Service arm of the Russian Navy
Military unit
TheCoastal Troops (Russian :Береговые войска ,romanized : Beregovyye voyska Russian Navy . Their missions are to protect Russian fleets' forces, personnel, and seashore objects from enemy surface ships; to defend naval bases and other important facilities of the Fleets from land attacks, includingamphibious andair assaults ; to participate in amphibious and air assaults; to support theRussian Ground Forces in defending against airborne and amphibious assaults; and to destroy enemy surface ships, boats and amphibious transports in their operational area.[ 2]
Subordinate branches and equipment [ edit ] The Coastal Troops of theRussian Navy include three branches:[ 2]
Brigades and battalions are the main organizational elements of the Coastal Troops.[ 2]
The Coastal Troops are mainly equipped withcombined arms armaments and equipment. They are also armed with coastal missile systems (CMSs) that launchanti-ship guided missiles , stationary and mobile artillery mounts designed to destroy sea and ground targets, and other weapon systems.[ 2]
Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Sergey Vitalyevich Pushkin
72nd Coastal Missile Brigade (Smolyaninovo, Primorsky Krai ). 216th Electronic Warfare Regiment (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai ) 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai )Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Squad 59th Naval Infantry Battalion 47th Air Assault Battalion Tank Battalion 287th ArtilleryDivizion 288th Air DefenceDivizion 40th Naval Infantry Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatsky Krai )Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, MLRS Divizion, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Squad Naval Infantry Battalion Air Assault Battalion Tank Company ArtilleryDivizion Air DefenceDivizion Rifles Company 520th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast ) 140th Communications Center (Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai ) 471st Electronic Warfare Center (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatsky Krai ) 474th Electronic Warfare Center (Shtykovo, Primorsky Krai ) 1532nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatsky Krai ). Since April 2015, the regiment is armed withS-400 air defence system. Troops of the 69th Naval Engineer Regiment of theBaltic Fleet during a training exercise inKaliningrad , January 12, 2018 Air assault training of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade withAntonov An-12 type aircraft, March 27, 2014 Coastal Missile troops during the 2017 Zapad exercise Ship supporting the operations of the336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in theBaltic Sea Reindeer sledding of the80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade of the Northern Fleet, January 23, 2017 Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Denis Lyamin
22nd Army Corps 127th Reconnaissance Brigade (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol )Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Engineer Company, EW Company, Military Police Company, Chemical Protection Group, Medical Unit Reconnaissance Battalion ELINT Battalion Psychological Warfare Company UAV Company 126th Guards Coastal Defence Brigade (Perevalnoe, Republic of Crimea ). Since 2019, the brigade is armed with Tornado-G MLRS.Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Battalion, EW Company, Air Defence Company, Sniper Company, Chemical Protection Company, Medical Company, Howitzer Divizion, MLRS Divizion 1st Motorized Battalion 2nd Motorized Battalion Mountain Infantry Battalion Tank Battalion 8th Coastal Artillery Regiment (Simferopol, Republic of Crimea ). Since 2019, the regiment is armed with Tornado-G MLRS.[citation needed 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Gagarinsky district, Сity of Sevastopol )Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, Flamethrower Company, ArtilleryDivizion 557th Naval Infantry Battalion 542nd Air Assault Battalion 547th Air Defence ArtilleryDivizion 538th Logistics and Support Battalion 382th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion (Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai ) 388th Separate Marine Reconnaissance Unit (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol ) 11th Separate Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Anapa, Krasnodar Krai )Brigade HQ: Engineer Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company 25th Coastal Missile-ArtilleryDivizion 459th Coastal Missile-ArtilleryDivizion Technical SupportDivizion 15th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Lenin district, City of Sevastopol )Brigade HQ: Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company, Air Defence Divizion Coastal Missile-ArtilleryDivizion Coastal Missile-ArtilleryDivizion Utyos Divizion 854th Coastal Missile Regiment (Khersones AFB, City of Sevastopol ) 475th Electronic Warfare Center (Balaklava District, City of Sevastopol ) 1096th Anti-Air Missile Regiment (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol ) 68th Naval Engineer Regiment (Evpatoria, Republic of Crimea ) 4th Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Regiment (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol ) 133th Logistics and Support Brigade (Bakhchisarai, Republic of Crimea ) 1127th Artillery Repair Unit (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol ) Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant GeneralAndrei Guschin
11th Army Corps 44th Air Defence Division (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast )Division HQ 183rd Air Defence Missile Regiment 1543rd Air Defence Missile Regiment 81st Radio-Technical Regiment 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast )Brigade HQ: Sniper Company, Airborne Company, Signal Company, Anti-tank Missile Divizion, Flamethrower Company, Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Medical Company, Military Police Squad 877th Naval Infantry Battalion 879th Air Assault Battalion 884th Naval Infantry Battalion 724th Reconnaissance Battalion 1612th Self-Propelled ArtilleryDivizion 1592nd Self-Propelled ArtilleryDivizion 1618th Air Defence MissileDivizion 25th Coastal Missile Brigade (Donskoe, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 69th Naval Engineer Regiment (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 302nd Electronic Warfare Regiment (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 313thPDSS Detachment (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 473thPDSS Detachment (Kronstadt, City of Saint Petersburg ) 319th Military Police Battalion (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 1488th Separate Automobile Battalion (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 561st Naval Reconnaissance Detachment (Parusnoye, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 841st Electronic Warfare Center (Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast ) 742nd Communications Center (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast ) Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Dmitry Kraev
14th Army Corps Corps HQ 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade (Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast ). Trained for combat operations in the Arctic region and protecting interests of Russia on the continental shelf.Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Engineer Company, UAV Company, Military Police Company, Chemical Protection Group, Medical Company 1st Motorized Battalion 2nd Motorized Battalion Reconnaissance Battalion 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Arctic) (Pechenga, Murmansk Oblast )Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, UAV Company, Military Police Company, EW Company, Courrier Detachment 583rd Motorized Battalion 658th Motorized Battalion 664th Motorized Battalion 60th Guards Tank Battalion 274th Guards Engineers Battalion 416th ArtilleryDivizion 471st HowitzerDivizion 382nd MLRSDivizion 871st Anti-tankDivizion 226th Missile Air DefenceDivizion 246th Air DefenceDivizion 58th Signal Battalion (Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast ) 61st Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast ):Brigade HQ: Signal Company, Logistics and Support Company, Rifle Company 874th Naval Infantry Battalion 876th Air Assault Battalion 317th Naval Infantry Battalion 318th Naval Infantry Battalion 886th Reconnaissance Battalion 1591st Self-Propelled ArtilleryDivizion . Armed withNona-SVK 1611th Self-Propelled ArtilleryDivizion . Armed withGvozdika 1617th Anti-Air missile ArtilleryDivizion . Armed with2K22 Tunguska 180th Naval Engineer Battalion 75th Naval Infirmary. It is the main hospital of the Northern Fleet, consisting of a mobile detachment of medical workers for operations in the combat formations of the landing force. 536th Guards Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Snezhnogorsk, Murmansk Oblast )Brigade HQ: Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company, Air DefenceDivizion Coastal Missile-ArtilleryDivizion Coastal Missile-ArtilleryDivizion 63rd Naval Engineer Regiment (Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast ) 99th Tactical Arctic Detachment (Kotelny Island, Sakha Republic ) 71st Tactical Arctic Detachment (Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast ) 160thPDSS Detachment (Vidyaevo, Murmansk Oblast ) 269thPDSS Detachment (Gadzhiyevo, Murmansk Oblast ) 313rdPDSS Detachment (Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast ) 741st Communications Center (Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast ) 186th Electronic Warfare Center (Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast ) 211th Naval Infantry Security Battalion (Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast ) 58th Separate Security Company (Gadzhiyevo, Murmansk Oblast ) text by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation available under theCC BY 4.0 license.
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