Army of Republika Srpska

{{Short description|Bosnian Serb military force, 1992–2006}} {{Use American English|date = April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox war faction | name = Army of Republika Srpska | native_name = Војска Републике Српске ''Vojska Republike Srpske'' | native_name_lang = sr | war = the [[Bosnian War]] and the [[Croatian War]] | image = [[File:Emblem of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|115px]] | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | active = 1992–2006 | position = | motives = Independence of [[Republika Srpska (1992–1995)|Republika Srpska]] (until 1995) | allegiance = {{flag|Republika Srpska}} | founders = | founder = | founding_leader = | leader_title = | leaders = | leader = | leader1_title = Military leader | leader1_name = [[Ratko Mladić]]<ref>(until 1995)</ref> | leader2_title = {{nowrap|Political leader}} | leader2_name = [[Radovan Karadžić]]<ref>(until 1995)</ref> | leader3_title = | leader3_name = | spokesperson = | spokesman = | headquarters = [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]], [[Bijeljina]], [[Banja Luka]] | area = | size = 250,000 by formation<ref>{{cite book|ref={{harvid|CIA|2002b}}|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jodpAAAAMAAJ|title=Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990–1995, Volume 2|author=[[Central Intelligence Agency]], Office of Russian and European Analysis|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Washington, D.C.|year=2002|page=268|isbn=978-0-16-066472-4}}</ref> 155,000 (1995)<ref>{{cite book|ref={{harvid|CIA|2002b}}|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jodpAAAAMAAJ|title=Balkan Battlegrounds: A Military History of the Yugoslav Conflict, 1990–1995, Volume 2|author=[[Central Intelligence Agency]], Office of Russian and European Analysis|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|location=Washington, D.C.|year=2002|page=268|isbn=978-0-16-066472-4}}</ref> | colours = {{Color box|#DE0000|border=darkgray}} Red {{Color box|#00338D|border=darkgray}} Blue {{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} White | split_from = {{symbol|Logo of the JNA.svg}} [[Yugoslav People's Army]] | merger_of = | predecessor = | merged_into = {{symbol|AFBIH Coat of Arms 021-001.png}} [[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] | split_to = | successor = | allies = * {{symbol|Seal of the Yugoslav Army (1992–2003).svg}} [[Yugoslav Army (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)|VJ]] * {{symbol|Srpska vojska Krajine, oficirski emblem. 1993-1995.png}} [[Serbian Army of Krajina|RSK]] (until 1995) * {{symbol|Logo of the National Defense Of Western Bosnia.png}} [[National Defence of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia|NOZB]] (until 1995) | opponents = * {{symbol|Logo of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg}} [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|ARBiH]] (until 1995) * {{symbol|Logo of Croatian Defence Council.svg}} [[Croatian Defence Council|HVO]] (until 1995) * {{symbol|Seal of the Armed Forces of Croatia.png}} [[Croatian Armed Forces|HV]] (until 1995) * {{symbol|Patch of the Croatian Defence Forces.svg}} [[Croatian Defence Forces|HOS]] (until 1993) * {{flag|NATO}} | battles = [[Bosnian War]]: * [[Operation Corridor 92]] * [[Operation Vrbas 92]] * [[Operation Sadejstvo]] * [[Operation Lukavac '93]] * [[Operation Star '94]] * [[Operation Shield '94]] * [[Operation Spider]] * [[Operation Tekbir '95]] * [[Operation Una]] * [[Siege of Sarajevo]] * [[Siege of Srebrenica]] | organizations = | website = | identification_symbol_label = Patch | identification_symbol = [[File:Patch of the Army of Republika Srpska.svg|95px]] | identification_symbol_2_label = Helmet decal | identification_symbol_2 = [[File:Army of Republika Srpska (helmet decal).svg|80px]] | identification_symbol_3_label = | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_4_label = | identification_symbol_4 = }} The '''Army of Republika Srpska''' ({{langx|sr|Војска Републике Српске, ВРС|Vojska Republike Srpske}}, '''VRS'''), commonly referred to in English as the '''Bosnian Serb Army''',<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/HhfdTjp5kDg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200301023244/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhfdTjp5kDg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhfdTjp5kDg|title=Bosnia - Bosnian Serbs Launch Counter-Attack|last=AP Archive|date=21 July 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> was the [[military]] of [[Republika Srpska (1992–1995)|Republika Srpska]], the self-proclaimed [[secession]]ist republic, a territory within the newly independent [[Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (formerly part of [[Yugoslavia]]), which it defied and fought against. Active during the [[Bosnian War]] from 1992 to 1995, the Bosnian Serb Army under General [[Ratko Mladić]] became the most proficient military force in the [[Balkans]], as well as one of the most reviled armies in the world.<ref name="autogenerated1">Balkan Battlegrounds Vol.1, page. 141</ref> After the war it continued to exist as the armed forces of [[Republika Srpska]], one of two entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina, until 2006 when it was integrated into the [[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. During the conflict, the Bosnian Serb Army conducted several major operations, including [[Operation Corridor 92]], [[Operation Vrbas '92]], [[Operation Lukavac '93|Operation Lukavac]], [[Operation Shield '94]], and [[Operation Spider]]; The army also took part in the [[Siege of Sarajevo]], the longest siege of a capital city in modern history, as well as in the [[Srebrenica massacre]].<ref name="Building Desctruction/Damage">{{cite web |last1=Al-Bayati |first1=Sundus |title=A City that Doesn't Forget: Sarajevo Thirty Years after the War |url=https://www.sah.org/publications/sah-blog/blog-detail/sah-blog/2022/07/08/a-city-that-doesn-t-forget-sarajevo-thirty-years-after-the-war |website=Society of Architectural Historians |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

==Personnel== [[File:Опрема ВРС.JPG|thumb|A typical uniform of a VRS member during the 1990s]] The Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) was founded on 12 May 1992 from the remnants of the [[Yugoslav People's Army]] (JNA) of the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] from which [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] had seceded earlier in 1992. When the [[Bosnian War]] erupted, the JNA formally discharged 80,000 [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Serb]] troops. These troops, who were allowed to keep their heavy weapons, formed the core of what would become the Army of the Republika Srpska, benefiting from access to significant JNA stockpiles and infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web| work= The New York Times| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/27/world/yugoslav-army-reported-fighting-in-bosnia-to-help-serbian-forces.html| author= John Kifner| title= Yugoslav Army Reported Fighting In Bosnia to Help Serbian Forces| date= 27 January 1994| access-date= 4 March 2013}}</ref>

The VRS was made up largely of ethnic Serbs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also attracted around 4,000 foreign [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] fighters, many of whom were drawn by nationalist or religious motivations. 700 such fighters came from [[Russia]], and 300–800 from [[Bulgaria]].<ref>[[#Innes|Innes 2006]], p. 157</ref><ref>[[#Thomas|Thomas 2006]], p. 13</ref> 100 [[Greeks]] also volunteered to fight on the side of the Bosnian Serbs, forming the [[Greek Volunteer Guard]] which allegedly participated in the [[Srebrenica massacre]].<ref>{{cite web| work= The Guardian| url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/jan/05/balkans.warcrimes| author= Helena Smith| title= Greece faces shame of role in Serb massacre| date= 5 January 2003| access-date= 4 March 2013}}</ref> A number of [[Romanians]] and [[Ukrainians]] fought as well on the Bosnian Serb side.{{sfn|Koknar|2003}}

==Post-war status and abolishment == After the war, the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina had two armies, that of the VRS and the [[Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (VFBiH). VFBiH was itself composed of two elements, the ARBiH and HVO. The two armies functioned without a common command, on the principle of "non-intervention in the affairs of the other". [[Bisera Turković]] noted that it was 'therefore questionable whether in say a foreign attack on Sarajevo [...the VRS] would defend this capital city'. The existence of the two separate armies was one of the factors impeding civil-military relations development.<ref name="FluriGustenau2005">{{cite book|author1=Philipp H. Fluri|author2=Gustav E. Gustenau|author3=Plamen I. Pantev|title=The Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in South East Europe: Continuing Democratic Reform and Adapting to the Needs of Fighting Terrorism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yo_CzZj9o_wC&pg=PA83|date=27 December 2005|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-7908-1656-3|pages=83–}}</ref> The VRS conducted demining.<ref>{{cite book|title=Landmine Monitor Report 2002: Toward a Mine-free World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPj16Xxyi9kC&pg=PA121|year=2002|publisher=Human Rights Watch|isbn=978-1-56432-277-7|pages=121–}}</ref>

In 2003 the army began to integrate into the [[Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. In 2005 a fully integrated unit of Serbs, Bosniaks, and Croats was deployed to augment the US-led coalition forces in [[Iraq]].<ref name="unified ">{{cite web |date=2005-06-02|url = http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050602/news_1n2bosnia.html|title = Bosnia's first unified army platoon deployed to Iraq|work = The San Diego Union-Tribune| access-date = 2007-09-26 | last=Nedim Dervisbegovic | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071015063236/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050602/news_1n2bosnia.html| archive-date= 15 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> On 6 June 2006, it was fully integrated into the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina controlled by the Ministry of Defence of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gaub|first1=Florence|title=Military Integration after Civil Wars: Multiethnic Armies, Identity and Post Conflict Reconstruction|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|location=Canada|isbn=9780203841051|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_vGBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT236|access-date=31 March 2016}}</ref>{{sfn|Ramet|2010|p=324}}

==Leadership== {{Main|General Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska}} The supreme commander of the VRS was General [[Ratko Mladić]].<ref>{{cite web|year=2007 |url=https://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mla-ai021010e.htm |title=The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia – Case No. IT-95-5/18-I |publisher=UN – ICTY |access-date=2007-09-26 |quote=On 12 May 1992, Ratko MLADIC was appointed Commander of the Main Staff of the VRS, a position he held until at least 22 December 1996. On 24 June 1994, Ratko MLADIC was promoted to the rank of General Colonel. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070919030718/http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mla-ai021010e.htm |archive-date=19 September 2007 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>The Command of the Army of Republika Srpska was organized into several key sectors and departments:

* Staff for operational and educative affairs – Major general [[:sr:Манојло Миловановић|Manojlo Milovanović]] (also deputy commander) * Sector for intelligence and security affairs – Colonel [[Zdravko Tolimir]] * Sector for morale, religious and legal affairs – Major general [[Milan Gvero]] * Sector for rear services – Major general [[:sr:Ђорђе Ђукић|Đorđe Đukić ]]

Closest advisors to General Mladić were Milovanović (operations and planning), Tolimir (intelligence), Gvero (political affairs), and Đukić (logistics).<ref name="bb269">Balkan Battlegrounds Vol.2, p. 269</ref> According to opinion of some experts who studied the course of the [[Bosnian War]], the Command of the Main Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska proved to be the most capable military leadership among the participants in the war:

''{{quote|The Main Staff, although composed of various officers arriving from different commands, developed during the war into the most professional staff and planning body among the warring parties in the Bosnian War.<ref name="bb269"/>}}''

==Military operations== [[File:Roundel of Bosnia-Herzegovina (1992) – Serbian Militia.svg|thumb|Roundel used by Republika Srpska's [[Militia (Yugoslavia)|Militia]]]] {{sectionrefimprove|date=March 2026}} * [[1992 Yugoslav campaign in Bosnia]] (3 April – 19 May 1992) – Victory * [[Battle of Kupres (1992)]] (3–11 Apr 1992) against HVO, HOS, HV – Victory * [[Operation Jackal]] (7 – 26 June 1992) against HVO, HV – Defeat * [[Operation Corridor 92]] (24 Jun – 6 Oct 1992) against HVO, HOS, HV – Victory * [[Operation Vrbas '92]] (Jun–Oct 1992) against ARBiH, HVO – Victory * [[Operation Bura]] (8–13 Nov 1992) against HVO, HOS, HV – Victory * [[Brčko offensive|Operation Corridor '93]] (1–12 Jan 1993) against ARBiH, HVO – Victory * [[Operation Cerska '93]] (10 Feb – 17 Apr 1993) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Sadejstvo]] (20–27 Jul 1993) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Lukavac '93]] (2 Jul – 19 Aug 1993) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Star '94]] (6–18 Apr 1994) against ARBiH, NATO – Victory * [[Operation Brana '94]] (1 Jun – 5 Jul 1994) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Breza '94]] (4–12 Sept 1994) against ARBiH – Defeat * [[Battle of Kupres (1994)]] (3 Nov 1994) against ARBiH, HVO – Defeat * [[Operation Autumn '94]] (11–20 Nov 1994) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Shield '94]] (4–20 Nov 1994) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Spider]] (16 Nov – 17 Dec 1994) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Tekbir '95]] (15–28 Jun 1995) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Krivaja '95]] (6–11 Jul 1995) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Siege of Žepa|Operation Stupčanica '95]] (25-26 July 1995) against ARBiH – Victory * [[Operation Summer '95]] (25–29 Jul 1995) against HV, HVO – Defeat * [[Operation Mistral 2]] (8–15 Sep 1995) against HV, HVO – Defeat * [[Operation Sana]] (13 Sep – 13 Oct 1995) against ARBiH – Defeat * [[Operation Una]] (18–19 Sep) against HV – Victory * [[Operation Southern Move]] (8–11 Oct 1995) against HV, HVO – Defeat * [[Operation Prijedor '95]] (12–20 Oct 1995) against ARBiH – Victory

== Special units == {{sectionrefimprove|date=March 2026}} * [[1st Guards Brigade (Army of Republika Srpska)|1st Guards Motorized Brigade]] ({{lang|sr|Прва гардијска моторизована бригада}}), [[General Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska|General Staff]] * 65th Protection Motorized Regiment ({{lang|sr|65. заштитни моторизовани пук}}), [[General Staff of the Army of Republika Srpska|General Staff]] * [[Garda Panteri|"Panthers" Special Guards Brigade]] (Garda Panteri) ({{lang|sr|Специјална бригада Гарда Пантери}}), [[East Bosnia Corps|East-Bosnian Corps]]  * [[Wolves of the Drina]], or Drina Wolves ({{lang|sr|Вукови са Дрине}}), [[Drina Corps]] * Special Unit "Peša" ({{lang|sr|Специјална Јединица "Пеша"}}), [[East Bosnia Corps|East-Bosnian Corps]] * Special Unit "Mando" ({{lang|sr|Специјална Јединица "Мандо"}}), [[East Bosnia Corps|East-Bosnian Corps]] * Special Unit "Osmaci" ({{lang|sr|Специјална Јединица "Осмаци"}}), [[Drina Corps]] * Serb Guard Ilidža ({{lang|sr|Српска Гарда Илиџа}}), [[Sarajevo-Romanija Corps]] * White Wolves ({{lang|sr|Бели Вукови}}), [[Sarajevo-Romanija Corps]] *Bileća Volunteers ({{lang|sr|Билећки Добровољци}}), [[Herzegovina Corps]]

== Organization == [[File:Заклетва војника 2001. године на Војном полигону Мањача..jpg|thumb|right|Oath-taking Ceremony in 2001 at the Manjača Military Range]] The [[International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] stated that:

<blockquote> "In July 1995, the Armed Forces of the Republika Srpska were under the command and control of the Commander-in-Chief, [[Radovan Karadžić]]. His headquarters was in Pale.<ref>International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, [http://www.icty.org/x/cases/borovcanin/ind/en/bor-annexA020906.htm Military Structure of the Army of the Republika Srpska]</ref>

Within the framework of the VRS, immediately subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief, was the Main Staff of the VRS, headquartered in Han Pijesak and commanded by General Ratko Mladić. It was the responsibility of the Commander of the Main Staff to issue regulations, orders and instructions regarding the implementation of orders by the Commander-in-Chief, and to discharge the command duties delegated to him by the Commander-in-Chief. The Main Staff of the VRS consisted of staff officers and staff support personnel, as well as some specialised military units such as the 65th Protection Regiment, designed to provide protection and combat services for the Main Staff; and the 10th Sabotage Detachment, a unit trained for operations behind enemy lines and other special combat assignments.

The vast majority of the fighting force of the VRS itself was divided into six geographically-based Corps, all subordinate to, and under the command of, General Mladić and, in turn, the Commander-in-Chief, Radovan Karadzic. In July 1995, the six Corps were the Drina Corps, the 1st Krajina Corps, the 2nd Krajina Corps, the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, the Hercegovina Corps and the East Bosnia Corps." </blockquote>

=== 1993 === * 1st Krajina Corps – [[Banja Luka]] * 2nd Krajina Corps – [[Drvar]] * 3rd Corps – [[Bijeljina]] * East Bosnia Corps – [[Han Pijesak]] * Herzegovina Corps – [[Bileća]]

=== 1995 === * [[1st Krajina Corps]] – [[Banja Luka]] * [[2nd Krajina Corps]] – [[Drvar]] * [[East Bosnia Corps]] – [[Bijeljina]] * [[Sarajevo-Romanija Corps]] – [[Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Pale]] * [[Drina Corps]] – [[Vlasenica]] * [[Herzegovina Corps]] – [[Bileća]]

=== 2001 === * 1st Corps – Banja Luka * 3rd Corps – Bijeljina * 5th Corps – [[Sokolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina|Sokolac]] * 7th Corps – Bileća

== Equipment ==

=== Tanks and armoured vehicles === [[File:M84 of the VRS.JPG|thumb|[[M-84]] main battle tank of VRS]] [[File:Serbisk T-34 85 trekkes tilbake.jpg|thumb|[[T-34]]]] * [[M-84]] — 200 * [[T-54/T-55]] — 55 * [[T-34]] — 45 * [[BVP M-80]] * [[OT M-60]] * [[BTR-50]] * [[BOV (armoured personnel carrier)|BOV]] * [[M47 Patton]] === Towed artillery === [[File:D-30 VRS.JPEG|thumb|[[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]]]] [[File:M46 130mm Guns of the Army of Republika Srpska.JPEG|thumb|[[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46]]]] [[File:960228-A-5792S-005 - Serbian officer shows U.S. soldiers a towed ZiS-3 anti-tank gun.jpg|thumb|[[76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)|ZiS-3]]]] * [[M101 howitzer|M-56]] * [[122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30)|D-30]] * [[122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30)|M-30]] * [[130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46)|M-46]] * [[152 mm gun-howitzer D-20|D-20]] * [[Nora M-84|M-84]] * [[120 mm gun M1|M1]]{{dubious|date=November 2017}} * [[76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)|ZiS-3]]

=== Self-propelled artillery === * [[2S1 Gvozdika]]

=== MLRS === [[File:Rocket launcher M-77 Oganj.JPEG|thumb|[[M-77 Oganj]] MLRs of VRS]] * [[M-63 Plamen]] * [[M-77 Oganj]] * [[M-87 Orkan]]

=== ATGM === * [[9M14 Malyutka|AT-3 "Sagger"]] and [[9M113 Konkurs|AT-5 "Konkurs"]]

=== Antitank guns === * [[100 mm anti-tank gun T-12|T-12]]

=== Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (SPAAG) === [[File:ZSU-57-2 (Serb).JPG|thumb|[[ZSU-57-2]]]] * [[ZSU-57-2]] * [[M53/59 Praga]] * [[BOV (armoured personnel carrier)|BOV-3]] * [[ZU-23-2]]

=== MANPADs and SAMs === * [[9K32 Strela-2|SA-7]] * [[9K38 Igla|SA-18]] * [[2K12 Kub|SA-6]] * [[9K31 Strela-1|SA-9]]

=== Infantry weapons ===

====Pistols==== * [[Zastava M88]] * [[Zastava M57]] * [[Zastava CZ99|CZ99]]

====Assault rifles==== * [[Zastava M70 assault rifle|Zastava M70]] * [[Zastava M80]] * [[Zastava M90]]

====Battle rifles==== * [[Zastava M77 B1]]

====Submachine guns==== * [[M56 submachine gun|Zastava M56]] * [[Zastava M85]] * [[Zastava M92]] * [[Heckler & Koch MP5]]

====Machine guns==== * [[MG 42|Zastava M53]] * [[Zastava M77]] * [[Zastava M72]] * [[Zastava M84]] * [[Zastava M87]] * [[PK machine gun|PKM]] *[[M2 Browning]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/qeAEdU4p5Cg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160706171838/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeAEdU4p5Cg&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeAEdU4p5Cg|title=Roki Vulovic - Panteri / Mauzer, English Lyrics|website=YouTube|date=17 August 2015 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

====Sniper rifles==== * [[Zastava M76]] * [[Zastava M91]]

====Anti-tank weapons==== * [[M79 Osa]] * [[M80 Zolja]]

== Republika Srpska Air Force == {{Main|Republika Srpska Air Force}}

Formerly known as ''Ratno Vazduhoplovstva i Protiv Vazdušna Odbrana Vojske Republike Srpske'' or ''RV i PVO RS''. Beginning on 1 June 2004, the [[Republika Srpska]] Air Force was officially called, ''Prvi Puk Vazduhoplovstva i Protiv Vazdušna Odbrana Vojske Republike Srpske'', also known as 1st Aviation Regiment and Air Defence Force of the Republic of Srpska's Army.

== See also == * [[Military ranks of Republika Srpska]]

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