The collection of factory weapons has existed for a long time in the Military Museum since 1945, and from the beginning it collected weapons of both domestic and foreign origin that were used by the then Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). One of the goals was to show the modern developments in the armament of the army. However, war events during the nineties of the previous century opened a new chapter not only in the military history of our nation but also in this collection. The conflicts in Croatia at the beginning of the nineties at the time of the dissolution of the SFRY, and then the fight against Albanian terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija in 1998 and 1999, as well as the aggression of the NATO pact against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999, created a new space in the presentation of national military history and, therefore, space for the collection of new museum objects for the collection fund. The collection is still being enriched today, with objects that, as in earlier eras, represent formation weapons that are used today in the Serbian Army.

The oldest items from this collection are those from the time of the development of the new communist Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav People's Army, which show the development of the domestic arms industry. Among these weapons produced after the war, there are also examples of weapons from the war period that were still in use in the army. In addition to infantry weapons, the collection has a variety of other military equipment that was in use in military units, from explosive devices, through naval equipment and tools, communication devices, artillery ammunition, etc. A special part of the collection is dedicated to the first participation of the Yugoslav People's Army in an international peacekeeping mission, the UNEF mission in Sinai, Egypt.
 

As mentioned, the collection fund was greatly enriched due to the war events during the nineties. A large number of items from this period were collected directly from the battlefield during 1991 and 1992. Due to the then valid embargo on the import of weapons, the supply of weapons to the armed formations of the Republic of Croatia went through illegal routes and from all possible sources. So a situation was created where weapons from all parts of the world appeared on the battlefield, which until then had not been represented in our region. Within the collection, there are also samples of weapons that were seized during the transport attempt, so that they never reached the battlefield.

The last war events on the territory of Serbia also got their place in the Military Museum and supplemented the Collection's fund. One part of the Collection is related to the fight against Albanian separatists and terrorists in Kosovo and Metohija, and as in the case of the conflict in Croatia, for the same reasons, a wide arsenal of weapons from different parts of the world is present here.

The second part is dedicated to the NATO aggression and the bombing of the FRY, where the weapons and equipment of the pilots shot down by the VJ Air Force are shown, and as the most interesting exhibit that attracts the most attention of museum visitors, the part of the wing of the F-117A Stealth plane that was shot down on March 27, 1999 near the village of Buđanovci stands out. In the permanent display, special emphasis is placed on the use of weapons prohibited by international conventions on warfare, such as cluster bombs and depleted uranium ammunition, which were constantly used by NATO aviation during the bombing.

The last part of the collection, and the one that is constantly renewed and improved, represents the weapons that are in use today in the Serbian Army, thus the Military Museum ensures continuity in the display of formation weapons that the army has used since the founding of the modern Serbian state.

The collection is handled by: Uroš Milivojević