Operation Amanda
Part of the Bosnian War
Leopard I A5 tank
Date October 26, 1994 Location near Gradacac, Bosnia Result UN forces recovered observation post from Bosnian Serb army
Combatants
Army of Republika Srpska Combatants Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Predominantly Bosniak) Army of Republika Srpska, Yugoslav Peoples Army, various paramilitary units from Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian) Croatian Defence Council, Croatian Army (Croatian) Commanders Alija Izetbegović (President of Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sefer Halilović (Army chief of staff 1992-1993) Rasim... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x1312, 334 KB) Found on http://www. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Gradačac is a small town in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the Tuzla Canton about 40 km south of the Sava river. ... Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Bosnia and Herzegovina() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city)  Sarajevo Official languages Bosnian Croatian Serbian Government Parliamentary democracy  -  Presidency members NebojÅ¡a Radmanović1 Haris Silajdžić2 Željko KomÅ¡ić3  -  Chairman of the Council of Ministers Nikola Å pirić  -  High Representative Christian Schwarz... Image File history File links Flag_of_Republika_Srpska. ... Bosnian Serb Army, officially Army of the Republika Srpska (Serbian Војска Републике Српске/Vojska Republike Srpske, ВРС/VRS) is the military of the Bosnian Serb political entity of Republika Srpska. ...	Danish military (as part of UNPROFOR forces)
Commanders
Unknown	Lt. Colonel Lars R. Møller
Strength
1 T-55 tank Recoiless antitank guns	3 Leopard 1 A5 tanks
Casualties
1 T-55 tank disabled 1 Recoiless gun destroyed	1 Leopard slighty damaged

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The engagement

The outpost had been abandoned by the UN after a series of sniper attacks by Serbian forces. This article is about the United Nations, for other uses of UN see UN (disambiguation) Official languages English, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic Secretary-General Kofi Annan (since 1997) Established October 24, 1945 Member states 191 Headquarters New York City, NY, USA Official site http://www. ... Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 8th century   -  Independence c. ...

While in route to reoccupying the position, the Danish force, composed of three Leopard 1 tanks, was fired on by at least one recoiless anti-tank gun, a T-55 tank and Bosnian Serb infantry. After sustaining slight damaged to one of the Leopards, the advancing peacekeeping tanks returned fire, destroying one recoiless rifle and putting the T-55 out of action. The Leopards fired a total of twenty-one 105 mm rounds. The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a German designed and produced main battle tank that first entered service in 1965 and was used as the main battle tank for Germany, several other European countries, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Chile. ... M67 recoilless rifle. ... The T-54 and T-55 tank series was the Soviet Unions front-line main battle tank from 1947 until 1962, and remains in service throughout the world to this day, especially by former client states of the Soviet Union. ...

The outpost was finally retaken by UNPROFOR. An interesting statement was issued by the UN about the aftermath of the incident, confirming the fate of the Serb T-55: The best tank-killing weapon is another tank. In the end, air [support] was not needed.

References

• Yugoslav events chronology

• Danes blast Serbian tank