37th independent Landing-Assault Brigade

37-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада

Military Unit: 75193

Activated 10.79 in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast.

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 37th indpendent Airborne Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

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

Disbanded 12.94.

Headquarters:

• Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast, 10.79 - 12.94

• Chernyakhovsk barracks [US designation: Chernyakhovsk Army Barracls AL 3]: 54 38 56N, 21 49 17E

Subordination:

• Baltic Military District, 10.79 - 1.6.90
• HQ VDV, 1.6.90 - 12.94

Equipment:

• 6.80: 52 BMD, 89 GAZ-66, 18 122mm D-30 and 25 120mm mortars

• 11.1990: 18 122mm D-30 [CFE treaty exchange]