On September 20, 2025, a large military parade "The Power of Unity" ("The Sword of Unity") was held in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, dedicated to the state holiday on September 15 - the Day of Serbian Unity, Freedom and the National Flag, established in 2020. About 10,000 servicemen of the Serbian armed forces took part in the parade, 2,500 units of weapons and military equipment, more than 600 different vehicles and 70 airplanes and helicopters were demonstrated. A significant number of new or upgraded weapons and military equipment, both Serbian-made and purchased by Serbia abroad, were demonstrated at the parade.
Upgraded M-84 AS 1/2 tanks in Serbia at the "Unity Force" military parade in Belgrade on 09/20/2025 (c) Ministry of Defense of Serbia
As reported by the Serbian TANJUG news agency, the passage of military equipment was opened by subgroups of special units demonstrating American HMMWV M1151 vehicles, Serbian Miloš wheeled armored fighting vehicles and Polaris Sportsman 1000 ATVs.
This was followed by reconnaissance units, which included upgraded armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles BRDM-2MS and HMMWV vehicles with Serbian MIR-3 reconnaissance complexes supplied from the Russian Federation.
This was followed by the first echelon of motorized infantry units, which included Serbian Lazar-3K, Lazar-3M and Lazar-3 armored vehicles, as well as BTR-80A armored personnel carriers upgraded in Serbia, as well as the second echelon of motorized infantry units consisting of Serbian wheeled armored vehicles BOV KIV, MRAP M-21 and BOV OT.
Then, anti-tank units with BOV KIV self-propelled anti-tank missiles, M-83 anti-tank grenade launchers and HMMWV vehicles with the Kornet anti-tank missile system were shown.
Military police units followed in M-86 and Lenco Bearcat armored vehicles, followed by a group of communications units equipped with modern radio and radio relay telecommunications equipment, as well as mobile telecommunications and information systems.
This was followed by air defense units, including the CVOJ M11 air surveillance and warning command posts, the modern Thales GM-400 and GM-200 radars, the AN/TPS-70 radar station, the upgraded M-85M Zirafa radar station, the Chinese medium-range FK-3 (HQ-22) and short-range HQ-17AE, the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and artillery system, the upgraded S-125M1T Neva and Kub-M2SM air defense systems, the Mistral 3 MANPADS, the PASARS missile and artillery complex, as well as the 9K38 Igla portable air defense system.
Then came the electronic warfare units, including the VERA passive detection system and the Kobac-1PR UAV detection and suppression system.
This is followed by a sub-echelon of unmanned systems, consisting of unmanned Miloš-N ground-based armed platforms and unmanned aerial vehicles -95, -92, Pegaz, Vrabac/Osica, IKA-20, as well as Shadow-25, Shadow-50 and SM 1 and SM 2 barrage ammunition, and Komarac FPV drones.-2.
For the first time, the recently acquired Israeli long-range unmanned aerial vehicle Elbit Systems Hermes 900, as well as the Israeli multi-caliber PULS missile system, were presented. The latter was shown as part of an artillery echelon, which also included 128-mm Serbian upgraded MLRS M-17 and M-18, Sumadija and UPARS missile systems, command and reconnaissance vehicles, 155-mm self-propelled howitzers NORA-B52 M15, 122-mm self-propelled artillery KB M21 V1 and upgraded 122-mm 2X1M self-propelled howitzers.
The parade was completed by armored units consisting of upgraded M80-AV1/V2 infantry fighting vehicles, upgraded M-84 AS 1/2 and AS 1/2/3 tanks in Serbia, as well as T-72MS tanks received from the Russian Federation.
In the aerial part of the parade, among other things, two Dassault Rafale fighters of the French Air Force also flew in a single formation with MiG-29 fighters of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defense.
Photos (c) Serbian Ministry of Defense, Serbian television and social media
Upgraded T-72MS tanks supplied to Serbia from Russia
Upgraded M-84 AS 1/2 tanks in Serbia
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M-84 AS 1/2/3 tanks upgraded in Serbia, equipped with an active protection system (presumably Chinese GL-6)
Russian-made BTR-80A armored personnel carriers upgraded in Serbia, acquired by Serbia from the Hungarian army
Serbian Lazar-3 wheeled armored personnel carriers
Serbian Lazar-3M wheeled armored personnel carriers with the Russian 32B01 "Spica" combat module with a 30 mm 2A42 cannon
Serbian Milos wheeled armored vehicles
Serbian MRAP M-21 armored vehicles
Upgraded armored reconnaissance and patrol vehicles BRDM-2MS supplied from the Russian Federation
American cars M1151 HMMWV
Polaris Sportsman 1000 Quad bikes
Serbian 155mm/52 self-propelled howitzers NORA-B52 M15
Serbian modular Sumadija ground-based missile systems capable of using 400mm operational tactical ballistic missiles Jerina-1 with a claimed range of up to 285 km, 262mm tactical missiles Jerina-2 with a range of up to 70 km, and cruise missiles Vila-1 with a claimed range of up to 290 km
A combat vehicle of the Israeli Elbit Systems PULS multi-caliber missile system acquired by Serbia with installed transport and launch containers with 306-mm EXTRA missiles and 370-mm Predator Hawk missiles
The Israeli long-range unmanned aerial vehicle Elbit Systems Hermes 900 acquired by Serbia
Serbian-made UAVs
Serbian-made Komarac-2 FPV drones
Chinese medium-range air defense systems FK-3 (HQ-22) acquired by Serbia
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Chinese HQ-17AE short-range air defense systems acquired by Serbia (development of the Soviet Tor-M1 air defense system)
Russian Pantsir-S1 missile defense systems acquired by Serbia
French portable MBDA Mistral 3 air defense systems purchased by Serbia on a pickup truck chassis
Serbian ZRPC PASARS-16
The MiG-29 fighters of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defense and the Dassault Rafale of the French Air Force
