{"id":2052,"date":"2014-11-05T13:21:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T11:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:36:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:36:42","slug":"confirmation-439th-guards-rocket-artillery-brigade-deployed-part-russian-invasion-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/confirmation-439th-guards-rocket-artillery-brigade-deployed-part-russian-invasion-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Confirmation of the 439th Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade deployed as part of the Russian invasion forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The presence of a unit\u00a0from the 439th\u00a0Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade was first reported in September, 2014. (See link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-military-units-armament-artillery-elements-russian-invasion-forces\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">below<\/span><\/a> for a summary of the Russian artillery units operating on the border of\u00a0Ukraine or in its territory). Now with new evidence, the presence of a BM-30 `Smerch\u2019 multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS) unit\u00a0from the 439th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Southern Defense Command (SDC) can be confirmed. The Brigades has its home base in the Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/4391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2053\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/4391-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"4391\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to the available information and photo evidence, the artillery troops of the 439th\u00a0Brigade were deployed to the Rostov Oblast\u00a0at\u00a0the Ukrainian border in the end of summer of 2014. The evidence also points to the fact that the unit participated in the massive artillery shelling\u00a0that was\u00a0conducted against the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As of the end of October, the unit was located in Neklinovsky raion\u00a0of Rostov Oblast\u00a0(Azovsk-Mariupol direction).<\/p>\n<p>The identified detachment is armed with 300 mm &#8216;Smerch&#8217; multiple artillery rocket systems, with an estimated size\u00a0of a battery which comprises 4 rocket launchers. In total the brigade is believed to have 3 \u2018Smerch&#8217; batteries, comprising 12 vehicles overall. There is a possibility that the two other batteries are located elsewhere at\u00a0the Ukrainian border.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2054\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"golovka\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka-768x644.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka.jpg 1026w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An overview of the 439th\u00a0Brigade: Perekopskaya Order of Kutizov Guards Brigade (military unit No. 69673, Southern Military District, Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia). This is nearby the rocket firing range &#8216;Kapustin Yar&#8217;. The brigade has in service 12 units of 300 mm &#8216;Smerch&#8217; MRLS and 21 units of 220 mm &#8216;Uragan&#8217; MRLS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/neklinski-raion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2055 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/neklinski-raion.jpg\" alt=\"neklinski-raion\" width=\"666\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/neklinski-raion.jpg 666w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/neklinski-raion-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also please refer to\u00a0the following links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-units-russian-armed-forces-deployed-fight-eastern-ukraine\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-units-russian-armed-forces-deployed-fight-eastern-ukraine\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2742-rszo-smerch-439-j-reaktyvnoj-artylleryjskoj-brygady-v-sostave-rossyjskoj-gruppyrovky-syl-vtorzhenyya\/\">Original article<\/a> by Irakli Komaxidze, translated by Roman Vlasof.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presence of a unit\u00a0from the 439th\u00a0Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade was first reported in September, 2014. (See&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[528,5],"tags":[131,167,240],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-mlrs-bm-30-smerch","tag-russian-armed-forces","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Confirmation of the 439th Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade deployed as part of the Russian invasion forces - InformNapalm.org (English)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/confirmation-439th-guards-rocket-artillery-brigade-deployed-part-russian-invasion-forces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Confirmation of the 439th Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade deployed as part of the Russian invasion forces - InformNapalm.org (English)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The presence of a unit\u00a0from the 439th\u00a0Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade was first reported in September, 2014. 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(See link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-military-units-armament-artillery-elements-russian-invasion-forces\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">below<\/span><\/a> for a summary of the Russian artillery units operating on the border of\u00a0Ukraine or in its territory). Now with new evidence, the presence of a BM-30 `Smerch\u2019 multiple rocket launcher system (MRLS) unit\u00a0from the 439th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Guards Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Southern Defense Command (SDC) can be confirmed. The Brigades has its home base in the Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/4391.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2053\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/4391-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"4391\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" \/><\/a><!--more-->\r\n\r\nAccording to the available information and photo evidence, the artillery troops of the 439th\u00a0Brigade were deployed to the Rostov Oblast\u00a0at\u00a0the Ukrainian border in the end of summer of 2014. The evidence also points to the fact that the unit participated in the massive artillery shelling\u00a0that was\u00a0conducted against the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As of the end of October, the unit was located in Neklinovsky raion\u00a0of Rostov Oblast\u00a0(Azovsk-Mariupol direction).\r\n\r\nThe identified detachment is armed with 300 mm 'Smerch' multiple artillery rocket systems, with an estimated size\u00a0of a battery which comprises 4 rocket launchers. In total the brigade is believed to have 3 \u2018Smerch' batteries, comprising 12 vehicles overall. There is a possibility that the two other batteries are located elsewhere at\u00a0the Ukrainian border.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2054\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/golovka-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"golovka\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nAn overview of the 439th\u00a0Brigade: Perekopskaya Order of Kutizov Guards Brigade (military unit No. 69673, Southern Military District, Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia). This is nearby the rocket firing range 'Kapustin Yar'. The brigade has in service 12 units of 300 mm 'Smerch' MRLS and 21 units of 220 mm 'Uragan' MRLS.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/neklinski-raion.jpg\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2055 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/neklinski-raion.jpg\" alt=\"neklinski-raion\" width=\"666\" height=\"844\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAlso please refer to\u00a0the following links:\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-units-russian-armed-forces-deployed-fight-eastern-ukraine\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/identification-units-russian-armed-forces-deployed-fight-eastern-ukraine\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/2742-rszo-smerch-439-j-reaktyvnoj-artylleryjskoj-brygady-v-sostave-rossyjskoj-gruppyrovky-syl-vtorzhenyya\/\">Original article<\/a> by Irakli Komaxidze, translated by Roman Vlasof.<\/em>","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5389,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/5389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}