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Let's hope someone had in mind that our Honor guard should also get VHS instead of PAPovka.

Just like British they should carry domestic produced bullpup and not yugo version of Soviet SKS

Finally! How many VHS they will acquire?

Branko Vukelic MoD

we simply aren't lucky with ministers....

Karl AgathonJust like British they should carry domestic produced bullpup and not yugo version of Soviet SKS

zg18Finally! How many VHS they will acquire?

Some 20 000 seems like.

16 000 for active military personnel and 4 000 for reserve the Militarium article stating HV focused more over equipping infantry instead of heavy armaments was right almost about this part.

marcellogoIt can also spring from the dire memories of '91 when all croatians ran to take arms and arms weren't.

woops wrong post srry

Karl Agathon

Decent sum.

First 1000 assault rifles should be delivered in 2009

And the picture would have been complete if the one holding the VHS was in new CROPAT digicamo.

Minister of Defence Branko Vukelic and Director of HS Produkt Zeljko Pavlin signed today May 15 in the Army Command in Karlovac Framework Agreement on the Procurement of VHS assault rifle for equipping the armed forces as well as the Treaty which refers to the first phase of the equipping.

ROYAL CRAVATTES - KRAVATA CROATA

The ROYAL CRAVATTES have been fighting under French command in many battles against the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy particularly after 1671. In the battle at Steenkerque 1692 the English had surprised the French in their camp. English army was close to the victory had not the French hussars without hesitation jumped onto their horses and repelled the attackers. The French hussars were mainly from the Royal Cravattes regiment who haven't had much time to properly knot their handkerchief before mounting their horses. With their flying kerchief around necks they entered the battle thus the French called it the "Cravatte la Steenkerque" afterwards.

Croatian hussar had the standard equipment of French hussar regiments. Grenadier of the 1st Croatian regiment in French service about 1812.

in Croatian: Kravata in English: Cravat in French: Cravate

in German: Krawatte in Hungarian: Kravat in Italian: Cravatta

in Portugese: Gravata in Spanish: Corvatta in Flamish: Krawaat

and in Polish: Krawat.

Email Zvonko Springer at : zzspri@aon.at

Anyhow who has some pics?

valiant. but i cant take pictures today because i am involved in things where i cant play with camera.

Love karlovac.....check your PM.

zg18

Frm my perspective countries like Switzerland Greece Finland Sweden are good examples for Croatia of course we are less developednot enough money but we need closely to study experiance of this countries and focus how to achieve similar results to acquire good military deterrence in regional basis. I don't have anything about proffesional military but if i have to chose between mixture of conscript/proffesinal military in numbers and small 100% professinal military i would choose 1.st without any doubt.

U Boj I totally agree with you! In fact if I wound't have been impterrupted during my last post (I was in a bar and they need to close it) my conclusion will have been very similar to yours.

marcellogoI also would like a "well organized militia" instead like in Swizerland Finland Sweden and from this sprung up also my opposition to Eurofigters that are wonderful aircraft but suited for countries of big size instead of it swedish Gripens finnish Helsinki and Patria will fit your armed forces most perfectly.

i am going now and you can see me in hvu group(8th on the righthigh and skiny guy)

nothis is croatian mercedes and us humve

Pictures from ABG forum