Armored Guard Brigade (Croatia)

Armoured Mechanized Guard Brigade "GOMBR" Gardijska oklopno-mehanizirana brigada
Insignia of GOMBR
Active	2007 - present
Country	Croatia
Branch	Army
Type	Brigade
Role	Mechanized infantry
Size	4,000 soldiers/personnel in 7 Battalions
Part of	Croatian Army
Garrison/HQ	Vinkovci (Slavonia)
Anniversaries	20 March
Equipment	72xM-84D/A4, 128x BVP M-80A, 24x M-83 Polo, 10x Iveco LMV, 24x BOV 20/3 ...
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier General Mladen Mikolčević

Armoured Mechanized Guard Brigade or Guard Armoured Mechanized Brigade is the main component of the Croatian Army. The brigade is based in eastern Croatia with main headquarters being in Vinkovci.

Main Role

Brigade’s main role is defence of Croatia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty as well as participating in NATO and international peace support operations, plan and conduct brigade staff and units training in accordance with domestic international commitments.

Main Tasks:

• Plan and conduct the tasks related to military operations;
• Prepare training and activity with accordance of domestic defence doctrine;
• Organize, conduct, evaluate and analyze training of subunits in order to achieve mission tasks;
• Take part in national and international military operations, exercises and military cooperation;
• Provide information and reports to the higher headquarters concerning implementation of training and activity plans;
• Provide assistance to state and municipal institutions by responding to threats of a non-military nature;
• Maintain close relationship with the local community and participate in their activities.

Current Composition

Brigade has around 4,000 personal deployed in 7 Battalions and several companies.

Units

• Command Company based in Vinkovci - commanding officer: 1st Lieutenant Antun Tokić
• 2x Armoured Battalion based in Gasnici - commanding officers: Lieutenant Colonel Denis Tretinjak & Lieutenant Colonel Anto Andrijanić
• 2x Mechanized Battalions based in Vinkovci - commanding officer: Major Antun Šaf & Major Robert Horvat
• Mixed Artillery Battalion based in Gasnici - commanding officer: Lieutenant Colonel Milan Radočaj
• Air Defence Battalion based in Gasnici - commanding officer: Major Damir Jugović
• Engineer Battalion based in Vinkovci - commanding officer: Lieutenant Colonel Mile Čorak
• ISTAR Company based in Vinkovci - commanding officer: Captain Mario Maslov
• Signal Company based in Vinkovci - commanding officer: Captain Robert Poljak
• Logistic Supply Support Company based in Vinkovci - commanding officer: Captain Marinko Gadžić

See also

• 2nd Guards Brigade (Croatia)
• 3rd Guards Brigade (Croatia)
• 5th Guards Brigade (Croatia)
• 7th Guards Brigade (Croatia)
• 9th Guards Brigade (Croatia) (also known as 6th)

Sources

• Hrvatski vojnik, 23 December 2009,

References