Editing Slovak Armed Forces

{{Short description|Combined military forces of the Slovak Republic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox national military
| name = Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
| native_name = ''Ozbrojené sily Slovenskej Republiky''
| image = Slovak Armed Forces logo.svg
| alt = 
| caption = The official emblem of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic
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| motto = "Česť a sláva" (''Honour and Glory'')
| founded = 1 January 1993
| current_form = 
| disbanded = 
| branches = {{tree list}}
*{{nowrap|[[File:Slovak Army Roundel.svg|15px]] [[Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic|Slovak Ground Forces]]}}
*{{nowrap|[[File:Coat of arms of Slovakia.svg|15px]] [[Slovak Air Force]]}}
*{{nowrap|[[Slovak Special Operations Forces]]}}
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| headquarters = [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]
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| website = [https://www.mil.sk/index.php?site=vsvap Official website]
<!-- Leadership -->| commander-in-chief = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the President of Slovakia.svg|size=23px}} [[Peter Pellegrini]]
| commander-in-chief_title = [[President of Slovakia|Commander-in-chief]]
| chief minister = 
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| minister = [[Robert Kaliňák]]
| minister_title = [[Ministry of Defence (Slovakia)|Minister of defense]]
| commander = {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the General staff of the Slovak Armed Forces.svg|size=23px}} [[General]] [[Daniel Zmeko]]
| commander_title = [[Chief of the General Staff (Slovakia)|Chief of the General Staff]]
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| conscription = Abolished in 2006
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| active = 19,500<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www1.pluska.sk/spravy/z-domova/vlada-predstavila-novy-plan-toto-udeje-bezpecnostnymi-silami|title=Vláda predstavila nový plán: Toto sa udeje s bezpečnostnými silami!|date=7 January 2021}}</ref>
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| deployed = <!-- Financial -->
| amount = €2,63 billion ($2.83 billion) (2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/rozpocet24-obranne-vydavky-by-mali-v/760760-clanok.html|title=Obranné výdavky by mali v roku 2024 dosiahnuť 2,63 miliardy eur|website=teraz.sk |date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
| percent_GDP = 2.0% (2024)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enrsi.rtvs.sk/articles/news/346095/slovakia-will-continue-spending-2-percent-of-gdp-on-defence|title=Slovakia will continue spending 2 percent of GDP on defence|website=rtvs.sk |date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
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| foreign_suppliers = {{USA}}<br>{{CZE}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/633563/work-slovakian-defense-minister-review-bilateral-relationship/|title=Work, Slovakian Defense Minister Review Bilateral Relationship|website=Defense.gov|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901071837/https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/633563/work-slovakian-defense-minister-review-bilateral-relationship/|archive-date=1 September 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br/>{{BUL}}<br/>{{FRA}}<br/>{{GER}}<br>{{POL}}
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| ranks = [[Military ranks of Slovakia]]
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The '''Armed Forces of the [[Slovakia|Slovak Republic]]''' were divided from the [[Czechoslovak Army]] after dissolution of [[Czechoslovakia]] on 1 January 1993. Slovakia joined [[NATO]] on 29 March 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2004/03-march/e0329a.htm|title=NATO Update: Seven new members join NATO - 29 March 2004|website=Nato.int|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315110351/http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2004/03-march/e0329a.htm|archive-date=15 March 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> From 2006 the army transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lt.justice.gov.sk/Attachment/vlastn%C3%BD%20materi%C3%A1l_doc.pdf?instEID=-1&attEID=52223&docEID=291685&matEID=5903&langEID=1&tStamp=20130212112258283|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214318/https://lt.justice.gov.sk/Attachment/vlastn%C3%BD%20materi%C3%A1l_doc.pdf?instEID=-1&attEID=52223&docEID=291685&matEID=5903&langEID=1&tStamp=20130212112258283|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2013|title=kniha o obrane SR 2013"|website=Lt.justice.gov.sk|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_topics/20140224_140224-PR2014-028-Defence-exp.pdf|title=Financial and Economic Data Relating to NATO Defence|website=Nato.int|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205201156/https://www.nato.int/nato_static/assets/pdf/pdf_topics/20140224_140224-PR2014-028-Defence-exp.pdf|archive-date=5 December 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://komentare.sme.sk/c/7191511/slovenska-armada-je-v-kritickom-stave-moze-to-mat-fatalne-nasledky.html|title=Slovenská armáda je v kritickom stave, má to fatálne následky|website=Komentare.sme.sk|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224204647/http://komentare.sme.sk/c/7191511/slovenska-armada-je-v-kritickom-stave-moze-to-mat-fatalne-nasledky.html|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Slovak armed forces numbered 19,500 uniformed personnel and 4,208 civilians in 2022.<ref name="auto"/>

[[File:Slovak Armed Forces - Organization 2024.png|thumb|right|400px|Slovak Armed Forces organization 2024 (click to enlarge)]]

== Organization ==
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|caption=Slovak Ground Forces locations 2018: <br/> [[File:Green pog.svg|8px]] Brigade HQs [[File:DeepPink pog.svg|8px]] Armored units
[[File:Pink pog.svg|8px]] Mechanized units [[File:Lightgreen pog.svg|8px]] Motorized units [[File:Yellow pog.svg|8px]] Artillery [[File:Orange pog.svg|8px]] ISTAR <br/> [[File:Black pog.svg|8px]] Engineer unit [[File:Brown pog.svg|8px]] NBC-Defense [[File:Purple pog.svg|8px]] Combat Service Support Brigade units [[File:Blue 0080ff pog.svg|8px]] Air bases}}

=== Joint Operational Command ===
Joint Operational Command in [[Banská Bystrica]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sov.mil.sk/93400/ | title=Funkcionári }}</ref>
(Commander: [[Generalmajor|2 Star General]])

=== Ground forces ===
{{Main|Ground Forces of the Slovak Republic}}
* [[1st Mechanized Brigade (Slovakia)|1st Mechanized Brigade]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://1mb.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=1mb.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[2nd Mechanized Brigade (Slovakia)|2nd Mechanized Brigade]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mbpo.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality 2. mechanizovanej brigády|website=mbpo.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* 5th Artillery Regiment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://5dp.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=5dp.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* 91st Engineer Regiment<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://91zpsd.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=91zpsd.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* 22nd Reconnaissance Regiment<ref>https://www.mosr.sk/data/att/161762.pdf </ref>
* 71st Command Support Battalion<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://71prpv.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=71prpv.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* 103rd Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence Battalion<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://103prrchbo.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=103prrchbo.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>

=== Air force ===
{{Main|Slovak Air Force}}
The Slovak Air Force, officially the ''Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic'', has been defending Slovak airspace since independence in 1993. The Slovak Air Force currently comprises one [[Wing (military unit)|wing]] of [[Fighter aircraft|fighters]], one wing of utility [[helicopter]]s, one wing of transport aircraft, and one [[Surface-to-air missile|SAM]] brigade. It operates around 20 combat aircraft, as well as 10 helicopters from 3 air bases: Malacky/Kuchyňa Air Base, Sliač Air Base, Prešov Air Base. The Air Force is currently part of the NATO Integrated Air and Missiles Defense System – [[NATINADS]].

=== Special Operations Forces ===
* [[5th Special Forces Regiment (Slovakia)|5th Special Forces Regiment]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1158321/|title=Contracts for April 20, 2017|website=Defense.gov|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918202010/https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1158321/|archive-date=18 September 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/04/27/colt-capitalizes-foreign-military-sales-program/|title=Colt Capitalizes on Foreign Military Sales Program - The Firearm Blog|date=27 April 2017|website=Thefirearmblog.com|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601061415/http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/04/27/colt-capitalizes-foreign-military-sales-program|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* 51st Training Base in [[Žilina]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://51vz.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=51vz.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* 52nd Airborne Battalion in [[Jamník]]<ref> https://52vpr.mil.sk/88567/ </ref>
* 57th Separate Section in [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://57samo.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=57samo.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>

=== 82nd Joint Support Brigade <ref> https://www.mosr.sk/data/att/161762.pdf </ref>===
* 3rd Command Support Company, in [[Trenčín]]
* 4th Logistic Regiment, in [[Trenčín]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://4plog.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=4plog.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
** 41st Supply Base, in [[Nemšová]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://41zz.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=41zz.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
** 42nd Supply Base, in [[Martin, Slovakia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://42zz.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=42zz.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
** 43rd Supply Base, in [[Zemianske Kostoľany]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://zz3.mil.sk/14553/ | title=43. Zásobovacia základňa Zemianske Kostoľany }}</ref>
** 53rd Field Services Battalion, in [[Hlohovec]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://53prpsl.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=53prpsl.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
** 405th Maintenance Battalion, in [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://405oppr.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=405oppr.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* 6th Signal Regiment, in [[Trenčín]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://6spojp.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=6spojp.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
** 61st Signal Battalion, in [[Trenčín]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://6spojp.mil.sk/102646/ | title=61. Spojovací prápor Trenčín }}</ref>
** 62nd Signal Battalion, in [[Ružomberok]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://6spojp.mil.sk/102647/ | title=62. Spojovací prápor Ružomberok }}</ref>
*7th Training Regiment, in [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]]<ref> https://www.mosr.sk/data/att/161762.pdf </ref>
**71st Training Battalion <ref> https://www.mosr.sk/data/att/161762.pdf </ref>
**72nd Training Support Battalion <ref> https://www.mosr.sk/data/att/161762.pdf </ref>
* Topographic Institute, in [[Banská Bystrica]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://topu.mil.sk/14962/ | title=Topografický ústav plukovníka Jána Lipského }}</ref>
* 701st Military Transport Center, in [[Bratislava]]
* Training and Mobilization Replenishment Base, in [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]]

=== Military Medical Command ===
Military Medical Command in [[Ružomberok]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vevz.mil.sk/|title=Aktuality|website=vevz.mil.sk|accessdate=8 September 2023}}</ref>
* HQ<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/14259/ | title=Velenie }}</ref>
* Department of Management and Medical Analysis<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/14304/ | title=Odbor riadenia vojenského zdravotníctva a zdravotníckych analýz }}</ref>
* Department of Planning and Training<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/14306/ | title=Odbor plánovania a výcviku }}</ref>
* Department of Logistic<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/14266/ | title=Odbor logistiky }}</ref>
* Department of Military Healthcare Development<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/14265/ | title=Odbor rozvoja vojenského zdravotníctva }}</ref>
* Department of Veterinary Support<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/60972/ | title=Odbor veterinárneho zabezpečenia }}</ref>
* Department of Field Medical Units<ref name="auto2">{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/103338/ | title=Odbor Poľných Mobilných Zdravotníckych Jednotiek }}</ref>
** Field Mobil Medical Unit ROLE 2E<ref name="auto2"/>
** Field Mobil Medical Unit ROLE 2B<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/103339/ | title=Poľná mobilná zdravotnícka jednotka Role 2B }}</ref>
* Logistic Battalion of Military Medical Command<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vevz.mil.sk/103340/ | title=OP Práporu logistiky vojenského zdravotníctva }}</ref>
** HQ
** Material Support Company 
** Technical Support Company

== Ranks ==
{{Main articles|Military ranks of Slovakia}}

== Equipment ==
[[List of equipment of the Slovak Army]]

== Uniforms ==
<gallery>
File:Slovak soldiers in Lešť training camp in 2018.webp|Soldiers in standard [[combat uniform]]
File:UNFICYP peacekeepers patrolling the buffer zone.jpg|Soldiers in standard combat uniform<br>(desert variant)
File:Slovak Army 5th Special Forces Regiment in Afghanistan3.jpg|Uniform of Slovak special force regiment<br>([[5th Special Operations Regiment (Slovakia)|5th Special Operations Regiment]])
File:Slovak Troops in Afghanistan.jpg|Used by soldiers in reserve, originally it was standard uniform of slovak soldiers from 1995 to 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mosr.sk/46309-sk/martincania-strielali-a-hadzali-rucne-granaty-na-cvicisku-v-sucanoch/|title=Martinčania strieľali a hádzali ručné granáty na cvičisku v Sučanoch|language=sk|website=mosr.sk|access-date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
File:Slovakian Soldier Vz. 58.jpg|Used by soldiers in reserve, originally it was standard uniform of slovak soldiers from 1995 to 2007<br>(desert variant)
File:Ministerial Conference on the Occasion of the Remembrance for the Victims of the totalitarian Regimes 2016-08-23-22 (29086228871).jpg|Uniform of the [[Guard of honour|Honour Guard]] of the Slovak Armed Forces<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vytvorenie nových útvarov čestnej stráže nezvýšilo počet vojakov ASR |url=https://domov.sme.sk/c/90036/vytvorenie-novych-utvarov-cestnej-straze-nezvysilo-pocet-vojakov-asr.html |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=sme.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
File:Cestnastraz.jpg|Uniform of the [[Honour Guard of the President (Slovakia)|Honour Guard of the President of the Slovak Republic]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prezidentka Slovenskej republiky {{!}} Čestná stráž |url=https://www.prezident.sk/cestna-straz |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=Prezidentka Slovenskej republiky |language=sk}}</ref>
File:Fotos Palacio de Grassalkovich - Bratislava - República Eslovaca (7091103771).jpg|Honour Guard of the President of the Slovak Republic in the battalion's ceremonial uniform
File:DOORSTEP BRATISLAVA SUMMIT 16 SEPTEMBER 2016 (29091532793).jpg|Honour Guard of the President of the Slovak Republic in the battalion's ceremonial uniform (based on [[Slovak Uprising of 1848–49|Slovak Uprising]] uniforms)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uniforma Čestnej stráže prezidentky SR |url=https://www.prezident.sk/page/cestna-straz/ |access-date=2023-08-31 |website=prezident.sk |language=sk}}</ref>
File:Peter Babiar, slovenský generál 23 Slovakia 4.jpg|[[Service dress uniform]]
</gallery>

==Missions==
As of 2021, Slovakia has 169 military personnel deployed in [[Cyprus]] for [[UNFICYP]] [[United Nations]] led [[Peacekeeping|peace support operation]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2014/jun14_3.pdf|title=United Nations Mission´s Summary detailed by Country 2014|date=30 June 2014|website=Un.org|access-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321071138/http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/contributors/2014/jun14_3.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/contributors.shtml |title=Troop and police contributors. United Nations Peacekeeping |access-date=2016-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006132340/http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/resources/statistics/contributors.shtml |archive-date=6 October 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and 41 troops deployed in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] for [[EUFOR Althea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euforbih.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2354:eufor-exercise-quick-response-2-begins&catid=105:press-statements&Itemid=70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221132639/http://www.euforbih.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2354:eufor-exercise-quick-response-2-begins&catid=105:press-statements&Itemid=70|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 December 2013|title=EUFOR "Exercise Quick Response 2" begins|author=Jasmin|work=EUFOR ALTHEA|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref>

The country has been an active participant in US- and NATO-led military actions and involved in many [[List of United Nations peacekeeping missions|United Nations peacekeeping military missions]]: [[United Nations Protection Force|UNPROFOR in the Yugoslavia]] (1992–1995), [[United Nations Observer Mission Uganda–Rwanda|UNOMUR in Uganda and Rwanda]] (1993-1994), [[United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda|UNAMIR in Rwanda]] (1993-1996), [[United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium|UNTAES in Croatia]] (1996-1998), [[United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia|UNOMIL in Liberia]] (1993-1997), [[United Nations Observer Mission in Angola|MONUA in Angola]] (1997-1999), [[Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina|SFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (1999-2003), [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE mission in Moldova]] (1998-2002), [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE mission in Albania]] (1999), [[Kosovo Force|KFOR in Kosovo]] (1999-2002), [[UNGCI|UNGCI in Iraq]] (2000-2003), [[United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea|UNMEE in Ethiopia and Eritrea]] (2000-2004), [[United Nations Mission of Support to East Timor|UNMISET in East Timor]] (2001), [[European Union Military Operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia|EUFOR Concordia in Macedonia]] (2003), [[United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone|UNAMSIL in Sierra Leone]] (1999-2005), [[International response to the War in Darfur|EU supporting action to African Union in Darfur]] (2006), [[Operation Enduring Freedom]] in Afghanistan (2002-2005), [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] in Iraq (2003-2007) and [[United Nations Disengagement Observer Force|UNDOF at the borders of Israel and Syria]] (1998-2008).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mosr.sk/history-of-military-operations-abroad/|title=History of military operations abroad :: Ministerstvo obrany SR}}</ref>

Since the independence of Slovakia in 1993, there have been 60 uniformed personnel deaths in the line of service to the United Nations and NATO (as of 30 April 2018).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312270009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140110100326/http://www.defensenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312270009|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2014|title=Two Slovakian Soldiers Killed in Kabul Suicide Car Bomb|work=Defense News|access-date=24 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usembassy.sk/20years/index.php?page=20|title=20 Years of U.S. - Slovak Diplomatic Relations|website=Usembassy.sk|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140805094444/http://www.usembassy.sk/20years/index.php?page=20|archive-date=5 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/605340/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-chuck-hagels-meeting-with-the-slovakian-defense/|title=Readout of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel|work=defense.gov|access-date=19 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052255/https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/605340/readout-of-secretary-of-defense-chuck-hagels-meeting-with-the-slovakian-defense|archive-date=20 March 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Tatrapan.jpg|Armoured vehicle [[Tatrapan]]
File:RM MODULAR.jpg|Multiple rocket launcher [[RM-70 multiple rocket launcher|RM-70 MODULAR]]
File:Slovak Air Force, Let L-410 Turbolet, 2818 - 2016 KLu Open Dagen.jpg|A [[Let L-410 Turbolet]] of the Slovak Air Force
File:Slovak Army 5th Special Forces Regiment in Afghanistan2.jpg|Slovak 5th Special Forces Regiment operating in eastern Afghanistan
File:Slovak Army 5th Special Forces Regiment in Afghanistan1.jpg|In eastern Afghanistan operation
File:110623-A-CO174-007.jpg|A member of the 5th Special Forces Regiment conducts security inside [[HMMWV]]
File:Soldiers from 12th Mechanized Battalion of 1st Mechanized Brigade2.jpg|Soldiers of the 12th Mechanized Battalion
File:Slovak BVP-2.jpg|Slovak and U.S. Soldiers join forces during a live-fire exercise Sept. 16, 2015 near Bratislava in the Slovak Republic
File:Slovak vz. 58.jpg|Slovak soldier stands guard in front of the [[Multinational Division Central-South]] headquarters at Camp Echo, Iraq, 2006
File:Słowackie dary dla Irakijczyków (3).jpg|Slovak Bozena vehicle is designed for clearance of all conventional antipersonnel and antitank land mines and for IED removal assistance
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.mosr.sk Official homepage of the Ministry of Defence]
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