V Corps (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 5th Corps


caption=Fifth Corps Patch
dates= April 1992
country= flagcountry|Bosnia and Herzegovina|1992
allegiance= - Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
garrison= Bihać
branch= Regular Army
type= Motorized, Mountain and Infantry
role= Defence of Bihać
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nickname= Sila Nebeska (Heaven's Force)
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colors= Green, white and black
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mascot= Winged stallion
equipment=When the unit was formed the Corps had the following armamentcite web |year=2007 |url = http://www.vojska.net/eng/armed-forces/bosnia-and-herzegovina/army/corps/5/|title = 5th Corps of Army RB&H, Bihac|format = HTML |publisher = [http://www.vojska.net vojska.net] | accessdate = 2007-09-13 | last= |quote=] :
*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
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Operation Oganj 92

Opertaion Gorica-03

Operation Tiger '94

Operation Free Grabez '94

Operation Pecigrad '94

Operation Storm '95

Operation Sana '95

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commander1=Hajrudin Osmanagić
Ramiz Dreković
Atif Dudakovic
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identification_symbol= Winged stallion
identification_symbol_label= 5th Corps patch
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previous= [4th Corps
next=6th Corps

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 forcescite book | last = Anthony Loyd | authorlink = Anthony Loyd | title = My War Gone By, I Miss It So| date = February 1, 2001| publisher = Penguin (Non-Classics)| isbn= 0140298541] . 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.

The 5th Corps was called Sila Nebeska (Heaven's Force) because it fought two other corpses and one army. The Bosnian Army 5th Corps fought Serbs from Serbia, Serbs from Croatia, Serbian Krajina Force, and Serbs from Bosnia, a corps in the army of the republica srpska.

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 Herzegovina (order no. 02-111-738/92) the fifthe Corps was created.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.

5th Corps Command

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.

5th Corps Commanders

*Corps Staff: 28 officers, 2 under-officers, 42 soldiers
*1st Commander: Captain I Class Ramiz Dreković - from forming to 1 November 1993
*2nd Commander: 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

5th Corps Units

*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

Brigades on the day of formation

*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

Freed Cities

*Sanski Most
*Kljuc
*Bosanski Petrovac
*Bosanska Krupa
*Velika Kladusa

References