Land operations
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The land forces that were deployed to support the IFOR mission within Bosnia and Herzogovina were under the command of COMARRC. They were divided into three sectors together with divisional troops: multi-national division South West (MND/SW), multi-national division South East (MND/SE) and multi-national division North (MND/N).
Sector South West
Multinational Division sector South West (MND/SW) was under the control of a UK division headquarters based at Banja Luka. Under its control were the following forces:
| IFOR - MND/SW | ||
|---|---|---|
| UK Brigade, Sipovo | ||
| 2 | UK | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | NL | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | MAL | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 2 | UK | Armoured recconnaiscance battalion |
| CA Brigade, Coralici | ||
| 1 | CZ | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | UK | Armoured battalion |
| 1 | CA | Armoured reconnaissance squadron |
| 1 | UK | Armoured reconnaissance company |
Divisional troops: Amongst the division's support units could be found:
- 1 UK artillery battalion
- 2 UK/CZ/CA Engineer battalion
- 1 UK helicopter battalion
- 1 UK infantry company (Ghurka)
- 1 US Psychological Operations company
Sector South East
Multinational Division sector South East (MND/SE) came under the control of a French division headquarters based at Mostar. Under its control were the following forces:
| IFOR - MND/SE | ||
|---|---|---|
| FR Brigade, Rajlovac | ||
| 3 | FR | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | UKR | Motor rifle infantry battalion |
| SP Brigade, Medjugorge | ||
| 2 | SP | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | SP | Engineer company |
| IT Brigade, Zetra | ||
| 1 | IT | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | IT | Armoured company |
| 1 | PO | Airborne infantry battalion |
| 1 | EGY | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | IT | Mechanised field artillery company |
Divisional troops: Amongst the division's support units could be found:
- 1 French mechanized field artillery battalion
- 1 French engineer battalion
- 1 French reconnaissance company
- 1 Moroccan mechanized infantry battalion
- Several French helicopter and reconnaissance units
Sector North
Multinational Division sector North (MND/N) came under the control of a US division headquarters based at Tuzla. Under its control there were the following forces:
| IFOR - MND/N | ||
|---|---|---|
| US Brigade, Dubrave | ||
| 1 | US | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | US | Armoured reconnaissance battalion |
| 1 | US | Artillery battalion |
| 1 | US | Engineer battalion |
| 1 | US | Military police battalion |
| US Brigade, Vlasenica | ||
| 1 | US | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | US | Armored cavalry squadron |
| 1 | US | Artillery battalion |
| 1 | US | Engineer battalion |
| 1 | US | Military police battalion |
| US Aviation Brigade, Tuzla | ||
| 1 | US | Aviation attack battalion |
| 1 | US | Aviation general support battalion |
| TU Brigade, Zenica | ||
| 2 | TU | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| Nordic/Polish Brigade, Doboj | ||
| 1 | SWE | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | DA | Mechanized infantry battalion |
| 1 | POL | Airborne infantry battalion |
| 1 | FIN | Engineer battalion |
| 1 | NO | Logistic battalion |
| Russian Airborne Brigade, Ugljevik | ||
| 2 | RUS | Airborne infantry battalion |
Divisional troops: Amongst the division's support units could be found:
- 2 US engineer brigades
- 2 US MP brigades
- 1 US Signal Brigade
- 2 US logistic brigades
- 1 Norwegian medical company
- 1 US air defense artillery battalion
- 1 US Psychological Operations unit
- 1 Lithuanian, one Estonian and one Latvian infantry platoon
Support Units for the ARRC: Amongst the ARRC support units could be found:
- Hungarian and Romanian engineer battalions
- 1 UK signal regiment
- 1 transport battalion (BELUGA), with troops from Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, and Austria
- 1 multi-national Psychological Operations and ACIU battalion
- 1 multi-national Finnish regiment
Also supporting IFOR, there were forces deployed in Croatia, to include a French/German field hospital at Trogir; other German contributions were an engineer battalion at Benkovac, an army aviation battalion at Zadar, a transportation battalion at Sibenik and a log battalion at Primosten.