V Corps (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

5th Corps
Active
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Allegiance	- Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Equipment	When the unit was formed the Corps had the following armament^[1]: T-55 tank (one) 76 mm ZIS (two) mortar 60mm, 82mm, and 120mm automatic rifles (1094) semi-automatic rifles "PAP" (479) light machine-guns (152) machine-guns (120) snipers (48) Osa anti-tank launchers (10) Zolja anti-tank launchers (28) M57 anti-tank launchers (9) RBR (11) RPG (9) anti-aircraft guns PAM(3) recoilless guns BS (2) numerous variants of hunting rifles
Engagements	Operation Oganj 92 Opertaion Gorica-03 Operation Tiger '94 Operation Free Grabez '94 Operation Pecigrad '94 Operation Storm '95 Operation Sana '95
Commanders
Current commander	Hajrudin Osmanagić Ramiz Dreković Atif Dudakovic

The Fifth Corps was one of seven corps in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The formation was around the Bihac pocket to protect it against the surrounding Serb forces. The Fifth Corps also fought a secessional muslim army loyal to Fikret Abdic (Babo) , who was cooperating with Serb and Croatian forces^[2]. In the last military action of the ARBIH, Operation "Sana 95", the corps defeated Abdices supporters and brought a number of regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina under government control.

1 History
2 Commanders
3 Freed Cities
4 References

History

The main ministry of army affairs on September 29, 1992 passed the order for the formation of the Fifth Corps of the ARBIH on October 21, 1992 and the final approval by the presidency of Bosnia and Hercegovina (order no. 02-111-738/92) the fifthe Corps was created^[1].In the formation of the fifth corps there have been the de-fromation of the Unsko-sanski operative group and the Territorial Defence of Bihac.

Commanders

The first order, instead of a commander of the corps, major Hajrudin Osmanagić was given control, but he was eliminated before he took the post, then Captain First class Ramiz Dreković took control as commander of the Fifth Corps, thus becoming first commander of the Fifth Corps. After him, Brigadier General Atif Dudaković became commander of the Fifth Corps. He had the most impact of all the generals of the corps.

Corps Commanders

- Captain I Class Ramiz Dreković - from forming to 1 November 1993
- Brigadier General Atif Dudaković - from 1 November 1993
Deputy Commander Chief of Staff:
- Major Ramiz Duraković
- Major Mirsad Sedić
Assistants for moral IPD and MP - Ejub Topić
Assistants for security - Sakib Butković
Logistic - Bećir Sirovina

Brigades on the day of formation

Supreme Commanders of the Fifth Corps:
- Captain First class Ramiz Dreković(1992-1993)
- Brigadier General Atif Dudaković(1993-1996)

Corps Staff: 28 officers, 2 under-officers, 42 soldiers
1st Bihać Infantry Brigade
2nd Bihac Muslim-Croatian Infantry Brigade
1st Cazin Infantry Brigade
105th Buzim Infantry Brigade
101st Muslim Krajina Brigade
111th Bosanska Krupa Infantry Brigade
1st Velika Kladusa Infantry Brigade
5th Battalion of Military Police
5th Mixed Artillery Battery
5th Engineering Company
5th Tank Company
5th Mixed Light Battery
Special forces Detachment
5th Logistics Base

5th Corps Brigades

501st Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier Senad Sarganović
502nd Brigade
- Commander: Colonel Hamdo Abdić
503rd Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier Muhamed Delalić
505th Brigade
- Commander: Brigadier Izet Nanić
506th Brigade
- Commander: Major Mirsad Mirjković
511th Brigade
- Commander: Major Mirsad Sedić
517th Brigade
- Commander: Major Ibrahim Nadarević
101st HVO Brigade
- Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel Grgić

Freed Cities

References

^ ^a ^b 5th Corps of Army RB&H, Bihac (HTML). vojska.net (2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-13.
^ Anthony Loyd (February 1, 2001). My War Gone By, I Miss It So. Penguin (Non-Classics). ISBN 0140298541.

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