The Mixed Artillery Brigade () is the artillery brigade of the
Serbian Army
The Serbian Army () is the land-based and the largest component of the Serbian Armed Forces. Its organization, composition, weapons and equipment are adapted to the assigned missions and tasks of the Serbian Armed Forces, primarily for operatio ...
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 artillery, 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 ...
155 mm self-propelled howitzer
*
Nora M-84
NORA M-84 (; ''NORA'' acronymic for ) is a Yugoslav and Serbian 152 mm and 155 mm gun-howitzer developed by the Military Technical Institute (MTI) for the Yugoslav People's Army, Serbian Army, and export. Gun howitzer NORA has three b ...
152 mm howitzer
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M-87 Orkan
The M-87 Orkan (from ) is a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav fully automated Self-propelled artillery, self-propelled multiple rocket launcher. The generic M-87 project was configured with 12 launch tubes mounted on a Fabrika au ...
262 mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
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M-77 Oganj
The M-77 Oganj (from ) is a 128mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher developed in the former Yugoslavia. Its NATO designation is YMRL-32.
Development
Development of the system began in 1968. Professor Obrad Vučurović, mechanical engineer ...
128 mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
*M-94 Plamen-S 128 mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
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 Germa ...
in World War I, led by Serbian and
Allied forces.
Patron saint
The unit's
slava or its patron saint is
Saint Marina the Great Martyr.
Gallery
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
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