Unit Name: | Mixed Artillery Brigade |
Native Name: | Мешовита артиљеријска бригада |
Dates: | 2007–present |
Command Structure: | Serbian Armed Forces |
Specialization: | Artillery |
Current Commander: | Col. Dejan Novaković |
Garrison: | Niš |
Anniversaries: | 14 September |
The Mixed Artillery Brigade (Serbian: Мешовита артиљеријска бригада|Mešovita artiljerijska brigada) is the artillery brigade of the Serbian Army with the task of providing artillery support to other Serbian Army units.
The brigade was formed on June 4, 2007 from former 203rd Mixed Artillery Brigade.[1]
The Mixed Artillery Brigade consists of artillery and rocket artillery units.
The anniversary of the unit is celebrated on September 14. On that date in 1918 with artillery bombardment of the German and Bulgarian positions started the breakthrough of Macedonian front in World War I, led by Serbian and Allied forces.[2]
The unit's slava or its patron saint is Saint Marina the Great Martyr.[3]