Editor's Foreword

UTL: 6 Bell 206 JetRanger
UAV Yastreb-2S
AD
SAM SA-10 Grumble (quad) SP/SA-2 Guideline towed/
SA-3 Goa/SA-5 Gammon static (20 sites, 110 launchers)
MSL
AAM AA-11 Archer; AA-2 Atoll; AA-7 Apex; AA-10
Alamo
ASM AS-14 Kedge; AS-7 Kerry; AS-10 Karen
fACILITIEs
Air base 1 (ftr/recce), 1 (FGA)
Hel base 1 (hel)
School 2 with L-39ZA Albatros trg ac (advanced);
PC-9M (basic trg)
Paramilitary 34,000
Border Guards 12,000
Ministry of Interior
fORCEs By ROLE
Paramilitary 12 regt
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS ε50
PCI ε12 PB 2 (FSU, under 100 tonnes)
MISC BOATS/CRAFT: ε38 various craft all under 100
tonnes
railway and construction Troops 18,000
Security Police 4,000
DEPLOyMENT
Legal provisions for foreign deployment:
Constitution: Codified constitution (1991)
Decision on deployment of troops abroad: By the
president upon request from the Council of Ministers and
upon approval by the National Assembly (Art. 84 XI)
AfgHANIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 460; 1 mech inf coy
ARMENIA/AzERBAIJAN
OSCE • Minsk Conference 1
BOsNIA-HERzEgOVINA
EU • EUFOR • Operation Althea 119; 1 inf coy
OSCE • Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
IRAQ
NATO • NTM-I 2
LIBERIA
UN • UNMIL 2 obs
MOLDOVA
OSCE • Moldova 1
sERBIA
NATO • KFOR • Joint Enterprise 47; 1 engr pl
OSCE • Kosovo 3
Croatia CRO
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croatian Kuna k 2008 2009 2010
GDP k 342bn 331bn
US$ 69.4bn 67.4bn
per capita US$ 15,445 15,016
Growth % 2.4 -5.2
inflation % 6.1 2.8
Def bdgt k 5.37bn 5.04bn
US$ 1.09bn 1.02bn
US$1=k 4.93 4.91
Population 4,489,409
age 0 – 14 15 – 19 20 – 24 25 – 29 30 – 64 65 plus
Male 9% 3% 4% 3% 23% 6%
Female 8% 3% 3% 3% 24% 10%
capabilities
ACTIVE 18,600 (army 11,390 navy 1,850 air 3,500
Joint 1,860) Paramilitary 3,000
The armed forces of Croatia are subject to arms limitations
established under the Dayton Peace Accord. An agreement
signed by BIH, its two entities, CRO and FRY on 14 June
1996, established ceilings for holdings of the armed forces
of the parties. Terms of service 6 months.
REsERVE 21,000 (army 18,500 navy 250 air 2,250)
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Joint 1,860 (General Staff)
Army 11,390
fORCEs By ROLE
Armd 1 bde
Inf 1 bde
SF 1 bn
MRL 1 regt
AT 1 regt
ADA 1 regt
Engr 1 regt
Gd 3 regt (org varies)
MP 1 regt
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT 261: 72 M-84; 3 T-72M; 186 T55; 30 decommissioning
AIFV 103: 103 M80; 1 decommissioning
APC 38
APC (T) 16 BTR-50
APC (W) 22: 9 BOV-VP; 13 LOV OP
ARTY 1,436
SP 122mm 8 2S1 Carnation
TOWED 416: 105mm 165: 89 M-2A1; 29
decommissioning; 47 M-56H1 decommissioning;
122mm 95: 53 D-30; 42 M-1938 decommissioning;
Europe (naTO)