A Croatian soldier playing the role of the opposing force returns fire at the soldiers of the 74th Motorized Battalion in the Slovenian army as they maneuver to their objective while conducting a deliberate attack exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
Participants from A.F of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the exercise "Immediate Response 12" The planned attacks were carried out as part of military operations in urban environments (MOUT- Military Operations in Urban Terrain).
Participants from BiH Armed Forces who participate in international military exercise "Immediate Response 12," are members of the first Infantry (Guards) regiment from Livno and they represent Croatian core of BiH A.F.. In the field, have shown remarkable ingenuity and expertise in all aspects of these situational exercises.
The planned attack consisted of a detailed survey on rough terrain under artillery fire, close air support, and culmted in piercing the defense and occupation of the settlement. Novelty where fly by s of PC-9 (Pilatus) and F-16, with the demand from the JTAC (Joint Tactical Air Control)
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Participants at "Immediate Response 12" from the Army of Montenegro and the Albanian Army 27th 05. 2012. was issued with Croatian VHS assault rifle to be used as their personal weapon during exercise.
Sergeant Arthur Dogjani, member of the Albanian army, expressed his great satisfaction with a rifle, and particularly its short variant VHSk: "... It is shorter than the AK 47 that Albanian Army use as personal weapon therefore easier to handle and control, and that make it safer in combat environment. "
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@Bosnian soldiers pics off topic : Why still use the M16-A1 !!?? Good lord... The police gets better **** than the army... (SIPA has G36s and M4s, and freakin' glocks !!)
Nice cooperation pics !
New markings for Coast Guard Mi-8. I suppose this was cheaper than repainting the whole helo the way most coast guards do.
On the other hand, maybe the helicopter has to follow color scheme of Coast Guard shipsOriginally Posted by Hoverhind
New markings for Coast Guard Mi-8. I suppose this was cheaper than repainting the whole helo the way most coast guards do.
Not maybe, it does. But primarily because it was a lot cheaper than repaint the whole helo in Coast Guard colors. I'd prefer to see something akin to our PC-9 scheme, only with a lot more red.
Overall, these racing stripes look like something a bunch of football fans might come up with.
Anyway, joint exercise Jadran 12 was held today in Žirje naval training area. Croatian Coast Guard, Air Force, Police and Customs participated. The Exercise was aimed at perfecting various procedures and actions for prevention of smuggling in Croatian waters.
Field artillery soldiers from the Croatian army assume the role of the opposing force in an ambush exercise during the Immediate Response 2012 training event held in Slunj, Croatia on Friday, June 1, 2012.
Soldiers from the Montenegrin army dismount a military carrier vehicle in preparation for an ambush exercise during the Immediate Response 2012
So, Albanian and Montenegrin troops participating in the IR 12 have been issued with VHS (precisely VHS-D1 and VHS-K1) while Slovene and BiH Army (Croatian component) use their own weapons.
Is the reason that standard assault rifle of MNE and ALB armies is still the one based on AK and not within NATO standard?
My god...they only use them as marker carriers. What NATO standards..they don't even use ammunition, and Croatia itself still uses AK rifles. They could just as well have used paintball markers to mount the lasers on, or airsoft rifles.
The reason is simple: Marketing. Croatia wants to sell its new rifle, what better way to help that goal than to actually get it into the hands of soldiers from armies that are still using a non-NATO-conformal rifle and will probably be looking for a new one in the coming yearsBut Montenegro will probably buy the short-stroke M-4 that is being produced there.
You have to consider that those are from a regiment (pukovnija) i.e. a unit for basic training of rookie soldier, so it can be that they have received only basic ecquipment, same than croatian trainees that wear old mimetics when also in offices regolar soldiers wear pixelated ones.
Others even during this own exercitation wear older models of uniforms, also US agressor squadron, yet first time that see all partecipants using 5.56mm weapon, maybe to be coupled with DISE systems.
Note the two magazines ready to rock n roll
Awesome photos lately! Thanks for sharing guys. I'm liking the VHS - any reports on how is it doing on the field?
The D1 and K1 versions ironed out most of the minor issues. It will take a while before everyone get used to the bullpup configuration though, and there's still the issue of ejecting brass only to the right. An ambidextrous version has been announced to fix that.
They could have, but so could Slovenians and Herzegbosnians (to use the most proper term for guys from Livno regiment) that participate in the exercise.
Instead, they brought their own.
So, maybe the Soviet licensed rifles were not an option for this exercise, not even as marker carriers.
Now, that is the most likely reason. Slovenia has chosen FN F2000, BiH has M16 - so only two available markets for promotion are MNE and ALB.The reason is simple: Marketing. Croatia wants to sell its new rifle, what better way to help that goal than to actually get it into the hands of soldiers from armies that are still using a non-NATO-conformal rifle and will probably be looking for a new one in the coming years
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