• Source: Slovenian Territorial Defence

The Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije (TO RS)), also known as the Territorial Defense of Slovenia (Slovenian: Teritorialna obramba Slovenije [TOS]), was the predecessor of the Slovenian Armed Forces. It was named after the Yugoslav Territorial Defense.




History



After the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Yugoslav leadership adopted the doctrine of General People's Defence and established the Territorial Defense. After the victory of democratic parties in the 1990 Slovenian parliamentary election, the central government in Belgrade ordered disarmament of TO Slovenia, a decision that was effectively ignored. Many weapons subsequently disappeared from supply depots and were later issued to the initial territorial defence units of the Republic of Slovenia.




Command


TO headquarters were established on November 20, 1968. The early development of this military command was almost exclusively in the hands of Slovenian officers. In 1990, the Territorial Defence Republic Headquarters was violently occupied by the federal army. After this incident, Slovenia designated a new headquarters, who took command of the Slovenian Army. May 1991 marked the opening of the first military training centres in Ig, Ljubljana; and Pekre and Maribor. The first draftees were sworn in on June 2.




Organization


The command language in TO was Slovenian, and this itself was organized in the form of an ancillary impact force to the JNA. After 1990 it was organized as a separate army, which was finally formed in the months before independence, in accordance with the Slovenian Constitution, which had been adopted in 1991.




Equipment






= Small arms

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Zastava M 70AB assault rifle
Tokarev TT-33 handgun
MG 34 machine gun
Fagot anti-tank guided missile
SKS carbine Yugoslav version M59/66
Malyutka anti-tank guided missile
Strela 2 MANPAD
M80 Zolja anti-tank rocket launcher
MG42 general-purpose machine gun Yugoslav version M53
M48 bolt-action rifle including sniper version
MGV-176 submachine gun
M56 submachine gun Yugoslav version of MP40
M60 recoilless gun
M72 light machine gun
M76 sniper rifle
M79 Osa anti-tank rocket launcher
M84 machine gun
M49 submachine gun Yugoslav PPSh-41
RB M57
SAR 80 assault rifle
3M6 Shmel anti-tank missile




= Vehicles

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M-84 main battle tank
M-36 tank destroyer
T-54/55 main battle tank
T-34/85 medium tank
BTR-50 armoured personnel carrier PU version
2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer
BOV APC
BRDM-2 armored car
BVP M-80 IFV
TAM 5000 military truck
Puch G utility vehicle
TAM-110 truck




= Artillery

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M75 20mm AAG
M-63 Plamen multiple rocket launcher
BOV-3 SPAAG
ZSU-57-2
M53/59 Praga
9K31 Strela-1 SAM




= Aircraft

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References






See also


Military of Slovenia
Slovenian War of Independence

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Slovenian Territorial Defence
• Slovenian Armed Forces
• Slovenian Air Force and Air Defence
• Ten-Day War
• Territorial Defense (Yugoslavia)
• Territorial Defense
• Battle of Holmec
• National Defence of the Autonomous Province of Western Bosnia
• SAR 80
• Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)