162nd separate reconnaissance battalion of the airborne forces. Russian group in Syria. English look. Plane crash near Kaluga
Separate reconnaissance company... On target, like notesPlays the music of death. Everyone has their own job
We have one concern - to remain unnoticed
Complete the task and leave uninjured
Leave alive. Leave to come back soon
Headhunters are in cahoots with death
Trophies, information and other company tasks
Actions are lightning fast, the enemy is fooled right away
The enemy is fooled, which means he is either lying motionless
Forgive us, Lord! We know you're mad at us
Forgive us, God! Yes, intelligence methods are tough
We swore native land protect to a handful
We promised our family that we would be careful
Weapons are battle-tested, our comrades are reliable
But each of us is hardly sure of returning
Ex: (2 times)
The darkness hides a predator greedy for the hunt
Quiet bat soldiers of the reconnaissance company
Always in the shadows, always on guard and always ready
Maximum production, with a minimum of blood
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Not a word in a day, we communicate in sign language
Group in ambush, everyone has their own role and place
We are a monolith! We are a bullet, the one that is made of solid alloy
Precision in work - not a step left or right
Specialists are in touch, we are scanning the work area
The target has been discovered, there is no reason to hide from us
Let's work as quietly as possible
Everything is according to the script, which is difficult to get used to
Everything in half: cigarettes, cartridges and thoughts
Don't let thoughts about home hang over you
To remain a human, not a bat
And ardently yearn not for battle, but for the calm between battles
Serve Russia! Serve your native reconnaissance company
Fight to the last always, everywhere and no matter the score
And each of us is hardly sure of returning
A Brand on Everyone's Heart – 162
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Operation Danube,
"Black January"
First Chechen War,
Invasion of Dagestan,
Second Chechen War,
Operation in the Kodori Gorge (2008)
7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division- connection of airborne troops of the Soviet Army of the USSR Armed Forces and Armed Forces Russian Federation.
History 1945-1991
The regiment received its baptism of fire in the area of Lake Balaton (Hungary) in 1945 as part of the 9th Guards Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front.
On April 26, 1945, for the exemplary performance of command tasks, the regiment was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd degree.
The division's units were the first in the airborne forces to master landing from An-8, An-12, An-22, Il-76 aircraft, and tested a number of new parachute systems(D-5 and D-6), all generations of BMD and the 2S9 “Nona” artillery system. For the first time, the formation's personnel performed a practical landing after a flight at altitudes of 6,000 - 8,000 meters using oxygen devices.
In 1956, the unit took part in the suppression of the Hungarian Uprising.
In 1968, the division took part in Operation Danube to suppress the Prague Spring.
The formation's paratroopers were repeatedly involved in such major exercises and maneuvers as Shield-76, Neman, Zapad-81, Zapad-84, and Dozor-86. For the demonstrated combat prowess during the Zapad-81 exercise, the division was awarded the Pennant of the USSR Minister of Defense “For Courage and Military Valor.” During last three exercises were carried out landing of BMD along with the crews.
In 1971 and 1972, the division was awarded the Challenge Red Banner of the Airborne Forces.
May 4, 1985 for success in combat training and in connection with the 40th anniversary Great Victory the division was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.
In 1988-1989, units of the division participated in the suppression of the political opposition of the Azerbaijan SSR in Baku. As a result of the events in Baku, known as Black January, more than a hundred citizens died.
Plane crash near Kaluga
On June 23, 1969, the 6th parachute company as part of the 2nd battalion of the 108th Guards Parachute Regiment of the 7th Guards Airborne Division was tasked with flying from Kaunas to Ryazan. In Ryazan personnel The company was supposed to conduct demonstration exercises for the Minister of Defense of the USSR A. A. Grechko.
In 1993-1996, the personnel of the formation carried out peacekeeping tasks in Abkhazia. 
From January 1995 to April 2004, units of the division carried out combat missions in the North Caucasus region. In 1995, the division fought in Grozny, and during the mountainous phase of the campaign - in the Vedeno and Shatoi regions of Chechnya. For their courage and heroism, 499 military personnel were awarded orders and medals. The irretrievable losses during the two Chechen campaigns amounted to 87 people.
In July 2001, the division was created musical group"Sineva", which included paratroopers who took part in the hostilities. The founder of the team was Guard Major Oleg Grigorievich Bosenko. Since its founding, the group has become a laureate of many military-patriotic song festivals.
In 2011, a book about the division was published.
On May 14, 2015, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu awarded the division the Order of Suvorov.
Since September 2015, he has been performing tasks to ensure the security of the Aviation Group of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria at the Khmeimim airbase during the air operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Formations
Heroes
During the existence of the division, 10 people were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and 18 people were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Of them:
Commander (period)
- Major General Polishchuk, Grigory Fedoseevich (1945-1952)
- Colonel Golofast Georgy Petrovich (1952-1955)
- Major General Rudakov, Alexey Pavlovich (1955-1956)
- Guard Colonel Antipov Pyotr Fedorovich (1956-1958)
- Guard Colonel Dudura Ivan Makarovich (1958-1961)
- Major General Chaplygin, Pyotr Vasilievich (1961-1963)
- Major General Shkrudiev, Dmitry Grigorievich (1963-1966)
- Major General Gorelov, Lev Nikolaevich (1966-1970)
- Major General Kuleshov, Oleg Fedorovich (1970-1973)
- Major General Kalinin, Nikolai Vasilievich (1973-1975)
- Major General Kraev, Vladimir Stepanovich (1975-1978)
- Major General Achalov Vladislav Alekseevich (1978-1982)
- Guard Colonel Yarygin, Yurantin Vasilievich (1982-1984)
- Major General Toporov Vladimir Mikhailovich (1984-1987)
- Major General Sigutkin, Alexey Alekseevich (1987-1990)
- Major General Khatskevich, Valery Frantsovich (1990-1992)
- Major General Kalabukhov, Grigory Andreevich (1992-1994)
- Major General Solonin, Igor Vilyevich (1994-1997)
- Major General Krivosheev Yuri Mikhailovich (1997-2002)
- Major General Ignatov Nikolai Ivanovich (2002-2005)
- Major General Astapov, Viktor Borisovich (2005-2007)
- Guard Colonel Kochetkov Vladimir Anatolyevich (2008-2010)
- Major General Vyaznikov, Alexander Yurievich (2010-2012)
- Major General Solodchuk Valery Nikolaevich (2012-2014)
- Major General Roman Breus (2014-present)
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Notes
Links
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
- V.V. Kulakov. Dissertation of a candidate of historical sciences. Krasnodar, 2003.
- Magazine "Brother".
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Excerpt characterizing the 7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division
“Petya, you’re stupid,” Natasha said.“No more stupid than you, mother,” said nine-year-old Petya, as if he were an old foreman.
The Countess was prepared by hints from Anna Mikhailovna during dinner. Having gone to her room, she, sitting on an armchair, did not take her eyes off the miniature portrait of her son embedded in the snuffbox, and tears welled up in her eyes. Anna Mikhailovna, with the letter, tiptoed up to the countess's room and stopped.
“Don’t come in,” she said to the old count who was following her, “later,” and closed the door behind her.
The Count put his ear to the lock and began to listen.
At first he heard the sounds of indifferent speeches, then one sound of Anna Mikhailovna's voice, making a long speech, then a cry, then silence, then again both voices spoke together with joyful intonations, and then steps, and Anna Mikhailovna opened the door for him. On Anna Mikhailovna’s face was the proud expression of an operator who had completed a difficult amputation and was introducing the audience so that they could appreciate his art.
“C”est fait! [The job is done!],” she said to the count, pointing with a solemn gesture at the countess, who was holding a snuffbox with a portrait in one hand, a letter in the other, and pressed her lips to one or the other.
Seeing the count, she stretched out her arms to him, hugged his bald head and through the bald head again looked at the letter and portrait and again, in order to press them to her lips, she slightly pushed the bald head away. Vera, Natasha, Sonya and Petya entered the room and the reading began. The letter briefly described the campaign and two battles in which Nikolushka participated, promotion to officer, and said that he kisses the hands of maman and papa, asking for their blessing, and kisses Vera, Natasha, Petya. In addition, he bows to Mr. Sheling, and Mr. Shos and the nanny, and, in addition, asks to kiss dear Sonya, whom he still loves and about whom he still remembers. Hearing this, Sonya blushed so that tears came to her eyes. And, unable to withstand the glances directed at her, she ran into the hall, ran up, spun around and, inflating her dress with a balloon, flushed and smiling, sat down on the floor. The Countess was crying.
-What are you crying about, maman? - Vera said. “We should rejoice at everything he writes, not cry.”
This was completely fair, but the count, the countess, and Natasha all looked at her reproachfully. “And who did she look like!” thought the countess.
Nikolushka's letter was read hundreds of times, and those who were considered worthy of listening to it had to come to the countess, who would not let him out of her hands. Tutors, nannies, Mitenka, and some acquaintances came, and the countess re-read the letter every time with new pleasure and each time, from this letter, she discovered new virtues in her Nikolushka. How strange, extraordinary, and joyful it was for her that her son was the son who had barely noticeably moved with tiny limbs inside her 20 years ago, the son for whom she had quarreled with the pampered count, the son who had learned to say before: “ pear,” and then “woman,” that this son is now there, in a foreign land, in a foreign environment, a courageous warrior, alone, without help or guidance, doing some kind of manly work there. All the world's centuries-old experience, indicating that children imperceptibly from the cradle become husbands, did not exist for the countess. The maturation of her son in every season of manhood was as extraordinary for her as if there had never been millions of millions of people who matured in exactly the same way. How hard it was to believe 20 years ago that small creature, who lived somewhere under her heart, would scream and begin to suck her breast and begin to speak, and even now she could not believe that this same creature could be that strong, brave man, the example of sons and people that he was now , judging by this letter.
- What a calm, how cute he describes! - she said, reading the descriptive part of the letter. - And what a soul! Nothing about myself... nothing! About some Denisov, and he himself is probably braver than them all. He writes nothing about his suffering. What a heart! How do I recognize him! And how I remembered everyone! I haven't forgotten anyone. I always, always said, even when he was like this, I always said...
For more than a week they prepared, wrote brouillons and copied letters to Nikolushka from the whole house; under the supervision of the countess and the care of the count, the necessary items and money were collected to outfit and equip the newly promoted officer. Anna Mikhailovna, practical woman, managed to arrange protection for herself and her son in the army, even for correspondence. She had occasion to send her letters to Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, who commanded the guard. The Rostovs assumed that the Russian guard abroad had a completely definite address, and that if the letter reached the Grand Duke, who commanded the guard, then there was no reason why it should not reach the Pavlograd regiment, which should be nearby; and therefore it was decided to send letters and money through the Grand Duke’s courier to Boris, and Boris should have already delivered them to Nikolushka. The letters were from the old count, from the countess, from Petya, from Vera, from Natasha, from Sonya and, finally, 6,000 money for uniforms and various things that the count sent to his son.
November 12th Kutuzovskaya fighting army, camped near Olmütz, was preparing for the next day to view the two emperors - Russian and Austrian. The guard, which had just arrived from Russia, spent the night 15 versts from Olmutz and the next day, right for the review, at 10 o’clock in the morning, entered the Olmutz field.
On this day, Nikolai Rostov received a note from Boris informing him that the Izmailovsky regiment was spending the night 15 miles short of Olmutz, and that he was waiting for him to give him a letter and money. Rostov especially needed money now that, having returned from the campaign, the troops stopped near Olmutz, and well-supplied sutlers and Austrian Jews, offering all kinds of temptations, filled the camp. The Pavlograd residents had feasts after feasts, celebrations of awards received for the campaign and trips to Olmutz to visit Caroline of Hungary, who had recently arrived there, who opened a tavern there with female servants. Rostov recently celebrated its production of cornets, bought Bedouin, Denisov's horse, and was in debt to his comrades and sutlers. Having received Boris's note, Rostov and his friend went to Olmutz, had lunch there, drank a bottle of wine and went alone to the guards camp to look for his childhood comrade. Rostov had not yet had time to get dressed. He was wearing a shabby cadet's jacket with a soldier's cross, the same leggings lined with worn leather, and an officer's saber with a lanyard; the horse he rode on was a Don horse, bought on a campaign from a Cossack; the hussar's crumpled cap was pulled back and to one side in a jaunty manner. Approaching the camp of the Izmailovsky regiment, he thought about how he would amaze Boris and all his fellow guardsmen with his shelled combat hussar appearance.
The guard went through the entire campaign as if on a festivities, flaunting their cleanliness and discipline. The crossings were short, the backpacks were carried on carts, and the Austrian authorities prepared excellent dinners for the officers at all crossings. The regiments entered and left the cities with music, and throughout the campaign (of which the guards were proud), by order of the Grand Duke, people walked in step, and the officers walked in their places. Boris walked and stood with Berg, now the company commander, throughout the campaign. Berg, having received a company during the campaign, managed to earn the trust of his superiors with his diligence and accuracy and arranged his economic affairs very profitably; During the campaign, Boris made many acquaintances with people who could be useful to him, and through letter of recommendation, brought by him from Pierre, he met Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, through whom he hoped to get a place on the headquarters of the commander-in-chief. Berg and Boris, cleanly and neatly dressed, having rested after the last day's march, sat in the clean apartment assigned to them in front of the round table and played chess. Berg held a smoking pipe between his knees. Boris, with his characteristic accuracy, placed the checkers in a pyramid with his white thin hands, waiting for Berg to make a move, and looked at his partner’s face, apparently thinking about the game, as he always thought only about what he was doing.
- Well, how will you get out of this? - he said.
“We’ll try,” Berg answered, touching the pawn and lowering his hand again.
At this time the door opened.
“Here he is, finally,” Rostov shouted. - And Berg is here! Oh, petisanfant, ale cushe dormir, [Children, go to bed,] he shouted, repeating the words of the nanny, which he and Boris had once laughed at.
- Fathers! how you have changed! - Boris stood up to meet Rostov, but while getting up, he did not forget to support and put in place the falling chess and wanted to hug his friend, but Nikolai moved away from him. With that special feeling of youth, which is afraid of the beaten path, wants, without imitating others, to express its feelings in a new way, in its own way, if only not in the way the elders express it, often feignedly, Nikolai wanted to do something special when meeting with a friend : he wanted to somehow pinch, push Boris, but just not kiss him, as everyone else did. Boris, on the contrary, calmly and friendlyly hugged and kissed Rostov three times.
They didn't see each other for almost six months; and at that age when young people take their first steps on the path of life, both found in each other enormous changes, completely new reflections of the societies in which they took their first steps in life. Both had changed a lot since their last date, and both wanted to quickly show each other the changes that had taken place in them.
- Oh, you damn polishers! Clean, fresh, as if from a party, not that we are sinners, army people,” Rostov said with new baritone sounds in his voice and army grip, pointing to his mud-splattered leggings.
The German hostess leaned out of the door at Rostov’s loud voice.
- What, pretty? - he said with a wink.
- Why are you shouting like that! “You’ll scare them,” Boris said. “I wasn’t expecting you today,” he added. - Yesterday, I just gave you a note through one of my acquaintances, Kutuzovsky’s adjutant - Bolkonsky. I didn’t think that he would deliver it to you so soon... Well, how are you? Already fired upon? – asked Boris.
Rostov, without answering, shook his soldier's St. George's Cross hanging on the strings of his uniform, and, pointing to his tied hand, smiling, looked at Berg.
“As you can see,” he said.
- That's how it is, yes, yes! – Boris said, smiling, “and we also made a nice trip.” After all, you know, His Highness always rode with our regiment, so we had all the comforts and all the benefits. In Poland, what kind of receptions there were, what kind of dinners, balls - I can’t tell you. And the Tsarevich was very merciful to all our officers.
And both friends told each other - one about their hussar revelry and military life, the other about the pleasures and benefits of serving under the command of high-ranking officials, etc.
- Oh guard! - said Rostov. - Well, let’s go get some wine.
Boris winced.
“If you really want to,” he said.
And, going up to the bed, he took out his wallet from under the clean pillows and ordered him to bring wine.
“Yes, and give you the money and the letter,” he added.
Rostov took the letter and, throwing the money on the sofa, leaned both hands on the table and began to read. He read a few lines and looked angrily at Berg. Having met his gaze, Rostov covered his face with the letter.
“However, they sent you a fair amount of money,” said Berg, looking at the heavy wallet pressed into the sofa. “That’s how we make our way with a salary, Count.” I'll tell you about myself...
“That’s it, my dear Berg,” said Rostov, “when you receive a letter from home and meet your man, whom you want to ask about everything, and I will be here, I will leave now, so as not to disturb you.” Listen, please go somewhere, somewhere... to hell! - he shouted and immediately, grabbing him by the shoulder and looking tenderly into his face, apparently trying to soften the rudeness of his words, he added: - you know, don’t be angry; my dear, my dear, I say this from the bottom of my heart, as if it were an old friend of ours.
“Oh, for mercy’s sake, Count, I understand very much,” said Berg, standing up and speaking to himself in a guttural voice.
“You go to the owners: they called you,” added Boris.
Berg put on a clean frock coat, without a stain or a speck, fluffed up his temples in front of the mirror, as Alexander Pavlovich wore, and, convinced by Rostov’s glance that his frock coat had been noticed, left the room with a pleasant smile.
- Oh, what a brute I am, however! - Rostov said, reading the letter.
- And what?
- Oh, what a pig I am, however, that I never wrote and scared them so much. “Oh, what a pig I am,” he repeated, suddenly blushing. - Well, let’s go get some wine for Gavrilo! Well, okay, let's do it! - he said…
In the letters of the relatives there was also a letter of recommendation to Prince Bagration, which, on the advice of Anna Mikhailovna, the old countess obtained through her friends and sent to her son, asking him to take it for its intended purpose and use it.
- This is nonsense! “I really need it,” said Rostov, throwing the letter under the table.
- Why did you leave it? – asked Boris.
- Some kind of letter of recommendation, what the hell is there in the letter!
- What the hell is in the letter? – Boris said, picking up and reading the inscription. – This letter is very necessary for you.
“I don’t need anything, and I won’t go as an adjutant to anyone.”
- From what? – asked Boris.
- Lackey position!
“You’re still the same dreamer, I see,” Boris said, shaking his head.
– And you are still the same diplomat. Well, that’s not the point... Well, what are you talking about? - asked Rostov.
- Yes, as you see. So far so good; but I admit, I would very much like to become an adjutant, and not remain at the front.
- For what?
- Then, having already gone through a career once military service, we must try to make, if possible, a brilliant career.
- Yes, that’s how it is! - said Rostov, apparently thinking about something else.
He looked intently and questioningly into his friend’s eyes, apparently searching in vain for a solution to some question.
FlFlag Airborne Forces 162 ORR 7 Airborne Forces is dedicated to all brave reconnaissance officers - the true army elite. From this article you will learn about the past and present of this unit.
Characteristics
- 162 ORR
- 162 ORR
- Novorossiysk
- military unit 96686
Airborne flag 162nd separate reconnaissance company (162 ORR 7 Airborne Division)
Reconnaissance companies have always stood out for their special qualities, even in such elite troops as the airborne troops. Perhaps a little less is known about airborne reconnaissance officers than about other units. But this is not surprising; the specifics of reconnaissance companies’ combat missions are often secret. And the intelligence officers themselves are unlikely to shout loudly about their affiliation with these units. Otherwise they would not be scouts - shadows, terrifying on the enemy.
162 ORR 7th Guards Airborne Division
Like all reconnaissance companies of divisional subordination, the fate of the 162nd reconnaissance unit largely follows the path of its division. The unit begins counting its days in October 1948, when the 7th Guards. The VDD was formed in the ancient Belarusian city of Polotsk.
A significant period of 162 ORR was associated with the city of Kaunas in the Lithuanian SSR, where the unit was transferred shortly after its formation. Despite the fact that the Great Patriotic War ended, the 162nd reconnaissance company had a lot of combat work in its main specialty. The fact is that on the territory of the Lithuanian SSR for a long time the group of “forest brothers” - Lithuanian nationalists who did not recognize Soviet power - did not lay down their arms.
The late 40s and early 50s were a period of regular operations to identify and destroy these illegal armed groups. Despite the difficult wooded terrain, which the enemy knew very well, 162 ORR played a significant role in the destruction of bandit groups.
The Hungarian events of 1956 and the Czechoslovak events of 1968 also required active action from the “Seven” paratroopers, whose consolidated formations also included fighters of the 162nd airborne regiment.
Repeatedly, the 162nd reconnaissance company took part in large-scale command exercises, and personnel were seconded to various reconnaissance formations of the Airborne Forces for mountain training and other special purposes.
At the end of the 80s, 162 ORR was in Baku, carrying out tasks to restore order and prevent major interethnic clashes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
162 reconnaissance company in Novorossiysk
In August 1993, the 7th Guards. The airborne division, and with it the 162 ORR, leave the bases in Kaunas and Marijampole and are redeployed to Novorossiysk and Maykop.
From 1993 to 1996, the company's personnel were sent to the zone of settlement of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
During the first Chechen war 162 ORR performs combat missions in Grozny, Shatoy and Vedeno.
From 1994 to 2004, the 162nd reconnaissance company was also located in Chechnya and Dagestan, where it took an active part in eliminating illegal gangs and radical Islamists.
From 1995 to 1996, the reconnaissance company was expanded to a battalion (162 orbs). This experiment, carried out in 5 airborne divisions, was considered unsuccessful and on September 24, 1996, 162 orb was again reorganized into 162 orr (military unit 96686).
From December 1, 2010, the 162nd reconnaissance company was introduced into the command of the 7th Guards. air assault division.
We briefly talked about the fate of such a little known to a wide circle of people interested in history Airborne units, as the 162nd separate reconnaissance company. For veterans of the 162 ORR, this is a good reason to remember their years of service, and the younger generation may be thinking about joining the 162 ORR.
Source:
https://rusi.org/publication/rusi-defence-systems/detailing-russian-forces-syria
Note: The unit of the 120th Guards ABR has been confirmed by our Ministry of Defense.
So, Sutyagin reports:
Ground troops:
1. Battalion tactical group of the 810th brigade Marine Corps(Sevastopol) - 542nd separate air assault battalion, headquarters and control units - approximately 580 people.
No comments
2. 162nd separate reconnaissance battalion of the 7th airborne division (Novorossiysk) - approximately 320 people.
3. Reconnaissance battalion of the 74th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (Yurga) - approximately 440 people.
4. Battalion tactical group of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade (Moscow) - two motorized rifles and a tank company - approximately 300 people.
5. Battalion special purpose probably the 3rd Special Forces Brigade (Tolyatti); it is also possible that this battalion belongs to the 22nd Guards Brigade of the Special Forces (Rostov-on-Don) - 230 people.
6. Sniper team of TsSN "Senezh" (Solnechnogorsk) - number unknown.
No comments
7. Howitzer division of the 120th Guards Artillery Brigade (Kemerovo, more precisely Yurga) - eighteen 2A65 Msta-B, 270 people.
Note. The Ministry of Defense confirmed the 5th howitzer battery of the brigade in the area of the settlement. Hamrat (Homs)
8. Two batteries of MLRS 9A52 "Smerch", supposedly 439th Guards Rocket and Artillery Brigade (Znamensk, Astrakhan region) - 4 installations, 50-60 people.
No comments
9. Howitzer battery of the 8th artillery regiment(Simferopol) - six towed howitzers 2A65 Msta-B, seventy people.
Note. No comments
10. Flamethrower battery from the 20th RKhBZ regiment (Nizhny Novgorod) - six TOS-1A "Solntsepek", thirty people.
11. Electronic warfare company - six R-330B launchers, three R-378B radio jamming stations and six radio jamming stations SPR-2 "Rtut-B", supposed 64th motorized rifle brigade (Khabarovsk), approximately sixty people.
No comments
12. Electronic warfare company - Krasnukha-4 complex (on two vehicles), supposed 17th electronic warfare brigade (Nizhneudinsk) - about twenty people.
No comments
The total strength of the ground component of the Russian group is estimated at approximately 2,400 people.
Aerospace Forces:
1. Four Su-30SM fighters from the 120th mixed aviation regiment (Domna; all four aircraft are identified by tail numbers “26, 27, 28, 29 red”).
2. Four Su-34 bombers of the 47th mixed aviation regiment (Buturlinovka; all four aircraft are identified with tail numbers “21, 22, 25, 27 red”).
3. From twenty-four to thirty Su-24M and Su-24M2 bombers of the 2nd Guards Bomber Regiment (Shagol; seven aircraft with tail numbers “04, 05, 08, 16, 25, 26, 27 white”) and 277- th bomber regiment (Khurba; five sides with numbers "71, 72, 74, 75, 76 white" are attached).
4. Ten Su-25SM attack aircraft, two Su-25UB of the 960th attack aviation regiment (Primorsko-Akhtarsk; all twelve aircraft are attached - Su-25SM tail numbers"21, 22, 24, 29 red" in brown-green-blue three-color camouflage, and "25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32 red" in gray, Su-25UB with tail numbers "44, 53 red" ).
5. Twelve Mi-24PN helicopters and two Mi-8AMTSH of the 113th helicopter regiment (Novosibirsk; all fourteen helicopters are assigned - Mi-24PN tail numbers "03, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 34 , 36, 37, 40 yellow", Mi-8AMTSh "212, 252 yellow")
6. Up to eight Mi-28N helicopters - the 2nd squadron of the 487th helicopter regiment (Budennovsk) is expected.
7. Flying command post Il-22M - from the 144th aviation regiment of AWACS (Ivanovo; registration number RA 75917)
8. One or two reconnaissance Il-20M with unknown numbers from the 257th mixed air regiment (Khabarovsk).
9. An air defense battery of six Pantsir-S1 (SA-22) installations, presumably of the 1537th anti-aircraft missile regiment (Novorossiysk) - approximately ninety-five people.
10. Airfield maintenance battalion (jet aviation) - 360-380 people.
11. Airfield service company (helicopters) - 90-110 people.
12. Communications and control battalion air traffic- 240-270 people.
In general, the size of the Russian Aerospace Forces group in Syria is estimated at 1200-1350 people, including 150-180 pilots, 280 aviation technicians, 690-760 people in support and up to 100 people in air defense.
It is assumed that there will be additional air bases to Khmeyim, in particular with the Mi-28 based there.
P.S. Sutyagin has plenty of inaccuracies and mistakes.
Airborne troops. History of the Russian landing Alekhin Roman Viktorovich
DEEP RECOVERY (RECOUNTING AND LANDING COMPANIES)
Back in the mid-70s, in separate reconnaissance battalions of motorized rifle and tank divisions reconnaissance and landing companies are created, which in the first years of their existence were called “deep reconnaissance companies.” Since they were usually third in the linear ranking of battalions, they were unofficially called simply “third companies,” and whoever was aware knew what they were talking about we're talking about. The servicemen of these reconnaissance and airborne companies wore the uniform of their divisions, but they were given a jump uniform for jumping. Often, soldiers and commanders in these companies wore blue berets. These companies did not have their own numbers, since in separate parts didn't show up.
Having been thrown behind enemy lines in the offensive zone of their division, these companies, as part of their activities in the front line, essentially carried out tasks similar to those assigned to special reconnaissance. On their own, the reconnaissance groups of the “third companies” behind enemy lines could organize the destruction of almost any rear object that they encountered on the way, and in any case they should have destroyed the means nuclear destruction enemy.
The training of personnel for these companies was mainly carried out by the 597th separate reconnaissance battalion, located in the village. Peschanny village, in the Leningrad Military District. There were also several more training battalions scattered throughout the vast country.
I will try to list these reconnaissance and landing companies as of the mid-80s, when Soviet military power was at its peak.
Group Soviet troops in Germany (Western Group of Forces):
RDR 5th Orb (military unit 60495) 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Halle;
RDR 6th Orb (military unit 83059) 207th Motorized Rifle Division, Stendal;
rdr 7th orb (military unit 47250) 47th guards TD, Burg;
rdr 9th orb (military unit 47596) 11th guards TD, Dresden;
rdr 10th orb (military unit 83083) 79th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Jena;
rdr 11th Orb (military unit 86881) 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Meiningen.
By the way, in this division there was one very interesting regiment - the 120th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, which was formed on the basis of the 201st Air Force airborne brigade back during the Great Patriotic War, thus being the heir to the very first airborne unit, the 3rd airborne brigade and the airborne detachment of the Leningrad Military District. During the period of defeat of the remnants of the former Soviet power, in 1993, this regiment will be ingloriously disbanded;
RDR 12th Orb (military unit 83068) 94th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Schwerin;
rdr 13th orb 9th TD, Zeithain;
rdr 17th orb (military unit 35018) 16th TD, Neustrelitz;
RDR 17th Guards Orb (military unit 34161) 32nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Uteborg;
rdr 18th orb (military unit 60491) 12th TD, Manwinkel;
rdr 30th orb (military unit 60549) 90th TD, Bernau;
rdr 34th orb (military unit 58593) 21st motorized rifle division, Perleberg;
rdr 40th orb (military unit 47368) 7th TD, Quedlinburg;
rdr 53rd orb (military unit 34810) 25th TD, Vogelsand;
rdr 59th orb (military unit 58545) 35th motorized rifle division, Olympics Dorf;
RDR 68th Guards Orb (military unit 23562) 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Plauen;
RDR 107th Guards Orb (military unit 58447) 32nd Guards TD, Uteborg;
RDR 112th Guards Orb (military unit 35094) 10th Guards TD, Halberstadt;
RDR 113th Orb (military unit 60544) 57th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Rudolstadt.
Central group of troops:
RDR 20th Guards Orb 30th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Riečki;
RDR 31st Orb 48th Motorized Rifle Division Visoko Mito;
RDR 45th Guards Orb (military unit 67001) 18th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Decin;
rdr 81st Guards Orb (military unit 34965) 15th Guards TD, Milovice;
rdr 84th orb 31st TD Bruntal.
Northern Group of Forces:
RDR 96th Guards Orb (military unit 28348) 20th Guards TD, Svetoshchuv;
RDR 126th Guards Orb (military unit 74256) 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Bialogard.
Southern Group of Forces:
RDR 15th Guards Orb (military unit 75569) 254th Motorized Rifle Division, Szekesfehervar;
RDR 16th Guards Orb (military unit 64802) 93rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Kecskemet;
RDR 56th Guards Orb (military unit 30248) 13th Guards TD, Veszprem;
rdr 99th Guards Orb (military unit 81154) 19th Guards TD, Esztergom.
Leningrad Military District:
RDR 597th training orb (military unit 54052) 56th Guards Training Center, Pesochny;
RDR 789th Guards Orb 45th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Kharitonovo;
rdr 790th orb (military unit 15745) 54th motorized rifle division, Alakurti;
rdr 792nd orb (military unit 40335) 64th motorized rifle division, Sapernoye;
RDR 794th Orb 77th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Arkhangelsk;
rdr 795th orb 111th motorized rifle division, Lahdenpokhya;
rdr 796th orb 131st motorized rifle division, Luostari.
Baltic Military District:
RDR 19th Guards Orb (military unit 14044) 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Dolgorukovo;
rdr 79th orb (military unit 71677) 1st TD, Kornevo;
RDR 80th Guards Orb 40th Guards TD, Sovetsk;
RDR 86th Orb 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Klaipeda;
RDR 148-ro Guards Orb (military unit 48853) 144th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Klooga;
rdr 640th orb 107th motorized rifle division, Vilnius;
rdr 45th Guards Orb 18th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Gusev;
RDR Guards Orb 26th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Sovetsk;
Urdr 381st training orb (military unit 10940) 54th training center, Dobele.
Belarusian Military District:
RDR 3rd Guards Orb 6th Guards TD, Grodno;
RDR 6th Guards Orb 8th Guards TD, Pukhovichi;
RDR 46th Guards Orb (military unit 43194) 120th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Uruchye;
rdr 50th orb 29th TD, Slutsk;
rdr 52nd orb 193rd TD, Bobruisk;
RDR 53rd Guards Orb 37th Guards TD, Borovukha;
rdr 56th orb 19th guards TD, Zaslonovo;
RDR 90th Orb 50th Motorized Rifle Division, Brest;
rdr 97th orb 28th TD, Slonim;
rdr 134th orb 34th TD, Borisov;
rdr orb (military unit 12344) 76th TD, Brest.
Moscow Military District:
RDR 136th Guards Orb (military unit 33755) 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Kalininets;
rdr 137th Guards Orb 4th Guards TD, Naro-Fominsk;
RDR 39th Guards Orb 32nd Guards MSD, Tver;
Odessa Military District:
rdr 95th Guards Orb 28th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Chernomorskoe;
rdr 102nd Guards Orb (military unit 48383) 59th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Tiraspol;
rdr 103rd orb 126th motorized rifle division, Simferopol;
rdr 129th orb 180th motorized rifle division, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky;
Kyiv Military District:
RDR 15th Orb 254th Motorized Rifle Division, Artemoven;
RDR 74th Guards Orb 17th Guards TD, Krivoy Rog;
RDR 117th Orb 72nd Motorized Rifle Division, Bila Tserkva;
RDR 130th Guards Orb (military unit 24066) 25th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Lubny;
RDR 1377th training orb (military unit 54057) 169th training center (former 48th guards department), Oster.
Carpathian Military District:
rdr 21st Guards Orb (military unit 15727) 51st Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Vladimir-Volynsky;
RDR 29th Orb 24th Motorized Rifle Division, Rava-Russkaya;
rdr 47th Guards Orb 128th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Mukachevo;
rdr 54th Guards Orb 30th Guards TD, Novograd-Volynsky;
rdr 83rd orb (military unit 22356) 23rd TD, Ovruch;
rdr 91st Guards Orb 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Ivano-Frankovsk;
rdr 92nd orb (military unit 15331) 161st motorized rifle division, Izyaslav;
RDR 93rd Orb 17th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Khmelnitsky;
rdr 94th Guards Orb 97th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Slavuta;
RDR 1262nd Training Guards Orb 110th Guards Training Center, Chernivtsi.
Transcaucasian Military District:
RDR 766th Orb 10th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Akhaltsikhe;
RDR 767th Orb 15th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Kirovakan;
RDR 768th Orb 23rd Motorized Rifle Division, Ganja;
rdr 769th orb 60th motorized rifle division, Lenkoran;
rdr 770th orb (military unit 15729) 75th motorized rifle division, Nakhichevan;
rdr 772nd orb (military unit 15732) 127th motorized rifle division, Leninakan;
rdr 773rd orb 45th motorized rifle division, Gonio;
rdr 774th orb 147th motorized rifle division, Akhalkalaki;
RDR 776th Orb 164th Motorized Rifle Division, Sovetashen;
RDR 777th Orb 295th Motorized Rifle Division, Baku.
North Caucasus Military District:
RDR 107th Orb 9th Motorized Rifle Division, Maykop;
RDR 249th orb (military unit 12356) 19th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Vladikavkaz;
rdr 417th orb (military unit 55034) 173rd training center, Grozny;
RDR 347th orb 14th TD, Novocherkassk.
Volga Military District:
RDR 1378th training orb 43rd military division, Chernorechye.
Ural Military District:
RDR 206th Orb 213th Motorized Rifle Division, Totskoye;
RDR 907th Orb (military unit 35652) 34th Motorized Rifle Division, Sverdlovsk.
Turkestan Military District:
RDR 650th Orb 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Afghanistan;
rdr 781st orb 108th motorized rifle division, Afghanistan;
RDR Orb 4th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Termez;
rdr orb (military unit 61205) 88th motorized rifle division, Kushka;
Central Asian Military District:
rdr 85th orb 78th TD, Ayaguz;
RDR 105th Orb 8th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Panfilov;
rdr 106th orb 58th motorized rifle division, Saryozek;
rdr 236th orb 155th motorized rifle division, Ust-Kamenogorsk;
RDR 783rd Orb 201st Motorized Rifle Division, Afghanistan;
RDR ORB 167th Motorized Rifle Division, Semipalatinsk;
RDR ORB 203rd Motorized Rifle Division, Karaganda.
Siberian Military District:
RDR 121st Orb 85th Motorized Rifle Division, Novosibirsk;
RDR 172nd Orb 242nd Motorized Rifle Division, Abakan;
rdr 1263rd orb 62nd motorized rifle division, Itatka;
RDR ORB 13th Motorized Rifle Division, Biysk.
Trans-Baikal Military District:
RDR 109th Guards Orb (military unit 15349) 11th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Mirnaya;
RDR 128th Guards Orb (military unit 21757) 122nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Dauria;
rdr 186th orb 2nd guards TD, Choibalsan;
rdr 192nd orb 245th motorized rifle division, Gusinoozersk;
RDR ORB 110th Motorized Rifle Division, Bratsk;
rdr 1914 orb 49th TD, Chita;
RDR Guards Orb 5th Guards TD, Kyakhta;
RDR ORB 52nd Motorized Rifle Division, Nizhneudinsk;
rdr 110th Guards Orb (military unit 59335) 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Sretensk;
rdr 132nd orb 12th motorized rifle division, Mongolia;
RDR ORB 41st Motorized Rifle Division, Choiren, Mongolia;
rdr orb 51st TD, Nalaikh, Mongolia;
rdr orb (military unit 96599) 149th motorized rifle division, Erdenet, Mongolia.
Far Eastern Military District:
RDR 27th Orb 277th Motorized Rifle Division, Sergeevka;
rdr 88th Guards Orb 21st Guards TD, Belogorsk;
rdr 115th orb 265th motorized rifle division, Ekaterinivka;
RDR 118th Guards Orb 81st Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Bikin;
rdr 127th Guards Orb 123rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division, Barabash;
rdr 129th orb 121st motorized rifle division, Sibirtsevo;
rdr 131st orb 135th motorized rifle division, Grushevoye;
RDR 154th Orb 73rd Motorized Rifle Division, Komsomolsk-on-Amur;
RDR ORB 22nd Motorized Rifle Division, Yelizovo;
rdr orb 29th motorized rifle division, Kamen-Rybolov;
RDR ORB (military unit 20187) 33rd Motorized Rifle Division, Khomutovo;
RDR ORB 40th Motorized Rifle Division, Smolyaninovo;
RDR Orb 67th Motorized Rifle Division, Skovorodino;
RDR ORB 79th Motorized Rifle Division, Poronaysk;
RDR ORB 87th Motorized Rifle Division, Petropalovsk-Kamchatsky;
RDR ORB 192nd Motorized Rifle Division, Blagoveshchensk;
RDR Orb 199th Motorized Rifle Division, Krasny Kut;
rdr orb (military unit 48319) 262nd motorized rifle division, Vozzhaevka;
RDR ORB (military unit 04030) 266th Motorized Rifle Division, Raichikhinsk;
RDR orb 27th TD, Zavitinsk;
RDR ORB 270th MSD, Khabarovsk.
It is clear that this list is completely incomplete (and requires clarification), but even the companies listed are an impressive force. The vast majority of these companies existed in a cadre or folded state, but those that included personnel underwent full airborne training.
Usually, scouts went to jumps in units of the Airborne Forces or GRU special forces. Most of the “live” reconnaissance and landing companies in the second half of the 80s wore the uniform and symbols of the Airborne Forces.
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