The outpost had been abandoned by the UN after a series of sniper attacks by Bosnian Serb forces. While en route to reoccupying the position, the Danish force, composed of three Leopard 1 tanks, was fired on by a T-55 Bosnian Serb tank. After sustaining slight damage to one of the Leopards, the advancing peacekeeping tanks returned fire, destroying one recoilless rifle and putting the T-55 out of action. The Leopards fired a total of twenty-one 105mm rounds.
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| - The outpost had been abandoned by the UN after a series of sniper attacks by Bosnian Serb forces. While en route to reoccupying the position, the Danish force, composed of three Leopard 1 tanks, was fired on by a T-55 Bosnian Serb tank. After sustaining slight damage to one of the Leopards, the advancing peacekeeping tanks returned fire, destroying one recoilless rifle and putting the T-55 out of action. The Leopards fired a total of twenty-one 105mm rounds.
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| - A Danish IFOR Leopard I tank crushes a decommissioned Serbian antiaircraft gun in 1996
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| - The best tank-killing weapon is another tank. In the end, air [support] was not needed.
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| - UN forces recover observation post from Bosnian Serb army
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- Danish Defence
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| - The outpost had been abandoned by the UN after a series of sniper attacks by Bosnian Serb forces. While en route to reoccupying the position, the Danish force, composed of three Leopard 1 tanks, was fired on by a T-55 Bosnian Serb tank. After sustaining slight damage to one of the Leopards, the advancing peacekeeping tanks returned fire, destroying one recoilless rifle and putting the T-55 out of action. The Leopards fired a total of twenty-one 105mm rounds. The outpost was eventually retaken by UNPROFOR. A statement was issued by the UN about the aftermath of the incident, confirming the fate of the Serb T-55:
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