26.05.2025.
River Flotilla’s tactical live fire exercise
Members of the Serbian Armed Forces’ River Flotilla have conducted Tactical Live Fire Exercise Defence 2025, which rounded off this cycle of intensive training in carrying out combat tasks in operations.
On the Danube, Begej and Tisza rivers, members of the River Flotilla practiced the tactics, techniques and procedures used on waterways, while their accuracy of fire using naval guns was tested at the temporary training area near Titel.During the live fire exercise, navigation, pontoon and amphibian units, along with divers, demonstrated part of their operational capabilities. Military Academy cadets in their final year of Riverine Units Study Module also participated in the exercise.
Around 40 vessels and special motor vehicles were engaged, as well as 150 members of the River Flotilla Command and units. Exercise managers rated the exercise as successful, and awarded it grade 4 (very good).From the very first day, River Flotilla Commander Captain (N) Darko Stričić closely observed the exercise from Kozara Command Ship. He emphasized that over the past week, the unit’s skills in planning and executing operations to defend waterways were being evaluated.
— During the exercise, the trainees conducted firing practices on board River Flotilla ships. The exercise also involved final-year Military Academy cadets, who have been trained for the role of River Flotilla ship captain, i.e. staff captain, and who will be admitted to River Flotilla by the end of August. During the exercise, both tactics and procedures, as well as the precision and correctness of actions performed by personnel while firing naval guns are important. Considering the firing results and the skills demonstrated while carrying out tactical actions and procedures, this exercise can be rated as successful – said Captain Stričić.River Flotilla is a unit of the Serbian Army, intended for executing combat and non-combat activities, movements and other actions on rivers, canals and lakes, independently or in cooperation with other defence forces of the Republic of Serbia.
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VIDEOGALLERY26.05.2025
mp4 (73,04 MB)The exercise
