408th independent Proskurovskiy Pontoon-Bridge Battalion

408-й отдельный понтонно-мостовой Проскуровский батальон

Military Unit: 18590

Activated 5.2.43 as the 3rd Pontoon-Bridge Brigade.

In 5.46 renamed 34th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment.

In 2.48 renamed 512th independent Pontoon-Bridge Battalion, but two months later renamed 519th independent Pontoon-Bridge Battalion.

In 8.53 renamed 59th Pontoon-Bridge Regiment.

In 8.60 renamed 408th independent Pontoon-Bridge Battalion.

In 5.92 renamed 6045th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base (Engineering Troops).

1.9.93 renamed 214th Engineer-Sapper Brigade.

1.9.98 renamed 10th Engineer-Sapper Regiment.

1.6.2000 again renamed 214th Engineer-Sapper Brigade.

Headquarters:

• Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Rostov Oblast, 1947 - today

Subordination:

• North Caucasus Military District, 1947 - 9.2010
• Southern Military District, 9.2010 - today

Battalion coordinates:

• Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy barracks: 48 17 52N, 40 11 03E