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Yugoslav Wars; Part of the breakup of Yugoslavia and the post–Cold War era: Clockwise from top-left: Officers of the Slovenian National Police Force escort captured soldiers of the Yugoslav People's Army back to their unit during the Slovenian War of Independence; a destroyed M-84 tank during the Battle of Vukovar; anti-tank missile installations of the Serbia-controlled Yugoslav People's ...
The Polish WZT-3 license was bought and Polish parts were used in the M-84AI project completed in the "14 October" factory in Kruševac. There was also a plan for a M-84ABI for Kuwait, but this idea failed. It is armed only with a 12.7mm machine-gun fitted to the commander's hatch and 12 smoke grenade mortars (8 right and 4 left).
5.56mm NATO light machine gun Mark 3/3A, Mark 2 [4] In small numbers. M249 light machine gun [3] United States: 5.56mm NATO light machine gun M249 PIP: Zastava M84 [3] Yugoslavia: 7.62×54mmR general purpose machine gun M84, M86 [4] M60 machine gun [3] United States: 7.62mm NATO general purpose machine gun M60E3, M60E4, M60E6 [4]
Serving a seven-year sentence at a prison in Amsterdam, Ražnatović pulled off another escape on 8 May 1981 after someone slipped him a gun. Wasting no time, more robberies followed, this time in West Germany , where after less than a month of freedom he was arrested in Frankfurt on 5 June 1981 following a jewellery store stickup.
In 1966, the M59 was modified to fire 22mm rifle grenades via the addition of an integrated grenade launcher spigot. [2] The new model included a folding ladder sight for use with the rifle grenades as well; this also doubled as a gas shutoff to enable the rifle to cycle correctly. [2] This variant received the designation M59/66. [7]
October 1991. JNA begins Siege of Dubrovnik. The last Yugoslav People's Army soldier leaves Slovenia. October 1991-December 1991. Full scale war in Croatia. Fall of Vukovar. December 1991. The Serb entity in Croatia proclaimed itself the Republic of Serbian Krajina, but remained unrecognized by any country except Serbia. January 1992
' Army [of] Yugoslavia '), [1] [2] created from the remnants of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), the military of SFR Yugoslavia until the country disbanded. The rump state, then named Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, participated in the Yugoslav Wars with limited direct intervention of its own armed forces. Following the end of the Wars and the ...
In 1984, the development was completed and NORA-A, designated as M-84 NORA, was accepted by the Yugoslav People's Army. In 1989, the M-84 powder chamber was redesigned, the mass of the gun was reduced, and the gun was renamed M-84B1. The M-84B2 version is fitted with a pneumatic loader which is operational at all gun elevations, with a capacity ...