51st Guards Red Banner order of Suvorov Parachute Regiment

51-й гвардейский парашютно-десантный Краснознаменный ордена Суворова полк

Military Unit: 33842

Activated 1.10.48 in Tula, Tula Oblast, as the 51st Guards Air Landing Regiment.

1949 renamed 51st Guards Parachute Regiment.

2000 deployed to Chechnya.

11.2006 named "Saint Dmitriy Donskoy".

Bases:

• Tula, Tula Oblast, 10.48 - today [54 13 52N, 37 36 55E]

Equipment:

• 19.11.90: 101 BMD-1, 23 BTR-D, 20 2s9 Nona, 6 BTR-RD, 13 BTR-3D, 8 BMD-1KSh, 10 1V119 [CFE treaty data exchange]

• 1.1.2000: 93 BMD-1, 32 BTR-D, 18 2s9 Nona, 13 BTR-3D, 6 BTR-RD, 2 BMD-1KSh, 1 BMD-1R, 8 1V199 and 1555 men [CFE treaty data exchange]

Subordination:

• 106th Guards Airborne Division, 10.48 - today