Rocket Forces and Artillery (Ukraine)

Rocket Forces and Artillery
Active	1992-present
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Artillery
Anniversaries	November 3
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Andriy Kolennikov
Insignia
Ground Forces Sleeve patch
Rocket Forces and Artillery branch insignia

The Rocket Forces and Artillery ([Ракетні війська та артилерія, Raketni Viys’ka ta artyleriya] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) of the Ukrainian Ground Forces consist of units armed with tactical missiles, howitzers, cannons, mortars, jet-propelled and anti-tank artillery. They are tasked to destroy human resources, tanks, artillery, anti-tank weapons, aircraft, air defense and other important installations operations.

"On the eve of the professional holiday, the 19th rocket brigade, which is stationed in Khmelnytskyi city, conducted the main examination of the year - the final test for 2010-2011. All servicemen passed a final exams for professional, military and physical training. The history of the brigade began in 1943 at Stalingrad by establishing the 7th Artillery brigade of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command. During the Great Patriotic War 27 soldiers, sergeants and officers of the division were nominated for the award "Hero of the Soviet Union". After the declaration of Ukrainian independence and choice of the non-nuclear status, servicemen swore allegiance to people of Ukraine. In November 1997, the division gained the status of a brigade and until 2004 it was subordinated to the 1st Rocket Division of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. For the last 8 years, the brigade is directly subordinated to the command of the land forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, armed with the "Tochka" missile. [It] is the only rocket military unit in the Armed Forces of Ukraine."

Previously the 1st Rocket Division was active at Khmelnytskyi, formed on the basis of the disbanding headquarters of the Soviet 43rd Rocket Army. It was seemingly formed in 1998. At least two brigades were part of the division, the 19th at Khmelnytskyi and the 107th at Kremenchug ( 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment, 6th Army Corps (Ukraine)). The division was disbanded in 2004. (Vad777)

Current structure

Ukrainian 2S19 Msta self-propelled artillery units

• 19th Rocket Brigade - Khmelnytskyi
• 11th Artillery Brigade - Ternopil
• 26th Artillery Brigade - Berdychiv
• 55th Artillery Brigade - Zaporizhia
• 15 Reactive Artillery Regiment - Drohobych
• 107th Reactive Artillery Regiment - Kremenchuk
• 27th Reactive Artillery Regiment - Sumy
• Brigade Artillery Group of 24th Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 28th Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 30th Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 51st Mechanized Brigade
• 55th Brigade Artillery Group of 72nd Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 92nd Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 93rd Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 128th Mechanized Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 1st Armored Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 17th Armored Brigade
• Brigade Artillery Group of 25th Airborne Brigade

Equipment

• Tochka U missile complexes of operational-tactical and tactical missiles
• Grad, Uragan, Smerch multi-launcher rocket systems
• Gvozdika, Akatsiya, Giatsint, Pion, Msta-S, Msta-B, D-30 howitzers
• 9K114 Shturm, 9M113 Konkurs, 2A29/MT-12 Rapira anti-tank weapons
• 82 mm and 120 mm mortars

References

• (Russian) Feskov - V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004
• (Russian) Lenskiy - А. Г. Ленский, Сухопутные силы РККА в предвоенные годы. Справочник. — Санкт-Петербург Б&К, 2000