Naval Infantry Brigade
(estimated strength: 3000-3500 men)
Commander
Staff
3 Naval Infantry Battalions
34 BTR-60/80 or MT-LB
6 2S9 or 2S23 mortar/auto mortar
Naval Air Assault Infantry Battalion
34 BTR-60/80 or MT-LB
6 2S9 or 2S23 mortar/auto mortar
Tank Battalion
10 T-55
30 PT-76
Anti-Tank Battalion
12 MT-12 (towed with MT-LB) AT Guns
9 BRDM-2
18 AT-5 ATGW systems
Rocket Launcher Battalion
18 BM-21 (122mm Rocket) rocket artillery
Field Artillery Battalion
18 2S1 (122mm Howitzer) self propelled artillery
Air Defence Battalion
4 ZSU-23-4 AAA vehicles
4 SA-13 SAM vehicles
Reconnaissance Company
3 PT-76 amphibious tanks
9 BRDM-2 reconnaissance vehicles
Engineer Company
1 MTU-20 Bridging tank
Signals Company
Medical Company
NBC Protection Company
Supply Company
NOTES: Brigade has actually four Naval infantry battalions but one of them has air assault training and Russian doctrine calls that one third of Naval Infantry has parachute training, one third attacks with helicopters and one third moves by land or sea to operating area. For that reason the fourth battalion is called here Naval Air Assault Battalion.
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This page last updated 2 Jan 1997