 The city would eventually fall, but some of the entrapped defenders managed a breakout.As the Battle of the Barracks came to an end in late September, and Croats captured number of heavy equipment from JNA barracks, the 1st Guard Brigade was equipped with tanks (gaining the first 12 tanks in September after the fall of the Varaždin barracks) and armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and the first tank battalion was formed.By the end of 1992, the Brigade was redesignated 1st Mechanized Guard Brigade.