Truppenübungsplatz Slavonski Brod was formed by the Wehrmacht in April-May 1943 (Military training ground Sl.Brod or Četno vježbalište Brod in Croatian). It was located in Vučjak, 14 km south of Brod na Savi. Its main purpose was to train NCOs (Unteroffizire, Dočasnici) for Jager Brigades (Lovački Zdrugovi) of Domobranstvo. Domobran units included in the Truppen Ubungsplatz formation were Školska bojna Brod (Lehrbatallion Brod) with HQ company, 2 rifle companies, an MG company, and one artillery company with a total of 700 recruits to be trained for NCOs. One battery of field howitzers was formed from 3.bitnica VIII. topnički sklop(3.battery of VIII artillery battalion). A half-battery of mountain guns was formed from gorski vod of VII.topnički sklop(mountain battery of VII artillery battalion). Pioneer Company was formed from 2.satnija II.opkoparska bojna (2.company of 2.pioneer battalion). A military court was also formed on the Truppenübungsplatz. On April 1st, 1943, Major General Gustav Suschnig was appointed as the first commander of training grounds only to be relieved from this position in August 1943 due to lack of suitability.
Although official name of the city in NDH was Brod na Savi , postal cancel and Oružnička postaja cancel both have name Slavonski Brod in them.
Oružništvo was Gendarmerie force in NDH, at its peak in 1943 it had 18 000 members that manned 987 stations located throughout the country.
