Conflict catalog

2001 Insurgency in Macedonia: Weapons and Equipment

Insurgency between Macedonian state forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents in 2001.

The 2001 Insurgency in Macedonia was a brief armed conflict between Macedonian government forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents.

This catalog tracks weapon systems documented in the 2001 Insurgency in Macedonia.

Entries should be limited to systems with direct conflict-use sourcing.

2 weapon systems

Conflict Actors

Macedonian government forces / Ethnic Albanian insurgents

Context

Status
Published catalog

Weapons

2001 Insurgency in Macedonia Weapon Systems

Category

Aircraft & UAVs

Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.

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Su-25, Ground-attack aircraft, Aircraft & UAVsAircraft & UAVsSu-25Ground-attack aircraftSide: Macedonian government forcesRole: Attack aircraftBuilt: Sukhoi / Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant / United Aircraft Corporation / Soviet Union / Russia / GeorgiaThe Su-25 is a Soviet-designed armored close air support aircraft built for low-level battlefield strike, rough-field operation, and heavy stores carriage. Developed by Sukhoi and produced in Soviet, Russian, and Georgian factories, the twin-engine subsonic jet combines a protected cockpit, internal 30 mm cannon, and multiple pylons for rockets, bombs, missiles, and adapted guided weapons, with documented use from Afghanistan and Iraq to Darfur, Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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M80 Zolja, Disposable 64 mm anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry WeaponsInfantry WeaponsM80 ZoljaDisposable 64 mm anti-tank rocket launcherSide: Ethnic Albanian insurgentsRole: Ambush and close-range anti-armor weaponBuilt: Sloboda Cacak / Yugoimport SDPR / Yugoslavia / Serbia / North MacedoniaThe M80 Zolja is a Yugoslav-origin, single-shot 64 mm shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher built around a disposable tube and HEAT rocket. Official Serbian export material presents the RBR M80 as a light infantry weapon for close-range engagements against armored vehicles and fortified positions, while conflict reporting documents Zolja-type weapons in the 2001 Insurgency in Macedonia, Boko Haram materiel evidence, and North Macedonian transfers to Ukraine.