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The Croatian National Guard (Croatian: Zbor narodne garde – ZNG), the predecessor of the Croatian Army, was an armed force established by Croatia in April and May- 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. The 1st Brigade was initially formed on November 5, 1990 from volunteers and elements of the Croatian Police. 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.