Charter was signed on 2 May 2003 in Tirana under the aegis of USA...

Peacekeeping operations

Montenegro participates in peace operations under the NATO and UN

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...

auspices as military troops and observers.Minister of Defense said that 85 soldiers are trained for international missions. Montenegrin soldiers are trained by the German Bundeswehr

Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...

Montenegro sent 31 troops and medical personnel to the ISAF

International Security Assistance Force

The International Security Assistance Force is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 by Resolution 1386 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement...

mission in Afghanistan.

Montenegro also participates in UN peacekeeping missions in Liberia, UNMIL, Cyprus, UNFICYP as military observers and Somalia, EU-NAVFOR

Operation Atalanta

Operation Atalanta is a current military operation undertaken by the European Union and the European Union Naval Force. It is part of a larger global action by the EU in the Horn of Africa to deal with the Somali crisis; for example World Food Programme ships food aid to ports in Somalia and...

Current Mission Military operation Military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state's favor. Operations may be of combat or non-combat types, and are referred to by a code name for the purpose...	Organization	Country	Nr. of personnel
ISAF International Security Assistance Force The International Security Assistance Force is a NATO-led security mission in Afghanistan established by the United Nations Security Council on 20 December 2001 by Resolution 1386 as envisaged by the Bonn Agreement...	NATO	Afghanistan	31 Members (Military troops and medical team)
UNMIL	United Nations	Liberia	Officers as military observers
UNFICYP	United Nations	Cyprus	Officers as military observers
EU-NAVFOR Operation Atalanta Operation Atalanta is a current military operation undertaken by the European Union and the European Union Naval Force. It is part of a larger global action by the EU in the Horn of Africa to deal with the Somali crisis; for example World Food Programme ships food aid to ports in Somalia and...	EU	Somalia	Navy officers (3)

Ministry of Defense

Minister of Defense: Boro Vučinić
Boro Vucinic
Boro Vučinić is the Minister of Defense of Montenegro, since 10 November 2006.As Minister of Urban Planning Vučinić was involved the sale of an old ship repair yard on the Adriatic Sea, the first major privitaization deal of Montenegro since the independence from Serbia.He has a master's degree...
Chief of the General Staff: Vice Admiral
Vice Admiral
Vice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral...

Dragan Samardžić
Deputy Chief of the General Staff:
Chief of Staff: Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...

Dragan Milosavljević
Dragan Milosavljević
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Commander of Honor Battalion: 1st Class Captain Željko Radulović
Commander of Military Police Company: Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...

Vesko Popović
Commander of Light Infantry Brigade: Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

Goran Medojević
Commander of Special Forces Brigade: Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

Dragutin Dakić
Commander of Training and Support Base: Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

Rifet Kosovac
Commander of Air Base: Colonel
Colonel
Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...

Zivko Pejovic
Commander of Naval Base: Captain
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....

Rajko Bulatović

Air Bases

Golubovci

Podgorica Airbase

The Podgorica Airbase is an active airbase in Montenegro. The airbase facilities are shared with Montenegro's main international airport, Podgorica Airport. It is the main base of the air arm of the Military of Montenegro...

(Podgorica) Montenegro's only air base. Under army command.

Small Arms

Glock 17 Pistol 9x19mm Parabellum
CZ-99
CZ-99
The CZ 99 is a Semi-automatic pistol, which is produced in Zastava Arms, Serbia, first model developed in 1989. Designed with the intent to replace the Zastava M57 TT pistol as the standard issue handgun for the Yugoslavian Military and Police. The frame design was influenced by the Walther P 88...

Pistol 9 mm
G36
Heckler & Koch G36
The Heckler & Koch G36 is a 5.56×45mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch in Germany as a replacement for the 7.62mm G3 battle rifle. It was accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the G3...

5.56 mm Assault rifle ( Germany Germany)
M76 7.62 mm Sniper rifle ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
M91
Zastava M91
The Zastava M91 is a modern military semi-automatic sniper rifle developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms, Serbia.-History:Zastava website claims that M91 rifle was designed after a long and careful study of combat tactics and experience of military and police special forces worldwide; and that...

7.62 mm Sniper rifle
M93 Black Arrow Long Range Rifle
M70A/M70B1
Zastava M70
The Zastava M70 is a 7.62mm assault rifle developed in Yugoslavia by Zastava Arms. The M70 was designed on the basis of the AKM and became the standard issue assault rifle in the Yugoslav People's Army in 1970. The M70 is air-cooled, magazine-fed, selective fire rifle...

Assault Rifles 7.62 mm ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
Heckler & Koch MP5
Heckler & Koch MP5
The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar....

Sub machine gun
M72
Zastava M72
The Zastava M72 is a 7.62mm light machine gun developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms of Serbia, . The M72 is based on the RPK rifle from the USSR.-Overview:...

7.62 mm Machine gun ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
M84
Zastava M84
The Zastava M84 is a 7.62mm general-purpose machine gun manufactured by Zastava Arms. The M84 is based on the PK machine gun. The M84 chambers the 7.62×54mmR round. It is gas-operated, air-cooled, belt-fed and fully automatic.-M84:...

7.62 mm Machine gun ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)

Anti-tank rocket systems

M79 "Osa"
M79 rocket launcher
The 90 mm M79 Manual Rocket Launcher nicknamed "Osa" is a light, reusable, and effective rocket launcher system made of fiber-reinforced plastics. It consists of the launcher, a CN-6 Sighting piece, rocket and the carrying case for the rocket. While primarily intended as an anti-tank weapon,...

- 165+ ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
M80 "Zolja"
M80 Rocket Launcher
The M80 nicknamed the "Zolja", meaning WASP in English, is a portable one-shot disposable 64 mm anti-tank weapon, designed in the former Yugoslavia...

- 250+ ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)

Vehicles

Puch 300gd
Mercedes-Benz G-Class
The original 460-series Geländewagen went on sale for civilian buyers in 1979, after having debuted in February of that year. It was offered with two wheelbases, a short wheelbase of 2,400 mm and a long one of 2,850 mm. One could choose between three body styles: A two-door short...

( Germany)
AM General HMMWV M1114
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle , better known as the Humvee, is a military 4WD motor vehicle created by AM General. It has largely supplanted the roles formerly served by smaller Jeeps such as the M151 MUTT, the M561 "Gama Goat", their M718A1 and M792 ambulance versions, the CUCV,...

- 25( United States USA)
Toyota MenCruiser 4x4 Achleitner ( Japan Japan)
TAM trucks
Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor
Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor was a Yugoslav and Slovenian commercial vehicle manufacturer based in the city of Maribor.-History:TAM began as an aircraft-parts factory founded by the occupying Germans in 1941...
FAP trucks
Fabrika automobila Priboj
Fabrika automobila Priboj is a Serbian manufacturer of trucks and buses. Founded in 1953, the company enjoys a long-standing relationship with Mercedes-Benz, which provides engines and licenses for many of FAP's vehicles....

( Serbia)

Navy

2 Mala R-2 midget submarines
2 Kotor class frigate
Kotor class frigate
The Kotor class is the name for an anti-submarine warfare frigate built by the SFR Yugoslavia. It was developed on the basis of the Soviet Koni class, but with significant modifications and improvements...

s - 1,870 tons full load - commissioned 1988 - 4 SS-N-2C SSM ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
5 Končar class corvette
Končar class fast attack craft
The Končar class is a class of fast attack craft that was built for the SFR Yugoslav Navy in the late 1970s. Following the break-up of Yugoslavia one craft went to the Croatian Navy whilst the remaining five went to the Montenegro Navy...

s - 271 tons full load - commissioned 1979-80 - 1x2 SA-N-4 ( Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia)
2 Landing craft tank
Landing craft tank
The Landing Craft, Tank was an amphibious assault ship for landing tanks on beachheads. They were initially developed by the British Royal Navy and later by the United States Navy during World War II in a series of versions. Initially known as the "Tank Landing Craft" by the British, they later...
10 Landing craft utility
Landing Craft Utility
The Landing Craft Utility is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers....
1 Sailing ship
Sailing ship
The term sailing ship is now used to refer to any large wind-powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a specific rig of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant. In popular usage "ship" became associated with all large...

(Jadran
Jadran (ship)
Jadran is a training ship powered both by sail and internal combustion built for the navy of Yugoslavia and now owned by the navy of Montenegro. It was built in Hamburg, in the HC Stülcken & Sohn shipyard, and launched on June 25, 1931...

, used for training)
1 Motor Yacht (Jadranka, used for representative purposes)

Aircraft

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Trainer (aircraft)
A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate in-flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristics and a simplified cockpit arrangement—allows...

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| Soko G-4 Super Galeb
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| Armed Advanced Jet Trainer
| G-4 / N-62
| June 2006
| 4
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| Utva 75

Lola Utva 75

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Aérospatiale Gazelle

The Aérospatiale Gazelle is a five-seat light helicopter, powered by a single turbine engine. It was designed and manufactured in France by Sud Aviation . It was also manufactured under licence by Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom , by SOKO in Yugoslavia and ABHCO in Egypt...

Mil Mi-8

The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....

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| Transport helicopter
| Mi-8T/HT-40
| June 2006
| 1
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| Air Tractor AT-802

Air Tractor AT-802

|-Specifications :-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.* Keijsper, Gerard...

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| firefighting, coastal patrol airplane
| AT-802A
| 4.6.2009
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| Government aircraft
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| PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader

PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader

|-See also:-References:*Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5....

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| firefighting
| PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader
| unknown
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| Government aircraft
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Units & Structure

Honor Battalion
- Honor Company
- Military Band
- Command Station
- SAS "Zlatica"
Military Police Company
- Military Police Service Platoon
- 1st Military Police Platoon
- 2nd Military Police Platoon
- Traffic Military police Section
Light Infantry Brigade
- 1st Light Infantry Battalion
- 2nd Light Infantry Battalion
- 3rd Light Infantry Battalion
- Reconnaissance Company
- Fire Support Company
- Air Defense Platoon
Special Forces Brigade
- Counter-Terrorism Battalion
- Marine Platoon
- Military Police Platoon
- Signal Platoon
- Mountain Battalion
- Engineer Company
- NBCW Platoon
Training and Support Base
- Logistic Center
- Training Center
- Medical Center
- Signal Center
Air Base
- Helicopter Squadron
  - 1st (Attack) Section
  - 2nd (Transport) Section
  - 3rd (Utility) Section
- Air Force Technical Company
- Air Base Security Platoon
Naval Base
- Command Station
- Patrol Boat Unit
- Coastal Reconnaissance and Guidance Unit
- Search and Rescue Unit
- "Jadran" Training Center
- Signal Platoon
- Logistic Platoon

The Military before 1918

After the establishment of the Kingdom of Montenegro

Kingdom of Montenegro

The Kingdom of Montenegro was a monarchy in southeastern Europe during the tumultuous years on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I. Legally it was a constitutional monarchy, but absolutist in practice...

in 1910, Montenegro was involved in three wars with the first one being the First Balkan War

First Balkan War

The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies and achieved rapid success...

, in alliance with Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, and Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

against the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

. The Second Balkan War

Second Balkan War

The Second Balkan War was a conflict which broke out when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with its share of the spoils of the First Balkan War, attacked its former allies, Serbia and Greece, on 29 June 1913. Bulgaria had a prewar agreement about the division of region of Macedonia...

was fought between Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Romania, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria with Bulgaria losing significant territory in the north, Thrace

Thrace

Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. As a geographical concept, Thrace designates a region bounded by the Balkan Mountains on the north, Rhodope Mountains and the Aegean Sea on the south, and by the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara on the east...

, and Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

.

The Military of Montenegro before 1918, the year of Montenegro's union with Serbia, was much larger than today's military. During World War I, Montenegro contributed 50,000 troops. The Commander-in-Chief was King Nikola I of Montenegro

Nicholas I of Montenegro

Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-Njegoš was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. He was also a poet, notably penning "Onamo, 'namo!", a popular song from Montenegro.-Early life:Nikola was born in the village of Njeguši, the ancient home of the...

, while the General of Staff was Božidar Janković

Božidar Jankovic

Božidar Janković was the Commander of the Serbian Third Army during the First Balkan War between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire....

. Units included:

Pljevlja Division

The Pljevlja Division was commanded by brigadier Luka Gojnić. The division was made up of 10 battalions. It had around 6,000 soldiers, and patrolled the area east from Pljevlja

Pljevlja

Pljevlja is a town and municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The city lies at an altitude of...

.

Herzegovina Detachment

The Herzegovina Detachment was commanded by serdar Janko Vukotić

Janko Vukotic

Janko Vukotić, was a Serbian General, Serdar and Voivode from Montenegro in the Balkan Wars and World War I. He served as Montenegro's Minister of Defence in periods 1905-1907, 1911–1912 and 1913–1915 and as the Prime Minister of Montenegro 1913-1915...

. The detachment was made up of 15 battalions. It had around 15,000 soldiers, and patrolled the border with Herzegovina

Herzegovina

Herzegovina is the southern region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. While there is no official border distinguishing it from the Bosnian region, it is generally accepted that the borders of the region are Croatia to the west, Montenegro to the south, the canton boundaries of the Herzegovina-Neretva...

.

Lovćen Detachment

The Lovćen Detachment was commanded by divizijar Mitar Martinović. The detachment was made up of 18 battalions. It had around 8,000 soldiers, and patrolled the areas of Lovćen and Sutorman.

'Old Serbia' Detachment

The 'Old Serbia' Detachment was commanded by brigadier Radomir Vešović. The detachment was made up of 13 battalions. It had around 6,000 soldiers, and secured the Albanian border.

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