Croatian Defence Council - Armament and Logistics

Armament and Logistics

Commentators on the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina have stressed the desperate straits in which the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina found itself as a result of the UN arms embargo and the closure of its ground links to the outside world by the VRS and the HVO. The Bosnian Serb army was by far the best equipped and supplied of the three warring factions, having taken over the bulk of the armament and equipment of JNA and TO forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina and enjoying the full support of Serbia and the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The HVO, too, was relatively well equipped overall, particularly in Herzegovina, thanks to Croatia’s support.