10.11.2018.
Exercise at Pasuljanske livade training ground
The Third Army Brigade, in cooperation with the Mixed Artillery Brigade and the 98th and 204th Air Brigade of the Air Force, carried out the exercise at the Pasuljanske livade training ground on the topic “Battle Group in Attack”.
The exercise was attended by President of the Republic of Serbia and Supreme Commander of the Serbian Armed Forces Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin, members of the Government, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Milan Mojsilović, representatives of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces, associations cherishing the traditions of Serbian liberation wars, military diplomatic corps and numerous guests.General information about the exercise was given by the Army Commander, Lieutenant General Milosav Simović. He pointed out that the Army Command was tasked with preparing, organising and carrying out a joint, one-sided, multistage live exercise at operational and tactical level on the topic of “Preparation and use of reaction forces of the Serbian Armed Forces” in cooperation with the AF&AD.
- During the preparations, special attention is paid to the cooperation between the Army branches, as well as the cooperation of our two services – Army and AF&AD. Through fire, movement, manoeuvre and impetus of attack, members of the Army and the AF&AD will show capabilities in carrying out tactical and firing tasks and readiness to protect the country of Serbia and provide peace to all citizens of the Republic of Serbia, regardless of their national, religious and political affiliations – General Simović emphasized.
According to him, since the 2nd November, the units have been on the ground where they carried out live firings of squads, platoons and companies, tactical drills, training flights, bombing and rocketing, landing and overcoming water obstacles. The exercise started on 8th November and ends today.
The exercise at Pasuljanske livade training ground include about 2,000 soldiers and more than 100 combat assets. It demonstrated cooperation of aviation, technical and armoured units, as well as other units participating in the exercise. Exercise Director was Colonel Slađan Stamenković, the Third Brigade Commander.
After the exercise, President Vučić expressed his satisfaction with what was shown, assessing that it was for the first time that eight MiG-29 planes were seen in the sky above us, out of the total of 10 of them that we have. He also emphasized that all this was the result of investment.- You could see the greatest number of tanks so far, as the entire exercise involves the total of 100 tanks, and they will be seen by the citizens of Srem, Banat, because 13 of our tanks will cross the bridge that our engineers will install between Titel and Perlez. You will also see them in Kraljevo, as well as 25 on Pešter operating uniquely as a platoon in attack and a company in attack, President Vučić said.
- I am pleased how General Simović prepared the Army and how all others did their jobs. The Third Brigade have done all this remarkably – President Vučić said and commended the members of the Serbian Armed Forces who managed to carry out the most difficult tasks at Pasuljanske livade training ground and told them that the investments in the Armed Forces and the better standard of its members would continue.
- We have to solve the issue of equipping the members of the Serbian Armed Forces, we must take care of solving their housing issue. We need to be strengthened and acquire modern armament. Our army is at the very top in comparison with the armies of the region. The biggest drawback for us is the lack of personnel and we will work on it in particular. So, we are investing, working, and all these steps of investing and improving are not a one-mile step, but a seven-mile step. We intend to make people feel better, President concluded.
In his statement to RTS, President Vučić especially pointed out: “today, during the exercise, eight MiG 29s are flying, artillery effectively fires at targets, missiles hit the targets, tanks in attack are powerful, and I am happy that even 8,000 people are practising today and we have already seen how much they are ready and qualified”. The Serbian Armed Forces shows that it is a respectable force, which we continue to invest in.Upon completion of the exercise, President Vučić and the guests attended the demonstration of the activities of the reconnaissance units in different conditions and visited the static display of protective equipment, armament and optoelectronic devices.
From the ballistic equipment, today at the Pasuljanske livade training ground, a set of ballistic equipment of "0" series manufactured by YUMKO Vranje could be seen. At the display there are 9mm GLOCK 17 pistol, 5.56mm G36C automatic rifle, 5.56mm HK 416 automatic rifle, 5.56mm SCAR L ckuc automatic rifle, 5.56mm SCAR L std automatic rifle and 5.56mm FN MINIMI light machine gun.
Among optoelectronic devices, there are DVS-8-night vision goggles and binoculars passive, the MOSKITO day/night viewing laser range-finder, JIM UC multifunction thermal imager and Flir Recon B9 thermal imager, as well as several counter-sabotage devices, such as the NTJA-II explosives detector.
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