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Punishers battalion (Croatian: Antiteroristička jedinica Širokobriješka kažnjenička bojna) was a battalion in Hrvatskog vijeća obrane during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The punishers battalion was established 15th of june 1991. by four Croatian emigrants: Mladen Naletilić Tuta, Ludvig Pavlović, Ivan Andabak i Ivan Tolić. the General Staff of the punishers battalion was located in Široki Brijeg, the commander was Naletelić, at the beginning the unit had roughly one-hundred members. The members of the Punishers battalion were fighting inside of Croatia against the Yugoslav People's Army and Serb paramilitaries as a volunteer unit. at the beginning of 1992 they became a part of HVO, the unit was under direct command of the General Staff of HVO.