Russian Missile Troops and Artillery

Rocket Troops and Artillery of the Russian Federation
Ракетные Войска И Артиллерия Российской Федерации
Great emblem of the Russian Missile Troops and Artillery branch.
Active	1992–present
Country	Russia
Branch	Russia Army
Type	Artillery
Motto(s)	"Artillery – God of War"
Engagements	First Chechen War Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The Missile Troops and Artillery (RViA) (Russian: Ракетные Войска И Артиллерия Российской Федерации, romanized: Raketnyye Voyska I Artilleriya Rossiyskoy Federatsii) are a Combat Arm of the Russian Ground Forces, They are the primary means of providing fire on the enemy during combined-arms operations. They are designed to perform the following main tasks:

• achieving and keeping fire superiority over the enemy;
• defeat of its means of nuclear attack, manpower, weapons, military and special equipment;
• disruption of troops and weapons’ control systems, reconnaissance and electronic warfare;
• destruction of long-term defence installations and other infrastructure;
• disruption of operational and military logistics;
• weakening and isolation of the second echelons and reserves of the enemy;
• destruction of tanks and other armoured vehicles of the enemy breaking into the depth of defence;
• cover of open flanks and junctions;
• participation in destruction of aircraft and amphibious assault forces of the enemy;
• remote mining of areas and facilities;
• light support of night actions of troops;
• smoke-screening, blinding of enemy targets;
• distribution of propaganda materials, etc.

Organisationally the MT & A consist of missile, rocket, artillery brigades, including high-power mixed, artillery battalions, rocket artillery regiments, separate reconnaissance battalions, as well as artillery of combined-arms brigades and military bases.

Further development and increase of combat capabilities of the MT & A of the GF are put into life by means of creating reconnaissance-fire units, including on interim basis, ensuring defeat of targets in real time, equipment of formations and units of the MT & A with high-precision weapons, increasing of firing range and power of the ammunition used, and automation of processes for preparation and firing.

Amongst the oldest combat branches of the Ground Forces with a history dating to 1392, its service anniversary is marked on Missile Troops and Artillery Day, November 27, honoring the gunners and MRL operators who in 1942 fired the first shots of the artillery counterattacks during the long Battle of Stalingrad against the German Sixth Army.

Current units

Formerly organized into separate divisions today the MT&A are organized into one division, the 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division in the Eastern Military District, a number of divisional artillery (self-propelled gun and towed gun) regiments of motor rifle and tank divisions and independent brigades and regiments of field artillery (including MRL and tactical missile brigades). Due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, changes which are up to 2022 will be updated with new information emerging during the ongoing conflict. Those units which are confirmed to be engaged in the region will be marked with crossed swords: . There are also a number of artillery battalions under regiments and brigades:

Artillery Brigades

Heavy (High Power) and Rocket Artillery Brigades

• 45th Svir Heavy Artillery Brigade, in Tambov, Tambov Oblast – Western Military District
• 79th Guards Novozybkovskaya Rocket Artillery Brigade, in Tver, Tver Oblast – Western Military District
• 232nd Prague Rocket Artillery Brigade, in Shelekhov, Kurgansk Oblast – Central Military District
• 338th Guards Dvinskaya Rocket Artillery Brigade, in Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai – Eastern Military District
• 439th Guards Perekop Rocket Artillery Brigade, in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast – Southern Military District
• 950th Rocket Artillery Regiment, in Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast – Central Military District

Artillery Brigades

• 9th Separate Guards Kielce-Berlin Artillery Brigade, in Luga, Leningrad Oblast – 6th Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• 30th Artillery Brigade, in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia – 36th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 120th Guards Stalingrad Artillery Brigade, in Yurga, Kemerovo Oblast – 41st Combined Arms Army → Central Military District
• 165th Prague Artillery Brigade, in Nikolskoye, Amur Oblast – 35th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 200th Artillery Brigade, in Gorny, Zabaykalsky Krai – 29th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 227th Tallinn Artillery Brigade, in Maikop, Republic of Adygea – 49th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 236th Artillery Brigade, in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast – 20th Guards Combined Arms Army – 20th Guards Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• 238th Artillery Brigade, in Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai – established in 2020 – 8th Guards Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 244th Neman Artillery Brigade, in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast – 11th Army Corps, Baltic Sea Fleet → Western Military District
• 288th Warsaw-Brandenburg Artillery Brigade, in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast – 1st Guards Tank Army → Western Military District
• 291st Artillery Brigade, in Troitskaya, Republic of Ingushetia – 58th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 305th Bumbinnen Artillery Brigade, in Pokrova, Primorsky Krai – 5th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 385th Guards Odessa Artillery Brigade, in Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast – 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army → Central Military District
• "Kalmius" Artillery Brigade, in Snizhne, Donetsk Oblast, Occupied Ukrainian Territories – 1st Army Corps, Russian Forces in Ukraine → Southern Military District
• xx Separate Artillery Brigade, in Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Occupied Ukrainian Territories – 2nd Army Corps, Russian Forces in Ukraine → Southern Military District

Missile Brigade

• 1st Guards Orsha Missile Brigade, in Molkino, Krasnodar Krai – 49th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 3rd Missile Brigade, in Drovyanaya, Zabaykalsky Krai – 29th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 12th Missile Brigade, in Mozdok, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania – 58th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 20th Guards Berlin Missile Brigade, in Spassk-Dalnny, Primorsky Krai – 5th Combined Arms Army → Central Military District
• 26th Nemanskaya Missile Brigade, in Luga, Leningrad Oblast – 6th Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• 40th Guards Missile Brigade, in Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast – Southern Military District
• 47th Missile Brigade, in Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai– established in 2020 – 8th Guards Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 92nd Missile Brigade, in Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast – 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army → Central Military District
• 103rd Missile Brigade, in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia – 36th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 107th Mozyr Missile Brigade, in Semistochny, Jewish Autonomous Oblast – 35th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 112th Guards Novorossiysk Missile Brigade, in Shuya, Ivanovo Oblast – 1st Guards Tank Army → Western Military District
• 119th Missile Brigade, in Yelanskiy, Sverdlovsk Oblast – 41st Combined Arms Army → Central Military District
• 152nd Guards Brest-Warsaw Missile Brigade, in Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast – 11th Army Corps, Baltic Sea Fleet → Western Military District
• 448th Missile Brigade, in Kursk, Kursk Oblast – 20th Guards Combined Arms Army → Western Military District

Separate Artillery Regiments

• 8th Separate Artillery Regiment, in Simferopol, Occupied Crimea – 22nd Army Corps, Black Sea Fleet → Southern Military District
• xx Separate Artillery Regiment – 14th Army Corps → Northern Military District

Divisional Artillery Units

Self-Propelled Artillery Regiments

• 50th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Shali, Chechen Republic – 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 99th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Boguchar, Voronezh Oblast – 3rd Motor Rifle Division, 20th Guards Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• 147th Guards Simferopol Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Kobyakovo, Moscow Oblast – 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 1st Guards Tank Army → Western Military District
• 275th Tarnopol Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast – 4th Guards Tank Division, 1st Guards Tank Army → Western Military District
• 292nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania – 19th Motor Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 381st Guards Warsaw Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast – 150th Motor Rifle Division, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 400th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Chebarkhul, Chelyabinsk Oblast – 90th Guards Tank Division, 41st Combined Arms Army → Central Military District
• 856th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Pochep, Bryansk Oblast – 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 20th Guards Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• 872nd Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Sergeyevka, Primorsky Krai – 127th Motor Rifle Division, 5th Combined Arms Army → Eastern Military District
• 944th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, in Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast – 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District

Artillery Regiments

• 1065th Airborne Artillery Regiment, in Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast – 98th Guards Airborne Division → Western Military District
• 1140th Airborne Artillery Regiment, in Pskov, Pskov Oblast – 76th Guards Air Assault Division → Western Military District
• 1141st Airborne Artillery Regiment, in Anapa, Krasnodar Krai – 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division → Southern Military District
• 1182nd Airborne Artillery Regiment, in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast – 106th Guards Airborne Division → Western Military District

Anti-Tank Battalions

• 150th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion, in Grozny, Chechen Republic – 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District
• 159th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, in Boguchar, Voronezh Oblast – 3rd Motor Rifle Division, 20th Guards Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• 1174th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, in Kalininets, Moscow Oblast – 2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, 1st Guards Tank Army → Western Military District
• 1281st Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, in Yelnya, Smolensk Oblast – 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division, 20th Guards Combined Arms Army → Western Military District
• xx Separate Anti-Tank Battalion, in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast – 150th Motor Rifle Division, 8th Guards Combined Arms Army → Southern Military District

Commanders

• Colonel-General Nikolai Dimidyuk (1991-1997)
• Colonel-General Mikhail Karatuev (1997-2001)
• Colonel-General Vladimir Zarutsky (2001-2008)
• Lieutenant-General Sergei Bogatinov (2009-2010)
• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Matveyevsky (2010-present)

References

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