Land Forces - Missions and tasks

Land Forces fulfill the following basic missions and tasks:

• “Defensive” – readiness of the troops to participate in the collective defence of the territory of the country and outside it, and participation in joint operations related to struggle against terrorism;
• “Support for the international peace and security”  – maintains capabilities for participation in peace keeping operations of different nature under the auspices of UN, NATO, EU and other international organizations;
• “Contribution to the national security in peacetime” – maintains forces and means, which have the ability to support state and local authorities in assisting the population to overcome crises of non-military nature in peacetime.

 

History

The bases of today’s Bulgarian army were built with the establishment of the Bulgarian territorial troops after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. They consisted of: infantry, artillery, cavalry, and engineer formations. This is the prototype of today’s Land Forces, which are the basic type of service of the Bulgarian army, and its task is to guarantee the sovereignty and independence of the country, and to protect its territorial integrity in interaction with the other services. The Land Forces include typical units of troops of different branches of services and special troops, prepared to fulfill tasks, both independently, and as a part of multinational operational forces in peace keeping operations.