5th Corps (Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

5th Corps
5th Corps
	Fifth Corps insignia
Active	April formed on 21. october 1992 - dissolved in 2006 as part of VFBiH
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Allegiance	Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Branch	Bosnian Ground Forces
Type	Motorized, Mechanized, Mountain and Infantry
Role	Defence of Bihać pocket (Bihaćki okrug)
Size	10,152 (21.10.1992); 17,202 (24.03.1995); 18,106 (Peak size at the end of year 1995);
Garrison/HQ	Bihać
Nickname(s)	Sila Nebeska (Heavenly Force)
Colors	Green, white and black
Mascot(s)	Pegasus
Equipment	When the unit was formed the Corps had the following armament: T-55 Tank (1); M53/59 Praga (1); BOV M86 (1); TAM 110 Communications truck (1); 76 mm ZIS-3 (2); Mortars 60mm, 82mm, and 120mm (20); Automatic rifles (1,094); Semi-Automatic rifles (479); Light Machine-Guns (152); Machine-Guns (120); Sniper rifles (48); Osa Anti-Tank Launchers (10); Zolja Anti-Tank Launchers (28); M57 anti-tank Launchers (9); RBR (11); RPG (9); Anti-Aircraft Guns (HMG) (3); Recoilless rifle BST (2); Numerous variants of hunting rifles;
Engagements	Operation Oganj '92; Operation Gorica-03; Operation Tiger '94; Operation Free Grabež '94; Operation Pećigrad '94; Operation Storm '95; Operation Sana '95
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Ramiz Dreković; Atif Dudaković
Insignia
5th Corps patch	Pegasus
Identification; symbol	ARBiH patch 5th Corps Pegasus patch and later newly designed 5th Corps insignia patch similar to the other ARBiH Corps patches in design Brigade patches and patches from other 5th Corps unit's Other types of identification (armbands, headbands, brooches, etc.)

The 5th Corps was one of seven corps of the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The formation was around the Bihać pocket to protect it against the surrounding Serb forces. The Fifth Corps also fought secessional Bosniak forces loyal to Fikret Abdić, who was cooperating with Serb forces.^[2] In the last military action of the ARBiH, Operation Sana, the corps defeated Abdić's supporters and brought a number of regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina under government control. In April 2018, police detained Atif Dudaković and 12 others on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war. The court process is still ongoing.

^ "5th Corps of Army RB&H, Bihac". www.vojska.net. vojska.net. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
^ Anthony Loyd (February 1, 2001). My War Gone By, I Miss It So. Penguin (Non-Classics). ISBN 0-14-029854-1.

[vojska-1] "5th Corps of Army RB&H, Bihac". www.vojska.net. vojska.net. 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-13.

[Loyd-2] Anthony Loyd (February 1, 2001). My War Gone By, I Miss It So. Penguin (Non-Classics). ISBN 0-14-029854-1.

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