68th Brandenburgskiy orders of Kutuzov and Aleksandr Nevskiy Pontoon-Bridge Regiment

68-й понтонно-мостовой Бранденбургский орденов Кутузова и Александра Невского полк

Military Unit: 52079; from 3.57: 43435; from 4.92: 21241

Activated 1.8.44 as the 17th Motorised Engineer Brigade.

In 11.45 renamed 67th Engineer-Sapper Brigade.

In 7.46 renamed 40th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment.

In 3.48 renamed 412th independent Pontoon-Bridge Battalion.

29.3.57 renamed 68th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment.

In 8.93 renamed 173rd Pontoon-Bridge Brigade.

In 9.97 renamed 120th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment.

In 6.2002 renamed 105th independent Pontoon-Bridge Battalion (as part of the 214th Engineer-Sapper Brigade).

Headquarters:

• Dresden, East Germany, 1945 - 4.92
• Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Rostov Oblast, 4.92 - 5.98

Subordination:

• 1st Guards Tank Army, 1945 - 7.46
• 1st Guards Mechanised Army, 7.46 - 4.57
• 1st Guards Tank Army, 4.57 - 4.92
• North Caucasus Military District, 4.92 - 9.2010
• Southern Military District, 9.2010 - today

Regiment coordinates:

• Dresden barracks: 51 04 13N, 13 41 31E
• Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy barracks: 48 17 52N, 40 11 03E