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Slovenian Ground Forces
Slovenska vojska
Emblem of the Slovenian Army
Active1991–1993 Slovene Territorial Defense Forces
CountrySlovenia
AllegianceNATO
BranchGround Army
RoleDefending Slovenian territory
Equipment84 MBTs, 195 IFVs and APCs, 54 Artillery pieces
Engagements
For engagements of the navy detachment see: Slovenian Navy

The Slovenian Ground Force is the primary component of Slovenian Armed Forces.

History

The current Slovenian Armed Forces are descended from the Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia (Teritorialna Obramba Republike Slovenije; TORS), which was formed in 1968 as a paramilitary complement to the regular army of the former Yugoslav within the territory of Slovenia. The main objectives of TORS were to support the Yugoslav National Army (JNA) and conduct guerrilla operations in the event of an invasion.

When Slovenia declared independence at the onset of the Yugoslav Wars in 1991, the TORS and the Slovenian police comprised the majority of forces engaging the Yugoslav People's Army during the Ten-Day War. The Slovenian Armed Forces were formally established in 1993 as a reorganization of the TORS.

Weapons and equipment

Infantry

A Slovene soldier with an FN F2000 assault rifle.

Small Arms

Model Image Origin Type Caliber or cartridge Details
Handguns
Beretta 92FS  Italy Handgun 9×19mm Standard handgun of the Slovenian Army.[2]
SIG Sauer P226  Switzerland Handgun 9×19mm Used by officers and special forces.[3]
Arex Rex Zero 1s  Slovenia Handgun 9X19mm Used by Slovenian special forces.[4]
Submachine Guns
MP5  Germany Submachine Gun 9×19mm Parabelum Used by Slovenian Military Police and special units.[5]
Shotguns
Benelli M4  Italy Shotgun 12 gauge Semi-automatic shotgun
Carbine
M59 PAP  Yugoslavia Carbine 7.62×39mm Used by Slovenian Ceremonial Honor Guard.
Assault Rifle
Zastava M70  Yugoslavia Assault Rifle 7.62×39mm Used by reserve soldiers.[6]
FN F2000  Belgium Assault Rifle 5.56×45mm NATO Standard Issue Rifle for the Slovenian Armed Forces.[7]
FN SCAR File:Scar H Standard.jpg  Belgium Assault Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Used by Slovenian Special forces (ESD).[8]
Machine Guns
FN Minimi Para  Belgium Light Machine Gun 5.56×45mm NATO Standard Issue Light Machine Gun.[9]
FN MAG  Belgium Medium Machine Gun 7.62×51mm NATO Standard Issue Medium Machine Gun.[10]
M2 Browning  Belgium Heavy Machine Gun 12.7×99mm NATO M2HB QCB variant manufactured by FN Herstal.[11]
Sniper Rifle
Steyr SSG 69  Austria Sniper Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Bolt-action sniper rifle.[5]
PGM Ultima Ratio  France Sniper Rifle 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle.[12]
PGM Mini Hecate  France Sniper Rifle .338 Lapua Magnum Medium sniper rifle.[13]
PGM Hécate II  France Sniper Rifle 12.7×99mm NATO Heavy sniper rifle.[14]
Grenade Launchers
GL1  Belgium Grenade Launcher 40 mm caseless grenade [15]
Heckler & Koch GMG  Germany Automatic grenade Launcher 40x53 mm [16]
Anti-tank warfare
RGW 90  Germany Rocket-propelled grenade 90mm
Spike MR & LR  Israel Anti-tank guided missile 170mm
Man-portable air-defense systems
Igla-S  Russia MANPADS 72mm [17]

Artillery

Model Image Origin Type Number Notes
Artillery
TN90 155 mm towed  Israel Howitzer 18 [18][19]
MN 9 120 mm  Israel Mortar 45 [20][19]

Tanks, IFVs and APCs

Model Image Origin Type Number Notes
Armoured fighting vehicles
M-84A4 Sniper  Yugoslavia Main battle tank 46 14 active, 32 in reserve. Most were upgraded to M-84A4 Sniper standard by 2008. [21][22]
M-55S  Slovenia
 Soviet Union 		Main battle tank 30 Heavily upgraded T-55. In reserve.[23]
BVP M-80  Yugoslavia Infantry Fighting Vehicle 52 In reserve.[24]
Boxer  Germany
 Netherlands 		Infantry Fighting Vehicle 56 (on order) 48 – 30 mm/7,62 mm[25]

8 – 120 mm mortar

Patria AMV  Finland
 Slovenia 		Armored Personnel Carrier 30 30 vehicles delivered according to a Settlement Agreement with Patria.[26][21][27]
Valuk  Slovenia Armored Personnel Carrier 85 85 vehicles in service. 19 of them in the 20th Infantry Regiment.[28][21][29]
BOV VP  Yugoslavia Armored Personnel Carrier 16
BOV M  Yugoslavia Armored Personnel Carrier 28

Other vehicles

Model Image Origin Type Number Notes
Utility Vehicles
Otokar Cobra  Turkey Reconnaissance vehicle 10 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle[21][30]
HMMWV  United States Reconnaissance vehicle 42
JVBT-55  Czechoslovakia Armoured recovery vehicle 7 [31]
VT-55  Czechoslovakia Armoured recovery vehicle 2 [21]
MT-55  Czechoslovakia Armoured vehicle-launched bridge 4 [32]
Cougar JERRV  United States MRAP Used by EOD units.[33][34]
Achleitner MMV Survivor  Japan Military light utility vehicle 91 A modified Toyota Land Cruiser for military missions. Will be delivered at the end of 2018.[35]
Mercedes-Benz G-Class  Germany Military light utility vehicle [36][37]
TAM 110 T7 B/BV  Yugoslavia Military truck Mainly used for towing mortars.[38]
TAM 150 T11 B/BV  Yugoslavia Military truck The vehicle is intended for transport of material and technical means (MTS), also used as water/fuel tank vehicle, as decontamination vehicle and special vehicle with superstructure .[39]
Unimog  Germany Military truck The vehicle is intended for transport of material and technical means (MTS) and special vehicle with superstructure. The vehicle is equipped with a roof lining, which allows it to install infantry weapons. .[40]
Iveco T-series  Italy Military truck The vehicle is intended for transport of material and technical means (MTS) and personnel.[41][42][43][44]
Mercedes-Benz Actros  Germany Military truck The vehicle is intended for transport of material and technical means (MTS) and personnel.[45]
MAN 15 TMILGL W A1  Germany Military truck The vehicle is intended for transport of material and technical assets (MTS), mainly ammunition and mines.[46]

Stored equipment

Former equipment

Slovenian 9M111 Fagot anti-tank guided missile

References

  1. ^ http://www.siol.net/novice/slovenija/2008/04/slovenski_vojaki_prvic_v_misiji_na_afriski_celini.aspx
  2. ^ "Pištola - Beretta M92 FS". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  3. ^ "Pištola - SIG Sauer P226". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  4. ^ "Pištola - Arex REX Zero 1S". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  5. ^ a b "The Warrior of the 21st Century" (PDF). www.mo.gov.si. Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Slovenia.
  6. ^ "Avtomatska puška - Zastava M70 AB2". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  7. ^ "Avtomatska puška - FN HerstalF 2000 S". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  8. ^ "Avtomatska puška - FN HerstalF 2000 S". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  9. ^ "Puškomitraljez - FN Herstal MINIMI". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  10. ^ "Puškomitraljez - FN Herstal MAG". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  11. ^ "Mitraljez - FN Herstal M2HB QCB". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  12. ^ "Ostrostrelna puška –PGM Precision Ultima Ratio Commando". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  13. ^ "Ostrostrelna puška – PGM Precision Mini Hecate". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  14. ^ "Ostrostrelna puška – PGM PrecisionHecate II". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  15. ^ "Podcevni bombomet - FN Herstal LG1". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  16. ^ "Avtomatski bombomet –Heckler & Koch GMG". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  17. ^ "Lahki prenosni raketni sistem zračne obrambe - Igla-S (9K338)". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  18. ^ "Cannon-Howitzer 155/45mm TN90". www.slovenskavojska.si. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  19. ^ a b "Future Artillery Systems 2016 Market Report". indirectfires.iqpc.co.uk. Defence IQ. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  20. ^ "Minomet – Soltam MN-9". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  21. ^ a b c d e The Military Balance 2017, International Institute for Strategic Studies, February 2017, pp. 156–157, ISBN 978-1857439007
  22. ^ "Tank – Đuro Đakovič M-84". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  23. ^ "Tank – ST Ravne M-55 S". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  24. ^ "BVP – Yugoimport M-80A". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  25. ^ Bingham, James (8 February 2018). "Slovenia selects Boxer". janes.com. London: IHS Janes. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  26. ^ "The Ministry of Defense of Slovenia, Rotis Plus and Patria sign a Settlement Agreement". www.patria.fi. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  27. ^ "Oklepno reševalno vozilo – ST Ravne LKOSV Valuk". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  28. ^ Stojiljković, Gordana (6 March 2015). "Celjski vojaki "omamljeni" med vožnjo v oklepnikih valuk". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  29. ^ "Osebno terensko vozilo – StyerDaimler PUCH 230 GE". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  30. ^ "Lahko izvidniško vozilo JRKBO – Otokar LIV Cobra 4x4". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  31. ^ "Tank za evakuacijo – ZTS Martin JVBT 55A". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  32. ^ "Tank nosilec mostu – ZTS Martin MT-55". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  33. ^ Bozinovski, Igor (20 December 2017). "Slovenia upgrades MRAP-JERRV vehicles". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  34. ^ "KOV EOD – GDLS Jerry 6x6 Engineer variant". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  35. ^ "Slovenska vojska je prevzela Toyote Land Cruiser". www.avto-magazin.si (in Slovenian). 6 January 2018.
  36. ^ "Osebno terensko vozilo – Mercedes Benz G270 CDI". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  37. ^ "Osebno terensko vozilo – StyerDaimler PUCH 230 GE". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  38. ^ "Tovorno vozilo – TAM 110 T7 4x4". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  39. ^ "Tovorno vozilo – TAM 150 T11 BV 6x6". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  40. ^ "Tovorno vozilo – Mercedes BenzUnimog 2150L/38 4x4". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  41. ^ "Cisterna za prevoz vode – IvecoTrakker 190 T 35W (ACV)". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  42. ^ "Cisterna za prevoz vode – IvecoTrakker AD 380 T 44W (ACV)". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  43. ^ "Cisterna za prevoz goriva – IvecoTrakker 190 T 35W (ACG)". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  44. ^ "Cisterna za prevoz goriva – IvecoTrakker AD 380 T 44W (ACG)". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  45. ^ "Tovorno vozilo – Mercedes BenzActros 3336 AK". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
  46. ^ "Tovorno vozilo – MAN 15TMILGL W A1". www.slovenskavojska.si (in Slovenian).
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