BM 57

Воена модернизација 57, (Voena modernizacija), literally Military Modernization 1957, and shortened as BM 57, was a military modernization and development plan for the Armed Forces of the Syaran Republic created in the 1950s. It was intended to reform the Syaran military into a modern, mechanized fighting force following the end of the Occupation of Syara. It was the first major military program carried out by the Republic following the Siduri War.

Under occupation, Syara's national defense had largely been left to the delegation of the occupying Common Axis powers, who had limited Syara's military to 350,000 personnel. In 1942 the order of battle for the armed forces consisted of 6 infantry divisions for the Army of the Syaran Republic, 28 corvettes, 16 destroyers, and 3 light cruisers for the Navy of the Syaran Republic, and 350 fighter aircraft in the Syaran Army Air Corps. Although the Syarans had originally been prohibited from operating armored vehicles such as tanks, restriction were lessened in 1943 allowing the Syarans to stand up a single tank regiment. The Syaran military remained lightly armed and dependent on the Common Axis for defense until the end of the Eracuran Great War, which marked a significant shift in the strategic posture of the major powers of Tyran. The cessation of hostilities prompted Quenmin and Mansuriyyah to withdraw their forces, while Cacerta and Tennai attempted to retain their presence in order to facilitate their strategic aims for the continent. The occupation was nevertheless significantly diminished; by 1948 there were 30,000 foreign soldiers on Syaran soil, a far cry from the nearly 3,000,000 troops a decade earlier.