Mixed_Artillery_Brigade Knowpia

Mixed Artillery Brigade
Mixed Artillery Brigade
Мешовита артиљеријска бригада
Active	2007 - present
Country	Serbia
Branch	Serbian Army
Role	Artillery
Part of	Serbian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Niš
Anniversaries	14 September
Commanders
Current; commander	Col. Dejan Novaković

The Mixed Artillery Brigade (Serbian: Мешовита артиљеријска бригада, romanized: Mešovita artiljerijska brigada) is the artillery brigade of the Serbian Army with the task of providing artillery support to other Serbian Army units.

History edit

The brigade was formed on June 4, 2007 from former 203rd Mixed Artillery Brigade.^[1]

Structure edit

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 edit

Nora B-52 155mm self-propelled howitzer
Nora M-84 152mm howitzer
M-87 Orkan 262mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
M-77 Oganj 128mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher
M-94 Plamen-S 128mm self-propelled multiple rocket launcher

Traditions edit

Anniversary edit

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 in World War I, led by Serbian and Allied forces.^[2]