40th independent Landing-Assault Brigade
40-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада
Military Unit: 32461
Activated 10.79 in Nikolayev, Odessa Oblast, from parts of the
80th Guards Parachute Regiment.
Organisation 1980:
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1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
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2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
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3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
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4th Landing Assault Battalion (vehicle)
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Artillery Battalion
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Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 40th independent
Airborne Brigade.
Organisation 1990:
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1st Airborne Training Battalion (foot)
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2nd Airborne Training Battalion (foot)
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3rd Airborne Training Battalion (foot)
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Artillery Training Battalion
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Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Battery
1.92 taken over by Ukraine.
Bases:
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Nikolayev, Odessa Oblast, 10.79 - 1.92 [46 55 44N, 31 54
34E] [US designation: Nikolayev Army Barracks AL 6]
Subordination: