Krajiška motorizovana brigada) was a motorized unit based in Banja Luka part of the 1st Krajina Corps of the Army of Republika Srpska.

As such, between 13 June 13 and 15 August, 1991 the brigade conducted mobilization activities and preparatory exercises were in the villages of Mašići, Han Šibić, and Berek.

In the afternoon of June 26, 1992, combatants of the 16th Brigade took over the village of Miloševac, and a little later Captain Dmitry Zaric's 2nd Company broke through the last enemy strongholds and merged with the units of the East Bosnian Corps.

From mid-August to early November 1992, units of the 16th Brigade, under the command of Colonel Slavko Lisica, participated in the takeover of Bosanski Brod.

From the beginning of 1993 until the summer of the same year, the 16th Brigade took over 13 populated areas and expanded the corridor between Republika Srpska and Serbia by 33 km2 (as part of Operation Cooperation).

In just three days (October 3–6), the 16th Krajina arrived near Kljuc, when the General Staff decided to return the brigade to the Doboj front.

[5] The brigade was awarded the Order of Nemanjići, the highest military recognition of Republika Srpska, for its merits in the 1992-95 war, as well as organizing and defending the Serbian state and people.