1st Guards Brigade (Croatia)

1st Guards Brigade
1st Guard logo
Active	1990–2008
Country	Croatia
Branch	Army
Type	Mechanized Infantry
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Karlovac
Nickname(s)	Tigrovi (The Tigers)
Motto(s)	"Za Hrvatsku kao Tigar!" ("For Croatia like a Tiger!")
Engagements	Croatian 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

The 1st 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.