The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia (), known in English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 and 1918, succeeding the Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia and preceding the Royal Yugoslav Army.
Organization Field armies First Army (Serbia) Second Army (Serbia) Third Army (Serbia) Timok Army Užice Army Orders of battle Order of battle of the Serbian Army in the First Balkan War Order of battle of the Serbian Army in World War I
Wars
Conflict Allies Adversaries Results Serbo-Bulgarian War(1885) (support) Defeat Treaty of Bucharest (1886), return to situation before the war Recognition of the unification of Eastern Rumelia with Bulgaria. First Balkan War(1912–1913) Italy (volunteers) Albanians (volunteers) Armenians (volunteers) (support) Circassians Albanians (volunteers and irregulars) (support) Victory Treaty of London Outbreak of the Second Balkan War. Ohrid-Debar Uprising(1913) IMRO Kachaks Victory Suppression of uprising Second Balkan War(1913) Victory Treaty of Bucharest (1913). Balkans theatre (World War I) (1914–1918) (from 1915) (from 1915) (from 1917) (from 1915) (1916-1917) (from 1915) (from 1915) (1916–1917) Victory Serbia regained its territory in 1918, occupied since 1915. Proclamation of Podgorica Assembly in Montenegro of unification with Serbia Unification of Slavic inhabited lands of Austria-Hungary with Serbia to form Yugoslavia Treaty of Neuilly
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 1884–1918 4,000 units. Upgraded M71/84. Mauser M1890 1912–1918 Mauser M1893 and Mauser Model 1903 1912–1918 Mauser M1899, M1899/07 and M1899/08 1899–1918 Mauser-Koka-Đurić 1907–18 Upgraded Mauser-Koka. Mauser Model 1910 1910–1918 Berdan #1 and #2 1890–1918 75,000 units. Known as berdanka (pl. berdanci, berdanke). Mauser Model 1889 1907–1918 known as belgijanka (pl. belgijanke) Berthier M1907/15 1915–18 Gras M1874 1880–1918 Lebel M1886 1916–1918 Mosin–Nagant M1891 1914–1918 Machine guns Chauchat 1916–1918 3,838 units. Lewis 1915–1918 Maxim 1897–1918 2,500 units. MG 08 1911–1918 Schwarzlose 1914–1918 Handguns Chamelot-Delvigne M1873 and M1874 1887–1918 Gasser M1870 1883–1918 Nagant M1895 1896–1918 Ruby M1914 1916–1918 Grenades Vasić M12 1904–1918
Uniform Šajkača
See also
First Serbian Volunteer Division Serbian Chetnik Organization Serbian Armed Forces
References
Sources Books
Journals Mijalkovski, Milan. "Četničke (gerilske) jedinice Kraljevine Srbije–borci protiv terora turskog okupatora." Zbornik radova Instituta za savremenu istoriju 09 (2007): 59–81. Becić, Ivan M. "Ratni dugovi Kraljevine Srbije u svetlu politike." Istorija 20. veka 3 (2010): 45–56. Gavrilović, Dejan V. Fizičko vežbanje i vojska Kraljevine Srbije. Diss. Univerzitet u Beogradu-Fakultet sporta i fizičkog vaspitanja, 2016. Đorđević, Branislav D. "Training of the Serbian Army." Vojno delo 51.5-6 (1999): 149–165. Denda, Dalibor. "Српска војска у предвечерје епохе ратова 1912–1920." Zbornik radova Instituta za savremenu istoriju 12 (2014): 423–436. Đukić, Slobodan. "Contribution of the Military Academy to the development of military theory in Serbia in the second half of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century." Vojno delo 67.5 (2015): 401–425. Mladenović, Božica. "Vojska Kraljevine Srbije za vreme Balkanskih ratova u ogledalu nemačke štampe." Baština 22 (2007): 161–171. Barović, Vladimir. "Voluntary participation in the armed forces of the Kingdom of Serbia as a possible model of professionalization of the armed forces of the Republic of Serbia." Vojno delo 62.2 (2010): 348–360. Ivetić, Vladimir. Politička uloga ministara vojnih Kraljevine Srbije od 1903. do 1914. godine. Diss. University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences, 2013.
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