 This was highlighted when three operators were captured by the Iraqis in late 1990.The 13e RDP was, along with other French units, heavily involved in the Kosovo War and used tactics and technology to force Serbian armour to attempt to engage Kosovo Liberation Army and other Allied forces in the open, which enabled them to be destroyed by Allied bombing, particularly by the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force.The 13e RDP also contributed to the capture of Momčilo Krajišnik in 2001 by close range recons.