Yugoslav Ground Forces

Ground Forces
Kopnena Vojska
Копнена Војска
Emblem of the Yugoslav People's Army Ground Forces
Founded1 March 1945
Disbanded20 May 1992
Country Yugoslavia
Sizeabout 200,000 personnel (c. 2.000.000 reserve)
Part ofYugoslav People's Army
Garrison/HQBelgrade, Yugoslavia
Motto(s)Za slobodu i nezavisnost socijalističke otadžbine
За слободу и независност социјалистичке отаџбине

“For freedom and independence of the socialist fatherland”
Anniversaries22 December
EngagementsAnti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe

Yugoslav Wars

Commanders
Last commanderColonel General Života Panić
Insignia
Infantry flag (obverse and reverse)

The Yugoslav Ground Forces (Serbo-Croatian: Kopnena Vojska – KoV, Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Копнена Војска – КоВ) was the ground forces branch of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) from 1 March 1945 until 20 May 1992 when the last remaining remnants were merged into the Ground Forces of the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, under the threat of sanctions.