136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade | |
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Russian: 136-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Уманско-Берлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада | |
Active | 1993–present |
Country | Russia |
Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
Type | Motorized Infantry |
Size | brigade |
Part of | 58th Army |
Garrison/HQ | Buynaksk, Dagestan |
Equipment | T-90A,[1] BMP-3,[2] BTR-82A,[3] GAZ Tigr,[1] 2S12 Sani,[3] 2S3 Akatsiya,[3] 9M133 Kornet,[4] 9K114 Shturm-S,[4] BM-21 Grad,[3] 9A34(35) Strela-10, 2S6M Tunguska, 9A331 Tor-M1, ZSU-23-4[3] |
Engagements | First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Order of Kutuzov Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Roman Geradotovich Demurchiev |
The 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanised infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces.
On December 1, 1993, the 136th Motor Rifle Brigade was established at Buynaksk, Dagestan. In 1996-97, the brigade was merged with the 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment "Uman-Berlin" as the 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.[5] The 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the North Caucasus Military District at some point during the transformation of the 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division, returning from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, to become the 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in the Siberian Military District.
Plans from 2018 to upgrade the brigade to division status[6] had apparently not completed by 2022, unlike the 19th Motor Rifle Brigade which was reestablished as a division in 2020.
War in Ukraine
The 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade conducted combat operations in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, in 2014, during the war in Donbas.[7]
The brigade took part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, operating north-east of Crimea on the southern front. Reportedly, the brigade's chief of staff, Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Isaykin, was killed in the first days of the war.[8][9]
Subordinated units
The brigade comprises, among other units, a tank battalion, three motor rifle battalions, artillery, and engineers.
References
- ^ a b "Буйнакская мотострелковая бригада получила новую боевую технику" (in Russian). RGVK Dagestan. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ "Мотострелковое соединение ЮВО в Дагестане переброшено в Волгоградскую область в рамках проверки боевой готовности" (in Russian). Southern Military District Press Service. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-12 – via mil.ru.
- ^ a b c d e "Сюрприз для "боевиков" приготовили дагестанские мотострелки" (in Russian). Zvezda. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
- ^ a b "В Дагестане ракетные комплексы ведут бой против бронетехники "врага"" (in Russian). Zvezda. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
- ^ Turchenko, Sergey (5 September 2010). "Кровавая проверка боеготовности. Всего один смертник сумел прорвать оборону мотострелковой бригады". Svobodnaya Pressa (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-08-01.
- ^ Institute for the Study of War, Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle, p. 20, March 2018. Washington D.C.
- ^ "Russian T-90 Tanks of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade in Luhansk Oblast". informnapalm.org. 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Russian army colonel killed in Ukraine – media". www.ukrinform.net. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Военные преступники – военнослужащие 136 отдельной мотострелковой бригады совершающие военные преступления против мирного населения Украины". gur.gov.ua.
External links
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