Practical Military Training - Technical Services

The aim of practical military training is to provide direct contact with the military environment for students in the final phase of their studies. The purpose of the subject is to enable quality teaching by means of a partnership between university teachers and military professionals. Through practical training the students will gain new knowledge and skills learning from professional experience which will complement the academic environment. This should be beneficial for students in the process of acquiring practical engineering and military knowledge. Also, they will be better prepared for the job they can expect after finishing the studies and they will be provided opportunities for better individual profiling in the process of gaining specialist knowledge in their final year of academic study. The course promotes closer cooperation between the military system and the academic community. At the same time, the teachers get feedback on the knowledge and skills the employers expect, which has a positive backwash effect on the teaching-learning process. Each student will have his/her own supervisor of the Practical Military Training, an officer or a military specialist from the branch or service of the student''s speciality. The supervisor defines the training program and assigns tasks to the student in accordance with the plan. The student is obliged to follow instructions and meet obligations, recording this in his/her work diary. The work diary is the basis for producing the final student''s report on the activities conducted. The supervisor will keep notes of the student''s progress and records of the activities he/she has successfully completed in accordance with the plan, which should form the basis for suggesting the student''s final grade. Upon finishing the practical military training the student has to prepare a report on his/her work and submit it to the supervisor. The report includes the information about the supervisor, the work plan and the specifications of the tasks carried out, the time frame and the work diary. The supervisor verifies the report and recommends the final grade for the student. The student''s final thesis advisor is the teacher of the Practical Military Training, who is either a university professor or Vice Dean for teaching of the Faculty which provides practical military training for the particular branch or service. The advisor is obliged to read the student''s report and, on the basis of the recommendation given by the supervisor, assign the final grade. The aim of the course is to acquire practical knowledge in the implementation and organization of maintenance, deactivation, caring, implementation measures when working with ordnance.

1. acquire knowledge in the description, labeling, packaging and storage of ammunition and mines
2. acquire knowledge in organizing and carrying out maintenance of ammunition and mines
3. harmonize records of ammunition and mines to the current legislation
4. adopt, explain and apply the engineering and physical protection during operation and storage of ammunition and mines
5. acquire knowledge in implementing and making documents of pyrotechnic safety measures in the storage facilities of ammunition and mines
6. distinguish the specific maintenance of combat and non-combat vehicles
7. apply the standard of maintenance of technical material resources in the CAF
8. apply the latest technology for maintenance, research and conservation of the CAF classithe c and rocket weapons

Lectures

Exercises

Field work

Independent assignments

1. Lectures: Maintenance of ammunition and mines 3 Seminar: First level maintenance of ammunition and mines 6
2. Lectures: Overhaul of ammunition and mines 2 Seminar: Second level maintenance of ammunition and mines 6
3. Lectures: Periodic monitoring of the quality of ammunition and mines 6 Seminar: Disassembling of ammunition and mines 6
4. Lectures: Means for igniting explosive charges 1; Write-off and disposal of ammunition and mines 3 Seminar: Deliberate explosion of ammunition and mines 6
5. Lectures: Maintenance of M-84 tank Seminar: Calculate pyrotechnic safety distances 6
6. Lectures: Maintenance of AIFV M80A Seminar: Maintenance of M-84 tank
7. Lectures: Maintenance of AFV Patria Seminar: Maintenance of AIFV M80A
8. Lectures: Maintenance of multipurpose wheeled vehicles Iveco LMV i HUMMWV Seminar: Maintenance of AFV Patria
9. Lectures: Maintenance of trucks in use in the CAF Seminar: Maintenance of multipurpose wheeled vehicles Iveco LMV i HUMMWV
10. Lectures: Maintenance of classical and missile weapons 2 Seminar: Maintenance of trucks in use in the CAF
11. Lectures: Conventional weapons maintenance technology of the Croatia Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defence 6 Seminar: 1. Elimination of the general failure on the classic weapons 1; 2. Repair parts, bearings and universal joints of classic weapons 6; 3. Determining the technical condition of classic weapons pipes 3
12. Lectures: Missile maintenance technology of the Croatia Army 2 Seminar: 4. Repair bolt of infantry and artillery weapons 2; 5. Hydropneumatic devices of artillery weapons 6; 6. Measuring the functional dimensions of hydro unit artillery weapons 18;
13. Lectures: Missile maintenance technology of the Croatia Navy, Air Force and Air Defence 3 Seminar: 7. Elimination of the general failure to missile weapons 1; 8. Technical inspection of rocket launchers and launch mechanisms 3;
14. Lectures: Conservation conventional and missile weapons of the Croatia Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defence 1 Seminar: 9. Check and adjust the aiming devices on earth artillery, air defence weapons, specific maintenance aiming devices to ship and aircraft artillery 12
15. Lectures: Inspection, testing and control of the repaired and assembled weapons 1 Seminar: 10. Conservation of conventional and missile weapons of the Croatia Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defence 4; 11. Testing of the classic weapons and rocket launchers of the Croatia Army, Navy, Air Force and Air Defence 4