5th Motorised Guard Brigade of Croatian Army 'Falcons of Slavonia', Vinkovci

5th Guard Brigade of Croatian Army 'Falcons of Slavonia', Vinkovci

History:
Fifth guard brigade was formed on 5 October 1992 by order of Minister of Defense from member of 204th Vukovar, 109th, 108th, 121st, 122., 123rd and 3rd Guard Brigade.

Three months after forming brigade participated in operation MASLENICA.

Fourth battalion was formed in middle of March 1993 and served for training of new soldiers in brigade.

Part of brigade participated in operation FLASH.

Brigade was officially disbanded on 30 September 2003 an together with 3rd Guard Brigade become part of newly formed 3rd Guard Armored Mechanized Brigade.

Killed brigade members from Laze: Zeljko Grganic, Vlado Grganic, Zvonko Novoselac, Ivica Pavlovic, Zeljko Mikolcevic, Darko Bebic.

Name From To

Brigade Commander Colonel Dragan Bagaric

Brigadier Ivan Kapular 1993

Lieutenant-Colonel Stjepan Kulic 30 September 2003

Deputy Commander

Ivan Naglov

Chief of Staff

Colonel Milan Lulic

Major Obrovac

1st Battalion Commander Colonel Miro Mioc

Major Tomislav Pucelj

1st Battalion Deputy Commander Major Zvonko LEKO

2nd Battalion Commander Colonel Marko Jonjic

Colonel Vinko Mazar

Colonel Damir Ludvig

3rd Battalion Commander Major Ivan Katic

Colonel Damir Ludvig

4th Battalion Commander Major Mladen Mikolcevic

Armored Battalion Commander

Deputy Commander of Armored Battalion 1st Lieutenant Zdravko Nikolic

Anti-tank Rocket Battalion - M-83 POLO, MT-12 Captain Mijo Kozic

Operations:

Operation MASLENICA

Operation FLASH

Sources:

Vesna Puljak: Sokolovi Slavonije, page 9, Hrvatski vojnik no. 52, year III, 3 December 1993.

Gordan Radosevic: Uvijek prva - Prva bojna Sokolova, page 20, Hrvatski vojnik no. 68, year IV, 15 July 1994., ISSN 1330-500X

D.R.: Lazanski sokolovi, page 7, Hrvatski vojnik no. 71, year IV, 26 August 1994., ISSN 1330-500X

Vesna Puljak: Tvrd je oklop pete, page 12, Hrvatski vojnik no. 71, year IV, 26 August 1994., ISSN 1330-500X

Gordan Radosevic: Pord - ponos sokolova, page 20, Hrvatski vojnik no. 83, 10 February 1995., ISSN 1330-500X

Mijo KoÅ¾iÄ‡: Sokolovi ne promaÅ¡uju, page 8, Hrvatski vojnik no. 87, 7 April 1995., ISSN 1330-500X

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