Military Intelligence: Serbia & Yugoslavia
Organization:
Prior to the Dayton agreement, forces were organized into ten corps with
the largest operational unit being the brigade (as opposed to divisions,
which was the case prior to 1990). Each brigade has an integrated air
defense, artillery, and anti-tank regiment. Brigades are of three
types: armor, mechanized, and "Mountain." with each brigade composed of
two or three battalions. (The Mad General scenario was based on this
mid-90s organizational structure.)As of 1998, Serbia's armed forces have been reorganized into three
Armies and one corps, as follows:The 1st Army is oriented toward the north and Croatia.
The 2nd Army is oriented toward Bosnia-Herzegovina
The 3rd Army is oriented toward Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
The Special Purposes Corps includes a paratroop brigade, an armored
brigade, and a mixed unit of brigade strength for diversionary and
reconnaissance actions and for antiguerilla and antiterrorist combat
operations.
Equipment:
The most modern Serbian tanks are the T-55 and the M84 (A Yugoslavian
version of the T72), though T-55s are more common.Serbian forces are known to be deficient in mechanization, with very few
combat vehicles for the number of troops that are to be mobilized in
wartime. These consist of old BTR40s and BTR50s (use TacOps BTR80s) and
a lot of locally produced vehicles called an M-60P. THey also use the
BDRM2 for reconnaisance.Air defense includes a high number of man-portable SA-7s. Artillery
regiments are very well equipped with 122mm, 130mm, 152mm and 155mm
(Howitzers). The Yugoslavian/Serbian Army also uses a lot of MRL systems
firing unguided FROG 7 missiles with a range of about 100 kilometers.The Serbs also have over 1000 mortars, with both standard and
self-propelled 82mm as well as 120mm tubes.Antitank systems include recoiless rifles, 57mm, 82mm and 105mm guns
(recommend using SPG9 or 100mm AT guns, in TacOps) and early vintage
AT3s, about 6 of which could be mounted on BOV-1 APCs to act like
Hummer-ATs (In TacOps, they can be modelled using 4 BRDM-ATs, the fewer
number to reflect the AT3's age and unreliability.Serbs have been known to use snipers (not as well trained as U.S, so use
recon units in TacOps) as well as mines. Mines are especially used
along the southern (Albanian) border.
Suggested TacOps OOBs:
1. Tank Brigade
Start with 3 standard TacOps OPFOR tank battalions.
Replace all T80U tanks with T-55s.
Replace the T-55s in one tank battalion with T-72s.
Replace SA-16 SAMs with SA-7s.
Add support elements (see below)2. Mechanized Brigade
Start with 2 standard TacOps OPFOR Mot. Rifle Bns. (BTR)
Replace the BTRs in one company out of each battalion with trucks.
Add 8 BDRM2. Load them with:
8 Inf. teams (2)
2 recon
Replace SA-16 SAMs with SA-7s.
Add support elements (see below)3. Mountain Brigade
Start with 3 standard TacOps OPFOR Mot. Rifle Bns. (BTR)
Replace the BTRs in two of the battalions with trucks.
Add 8 BDRM2. Load them with:
8 recon teams
Replace SA-16 SAMs with SA-7s.
Add support elements (see below)Support Elements: (To be added to each brigade, above):
- Artillery Regiment:
- 2x6 122mm (on-map)
6 120mm inf. mortar (2S22 SP for tank brigade)
2x6 82 mm inf. mortar
6 Light trucks (to transport mortars)
2 Trucks (mortar supply) (optional)Anti-Tank Regiment:
2 Anti-tank Batteries (A, B), each:
3 150mm AT guns
3 100mm AT guns
6 SPG9
4 BDRM-ATAir Defense Regiment:
3x6 ZSU-4-AAA
3 Light trucks, for carrying:
9 SA-7Brigade HQ (Optional)
1 Command element (8) (Staff and commander)
3 Command element (4) (Support staff)
4 BTR80
1 Light truck (Communications vehicle)
Engineer (Sapper/Mineclearing/Minelaying) (Optional)Off map support:*
2 MRLS (off-map)
2 152mm (off-map)
(*Assumed to be Corps assets. Only one set of off-map support possible per scenario, regardless of size.)