Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade (
Croatian: ''Gardijska oklopno-mehanizirana brigada'' (GOMBR)) is a mechanized infantry brigade of the
Croatian Army based in
Vinkovci, Eastern Croatia. The Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade is the largest tactical unit of the Croatian Army and is commanded by Brigadier General Mijo Validžić.
History
The Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade (GOMBR) is the successor of the 3rd Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade (2003-2007), which was formed with the merger of three
wartime guards brigades of the Croatian army:
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3rd Guards Brigade "Kune";
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7th Guards Brigade "Pume"; and
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5th Guards Brigade "Sokolovi".
Mission and tasks
The core mission of the Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade is to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the
Republic of Croatia
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; develop and maintain the capacity to participate in international military operations; and to be prepared to assist civilian institutions in the event of natural and technical-technological disasters.
The main tasks of the Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade, are to:
* Conduct offensive operations;
* Conduct stabilization operations;
* Conduct security and force protection operations;
* Establishment of command and control systems;
* Ensure unit sustainability; and
* Support to civilian institutions in the face of natural and technical-technological disasters.
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Development
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Current composition
* Headquarters Company (Vinkovci)
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Tank Battalion "Kune" (Đakovo)
* Armored Battalion of the Guards Armored Mechanized Brigade
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1st Mechanized Battalion "Sokolovi" (Našice)
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2nd Mechanized Battalion "Pume" (Varaždin )
* Mixed Artillery Battalion (Bjelovar)
* Engineer Battalion (Vinkovci)
* Military Intelligence Company (Vinkovci)
* Air Defence Battalion (Vinkovci)
* Signals Company (Vinkovci)
* Logistics Company (Vinkovci)
The Guards Armoured Mechanized Brigade is composed of seven battalions and totals approximately 4,000 personal.
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See also
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2nd Guards Brigade (Croatia)
The 2nd Guards Brigade ( hr, 2. gardijska brigada), also known by their nickname Thunders (''Gromovi''), was one of the original Croatian National Guard (ZNG) brigades formed in 1991 and one of the most elite mechanized infantry units in the Croa ...
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3rd Guards Brigade (Croatia) 3rd Guards Brigade may refer to:
German
* 3rd Guards Cavalry Brigade (German Empire)
* 3rd Guards Artillery Brigade (German Empire)
* 3rd Guards Infantry Brigade (German Empire)
Others
* 3rd Guards Brigade (Croatia)
* 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigad ...
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5th Guards Brigade (Croatia)
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
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* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ...
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7th Guards Brigade (Croatia)
The 7th Guards Brigade ( hr, 7. gardijska brigada), also known by their nickname Pumas ( hr, Pume), was a Croatian Ground Army (HV) brigade formed on 23 December 1992 in Varaždin. The brigade was initially formed out of the 5th Battalion of the ...
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9th Guards Brigade (Croatia)
Croatia's 9th Guard Brigade - named "The Wolves" - was Croatian Army's guard brigade formed in 1992 in wake of Croatian War of Independence. The brigade's main area of operations was region of Lika and its headquarters were in town of Gospić.
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(also known as 6th)
Sources
* ''
Hrvatski vojnik'', 23 December 2009
References
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Brigades of Croatia
Military units and formations established in 2007