On October 28, Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Ivan Anusch signed a memorandum of understanding with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.
The main content of the forgive memorandum is Croatias purchase of 50 new Leopard 2A8 main battle tanks made in Germany, French German joint company KNDS German branch company(Knds Deutschland, former KMW company).The 50 Leopard 2A8 tanks in the Memorandum will be delivered to Croatia in 2026.
One of the components of the memorandum of understanding is Croatia.30 M-84 main battle tanks and 30 M-80A infantry chariots were handed over to Ukraine.The German side will transfer these weapons that Croatia to Ukraine will be regarded as a prepaid payment to the Croatia 2A8 main battle tank contract in the future.
So, Ukraine will first get the M-84 tank made by Yugoslav, which is a franchise improvement type of the Soviet T-72M tank.The M-84 tank was produced by the Duro Dakovich Vehicle Manufacturing Plant (đaković Specijalna Vozila) in Saglerb, and all parts were supplied from all over the area of Yugoslavia.
In 1996, when the Yugoslav war ended, the Croatian army was equipped with 40 M-84s. These tanks were from the Yugoslav Peoples Army (JNA).Inherited, or from Dolo Dakovich Vehicle Manufacturing Factory.From 1996 to 2004, Dolo Dakovich Vehicle Manufacturing Factory produced 38 M-84A4 improved main battle tanks for the Croatian army.
At present, the number of M-84 and M-84A4 main battle tanks of the Croatian army is about 75, and they are equipped with guard armorIn the tank camp of mechanized travel.It is speculated that the tank camp is now only equipped with M-84A tanks, and M-84 has been sealed. These M-84 tanks are planned to be transferred.In order to maintain the preparation of tank camps, the German Leopard 2A8 main battle tank must be purchased.
In 1996, 128 Croatian army equipment was equipped with the M-80A infantry chariot inherited from the former Yugoslav.At present, Croatias active infantry tank is about 104 vehicles. They are equipped with 1 and 2 mechanized camps of the 1st and 2nd mechanization of Guardian Aquarius.
The work of replacing the M-80A infantry chariot with the M2A2 "Bradley" infantry chariot received from the United States has begun, thisCroatia will transfer some M-80A infantry chariot to Ukraine.Earlier, Ukraine has received 35 M-80A infantry chariot from Slovenia.