Guards Mechanized Brigade (Croatia)

Guards Mechanized Brigade (Croatian: Gardijska mehanizirana brigada (GMBR)) is a combat-tactical military unit of the Croatian Army, and together with the Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade, they make up the two combat capable formations of the Land Forces.

It is the successor of the Guards Motorized Brigade (GMTBR), which was formed by members of the 1st Guards Brigade "Tigrovi" and the 4th Guards Brigade "Pauci" and part of the 2nd Guards Brigade "Gromovi". With the previous reorganization, the 9th Guards Brigade "Vukovi and several units from the 4th Corps of the Croatian Army were included in the 1st Guards Brigade.

In order to preserve the lineage and tradition of the Guards Brigades for their exceptional contribution to the Homeland War, the manoeuvre battalions of the Guards Mechanized Brigade were named after the wartime names of the Guards Brigades. Thus, the Guards Mechanized Brigade consists of four manoeuvre battalions: the 1st Mechanized Battalion – "Tigrovi", the 2nd Mechanized Battalion – "Gromovi", the 3rd Mechanized Battalion – "Pauci" and the 1st Motorized Battalion – "Vukovi".

Elements of the Brigade have been deployed to Golan Heights on UNDOF and to Afghanistan as part of ISAF.