Tank Battalion "Kune" (Croatia)

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Tank Battalion "Kune"
Tenkovska bojna "Kune""
Active2007-present
Country Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Branch Seal of Croatian Army.png Croatian Army
Role Armoured
Part of GOMB Dan OSRHa i HKoVa 290509.jpg Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade
Garrison/HQ3rd Guards Brigade "Kune" Barracks
Đakovo, Eastern Croatia
Nickname(s)Martens
Kune
Anniversaries29 April

Tank Battalion "Kune" (lit. "Martens") (Croatian: Tenkovska bojna "Kune") is one to two armoured units within the Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade (GOMBR) of the Croatian Army.

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History

Established in its current form after the reorganisation of the Croatian Armed Forces in 2007, the Tank Battalion bears the name of Kune (Martens), inheriting it from the wartime 3rd Guards Brigade "Kune", a Croatian Army brigade. [1]

Organisation

Garrisoned at 3rd Guards Brigade "Kune" Barracks in Đakovo Eastern Croatia, the tank battalion is composed of three tank companies of M-84 main battle tanks, a command company, an anti-armour platoon of wheeled POLO M-83, a reconnaissance platoon, a signals platoon and a logistics company. [2] [3]

Operations

In the past, members of the tank battalion have deployed members in support of the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan as part of the Croatian Contingent (HRVCON), United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and other UN and NATO peacekeeping operations.

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References

  1. "Krstičević na obilježavanju 27. obljetnice Kuna u Đakovu". MORH (in Croatian). 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  2. "Dan Tenkovske bojne "Kune"". MORH (in Croatian). 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  3. Parlov, Leida (20 March 2009). "Tank Battalion "Kune)" (PDF). Hrvatski Vojnik. 232: 12–14.