Welcome back to the Photo Of The Day! Today we visit sunny Croatia and have a look (above) at Croatian Army soldiers engaging targets from their BOV-3 armored vehicles. According to Wikipedia, the BOV-3 is an air defense version of the BOV armored vehicle with triple M55A4B1 20mm cannons. You can find more info on the Zastava M55 here. This happened during exercise Shield 22, April 9, 2022 near Pula, Croatia. Exercise Shield is an annual Croatian air defense exercise that aims at strengthening the execution of the Air Defense tasks against low and medium altitude moving targets.

Below: U.S. Army paratroopers with 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and a Croatian Army soldier from the Croatian Air Defense Regiment prepare to fire an FIM-92 Stinger.

Croatian President Zoran Milanović and Colonel General Boris Šerić, Commander of Croatian Land Forces conduct a review of troops as part of exercise Shield 22, April 9, 2022 near Pula, Croatia.

U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Utt, 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, explains the steps to fire an FIM-92 Stinger to Croatian officials and military officers

Photo source: U.S. Army, Capt. Robyn Haake