Operation Bøllebank (English: Operation Hooligan Bashing[3]) was the first combat operation conducted by Danish Armed Forces since World War II. In April 1994, a Danish contingent with elements of the Jydske Dragonregiment on peacekeeping duty in Bosnia, as part of UNPROFORs Nordic battalion (Nordbat 2) located in Tuzla, was ambushed, when trying to relieve a Swedish observation post, Tango 2, that was under heavy artillery fire by the Bosnian Serb Šekovići brigade at the village of Kalesija, but the ambush was dispersed when the UN forces retaliated with heavy fire.
Operation Bøllebank (English: Operation Hooligan Bashing[3]) was the first combat operation conducted by Danish Armed Forces since World War II. In April 1994, a Danish contingent with elements of the Jydske Dragonregiment on peacekeeping duty in Bosnia, as part of UNPROFORs Nordic battalion (Nordbat 2) located in Tuzla, was ambushed, when trying to relieve a Swedish observation post, Tango 2, that was under heavy artillery fire by the Bosnian Serb Šekovići brigade at the village of Kalesija, but the ambush was dispersed when the UN forces retaliated with heavy fire.
Det jag minns (deltog i BA01) var att det var påfallande ofta som Danskarna blev beskjutna med 14,5 mm ksp och tyngre ... det råkade vara så att de skulle besvara allt upp till 12,7 med egen ksp, men över detta gick det bra med kanon. ;-)
Stridsvagnskompaniet hade svårigheter att komma in i Bosnien, hade jag varit Milosevic hade jag nog oxå stretat emot så länge det gick. Men när de väl kom in så var de ganska snabba på att ta igen det som de förlorat ...
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