Serbian Army of Krajina

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Serbian Army of Krajina
Српска Војска Крајине Srpska Vojska Krajine
Officer emblem of SVK, 1993–1995
Military leader	Mile Novaković Milan Čeleketić Mile Mrkšić
Foundation	October 17, 1992
Dates of operation	1992–1995
Dissolved	August 7, 1995
Allegiance	Serbian Krajina
Headquarters	Knin
Size	30,000[1]
Battles and wars	Croatian War of Independence Eastern Slavonia Front Operation Medak Pocket Operation Maslenica Operation Steel '93 [sr] Operation Summer '95 Operation Flash Operation Storm Operation Vukovar '95 Bosnian War Operation Corridor 92 Operation Shield 94 Operation Spider Operation Sword–1
Colors	(Serbian tricolour)
War flag

The Serbian Army of Krajina (SAK, Serbo-Croatian: Srpska vojska Krajine, Српска војска Крајине, abbr. SVK), also known as the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina or Krajina Serbian Army, was the armed forces of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK). The SVK consisted of ground and air elements.

Created through the merger of the Territorial Defense of the Republic of Serbian Krajina (TORSK), units of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and the Krajina Militia, the SVK was officially established on 19 March 1992. Responsible for the security of the RSK, its area of responsibility covered an area of some 17,028 km² at its peak, as it was located entirely inland it thus had no naval forces. The SVK, along with the state of RSK, ceased to exist in 1995 following the Croatian military offensive Operation Storm.

No.	Portrait	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party
1		Babić, MilanMilan Babić (1956–2006)	19 December 1991	16 February 1992	1 month		SDS
2		Hadžić, GoranGoran Hadžić (1958–2016)	26 February 1992	12 December 1993	1 year, 9 months		SDS
(1)		Babić, MilanMilan Babić (1956–2006)	12 December 1993	23 January 1994	1 month		SDS
3		Martić, MilanMilan Martić (born 1954)	23 January 1994	7 August 1995	1 year, 6 months		SPS

No.	Portrait	Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch
1		Novaković, MileMajor general Mile Novaković (1950–2015)	1992	1994	1–2 years	Army
2		Čeleketić, MilanMajor general Milan Čeleketić (born 1946)	1994	1995	0–1 years	Army
3		Mrkšić, MileGeneral Mile Mrkšić (1947–2015)	1995	1995	0 years	Army

• 105th Aviation Brigade
• 44th Air defense rocket brigade
• 75th Mixed artillery brigade
• "Pauk" Operational Group
• 1st Guards Motorized Brigade
• 2nd Guards Motorized Brigade
• Special forces corps
• 7th Dalmatia (Dalmatinski) corps
• 15th Lika (Lički) corps
• 21st Kordun (Bordunski) corps
• 39th Banija (Banijski) corps
• 18th West-Slavonia (Zapadnoslavonski) corps
• 11th East-Slavonia (Istočnoslavonski) corps

At the creation of the army, it was planned that its number would be 80,000 people, however it turned out to be less.

• According to Colonel Kosta Novaković: 62,483 (772 officers, 2,709 non-commissioned officers and 59,002 soldiers) or 78% of the planned number.^[2]
• According to the General Staff in 1994: 62,805 (2,890 officers, 4,329 non-commissioned officers and 55,886 soldiers).^[3]
• According to General Milisav Sekulić: 71,409 (3,291 officers, 3,424 non-commissioned officers and 60,496 soldiers).^[3]

In 1995, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) estimated that the SVK had a total of 250 tanks and 100 armoured personnel carriers.^[4]

In 1995, the IISS estimated that the SVK had a total of 200 pieces of artillery of varied calibers, 14 multiple rocket launchers, and an unknown number of 81 mm, 82 mm, and 120 mm mortars.^[4]

In 1995, the IISS estimated that the SVK had 16 fixed-wing combat aircraft and 9 helicopters in service.^[4]

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  Krajina Airforce G-2 Galeb
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  Krajina Airforce Aérospatiale Gazelle
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  Krajina Airforce Utva 66
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  Krajina Airforce Zlin Z-526

During the Croatian War of Independence, numerous massacres were conducted by the Army of Serbian Krajina. On 2–3 May 1995, seven civilians were killed and many more injured in the Zagreb rocket attacks.^[8][9][10]

The main leaders of the Serbian Army of Krajina, Milan Martić, Milan Babić and Goran Hadžić, were indicted and trialled by the ICTY for various war crimes and crimes against humanity. Milan Martić was sentenced to 35 years in prison,^[11][12] Milan Babić was sentenced to 13 years,^[13] while Goran Hadžić died shortly after their trial started.^[14][15][16]

• Army of Republika Srpska

• International Institute for Strategic Studies (1995). The Military Balance 1995-1996. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-828055-2.
• Vrcelj, Marko (2002). Rat za Srpsku Krajinu: 1991-1995. Zora. ISBN 9788683809066.
• Novaković, Kosta (2009). Srpska krajina: usponi, padovi, uzdizanja. Zora. ISBN 978-86-83809-54-7.
• "The Army of Serbian Krajina", Jane's Intelligence Review, 1 October 1993

• "Vojska Republike Srpske Krajine". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008.