The Mixed Artillery Brigade ( sr, Мешовита артиљеријска бригада, Mešovita artiljerijska brigada) is the artillery brigade of the
Serbian Army
The Serbian Army ( sr-cyr, Копнена војска Србије, Kopnena vojska Srbije, lit=Serbian Land Army) is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces.
History
Originally established in 1830 as the Army of Pr ...
with the task of providing artillery support to other Serbian Army units.
History
The brigade was formed on June 4, 2007 from former 203rd Mixed Artillery Brigade.
Structure
The Mixed Artillery Brigade consists of artillery and rocket artillery units.
* Command Battalion - Niš
* 1st Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion - Niš
* 2nd Howitzer-Cannon-Artillery Battalion - Niš
* 3rd Cannon-Artillery Battalion - Niš
* 4th Cannon-Artillery Battalion - Niš
* Self-propelled Cannon and Howitzer Artillery Battalion - Niš
* Mixed Artillery Rocket Battalion - Niš
* 69th Logistics Battalion - Niš
Equipment
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Nora B-52
The Nora B-52 is a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by Military Technical Institute and manufactured by Yugoimport SDPR in Velika Plana, Serbia.
History
The first self-propelled Nora B (developed on the basis of Nora C) was designed by t ...
155mm self-propelled howitzer
*
Nora M-84
Gun howitzer NORA ( sr, Топ — хаубица НОРА, tr. ''Top — haubica NORA''; ''NORA'' acronymic for sr, Ново оруђе артиљерије, tr. ''Novo oruđe artiljerije'', "New Artillery Tool") is a Yugoslav and ...
152mm howitzer
*
M-87 Orkan
The M-87 Orkan is a Yugoslavian fully automated self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. The generic M-87 project was configured with 12 launch tubes mounted on a FAP 2832 truck. It has a range of about 50 to 120 km, with the ability to del ...
262mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
*
M-77 Oganj
The M-77 Oganj is a 128mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher developed in the former Yugoslavia. NATO designation is the YMRL-32.
Development
Development started in 1968. Professor Obrad Vučurović, mechanical Engineer and Chief Operating O ...
128mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
*M-94 Plamen-S 128mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
File:Nora B52 M15 VS - Odbrana slobode 2019 Niš 1.jpg, Nora B-52
File:M-87 Orkan.jpg, M-87 Orkan
File:Sloboda 2019 - defile 13 - M-77 Oganj.jpg, M-77 Oganj
File:M94 Plamen S 128mm 3.jpg, M-94 Plamen-S
File:NORA M84 VS1.jpg, Nora M-84
Traditions
Anniversary
The anniversary of the unit is celebrated on September 14. On that date in 1918 with artillery bombardment of the German and Bulgarian positions started the breakthrough of
Macedonian front
The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of German ...
in World War I, led by Serbian and
Allied forces.
Patron saint
The unit's
slava
Slava may refer to:
Ships
* ''Slava'' class cruiser, a modern Russian warship
** Soviet cruiser Slava (1979), now Russian cruiser ''Moskva'', a ''Slava'' class guided missile cruiser sunk during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Russian ba ...
or its patron saint is
Saint Marina the Great Martyr.
[http://www.spc.rs/sr/slava_meshovite_artiljerijske_brigade_u_nishu]
References
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External links
Mixed Artillery Brigade Web Page
Brigades of Serbia
Military units and formations established in 2007
Artillery units and formations