The final part of the exercise was attended by several distinguished guests, including the Advisor for Defence of the Croatian President, Zlatko Garelji\u0107, Defence Minister Ante Kotromanovi\u0107, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Drago Lovri\u0107, CAF service commanders, former chiefs of General Staff, and representatives of the Ministry of Interior and Local Government. Responsible for the exercise was the Guards Motorised Brigade (GMTBR), and the Exercise Director and its Commander was Colonel Boris \u0160eri\u0107.<\/p>\n
Exercise Udar 12\/2 presented the training and readiness of the units in a swift and efficient preparation and implementation of the offensive combat operations, through concerted inter-branch and inter-service actions with the Air Force and Air Defence forces. In the final part of the exercise, in the simulated battlefield, the fire integration, fire control and manoeuvre of troops was seen, especially by the ACV Patria.<\/p>\n
The final part of the exercise scenario was based on the attack of the Task Force equivalent to the Mechanized Battalion Group on the enemy troops. The Task Force consisted of GMTBR Command, the “Tigers” Battalion Command and its first Mobile company, the tank platoon M-84 of GOMBR Battalion”Martens”, anti-tank group from the second GMTBR Battalion “Spiders”, 122 mm D-30 howitzers and 122 mm multiple rocket launchers platoon from the GMTBR Artillery Rocket Battalion, and PC-9M aircraft and Mi-171Sh helicopters from the Air Force and Air Defence.<\/p>\n
After completing the exercise, Minister Kotromanovi\u0107 addressed the participants and expressed his satisfaction. “Yesterday we signed the Declaration that the CAF was fully integrated into NATO. Today we have demonstrated: we have trained and prepared an army that can do all the tasks put before it, and it is primarily defending the Republic of Croatia and its sovereignty. Exercise was conducted very well, efficiently and effectively. It was a great pleasure to see people motivated, strong, ready, responsible and equipped”, the Minister of Defence said, and announced more exercises and intensive training.<\/p>\n
Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Lovri\u0107 said that the Udar 12\/2 exercises provides and answer why the CAF so quickly integrated into NATO. “Armed Forces are ready to protect Croatia against all threats”, the General said, having stressed that the Armed Forces would adapt and transform according to the new security challenges and threats.<\/p>\n[nggallery id=978]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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