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Slovenian Territorial Defence

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Territorial Defense of the Republic of Slovenia
Teritorialna obramba Republike Slovenije
Founded1990
Disbanded1994
HeadquartersLjubljana
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefPresident Milan Kučan (1990–1994)
Minister of DefenceJanez Janša (1990–1994)
Chief of staffJanez Slapar (1991–1993)
Albin Gutman (1993–1994)
Personnel
Military age15
ConscriptionYes
Active personnel55,000
Related articles
HistorySlovenian War of Independence

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

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Slovenian Territorial Defence on December 17 1990 in Kočevska Reka

After the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Yugoslav leadership adopted the doctrine of General People's Defence[1] 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

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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

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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

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Small arms

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Vehicles

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Artillery

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Aircraft

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Aircraft Photo Origin Type Versions In service[2] Notes
UTVA-75  Yugoslavia trainer 14 Left by the JNA
SOKO SA 341 Gazelle    Yugoslavia transport 1 Defected from the JNA
Bell 206 JetRanger  United States utility helicopter 3
Bell 412  United States utility helicopter 1  
Let L-410 Turbolet    Czech Republic transport 1 Added in 1994
Agusta AW109  Italy fast VIP transport A109A Mk II 1  

References

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  1. ^ "About the Slovenian Armed Forces". Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
  2. ^ "World Military Aircraft Inventory", Aerospace Source Book 2007, Aviation Week & Space Technology, January 15, 2007.

See also

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