Croatian Army

Croatian Army
Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska
Emblem of the Croatian Army
Founded	1991
Country	Croatia
Type	Army
Size	7000[1]
Part of	Armed Forces of Croatia
H/Q	Karlovac
Motto(s)	"Domovini Vjerni" (Faithful to Homeland)
March	"Mi smo Garda Hrvatska" (We are the Croatian Guard)
Anniversaries	May 28th
Equipment	List of equipment of the Croatian Army
Engagements	Croatian War of Independence: Battle of Vukovar Battle of the Barracks Operation Coast-91 Siege of Dubrovnik Operation Maslenica Operation Winter '94 Operation Orkan 91 Battle of Zadar Operation Otkos 10 Operation Flash Operation Summer '95 Operation Storm Operation Vukovar '95 Bosnian War: Croat–Bosniak War Operation Mistral 2 War in Afghanistan War in Iraq
Website	https://www.morh.hr
Commanders
Current commander	Major general Blaž Beretin[2]
Notable commanders	General Martin Špegelj, General Janko Bobetko, General Petar Stipetić, General Zvonimir Červenko, Lieutenant General Ante Gotovina, Lieutenant General Marijan Mareković, Lieutenant General Mladen Kruljac
Insignia
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The Croatian Army (Croatian: Hrvatska kopnena vojska or HKoV) is the land force branch of the Croatian Armed Forces. It is numerically the largest of the three branches of the Croatian Armed Forces. The HKoV is the main force for the defense of the country against external threats, and in addition to the task of defending the Republic of Croatia, the HKoV also has the task of participating in peace support operations and humanitarian operations as part of international forces, as well as the task of preventing and eliminating the consequences of emergency situations in the country caused by natural and technical accidents and disasters.^[3]

The HKoV has units of combat branches (Mechanized and Armoured Mechanized infantry), combat support branches (artillery, air defense, engineering, communications, nuclear-biological-chemical defense, military police and military intelligence units) and services support (supply, transport, maintenance and sanitation).^[4]