annual 2010/2011 of the croatian academy of engineering - HATZ

Annual 2010/2011 of the Croatian Academy of Engineering 47
1 The beginning of organized production
First it began in the Croatian Parliament and the Government of the Republic of Croatia.
Direct contacts between the Headquarters of the military command and the economy resulted
in the admission of company's leaders to the Croatian Parliament, as well as the Defence
Minister, lieutenant general Martin Špegelj, and associates. Defence Minister Deputy
V. Kikerec and Mr M. Hlad, a Parliament representative, accepted in their ofces persons
and company requests for development and production of military equipment among
which were also the offers for the production of armoured vehicles.
Having graduated from the Technical Military Academy from rnomerec in Zagreb, volunteers,
military-technical experts offered their professional services to the Ministry of
Defence leaders. As professional advisers, they took over the coordination of development
and production of various equipment. The development coordination at Zagreb-based
companies TAZ, Hidroelektra-Mehanizacija, Autodubrava, Autoservis-Borongaj and others
soon followed as well as offering professional instructions for vehicle armouring, body
armours, small individual weapons, etc.
1.1 The sector for Development, Production and Scientific Research
Systematic development of defence funding began by forming The Sector for Development,
Production and Scientic Research. President of the Republic of Croatia Franjo
Tuman, PhD, issued the Decision on the Appointment of Gojko Šušak as the Defence
Minister on 16 September 1991, while Croatian Prime Minister Franjo Greguri, PhD,
passed the Decision on the Appointment of Vladimir Volarevi, PhD, as the Defence Minister
Deputy, who took over the organization of military equipment and armaments development
and production and also formed The Sector for Development, Production and
Scientic Research (temporary department at the Ministry of Defence).
The rst staff of the just formed sector comprised military experts, mostly lecturers from
the Technical Military Academy from rnomerec in Zagreb and experts from the Army
Depot Mainentance Bregana, who as volunteers enlisted for Croatian military service, and
who were competent for specic eld of military equipment and armaments development.
These were the following Croatian army ofcers:
Dinko Mikuli, MSc, motor vehicles; Zdenko Matijaši, MSc, motor vehicles; Vjekoslav
Stojkovi, PhD, motor vehicles; Mijo Vrhovski, PhD, motor vehicles; Simeon Kovaev,
PhD, motor vehicles; Nikola Gambiroža, PhD, explosives; Mirjana Gambiroža Juki,
PhD, explosives, Milan Prpi, MSc, explosives, Mladen Pleše, PhD, explosives; Mladen
Barkovi, PhD, electronic devices; Artur Gorianin, MSc, electronic devices; Aljoša
Božikovi, MSc, radars; Mirko Jukl, MSc, radars; Mihalj Strmeki, MSc, air defence;
Vladimir Lebinac, MSc, electronic devices, Goran Prokopec, MSc, telecommunication;
Ivan Pokaz, MSc; Mirko Kukolj, MSc, armaments; Milan Ivanuševi, MSc, NBC equipment;
Josip Petrovi, electronic devices; Josip Vinter, overhaul; Vinko Turk, artillery
weapons; Ivan Peica, air defence, Vitoš Bebi, engineering; Zdravko Paveli, armaments;
Petar Radonji, navy.
The cooperation was established between The Sector for Development, Production and
Scientic Research of the Croatian Ministry of Defence and the Department of Energy of
the Croatian Ministry of Industry for the purpose of coordination and unobstructed work of
professional advisers of the Ministry of Defence in companies.