page_title: Tanks in the British Army
section_title: Balkans conflicts
hierarchical_section_title: Tanks in the British Army / Recent and current conflicts / Balkans conflicts
caption_attribution_description: A British Army Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank (MBT), the command tank of the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards (The Welsh Cavalry), with IFOR markings drives forward on the loading ramp of the VLADIMIR VASLYAEV, a Russian Commercial RO-RO Container (Gearless) ship, onto the dock at the harbor in Split, Croatia, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords.
context_section_description: The British Army was deployed to Yugoslavia in 1992; initially this force formed part of the United Nations Protection Force. Units of the 1st Armoured Division were deployed as part of the Implementation Force (IFOR) in 1995.
caption: Challenger 1, with turret reversed and IFOR markings, disembarking in Croatia
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