Armed Forces of Croatia

Armed Forces of Croatia
Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske
Croatian Armed Forces emblem
Founded	1991
Service branches	Croatian Army  Croatian Navy  Croatian Air Force Croatian Special Operations Forces Command
Website	www.morh.hr/en/
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Zoran Milanović
Ministry of Defence	Ivan Anušić
Chief of the General Staff	Major general Tihomir Kundid
Personnel
Military age	18 years of age
Conscription	No
Available for military service	2,033,589 males, age 15–49 (2015 est.[citation needed]), 2,045,898 females, age 15–49 (2015 est.[citation needed])
Fit for military service	1,610,442 males, age 15–49 (2015 est.[citation needed]), 1,323,985 females, age 15–49 (2015 est.[citation needed])
Reaching military age annually	20,000[1] males (2015 est.[citation needed]), 20,000[1] females (2015 est.[citation needed])
Active personnel	14,325[2]
Reserve personnel	20,105[3]
Deployed personnel	Lithuania – 200[4]  Poland – 80[5]  Kosovo – 150[6]  India /  Pakistan – 9[7]  Western Sahara – 7[8]  Cyprus – 2  Liberia – 2  Somalia – 1
Expenditure
Budget	c. 7.568 billion HRK[9] (c. 1.0 billion Euro)
Percent of GDP	1.46% (2022)[10]
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Đuro Đaković (armored vehicles) Brodosplit (naval vessels) HS Produkt (small arms)
Foreign suppliers	France  Germany  Israel  Italy  United States
Related articles
History	Military history of Croatia Ban Josip Jelačić Nikola Šubić Zrinski Croatian War of Independence Croatian National Guard War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ranks	Croatian military ranks

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Croatian: Oružane snage Republike Hrvatske – OSRH) are the military forces of Croatia.

The President is the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief, and exercises administrative powers in times of war by giving orders to the chief of staff, while administration and defence policy execution in peacetime is carried out by the Government through the Ministry of Defence. This unified institution consists of land, sea, and air branches referred to as:

• Croatian Army (Hrvatska kopnena vojska - HKoV)
• Croatian Navy (Hrvatska ratna mornarica - HRM)
• Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko ratno zrakoplovstvo - HRZ)

The Croatian Armed Forces are charged with protecting the Republic as well as supporting international peacekeeping efforts, when mandated by NATO,^[11] the United Nations or the European Union.

The Army has 650 AFVs, around 150 pieces of artillery, 100 MLRSs, around 75 tanks, and 25 SPGs. The Air Force has 12 MiG-21 jet fighters, 10 combat-transport Mi-171 and 16 OH-58 attack helicopters. The Navy has 30 ships, out of which five 60-80 metre fast attack craft are used in offensive capabilities. In April of 2024 Croatia acquired first 6 out of 12 used French Rafale F-3R.