Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia

Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia
Војска Кнежевине Србије
National flag and ensign
Founded1830
Current formSerbian Armed Forces
Disbanded1882
HeadquartersParaćin (June 1876)
Leadership
Supreme Commander
Personnel
Active personnel
  • 1,147 (1830)
  • 1,417 (1838)
  • 2,529 (1858)
  • 3,529 (1862)
  • 5,000 (1876)
  • 124,000 (June 1876)[a]
Reserve personnelNational Militia
(90,000–120,000)

The Armed Forces of the Principality of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Оружане снаге Кнежевине Србије, romanizedOružane snage Kneževine Srbije) or Army of the Principality of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Војска Кнежевине Србије, romanizedVojska Kneževine Srbije), was the armed forces of the Principality of Serbia.

Founded in 1830, it became a standing army taking part in the First and Second Serbo Turkish Wars of 1876–1878, the first conflict in the nation modern history, after which the country gained its full independence. It was succeeded by the Royal Serbian Army.

  1. ^ Babac 2015, p. 23.


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