Croatian ground army
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Croatian Ground Army (Croatian: Hrvatska kopnena vojska), commonly referred as Croatian Army (Hrvatska vojska) is a branch of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia.
The fundamental role and purpose of the Croatian Army is to promote and protect vital national interests of the Republic of Croatia, and defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state.
The Croatian Army is therefore organizing to be a proponent of the implementation of the war operation, combating primarily on land but also on the coastland and on islands.
Basic tasks of the Croatian Army are:
- Maintaining optimal level of combat readiness of stand-by forces
- Securing development of the wartime composition of the Armed Forces
- Fighting aggressor's main forces on strategic-operational directions and against air and amphibious assaults
- Preventing, in cooperation with other parts of the Armed Forces, entry of the aggressor into depth of the territory and preserving its compactness
- Construction and development of the capability to respond to requests of the non-traditional tasks that are placed in front of the Croatian Army
[edit] Structure
In order to fulfil its role and accomplish its tasks, Croatian Army is structured as follows:
- Army Command
- Substaff units
- 3rd Army Corps
- 4th Army Corps
- Education and Training Command
[edit] Units
- Guard brigades
- Brigades
- Battalions
- Military police battalions
