1st Guards Brigade (Croatia)

Croatia's First Mechanized Guard Brigade (Croatian: Prva mehanizirana gardijska brigada) - named "The Tigers" (Croatian: Tigrovi) - was the most elite and best equipped military brigade of the Croatian Army. Its military base and headquarters was in the Croatian capital of Zagreb, origin of most of the brigade's personnel. In 2008, as part of a larger military restructuring, the brigade-sized unit was disbanded and reformed as a battalion of the Motorized Guard Brigade.

This article is about an army unit established in 1990. For 1. hrvatski gardijski zdrug special unit established in 1994, see 1st Croatian Guards Brigade.
1st Guards Brigade
1st Guard logo
Active1990–2008
CountryCroatia
BranchArmy
TypeMechanized Infantry
SizeBrigade
Garrison/HQKarlovac
Nickname(s)Tigrovi (The Tigers)
Motto(s)"For Croatia like a tiger!"
EngagementsCroatian War of Independence
  • Siege of Dubrovnik
  • Operation Maslenica
  • Operation Flash
  • Operation Storm
  • Other operations

Bosnian War:

  • Operation Summer '95
  • Other operations
Commanders
Notable
commanders		General Josip Lucić
Major General Marijan Mareković
Brigadier Drago Horvat
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