In our efforts to detect and identify the military units and weapons of the Rostov group of the Russian invasion forces we found evidence of the presence of a new, never before observed unit of rocket artillery of the 79th Rocket Artillery Brigade, military unit 53956, Western Military District, permanently based in Tver.
Judging from the available information and photos, the unit of the rocket brigade was transferred to Rostov Region toward the end of September 2014. At this time, it’s stationed near Millerovo airfield (the main camp of the Rostov group of the invasion forces).
We have no data about the composition of the unit. We can only assume that it consists of one battalion of 300-mm multiple rocket launch systems “Smerch” (four launch vehicles). The personnel deployed to Rostov region is rotated periodically and consists of contract servicemen.
Brief note: 79th Guards Rocket Artillery Novozybkov Orders of Red Flag, Suvorov, and Alexander Nevskiy Brigade m/u 53956 of the Western Military District is based in Tver. It’s equipped with 12 300-mm MRL “Smerch” (9A52) and consists of 3 rocket artillery battalions (four launch vehicles each). As of 2013, the brigade commander was colonel M. Oskolkov (this is like magic, even the commander’s last name means “shrapnel”.)
More details and photos regarding this military unit is available here: http://jury-tver.livejournal.com/147820.html and http://jury-tver.livejournal.com/175208.html.
More on this subject:
- multiple rocket launch systems”Smerch” of 439th artillery brigade in the Russian group of invasion forces
https://informnapalm.org/en/confirmation-439th-guards-rocket-artillery-brigade-deployed-part-russian-invasion-forces/ - Identification of military units and weapons of the artillery units of the Russian invasion forces https://informnapalm.org/1714-ydentyfykatsyya-y-vooruzhenye…/
- Identification of the invasion forces of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, their military units and their losses in the territory of Ukraine.
https://informnapalm.org/1391-ydentyfykatsyya-syl-vtorzheny…/
Author: Irakly Komaxidze
Translated by Eugenia Zlamanuk
Edited by Max Alginin
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11/21/2014
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