Croatian military photos
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Croatian navy minehunter "Korcula"(Korcula is croatian island, birth place of Marko Polo)
Croatian army M-84mbt with USMC M1mbt on joint exercise
Croatian soldiers boarding USS Austin LPD during PHIBLEX joint exercise
Military police
MiG21bis
Croatian army M-84mbt with USMC M1mbt on joint exercise
Croatian soldiers boarding USS Austin LPD during PHIBLEX joint exercise
Military police
MiG21bis
That Degman looks nasty...I didn't even know those exsisted. I'll check it out. And the coastline the Mig-21s and the Hornet are flying over is very pretty. I would like to travel to Croatia.
Finn McCool said:
I’m glad you like Croatia.
As for Degman, it is further modernization of ex. Yu M-84 MBT with improved armor, ERA, FCS, engine etc. Development was finished and Army wonted to start production but ministry of defense decided to purchase wheeled AFV (Patria AMV or Pandur2) instead…
degmans manufacturers page:
Yeah...purchasing an AFV would probably be a better idea for Croatia. I doesn't really need to many MBTs. Considering that Croatian troops are experienced in guerilla warfare, and have been trained in more conventional tactics by the US military, they would probably be a good addition to the UNs "frequent peacekeeper" list.
Croatian Mig and Pc-9s
Pc-9 and An-32b
Croatian Strela-10cro (local version of SA-13)
Bell 206
Pc-9 and An-32b
Croatian Strela-10cro (local version of SA-13)
Bell 206
Here's some from Croatian navy...
by the way, what is that chasis on the Strela 10??? Looks kinda odd...
by the way, what is that chasis on the Strela 10??? Looks kinda odd...
Gollevainen said:
Well Strela10 was made during the war and since (because UNs arms embargo) there were not available chassis we used armored civilian truck chassis as base…
As for Navy those Shersen´s and Osa 2´s were captured in remount shipyard in Sibenik and hastily introduced in new Croatian fleet… Later they were converted to minelayers and scraped from fleet after the war…
It sort of is too bad degman probably won't ever be produced in serious quantities. I don't have any concrete info but i doubt it can be cheap enough to compete with other t-72 variants on the market today.
Would like to see some more pictures of missile boats, ones croatia built / finished after the war.
But, truth to be told, missile boats are overkill for croatia. Taking into consideration the possible agressors, it'd be more effective to go for a purely defensive navy for policing the seas - basically a slightly enlarged coast guard with couple of minelayers and small amphibous landing ships.
Patria seems like an excellent choice to me, those would be a good addition to croatian army, but only as a complementing force to some MBTs. But I don't think the economy of croatia's size can afford itself to have a great number of those.
Also, those mig 21s are old stuff. and it's quite questionable if there's enough money to go around for new stuff. It'll probably be a competition between 6-8 new planes or 12 or so used ones. Actually fc-17 seems like a perfect choice for croatia, as it would mean a brand new plane of decent capabilities for low enough price that 12 or so can be bought. Of course that's not gonna happen if croatia becomes a part of NATO.
Would like to see some more pictures of missile boats, ones croatia built / finished after the war.
But, truth to be told, missile boats are overkill for croatia. Taking into consideration the possible agressors, it'd be more effective to go for a purely defensive navy for policing the seas - basically a slightly enlarged coast guard with couple of minelayers and small amphibous landing ships.
Patria seems like an excellent choice to me, those would be a good addition to croatian army, but only as a complementing force to some MBTs. But I don't think the economy of croatia's size can afford itself to have a great number of those.
Also, those mig 21s are old stuff. and it's quite questionable if there's enough money to go around for new stuff. It'll probably be a competition between 6-8 new planes or 12 or so used ones. Actually fc-17 seems like a perfect choice for croatia, as it would mean a brand new plane of decent capabilities for low enough price that 12 or so can be bought. Of course that's not gonna happen if croatia becomes a part of NATO.