The Garda Panteri (Panthers Guard) (Serbian: Гарда Пантери), also known as Specijalna Brigada Garda Panteri (Panthers Guard Special Brigade)(Serbian: Специјална бригада Гарда Пантери), was an elite unit in the Army of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War.

Around 2,000 members readily available for military action were stationed and monitored the situation in preparation to defend the Serb population in Bijeljina and Semberija, should they face armed aggression.

[2] During the night of March the 31st, 1992, barricades were laid by pro-SDA forces in an attempt to take over command and authoritative control of Bijeljina.

[2] Despite being officially known as a Light Infantry Brigade due to terminology derived from the Yugoslav People's Army, a notable aspect of the guard was its extensive use of various improvised armoured vehicles (Referred to as the 'Iron Battalion').

[5] In total, the unit suffered 106 dead and around 750 wounded fighters, with the loss of commander Branko Pantelić, who was killed in an ambush while fighting in Majevica on 4 September 1992.