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      Ustrojavanje 1. gardijske brigade poznate kao „Tigrovi“ započelo je 5. studenoga 1990. u bazi Rakitje, nadomak Zagrebu kao postrojba za posebne namjene MUP-a RH. Od bataljuna je 25. svibnja 1991. zajedno s ostalim postrojbama Zbora Narodne Garde u Zagrebu i okolici ustrojena 1. A brigada ZNG-a. Tigrove tada čini sedam bataljuna (bojni), plus OKB. Tada su se bojne nazivale prema bazama ili kodnim nazivima i to: 1. bojna – Vrapče (Ćuk), 2. bojna Rakitje (Kos), 3. bojna – Pionirac, po Pionirskom gradu (Žuna), 4. bojna – Kumrovec pa Petruševac (Gavranovi), 5. bojna – Vinica kod Varaždina (Oblak), 6. bojna – Tomislavac po planinarskom domu na Sljemenu (Orao), 7. bojna (OKB). Prvih 12 tenkova brigada dobiva u rujnu nakon predaje 32. korpusa JNA u Varaždinu. U prosincu 1992. brigada službeno postaje 1. gardijska brigada. Kroz Tigrove je prošlo oko 11 tisuća pripadnika, poginulo je 365 pripadnika Tigrova, dok je 1711 ranjeno.

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SLEEVE INSIGNIAS  OZNAKE ZA RUKAVE

      1. mehanizirana gardijska brigada "Tigrovi" bila je najelitnija i najbolje opremljena vojna jedinica Hrvatske Vojske Vojna baza i zapovjedništvo jedinice bilo je u zagrebu. Prvotno je oformljena 5. Studenog 1990 u vojnoj bazi Rakitje (Jedinica za posebne namjene Rakitje). Bila je formirana od dobrovoljaca i dijelovaHrvatske policije (koja je bila oslonac za novu Hrvatsku vojsku). Jezgru su predstavljali su novouvježbani pripadnici hrvatskih redarstvenika na tečaju Prvi hrvatski redarstvenik. U početku, nedostatak opreme je značio da je jedinica bila potpuno Pješačka brigada, ali je ovo ispravljeno do rujna 1991. i jedinica je postala Motorizirana Pješačka Brigada.

      Nakon Daytonskog sporazuma, Hrvatska je smanjila svoje vojne snage u skladu sa mirovnim sporazumom. Unatoč tome, i radi elitnog statusa brigade, ona je još uvijek najefektivniji element Hrvatskih oružanih snaga. Bila je ujedno i prva Hrvatska brigada koja je reorganizirana prema NATO-vim standardima. Njezini pripadnici uspješno su sudjelovali u nizu multilateralnih i bilateralnih vojnih vježbi, te su prva postrojba Hrvatske Vojske koja je sa pješačkim snagama sudjelovala u misiji ISAF u Afganistanu.

      U procesu preustroja Oružanih Snaga Republike Hrvatske OSRH, 1. gardijska brigada "Tigrovi", ukomponirana je u sastav novostvorene Gardijske motorizirane brigade, zajedno sa 2. brigadom "Gromovi", 4. brigadom "Pauci" i 9. brigadom "Vukovi". Naziv i simbole Tigrova danas nosi 1, mehanizirana bojna „Tigrovi“ Gardijske motorizirane brigade.

OLDER INSIGNIAS  STARIJE OZNAKE

      Croatia's First Mechanized Guard Brigade (Prva mehanizirana gardijska brigada) - named "The Tigers" - 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.

      It was initially formed on November 5, 1990, at the military base in Rakitje. It was formed from volunteers and elements of the Croatian Police (which was to form the basis for the new Croatian army). Initially, lack of equipment forced the unit to be a wholly Infantry brigade, but this was soon corrected and the unit became a Motorized Infantry brigade by September 1991, when major military operations in the war begun. It was the part of the Croatian National Guard, the predecessor of the Croatian Army, and was initially referred to as the 1st "A" Brigade.

      Following the Dayton Agreement, Croatia scaled down its military forces to reflect the end of the war. Despite this, and due to the brigades elite status and treatment, it remained the status of one of the most effective elements of the Croatian armed forces. It was the first Croatian brigade to be reorganized and adopted to NATO standards. Elements of the brigade were sent to Afghanistan following the 2001 war in Afghanistan as part of NATO's efforts there. The Croatian units in Afghanistan included mainly Military Police units (elements of 1st and 2nd Guard Brigades) as part of the mission to train Afghanistan's new armed forces. Some parts of the Croatian military mission there may be dispatched to more dangerous areas of the country. During the reform of Croatian Armed Forces in 2007-2008, the brigade was reorganized to battalion level and incorporated in new Motorized Guard Brigade as 1st Mechanized Battalion Tigers.

MOUNTAIN BRIGADE  GORSKI ZDRUG

      U listopadu 1991. godine tajnik Zagrebačkog planinarskog saveza prof. Željko Gobec, u dogovoru sa generalom Lucićem formira „Gorski zdrug“, čiji je zadatak bio specijalna obuka vojnika, časnika i dočasnika. Naziv postrojbe  uzet je po uzoru na postrojbe Hrvatskog domobranstva koje su tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata djelovale u planinskim predjelima.

      Postrojba je okupila 52 planinara različitih specijalnosti i 22. 11. 1991. smjestila se u Planinarskom domu „Runolist“ na Medvednici. Istog je dana dodjeljena 1. Brigadi „Tigrovima“, kao postrojba za obuku brigade u orjentaciji, alpinizmu, skijanju i planinarstvu. S obzirom na potrebe HV-a, „Gorski Zdrug“ je preuzeo obuku i drugih postrojbi. Zaključno sa 1993. godine program obuke je prošlo oko 2.500 pripadnika raznih postrojbi HV-a i gardijskih brigada te pripadnika specijalnih postrojbi MUP-a RH. Krajnja je bilanca bila preko 4.500 pripadnika raznih postrojbi HV-a.

Hvala M. Ebenspangeru

      In October 1991, the secretary of the Zagreb Mountaineering Association, prof. Zeljko Gobec, in agreement with General Lucic, formed the "Mountain Association", whose task was the special training of soldiers, officers and non-commissioned officers. The name of the unit is modeled on the units of the Croatian Home Guard that operated in mountainous areas during the Second World War. 

      The unit gathered 52 mountaineers of various specialties and on November 22, 1991, it was housed in the Runolist Mountain Lodge on Medvednica. On the same day, it was assigned to the 1st Brigade "Tigers", as a unit for training the brigade in orientation, alpine climbing, skiing and mountaineering. Given the needs of the HV, "Gorski Zdrug" took over the training of other units. As of the end of 1993, about 2,500 members of various units of the Croatian Army and Guards Brigades and members of special units of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia underwent the training program. The final balance was over 4,500 members of various HV units.