SLOVENIA

Population Defence budget 2010 GDP 2009 Land area Capital Life expectancy Population growth rate	2.025 million Euros 514 million (US$627 million) Euros 35 billion (US$43 billion) 20,100 sq kms (7,731 sq miles) Ljubljana (Population 258,000) 76 years 0.3 per cent
ARMY MARITIME SERVICE AIR ELEMENT
Total Armed Forces
Army Maritime Service Air Element	7,000 60 550
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Contact Details	Ministry of Defence Vojkova Cesta 55 1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Tel:  +386 1 133 11 11 Fax: +386 1 131 81 64

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ARMY ORGANISATION

 

Army Strength: 7,000 (with approximately 3,000 ready reserves)

1 x Regular Infantry Brigade
2 x Reserve Infantry Brigades

 

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SLOVENIAN ARMY OUTLINE STRUCTURE

Notes:

(1) The Force Command directly commands 1 x Special Forces Group, 1 x Military Police Bn, 1 x Recce Bn, 1 x Communications Bn and the Naval Detachment.
(2) The 20th Mechanised Infantry Battalion from the 1st Brigade is the Slovenian contribution to the Multinational Land Force (MLF). With contributions from Italy, Slovenia and Hungary the MLF consists of a light infantry brigade at high readiness. MLF HQ is at Udine in Italy.
(3) In the main Slovenian reserves consist of 6 x Infantry Battalions, 2 x Artillery Battalions, possibly 1 x Tank Battalion, 1 x Air Defence Battalion and 1 x Reconnaissance Battalion.
(4) Slovenia provides a contingent to the EU Balkan Battlegroup with other contingents from Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Romania.

 

Military Districts (MD) are as follows:

MD 1: Domzale, Grosuplje, Logatec
MD 2: Cerknica, Ilirka Bitsrica, Izola, Sezana
MD 3: Tolmin
MD 4: Loka, Radovljica, Skofja
MD 5: Brezice, Cromelj, Ribnica
MD 6: Sloven Konjice, Slovenj Gradec, Trbovlje, Valenje, Zalec
MD 7: Bistrica, Ljutomer, Murska; Ptuj, Sobota, Slovenska

 

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MAJOR ARMY EQUIPMENT

 

Main Battle Tanks (MBT)	40 x M-84A
	25 x T-55
Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV)	50 x M-80
Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)	30 x BOV (Wheeled)
	75 x Pandur (Valuk) (Wheeled)
	135 x Patria on order
Towed Artillery	12 x 105 mm M2-A1 (probably in store)
	18 x 155 mm TN-90
Mortars (Mor)	50 x 82 mm (estimate)
	50 x 120 mm (estimate)
Anti-Tank (Atk)	50 x AT3/AT4 (estimate) some on BOV-3 (ATGW)
	500 x RPG-7, M80 and RPG-22 (RL)

 

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MARITIME SERVICE ORGANISATION

 

Maritime Service Strength: approximately 60

Principal Units:

 

1 x Super Dvora MkII Coastal Patrol Vessel

This extremely small navy concentrates on search and rescue plus patrol duties in the Slovenian EEZ. There are a small number of inshore rubber boats for inshore patrol duties.

 

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AIR ELEMENT ORGANISATION

Air Element Strength: approximately 550

Outline Air Element Structure:

The majority of the Slovenian Air Element is located at the Cerklje ob Krki Airbase.
 

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MAJOR AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT

 

Transport (Tpt)	1 x L410 Lear Jet
	2 x PC-6
Training (Trg)	11 x PC-9/M (some armed)
Utility	2 x Zlin L-143
	8 x Zlin L-242
Helicopters (Hel)	3 x Bell 206B (training)
	8 x Bell 412 EP (some armed)
	4 x AS 532 Cougar (utility)
Air Defence (AD)	6 x Roland 2  SAM
	30 x SA-16 (Gimlet) SAM
	100 x SA-18 (Grouse) SAM
	12 x 20 mm guns on BOV-3 SP AAG

CURRENT UNIT DEPLOYMENTS
(over platoon strength – 30 personnel. These are approximate figures)