Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (OSBiH; Oružane snage BiH; Оружане снаге БиХ) is the official military force of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It was founded in 2005 and composed of two founding armies: Croat-Bosniak Army of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska. The Ministry of Defense of Bosnia and Herzegovina, founded in 2004, is in charge of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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[edit] Structure
- Chairman of the Joint Staff - Lt. General Sifet Podžić
- Commander of the Operational Command - General Vlado Džoić
- Minister of Defense - Nikola Radovanović
Structure of Military Forces:
- 10,000 Professional Soldiers
- 1,000 Civilian Staff
- 5,000 Reserve Forces
Location's of Military Forces:
- Joint Command and Operational Command - Sarajevo
- Support Command - Banja Luka
- 3 Infantry Brigades - Tuzla, Banja Luka, and Čapljina
- Air Forces Brigade - Banja Luka
- Tactical Brigade - Sarajevo
- Infantry Battalions - Banja Luka, Bihać, Bijeljina, Bileća, Čapljina, Kiseljak, Livno, Orašje, Prijedor, Tuzla ,Ustikolin and Zenica
- Helicopter Battalion - Sarajevo and Banja Luka
- Air Defense Battalion - Sarajevo
- Air Reconnaissance Battalion - Banja Luka
- Air Support Battalion - Sarajevo and Banja Luka
- Artillery Battalion - Doboj, Mostar and Žepče
- Army Intelligence and Army Police Battalion - Butilama
- Armored Battalion - Tuzla
- Demining Battalion - Bugojno
- Logistics Bases - Doboj and Sarajevo
== Equipment ==
The Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina have:
Infantry weapons:
46,100 M16A1 rifles machine guns 17,000,000 rounds, 5.56mm ball ammo 2,000,000 rounds, 5.56mm blank ammo
1000 M60 machine guns 2,000,000 rounds, 7.62mm 4in1 ammo
45 M85 machine guns
45 M240 machine guns
80 M2 .50 caliber machine guns 285,110 rounds
Infantry AT:
840 AT-4 light anti-tank weapons
1000 Milan
Tanks:
45 M60A3 Tank
85 M-84 Tank
52 AMX-30 Tank
41 AML-90 Tank
150 T-55 Tank
APCs:
80 M113A2 APC
12 AMX-10 APC
Helicopters:
15 UH-1H
10 Mi-8/17
5 Mi-24
1 Mi-34
AAA guns:
18 23mm ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns
Artillery:
116 155mm M114A2 howitzers
36 105mm M56 howitzers
12 122mm D-30 howitzers
12 130mm M59 fieldguns
51 122mm D-30 howitzers
[edit] History
[edit] Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Army of the Republic of Bosnia And Herzegovina, was created on April 15, 1992 during the early days of the Bosnian War
Before, the ARB&H was formally created, there existed a number of paramilitary groups such as the Green Berets, Patriotic League, Bosnia's Territorial Defence forces and civil defense groups, as well as many criminal gangs and collections of police and military professionals. The army was formed under poor circumstances, with very low supply of armory. It had a very low number of tanks, APCs and it had no military aviation assets.
The army was divided into Corps, each Corp was stationed in a territory. First commander was Sefer Halilović.
[edit] Foreign armies
In 1995-96, a NATO-led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia, beginning on December 21st 1995 to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement.
IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force or SFOR. The number of SFOR troops was reduced first to 12,000 and then to 7,000.
SFOR was in turn succeeded by an even smaller, EU-led European Union Force or EUFOR (Althea). As of 2004, EUFOR numbers ca. 7,000 troops.
[edit] Statistical indicators
(Information from CIA World Fact Book) Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age for compulsory military service in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina; 16 years of age in times of war; 18 years of age for Republika Srpska; 17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; by law, military obligations cover all healthy men between the ages of 18 and 60, and all women between the ages of 18 and 55; service obligation is 4 months (July 2004)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 18-49: 1,034,367 (2005 est.)
- Military Branches: All branches are combined in to the OSBiH; Air, Land, and Mechanized Forces.Manpower fit for military service:
males age 18-49: 829,530 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 31,264 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $234.3 million (FY02)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 4.5% (FY02)
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