108th Guards Kubanskiy Kazachiy order of Red Star Parachute Regiment

108-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный Кубанский казачий ордена Красной 3везды полк

Military Unit: 02291; from 8.93: 42091

Activated 15.10.48 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, from parts of the 322nd Guards Air-Landing Regiment.

Order of the Red Star awarded 23.2.68.

Operations:

• 3.11.56 landed in Tekel, Hungary

• 20.8.68 landed in the Prague area, Czechoslovakia

• 1988/1989 operations in the Transcaucasus Military District

• 1993 peacekeeping operations in Abkhaziya

• 1996 peacekeeping operations in Abkhaziya

• 1995/1996 parts in Czechnya

• from 1998 parts in Dagestan

Bases:

• Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, 10.48 - 8.93 [54 51 27N, 23 57 19E]

• Maykop, Krasnodar Kray, 8.93 - 6.94 [44 34 19N, 40 07 36E]

• Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Kray, 6.94 - today [44 44 09N, 37 44 20E]

Equipment:

• 19.11.90: 40 BMD-2, 70 BMD-1, 32 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 6 BTR-RD, 13 BTR-3D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 10 1V119 [CFE treaty data exchange]

• 1.1.2000: 39 BMD-2, 70 BMD-1, 35 BTR-D, 19 2s9 Nona, 13 BTR-3D, 9 BTR-RD, 7 BMD-1KSh, 1 BMD-1R, 8 1V119, 1602 men [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 7th Guards Airborne Division, 10.48 - 1998

• 7th Guards Air Landing Assault Division, 1998 - today