Royal Serbian Army

Royal Serbian Army

Field uniforms of the Serbian Army during the Balkan Wars.
Active 1882–1918
Country  Kingdom of Serbia
Type Army

The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian: Војска Краљевине Србије), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918, succeeding the Army of the Principality of Serbia and preceding the Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Organization

Wars

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results
Serbo-Bulgarian War
(1885)
 Serbia  Bulgaria Defeat
First Balkan War
(1912–13)
 Serbia
 Bulgaria
 Greece
 Montenegro
 Ottoman Empire Victory
Second Balkan War
(1913)
 Serbia
 Romania
 Greece
 Montenegro
 Ottoman Empire
 Bulgaria Victory
Serbian Campaign
(World War I)

(1914–18)
 Serbia
 Russian Empire
British Empire British Empire
France France
 Italy
 Romania
 Greece
 Montenegro
 Austria-Hungary
 Bulgaria
 Ottoman Empire
 German Empire
Victory

Military equipment

Armament

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–? 4,000 units. Upgraded M71/84.
Mauser M1890 –1918
Mauser M1893 and M1903 –1918
Mauser M1899, M1899/07 and M1899/08 –1918
Mauser-Koka-Đurić 1907–18 Upgraded Mauser-Koka.
Mauser M1910 –1918
Berdan #1 and #2 –1918 75,000 units. Known as berdanka (pl. berdanci, berdanke).
Mauser Model 1889 –1918 known as belgijanka (pl. belgijanke)
Berthier M1907/15 1915–18
Gras M1874 –1918
Lebel M1886 –1918
Mosin–Nagant M1891 –1918
Machine guns
Chauchat –1918 3,838 units.
Lewis –1918
Maxim –1918
MG 08 –1918
Schwarzlose –1918 [1]
Handguns
Chamelot-Delvigne M1873 and M1874 –1918
Gasser M1870 –1918
Nagant M1895 –1918
Ruby M1914 –1918
Grenades
Vasić M1904/12 –1918

Uniform

See also

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References

  1. Willbanks, James H. (1 January 2004). Machine Guns: An Illustrated History of Their Impact. ABC-CLIO. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-85109-480-6.

Sources

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