35th independent Guards Landing-Assault Brigade

35-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая бригада

Military Unit: 16407; from 4.91: 32363

Activated 12.79 in Cottbus, Germany, as the 14th independent Guards Landing-Assault Brigade, from the 111th Guards Parachute Regiment.

1.80 renamed 35th independent Guards Landing-Assault Brigade.

Organisation 1980:

• 1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 4th Landing Assault Battalion (vehicle)
• Artillery Battalion
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 35th Guards independent Airborne Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

• 1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• Artillery Battalion
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery

1.92 taken over by Kazakhstan.

Bases:

• Cottbus, Germany, 10.79 - 4.91
• Kapchagai, Alma Ata Oblast, 4.91 - 1.92

Subordination:

• Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 10.79 - 1.6.89
• Western Group of Forces, 1.6.89 - 1.6.90
• HQ VDV, 1.6.90 - 4.91

Brigade coordinates:

• Cottbus barracks [US designation: Cottbus Army Barracks 282]: 51 43 34N, 14 19 00E
• Kapchagai barracks [US designation: Ili Army Barracks AL 1]: 43 52 33N, 77 02 13E