{"id":2175,"date":"2014-11-18T08:28:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T06:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2015-12-24T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T14:35:59","slug":"unit-79th-rocket-artillery-brigade-western-militart-district-among-group-russian-invasion-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/unit-79th-rocket-artillery-brigade-western-militart-district-among-group-russian-invasion-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit of 79th Rocket Artillery Brigade, Western Military District, among the group of Russian Invasion forces."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 79<sup>th<\/sup> Rocket Artillery Brigade, military unit 53956, Western Military District, permanently based in Tver.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2176\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_1.jpg\" alt=\"79_1\" width=\"1045\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_1.jpg 1045w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_1-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_1-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_1-1024x452.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1045px) 100vw, 1045px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2187\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_2.jpg\" alt=\"79_2\" width=\"1019\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_2.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_2-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_2-768x353.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2188\" src=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_3.jpg\" alt=\"79_3\" width=\"979\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_3.jpg 979w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_3-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2014\/11\/79_3-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/a>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\u2019s stationed near Millerovo airfield (the main camp of the Rostov group of the invasion forces).<\/p>\n<p>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 &#8220;Smerch&#8221; (four launch vehicles). The personnel deployed to Rostov region is rotated periodically and consists of contract servicemen.<\/p>\n<p>Brief note: 79<sup>th<\/sup> 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\u2019s equipped with 12 300-mm MRL &#8220;Smerch&#8221; (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\u2019s last name means \u201cshrapnel\u201d.)<\/p>\n<p>More details and photos regarding this military unit is available here: <a href=\"http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/147820.html\">http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/147820.html<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/175208.html\">http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/175208.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More on this subject:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>multiple rocket launch systems&#8221;Smerch&#8221; of 439<sup>th<\/sup> artillery brigade in the Russian group of invasion forces<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/confirmation-439th-guards-rocket-artillery-brigade-deployed-part-russian-invasion-forces\/<\/li>\n<li>Identification of military units and weapons of the artillery units of the Russian invasion forces <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1714-ydentyfykatsyya-y-vooruzhenye%E2%80%A6\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1714-ydentyfykatsyya-y-vooruzhenye\u2026\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Identification of the invasion forces of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, their military units and their losses in the territory of Ukraine.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1391-ydentyfykatsyya-syl-vtorzheny%E2%80%A6\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1391-ydentyfykatsyya-syl-vtorzheny\u2026\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Author: Irakly Komaxidze<\/p>\n<p>Translated by\u00a0Eugenia Zlamanuk<\/p>\n<p>Edited by Max Alginin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our efforts to detect and identify the military units and weapons of the Rostov group of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2188,"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":[21,171,173],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-terrorussians","tag-79th-rocket-artillery-brigade","tag-russian-invasion","tag-russian-military"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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At this time, it\u2019s stationed near Millerovo airfield (the main camp of the Rostov group of the invasion forces).\n\nWe 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.\n\nBrief note: 79<sup>th<\/sup> 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\u2019s 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\u2019s last name means \u201cshrapnel\u201d.)\n\nMore details and photos regarding this military unit is available here: <a href=\"http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/147820.html\">http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/147820.html<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/175208.html\">http:\/\/jury-tver.livejournal.com\/175208.html<\/a>.\n\nMore on this subject:\n<ul>\n\t<li>multiple rocket launch systems\"Smerch\" of 439<sup>th<\/sup> artillery brigade in the Russian group of invasion forces\nhttps:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/confirmation-439th-guards-rocket-artillery-brigade-deployed-part-russian-invasion-forces\/<\/li>\n\t<li>Identification of military units and weapons of the artillery units of the Russian invasion forces <a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1714-ydentyfykatsyya-y-vooruzhenye%E2%80%A6\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1714-ydentyfykatsyya-y-vooruzhenye\u2026\/<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li>Identification of the invasion forces of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, their military units and their losses in the territory of Ukraine.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1391-ydentyfykatsyya-syl-vtorzheny%E2%80%A6\/\">https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/1391-ydentyfykatsyya-syl-vtorzheny\u2026\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAuthor: Irakly Komaxidze\n\nTranslated by\u00a0Eugenia Zlamanuk\n\nEdited by Max Alginin\n\n&nbsp;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","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=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6800,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/6800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informnapalm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}