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Field uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914. Parade uniforms of the Royal Serbian Army, 1914. Military ranks of the Royal Serbian Army. The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Војска Краљевине Србије, romanized: Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918 ...
Used by infantry battalions of the four Army brigades. Domestically produced version of American AN M18. LRB M3/93 Serbia: Smoke grenade: Used by infantry battalions of the four Army brigades and the special forces units (72nd Brigade for Special Operations and 63rd Parachute Brigade). RŠB P98 Serbia: Smoke grenade: BRK Serbia: Anti-tank grenade
It subsequently spread throughout the civilian population of central Serbia, and in the 19th century it became an official part of the Serbian military uniform, first worn only by soldiers, then after 1903 it replaced the officer's French-style Kepis and Peaked caps. It would continue to be used by the Royal Yugoslav Army.
Royal Serbian Army conscripts, 1901 Serbian partisans, 1941. The šajkača is believed to have originated in the Serbian region of Banat during the 18th century, when šajkaši (Serb river troops in the service of the Austrian Empire) guarded the Danube and Sava rivers against the Ottoman Empire and wore caps in the shape of an overturned chaika (Serbian: шајка) boat.
The Serbian Army (Serbian: Копнена војска Србије, romanized: Kopnena vojska Srbije, lit. 'Serbian Land Army') is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces .
The Royal Serbian Guard was considered to be an elite unit of the Royal Serbian Army and only the best conscripts were chosen to serve in its ranks. In 1914 the Royal Guard numbered a few thousand men and took part in all major battles of the Balkans theatre of World War I (until the liberation in 1918).
During the Middle Ages, the Vojvoda was a military commander rank and a noble titule. In the Balkan Wars and World War I this title was used to designate the highest military rank in the Royal Serbian Army (equivalent of the Field Marshal in other armies). This rank was introduced by the 1901 Law on the Organization of the Army and has been ...
The Serbian Armed Forces (Serbian: Војска Србије, romanized: Vojska Srbije) is the military of Serbia. The President of the Republic acts as commander-in-chief of the armed forces, while administration and defence policy is carried out by the Government through the Ministry of Defence .