The Slovak Ground Forces, also known as the Slovak Army, is the land specialized service branch of the

Slovak Armed Forces The Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic were divided from the Czechoslovak army after dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined NATO on 29 March 2004. From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization a ...

Structure

Slovak Ground Forces - Organization 2021

Ground Forces Command

* Ground Forces Command, in

Trenčín Trenčín (, also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia of the central Váh River valley near the Czech border, around from Bratislava. It has a population of more than 55,000, which makes it the eighth largest muni ...

(Commander: 2 Star General) ** Command Support Battalion *** Headquarters Company *** Transport Company *** Medical Point ** Deployable CIS Base ** Main Training Base, in

Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

1st Mechanized Brigade

* 1st Mechanized Brigade, in

Topoľčany Topoľčany (; sk, Veľké Topoľčany before 1920; hu, Nagytapolcsány) is a town in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. The population is around 25,000 in total. The town's population is nicknamed ''Žochári'' (singl. ''Žochár'') (producers, or ...

(Commander: 1 Star General) ** Command Support Company, in Topoľčany ** 11th Mechanized Battalion, in

equipped with BVP-2 *** Headquarters Company *** 3x Mechanized Companies (each with 3x Mechanized Platoons and 1x Fire Support Platoon) *** Fire Support Company (Anti-Tank Platoon- KONKURS on

BRDM-2 The BRDM-2 (''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina'', Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car used by states that we ...

, Recon Platoon & 98mm Mortar Platoon) ** 12th Mechanized Battalion, in

Nitra Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth l ...

equipped with BVP-2 *** Headquarters Company *** 3x Mechanized Companies (each with 3x Mechanized Platoons and 1x Fire Support Platoon) *** Fire Support Company (Anti-Tank Platoon- KONKURS mounted on OT-90, Recon Platoon & 98mm Mortar Platoon) ** 13th Mechanized Battalion, in

Levice Levice (; hu, Léva, Hungarian pronunciation: ; german: Lewenz, literally lionesses) is a town in western Slovakia. The town lies on the left bank of the lower Hron river. The Old Slavic name of the town was ''Leva'', which means "the Left On ...

Rožňava Rožňava ( hu, Rozsnyó, german: Rosenau, Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožň ...

*** Headquarters Battery *** 3x

MLRS A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a voll ...

RM-70/85 Modular Batteries ** Engineer Battalion, in Sereď *** Headquarters Company *** 2x Pontoon Bridge Companies *** 2x Technical Engineer Companies *** 2x Combat Engineer Companies *** Mine Warfare Company ** NBC Defence Battalion, in

*** Headquarters Company *** NBC Recon Company *** 2x Decontamination Companies *** 2x NBC Defence Companies *** Medical Company

2nd Mechanized Brigade

* 2nd Mechanized Brigade, in

Prešov Prešov (, hu, Eperjes, Rusyn and Ukrainian: Пряшів) is a city in Eastern Slovakia. It is the seat of administrative Prešov Region ( sk, Prešovský kraj) and Šariš, as well as the historic Sáros County of the Kingdom of Hungary. With ...

(Commander: 1 Star General) ** Command Support Company, in Prešov ** Tank Battalion, in

Trebišov Trebišov ( hu, Tőketerebes; german: Trebischau; russian: Требишев) is a small industrial town in the easternmost part of Slovakia, with a population of around 25,000. The town is an administrative, economic and cultural center with machi ...

equipped with T-72M1 ** 21st Mechanized Battalion, in

equipped with

BVP-1 The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, in service 1966–present. BMP stands for ''Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1'' (russian: link=no, Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1), meaning "infantry fighting v ...

*** Headquarters Company *** 3x Mechanized Companies (each with 3x Mechanized Platoons and 1x Fire Support Platoon) *** Fire Support Company (Anti-Tank Platoon- KONKURS mounted on OT-90, Recon Platoon & 82mm Mortar Platoon) ** 22nd Mechanized Battalion, in Michalovce equipped with

*** Headquarters Company *** 3x Mechanized Companies (each with 3x Mechanized Platoons and 1x Fire Support Platoon) *** Fire Support Company (Anti-Tank Platoon- KONKURS mounted on OT-90, Recon Platoon & 98mm Mortar Platoon) ** Self-propelled Artillery Battalion, in Michalovce *** Headquarters Battery *** 2x 155mm Self Propelled Howitzer " Zuzana" Batteries **

ISTAR ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance. In its macroscopic sense, ISTAR is a practice that links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in employing its sensors and managing ...

Battalion, in Prešov equipped with BPsV-I

Combat Service Support Brigade

* Combat Service Support Brigade, in

(Commander: 1 Star General) ** Command Support Company, in

** Logistic Battalion, in

Hlohovec Hlohovec (german: Freistad(l) an der Waag, Hungarian ''Galgóc''), is a town in southwestern Slovakia, with a population of 21,508. Name The name comes from ''*Glogovec'', the Old Slavic name for a place densely overgrown by hawthorn. The Hunga ...

** Logistic Battalion, in

** Maintenance Battalion, in

** CSS Battalion, in

Equipment

References

External links

Official Homepage of the Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic Armed Forces
{{Allied Land Command Military of Slovakia Military units and formations of Slovakia 1993 establishments in Slovakia Military units and formations established in 1993