127 reconnaissance brigade. Military service under contract in the Black Sea Fleet
Operational-strategic association of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea. Subject to the southern military district. Strikethrough text indicates ships/boats under repair.
30th division of surface ships (Sevastopol)
"Moskva" guards missile cruiser project 1164. Board number 121.
"Admiral of the Fleet Soviet Union Gorshkov, project 22350 frigate. Tail number 417 (entered into service in 2016).
"Admiral of the Fleet Kasatonov" frigate of project 22350 (adopted in 2017).
"Admiral Grigorovich" - patrol ship of project 11356. Board number 494.
"Admiral Essen" - patrol ship of project 11356. Board number 751.
"Admiral Makarov" - Project 11356 patrol ship. Board number 799 (adopted in 2016).
"Sharp-witted" patrol ship of project 01090. Board number 810.
"Okay" patrol ship of project 1135. Tail number 861.
"Inquisitive" patrol ship of project 1135M. Board number 868.
RK-1078 - raid boat.
RK-1210 - raid boat.
RK-1287 - raid boat.
RK-1414 - raid boat.
RK-1676 - raid boat.
RBC-1299 - raid longboat.
Crimean naval base (Sevastopol)
197th Landing Ship Brigade (Crimean Naval Base, Sevastopol):
"Nikolai Filchenkov" large landing ship of project 1171. Board number 152.
BDK-65 "Saratov" large landing ship of project 1171. Board number 150.
BDK-69 "Orsk" project 1171 large landing ship. Board number 148.
BDK-46 "Novocherkassk" project 775 large landing ship. Board number 142.
BDK-54 "Azov" project 775M guards large landing ship. Board number 151.
BDK-64 "Caesar Kunikov" project 775 large landing ship. Board number 158.
BDK-67 "Yamal" project 775 large landing ship. Board number 156.
68th brigade of ships for the protection of the water area (Sevastopol):
149th tactical group:
MPK-49 "Aleksandrovets" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124. Tail number 059.
MPK-118 "Suzdalets" project 1124M small anti-submarine ship. Board number 071.
MPK-134 "Muromets" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 064.
150th tactical group:
"Ivan Golubets" project 266M sea minesweeper. Board number 911.
"Vice-Admiral Zhukov" project 266M sea minesweeper. Board number 909.
"Turbinist" marine minesweeper project 266M. Board number 912.
"Kovrovets" sea minesweeper project 266M. Board number 913.
41st Missile Boat Brigade (Sevastopol):
166th division of RTOs (Sevastopol):
"Bora" project 1239 missile hovercraft. Board number 615.
"Samum" project 1239 missile hovercraft. Board number 616.
"Mirage" small rocket ship of project 12341. Board number 617.
"Shtil" small rocket ship of project 12341. Board number 620.
"Vyshny Volochyok" project 21631 small rocket ship (adopted into service in 2017).
295th Sulinsky division of missile boats:
R-60 "Storm" missile boat of project 12411. Tail number 955.
R-71 "Shuya" missile boat of project 12417. Board number 962.
R-109 "Breeze" missile boat of project 12411. Tail number 952.
R-239 "Groza" missile boat of project 12411. Board number 953.
R-334 "Ivanovets" project 12411M missile boat. Board number 954.
102nd Special Forces Anti-PDSS Detachment, military unit 27203 (Sevastopol): 60 people. In service: coastal self-propelled bombing systems DP-62 "Damba", anti-sabotage boats P-424, P-331, P-355, P-407, P-424, P-834, P-835, P-845.
Novorossiysk naval base (Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk)
184th brigade for the protection of the water area (Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk):
181st division of anti-submarine ships:
MPK "Povorino" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 053.
MPK "Yeisk" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 054.
MPK "Kasimov" small anti-submarine ship of project 1124M. Board number 055.
170th minesweeper division:
MTSCH "Zheleznyakov" sea minesweeper project 12660. Board number 901.
MTSCH "Valentin Pikul" project 266ME sea minesweeper. Board number 770.
MTSCH "Vice-Admiral Zakharyin" - project 02668 sea minesweeper. Board number 908.
BTShch "Mineralnye Vody" base minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 426.
BTShch "Lieutenant Ilyin" base minesweeper of project 12650. Board number 438.
RT-46 raid minesweeper project 1258. Board number 201.
RT-278 - project 12592 raid minesweeper.
D 144 - landing craft.
D 106 - landing craft.
D-199 - landing craft.
4th separate brigade submarines (Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk):
B-237 "Rostov-on-Don" diesel submarine project 06363.
B-261 "Novorossiysk" diesel submarine of project 06363.
B-262 "Stary Oskol" diesel submarine project 06363.
B-265 "Krasnodar" diesel submarine project 06363.
B-268 "Veliky Novgorod" diesel submarine project 06363.
B-271 "Kolpino" diesel submarine of project 06363 (adoption into service in 2016).
B-871 "Alrosa" diesel submarine of project 877V.
PZS-50 is a project 633RV diesel submarine.
UTS-247 is a Project B613 diesel submarine.
TL-997 - project 368T torpedo boats.
TL-1539 - project 1288 torpedo boats.
VM-122 diving sea vessel.
314th detachment of emergency rescue vessels (Novorossiysk):
PZhK 58 - fire boat.
VM 86 - diving vessel of project 522.
VM 108 - diving vessel of project 522.
VM 159 - diving vessel of project 535.
SB 4 - Project 733 sea tug.
VM 66 - diving vessel of project 522.
Orion is a project 733 sea tug.
RVK-764 road boat project 23040.
RVK-762 road boat project 23040.
RVK-767 road boat project 23040.
RVK-771 road boat of project 23040.
"Professor Nikolai Muru" - project 22870 rescue tugboat.
136th Special Purpose Detachment to Combat the PDSS, military unit 75976 (Novorossiysk): 60 people. In service: anti-sabotage boats P-191, P-349, P-350, P-274, P-275, P-276, P-356.
a separate security company, military unit 70118 (Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk, Myskhako village).
63rd brigade of ships under repair (Sevastopol).
145th rescue squad (Sevastopol,):
"EPRON" project 527M rescue vessel.
RVK-1112 is a raid boat of integrated rescue support.
SMK-2094 is a rescue multifunctional boat.
1st group of rescue vessels (Sevastopol):
"Commune" rescue ship.
"Shakhtar" project 712 rescue tug.
SB-5 sea tug project 733.
SB-36 sea tug of project 714.
MB 304 sea tug of project 745.
2nd group of rescue vessels (Sevastopol):
CH 126 ambulance boat.
VM 154 - diving vessel of project 535.
RVK 449 diving boat of project 376.
RVK 860 diving boat of project 376.
PZhK 37 - fire boat.
PZhK 45 - fire boat.
VM 125 - diving vessel of project 522.
PZhS-123 project 1893 fire ship.
VM 9 - diving vessel of project 522.
519th separate division of reconnaissance ships (Sevastopol):
"Priazovye" medium reconnaissance ship of project 864.
"Ekvator" small reconnaissance ship of project 861M.
"Kildin" small reconnaissance ship of project 861M.
"Liman" small reconnaissance ship of project 861M.
97th separate division of surface ships (Krasnodar Territory, Temryuk):
SHZ-18 is a project 08142 storage vessel.
RK-249 - Project 376 diving boat.
Seliger is an experimental vessel of project 11982.
RB 45 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
176th division of hydrographic courts (Sevastopol):
"Donuzlav" hydrographic vessel of project 862.
"Cheleken" hydrographic vessel of project 861.
"Stvor" hydrographic vessel of project 862.
MGK 476 project 16830 small hydrographic boat.
BGK-2150 large hydrographic boat.
47th hydrographic district (Sevastopol):
GS-86 small hydrographic vessel of project 872.
BGK-22 large hydrographic boat.
BGK-889 large hydrographic boat of project 1896.
MGK-352 Project 1403 small hydrographic boat.
MGK-675 small hydrographic boat of project 727M.
MGK-1002 Project 1403 small hydrographic boat.
MGK-1099 Project 1403 small hydrographic boat.
80th district of the hydrographic service (Krasnodar Territory, Novorossiysk):
BGK 244 large hydrographic boat of project 1896.
55th Separate Division of Hydrographic Courts of the 80th District of the Hydrographic Service (Novorossiysk):
GS-103 small hydrographic vessel of project 870.
GS-402 small hydrographic vessel of project 872.
MGK-500 project 1403 small hydrographic boat.
MGK-614 Project 16830 small hydrographic boat.
MGK-1792 project 16830 small hydrographic boat.
MGK-1914 small hydrographic boat.
17th hydrograph section (Rostov region, Taganrog)
115th commandant's office for security and maintenance (Sevastopol):
RK 1529 - project 1415 road boat.
CH 726 - ambulance boat.
KSV-1404 - communication boat.
KSV-1754 - communication boat.
205th detachment of support vessels (Sevastopol):
KSV-2155 - communication boat of the project project 1388N
1st group (Sevastopol):
MB 23 - project 773 sea tug.
MB 173 - project 773 sea tug
MB 174 - project 733 sea tug.
PM 56 - Project 304 floating workshop.
PM 138 - Project 304 floating workshop.
RB 50 - Project 737L raid tug.
RB 136 is a Project 192 offshore tug.
PK-3100 is a floating crane of project 605-PK.
PK-32050 is a project 1505 marine self-propelled floating crane.
PK-128035 - floating crane V-02.
SPK-46150 is a project 02690 self-propelled floating crane.
RB 244 - project 737K roadstead tug.
RB 247 - project 737K roadstead tug.
RB 296 - project 737M roadstead tug.
Yenisei is a project 320 hospital ship.
RB 389 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
RB-365 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
2nd group (Sevastopol):
KIL-158 is a project 141 projectile ship.
Ivan Bubnov - big sea tanker project 1599B.
General Ryabikov - project 323V naval transport of weapons.
VTR 94 - project 1823 maritime weapons transport.
Setun is a Project 1112 cable ship.
Petr Gradov - ship environmental control project 872E.
SR 939 - project 130 degaussing vessel.
SR 26 - project 17994 degaussing vessel.
SR 137 - project 130 degaussing vessel.
SFP 183 - project 18061 physical field control vessel.
Iman is a project 6404 medium sea tanker.
SR 541 - project 130 degaussing vessel.
3rd group (Sevastopol):
Don is a small sea tanker of project 1852.
Indiga is a Project 437N small sea tanker.
MUS-589 - project 1515 oil and garbage collector vessel.
Istra is a small sea tanker.
BNS-16500 is the basic tanker vessel of Project 445R.
MUS-229 is a project 14630 oil and waste collector vessel.
MUS-586 is a project 25505 oil and waste collector vessel.
BNN-226800 - offshore non-self-propelled tanker barge.
VTN 99 is a small sea tanker of project 1844.
VTN-73 is a small sea tanker of project 03180.
4th group (Sevastopol):
BUK-49 - project 05T towing boat.
BUK-533 - project 05T towing boat.
PSK-537 - Project 722 passenger boat.
RK-340 - project 1415 road boat.
RK-1573 - raid boat.
RK 25 - raid boat.
"Afalina" - project 16609 raid boat.
"Dvinitsa-50" - military transport (ex-Turkish cargo ship Alican Deval).
"Vologda-50" - military transport (ex-Turkish cargo ship Dadali).
"Kyzyl-60" - military transport (ex-Turkish bulk carrier Smyrna).
"Kazan-60" - military transport.
58th group of support vessels (Feodosia):
KIL-25 is a project 419 projectile ship.
MB 31 - project 745 sea tug.
SR 344 - project 17992 degaussing ship.
VM 911 - Project 535 diving vessel.
RB 44 - Project 737L road tug.
RB 237 - project 737K roadstead tug.
BGK 774 is a large hydrographic boat of project 1896.
SR 59 - project 130 degaussing vessel.
MUS-491 is a project 1515 oil and garbage collector vessel.
OS-114 is an experimental vessel of project 1824.
OS-138 is an experimental vessel of project 1236.
MGK 620 is a project 16380 small hydrographic boat.
RK-253 - Project 376 diving boat.
RK-267 - Project 376 diving boat.
RK-1677 - project 371U raid boat.
PMR-71 - offshore floating workshop of project 889A.
BNN-667085 - offshore non-self-propelled tanker barge of project 435R.
Koida is a project 577 medium sea tanker.
TL 278 - project 1388 torpedo boats.
TL 1133 - project 1388 torpedo boats.
61st group of support vessels (Novorossiysk):
RB 398 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
MUS-760 is a project 1515 oil and garbage collector vessel.
KSV-67 - communication boat of project 1388N.
VTN 96 is a small sea tanker of project 1844D.
SHZ-20 is a floating warehouse project 08142.
PSK-1321 is a passenger boat of the SK620 project.
RB-18 - project 14970 raid tug.
RB-209 - road tug of project 1496.
RK-955 - project 371U raid boat.
RK-1745 - project 371U road boat.
BKShch-28 - a large ship's shield.
RB 193 - project 737K roadstead tug.
RB 199 - project 737K roadstead tug.
VTN 76 is a small sea tanker of project 1844D.
RB 43 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
RB 391 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
RB 392 is a project 90600 offshore tug.
280th shield station 4 target ships (Sevastopol):
RK-621 raid boat.
RBC-76 road boat.
SM-69 - sea refrigerated transport.
SM-377 is a project 1784B target vessel.
130th shield station (Feodosia):
SM-178 is a project 1784B target ship.
SM-294 is a project 1784M target ship.
720th logistics point (Tartus, Syria).
758th logistics support center, military unit 63876 (Sevastopol).
3824th complex logistics base, military unit 96144 (Krasnodar Territory, Krymsk).
17th Arsenal, military unit 13189 (Sevastopol, Sukharnaya Balka).
133rd separate logistics brigade, military unit 73998 (Crimea, Bakhchisaray district).
126th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade, military unit 12676 (Crimea, Perevalnoe)
810th Separate Marine Brigade, military unit 13140 (Sevastopol, Cossack bukh)
388th naval reconnaissance point, military unit 43071 (Sevastopol)
127th separate reconnaissance brigade, military unit 67606 (Crimea, village Pargolovo)
11th Coastal Rocket and Artillery Brigade, military unit 00916 (Krasnodar Territory, Anapa, Utash settlement)
15th separate coastal rocket and artillery brigade, military unit 80365 (Sevastopol)
8th separate artillery regiment, military unit 87714 (Simferopol and Perevalnoe)
1096th separate anti-aircraft missile regiment (Sevastopol)
68th Separate Marine Engineering Regiment, military unit 86863, (Yevpatoria)
47th Separate Naval Engineering Battalion, military unit 83382 (Krymsk, Novorossiysk Naval Base).
4th separate regiment RKhBZ, military unit 86862 (Sevastopol)
224th separate battalion management, military unit 83526 (Sevastopol).
529th Red Banner Communication Center, military unit 40136 (Sevastopol).
475th separate EW center, military unit 60135 (Otradnoye, Sevastopol)
Electronic Intelligence Center (Sevastopol).
17th Naval School of Junior Specialists (Sevastopol):
VM 34 - Project 522 diving boat.
RVK-156 is a raid diving boat of the RV376U project.
RVK-438 is a raid diving boat of the RV376U project.
RVK-617 is a raid diving boat of the RV376U project.
RVK-659 is a raid diving boat of the RV376U project.
SMK-2094 is a project 23370 rescue multifunctional boat.
RVK-1045 is a project 23040 integrated rescue boat.
318th mixed aviation regiment, military unit 49311 (Sevastopol, Kacha village, Kacha airfield)
43rd Marine Assault Aviation Regiment, military unit 76410 (Crimea, Saki, Saki airfield)
Let's talk about contract service in the Red Banner Black Sea Fleet
Since the reunification of Crimea with Russian Federation more than two years have passed and during this time the Russian Ministry of Defense created a powerful grouping of diverse forces on the territory of the Republic of Crimea. And this means that the relevance of military service under a contract in the Black Sea Fleet has become very relevant.
We invite you to military service under a contract for Black Sea Fleet Russia
At the moment, all these military units are part of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. Accordingly, this article is for those who decided to connect their lives or part of it with service on the Black Sea coast of Russia. Do you want to know where there are vacancies, and also reviews of the service in the Black Sea Fleet? So you have come to the right place.
But before you go to the contract, study the following materials that are useful to you:
Contract service in the Black Sea Fleet mainly takes place in the following cities:
- Sevastopol,
- Novorossiysk
Information about military units Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, such as the base point of the military unit, the monetary allowance of the military personnel of the contract service, current vacancies indicating the military position, etc.
Military service under the contract on the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy
Place of deployment of military units: all ships are based in several bays of Sevastopol, such as, for example, North, South, Karantinnaya.
Monetary allowance: from 22,000 to 49,000 rubles + additional payments for secrecy, class qualifications, a confirmed level of FP.
Available positions* for a contract in the Black Sea Fleet: helmsman, gunner, torpedo operator, signalman, radiotelegraph operator, minder, senior minder, senior engineer, electrician, radiometer operator, cook, gunner, gunner, reconnaissance officer.
Contract service in the 30th division of surface ships on ships such as:
- Missile cruiser Moscow
- Patrol ship Sharp-witted
- Patrol ship Ladny
- Guard ship Inquisitive
- Patrol ship Admiral Grigorovich
- Patrol ship Admiral Essen
Contract service in the 197th landing ship brigade
Here, contract servicemen serve on large landing ships.
Contract service in the 41st Missile Boat Brigade
This brigade is armed with such types of ships as the Hovercraft Rocket Ship and the latest generation small missile ships Zeleny Dol and Serpukhov (these are the ones that launched Caliber cruise missiles against terrorists in Syria).
Contract service in the 4th separate submarine brigade
Location city of Novorossiysk!
This is a place of service for those who want to become a professional submariner. The service will take place on such submarines as, for example, the diesel-electric submarine "Rostov-on-Don"
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In deep reconnaissance, the most stringent requirements for military personnel
There are no theoretical scouts in life, they are convinced of a separate reconnaissance brigade of the Black Sea Fleet. Therefore, it is possible to catch any unit in the location of the brigade only in the process of preparing for the next task or immediately after its completion. Between these two brief moments - field trips, classes in training centers Southern Military District, business trips. For some, such a schedule will seem impossible, but for scouts, this is a familiar job.
Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Chudin in command of the battalion deep intelligence. Here the most stringent requirements for the physical, intellectual and moral-volitional qualities of military personnel. The battalion commander, having behind him the experience of two Chechen campaigns, knows perfectly well what requirements his subordinates must meet.
“No one sees or hears a good intelligence officer, but at the same time he sees and hears everything, therefore, first of all, our serviceman is an intellectual,” Lieutenant Colonel Chudin is convinced. - Physical indicators are in second place, we will help a person who suits us in ingenuity and spirit to build muscle.
The divisions of the battalion of Sergei Chudin have been coordinating at the Opuk training ground for several days already, preparing for a tactical exercise with a stage of live firing. Forced marches, crosses, tactical training, night and day shooting gradually turn military personnel into the most effective combat units, a real intelligence elite.
“A fraction of a second distinguishes a professional from an amateur,” the battalion commander teaches his subordinates. Both the amateur and the professional can perform the same actions, but the professional is always a little faster. After all, a bullet from an AK-74 assault rifle flies 90 meters in a tenth of a second, and it is this tenth of a second that often allows you to win.
This invaluable reserve of time appears only after repeated exhausting trainings, step-by-step testing of various elements of each scout's action. Therefore, heavy loads during training are simply necessary. The divisions of the battalion are regularly engaged in the training centers of the Southern Military District in Darial (North Ossetia) and in Botlikh (Dagestan), where they also study mountain training.
“Mountain training, which our military personnel undergo on the Darial, is very well combined with the actions of reconnaissance groups in mountainous wooded areas,” says Lieutenant Colonel Chudin. – Crimea provides ideal conditions for both types of activities. We successfully improve the skills acquired in North Ossetia here on the peninsula.
The reconnaissance and landing company of Captain Alexander Khovansky has just returned from a two-month trip, during which it performed the tasks set by the command of the Southern Military District. The scouts are not in the right to disclose the details of their official activities, however, they note with pleasure that they have done their work from beginning to end. The personnel are preparing for vacations, and the company commander has yet to analyze the actions of the unit during the business trip.
“The best solutions and developments obtained in the course of completing tasks will be presented at the battalion conference,” explains Captain Khovansky. - The command will summarize the accumulated experience, which will form the basis for further professional development scouts. Service in intelligence is like running up an escalator going down. One has only to stop, degradation immediately begins, - the company commander jokes.
Next month, according to the schedule, the scouts from the company of Captain Khovansky will also have to complete the parachute jump program. In the meantime, the personnel of the company is leaving for a well-deserved rest, pleasantly supplemented by considerable cash payments, plus 60 percent of the salary for each month spent "in the fields", and monetary compensation for unused days of rest. This will give a significant increase in the budget of contractors. Decent financial support is a pleasant addition to a sense of accomplishment.
The commander of the reconnaissance and airborne platoon, Captain Dmitry Betov himself is one of those who prefer work "in the field" to being in the unit. In the arrangement, as he secretly admits, he is quickly seized by the necessary, but such a boring paper routine. Whether it's on a mission - not easy, but interesting.
“When I came to the brigade, at first they treated me with caution,” recalls Captain Betov, “firstly, before that I served in the Ukrainian army, and secondly, scouts do not immediately accept a new person into their ranks. At first, they look closely at what a beginner can do, what he is. I immediately set strict statutory conditions in the platoon and began to build my work on the principle of "do as I do." Seeing that I myself was doing everything that I demanded from my subordinates, the scouts stopped distrusting me. And when they realized that I can teach them something new and I do it with pleasure, they finally accepted me.
The time spent together at the training ground brings together much better than feasts. A thirty-kilometer forced march makes people find mutual understanding much faster than many hours of conversation. Yes, and captain Betov speaks with scouts in the same professional language on close and understandable topics, because he himself served in the Ukrainian naval special forces, in the 29th naval intelligence point of the Ukrainian Navy.
- I studied with a platoon from simple to complex, after a single training, we moved on to working out, as part of a group, maneuvers "inversion of the bag", countering the maneuver "hammer and anvil", which is used in american army to fight the special forces, - says the platoon commander. - We also practiced the methods used by the SAS soldiers, the British special forces, which I studied while serving in the Navy.
Dmitry Betov is sure that it is necessary to take all the best that has proven itself as effective techniques combat, adapt the equipment and weapons used by Russian intelligence officers and be sure to train personnel in this.
“Now I have arrived with a platoon from a long business trip, which has united us even more,” the platoon commander notes with satisfaction. - Before leaving, we were just a unit, but returned as a team, everyone is ready to come to the rescue of their comrades, and not by order. This makes me very happy. In general, I am very pleased that I serve in Russian army, in intelligence.
Ahead of the scouts is a short rest and long-awaited parachute jumps, and then new business trips.
Almost the most important political events last days in the world - a demonstration in Russia of a television film journalist Andrei Kondrashov"Crimea. Way to the Motherland. Those who watched it must have noticed one of the final remarks President Vladimir Putin that in a year we have made the peninsula an impregnable fortress, "protected both from the sea and from land." To what extent is such optimism of the head of state justified and what is the combat potential of the “fortress of Crimea” today?
Even judging only by reports in the open press, the amount of work done in this direction is truly amazing. Until 2020, huge funds have been allocated for the creation and arrangement of a new powerful interspecific military grouping in a relatively small area - about 90 billion rubles. At the same time, about half of this money has already been disbursed. That is, at least 40 billion rubles were spent in a year. As a result, by the end of last year in Crimea, according to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in addition to what the Black Sea Fleet had, seven new military formations and eight military units appeared.
Which ones? And what military units will appear in Crimea in the near future? More on this below. In the meantime, we note that the process is still far from complete. In any case, at a visiting meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on August 13 in Sevastopol, the Minister of Defense stated: the full deployment of a group of troops even under favorable conditions (uninterrupted funding, sufficient human resources, stocks of weapons and military equipment) possibly not earlier than 2016.
It is clear that, in general, the process of strengthening the defense of the peninsula is proceeding according to the plans approved by the collegium of the military department of the Russian Federation in April 2014. The document, which was born on that day, was conditionally called by the military "the plan for the defense of the Crimea." But life immediately began to make serious changes in him.
“The Ministry of Defense has developed a draft plan until 2020, it includes equipping with modern and promising models of weapons and military equipment, increasing combat readiness and combat capability, as well as the level of combat training of all formations and military units stationed in the region,” Shoigu said. Moreover, judging by the statements of some members of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it was not supposed to work at a feverish pace. In any case, one of the unnamed generals stated news agency: “So far, no one is going to attack Crimea, so there is no point in sending additional troops to Crimea now. With such steps, we will only anger the Ukrainian side and Western partners even more.”
What began to happen further around Ukraine and Crimea overturned all hopes for planning and gradualness. An armed conflict broke out in the Donbass, which quickly escalated into a bloody and protracted civil war. NATO missile-carrying ships, which previously appeared in the Black Sea from time to time, began combat patrols of these waters in an uninterrupted mode. And - the whole combat formations. An impressive grouping of Ukrainian military dug in near Perekop with unambiguous goals, and its reconnaissance UAVs circled over the narrow isthmus.
The April "defense plan" cracked at the seams, and the Russian military had to strengthen the borders in the Crimea in the "scalded cat" mode. And to introduce additional troops - too. What happened in the end? Let's make a reservation right away - we will not talk about updating the ship composition of the Black Sea Fleet, about this "Free Press" in recent times wrote regularly and a lot. The subject of our interest is only what is now on the defensive on the Crimean coast.
On the ground
The basis of the land grouping on the peninsula is the 126th separate coastal defense brigade of the Black Sea Fleet, which is stationed in the village of Perevalnoye between Simferopol and Alushta. In the recent past - the 36th separate mechanized coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian army. But from that, the former connection, there were only soldiers and officers who took the Russian oath. Armament decommissioned virtually clean. Not a single old Ukrainian T-64 BV tank is left. All of them have been replaced by new Russian combat vehicles T-72B3.
The number of personnel of the 126th brigade is 2000 soldiers and officers. 90 percent of them are contractors.
It is worth noting that Perevalnoye became one of the largest Crimean garrisons. Because the 8th artillery regiment of the fleet (the former 406th artillery group of the Ukrainian Navy), numbering 700 people, is also stationed there. Armed with 60 artillery systems. Among them are Khrizantema anti-tank systems, 152-mm Msta-S howitzers equipped with an automated guidance system, as well as Tornado-G multiple launch rocket systems. Most of the regiment today is in positions near Dzhankoy, at the entrance to the Crimea.
It is possible that it is in Perevalnoye that one can most clearly see the changes in the organization of the defense of the new subjects of the Federation. Because about 7 billion rubles have been allocated from the budget to bring only this garrison into a divine form. By the end of this year, Oboronstroy OJSC will use this money to build six barracks for 1,800 military personnel, a new canteen for 1,200 people, a parade ground, a food warehouse, guard camp premises, heated boxes for servicing weapons and military equipment, seven residential buildings for 48 apartments each, school, Kindergarten and much more.
A separate coastal rocket-artillery brigade was assigned to defend the Crimea from the sea. The one that managed to become a bone in the throat of NATO sailors, whose ships suspiciously frequented the Black Sea. It's all about mobile missile systems "Bastion-P" with supersonic cruise missiles "Onyx" (firing range up to 450 kilometers), delivered here from the same brigade (11th), standing near Anapa.
However, in addition to the Bastion-P, the coastal missilemen of the Black Sea Fleet now also have the Bal mobile missile systems with less long-range and subsonic, but also very effective Uran-U missiles (firing range up to 130 kilometers). But the Soviet coastal anti-ship missile systems "Redut" and "Rubezh" inherited "inherited" from Ukraine were decommissioned.
What else is there in Crimea for fighting on the shore? Well, the 810th Separate Marine Brigade in the Cossack Bay of Sevastopol is understandable. It was never disbanded. And it was this brigade that played an outstanding role in ensuring the security of the “Russian spring” in these parts.
But next to marines in a formidable hour, the 4th regiment of chemical, radiation and biological protection formed last year in the Crimea (it includes BMO-T flamethrower combat vehicles based on the T-72 tank and heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Buratino"), formed last year in Crimea, is now ready to stand up, marine engineering regiment, 219th separate electronic warfare regiment, 3rd separate railroad battalion (Kerch), 133rd separate logistics brigade, 127th separate reconnaissance brigade (both - Sevastopol).
The rear is capable of guarding the 112th brigade, which recently received the Battle Banner internal troops. Its divisions already ensure law and order and security in Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yevpatoria, the villages of Gaspra and Krasnokamenka.
But even at the same time, the strengthening of the Crimean garrisons continues. Until the end of 2015, according to the plans of the General Staff, the aviation of the Black Sea Fleet should be replenished with a separate regiment of unmanned aircraft. The main weapon of the regiment will be the Orlan-10 UAV, capable of conducting reconnaissance both over the sea and over land for 10 hours. For example, to observe the actions of NATO ships in the Black Sea.
And in heaven
A year ago, our Air Force and Air Defense on the peninsula represented only the rather frail forces of the Black Sea Fleet. Of the strike assets - a total of 18 Su-24 front-line bombers and 4 Su-24MR tactical reconnaissance aircraft of the 43rd separate naval attack air regiment (Gvardeyskoye airfield near Simferopol). And the air enemy had to resist 18 old Osa-AKM air defense systems of the 1096th anti-aircraft missile regiment, which was part of the 810th separate marine brigade.
Now everything has changed dramatically. The 27th mixed aviation division was formed in the Crimea. The 43rd omshap (a separate naval assault aviation regiment), of course, became part of it, but flew to the Saki airfield. Because a large-scale reconstruction of the runway began in Gvardeisky. Why - it became finally clear on Tuesday. During the sudden check of combat readiness that began on March 16 separate parts and formations of the Northern Fleet, the Western, Southern and Eastern military districts, as well as the command of the Airborne Forces, Tu-22M3 long-range missile carriers were ordered to redeploy to the Crimea.
Whether this is a test flight or powerful strike aircraft, known in the West as Backfire, will remain in Gvardeisky, it is not yet clear. It is only clear that if they remain, the eastern Mediterranean, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey may be within their range. And this radically reshapes the balance of power in southern Europe and even in North Africa and the Middle East.
"Backfires" in the Crimea will most likely make up the 5th Guards or 943rd Naval Missile Aviation Regiment. Because it was in the composition of these regiments in Soviet times that the Tu-22M3 stood at the now abandoned Crimean airfields Veseloye and Oktyabrskoye, where the 2nd Guards Sevastopol Naval Missile Air Division was based.
However, even without them, the 27th mixed air division today has two more regiments - the 62nd fighter regiment at the Belbek airfield near Sevastopol (since November 2014 - ten Su-27SM fighters and four Su-30M2), as well as the 39th helicopter regiment based at the airfield in Dzhankoy. It is understandable why the Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-28N Night Hunter combat helicopters and Mi-8 transport and combat helicopters of various modifications that arrived in Crimea from the 393rd aviation base in the Kuban were chosen by Dzhankoy as the place of concentration of combat helicopters Ka-52 Alligator, Mi-28N Night Hunter. From here to Perekop, behind which the positions of the Ukrainian military are a matter of minutes of flight.
Let's take into account that in addition to planes and helicopters of the 27th mixed air division, aviation of the Black Sea Fleet is also capable of rising into the Crimean sky from under Kacha. And this is an additional four Be-12 anti-submarine amphibious aircraft, several An-26 transport aircraft, as well as up to 30 Ka-27 helicopters and eight Mi-8 jamming helicopters.
The anti-aircraft defense of Crimea now also looks impressive. Its basis is the 31st air defense division formed last year (headquarters in Simferopol). The division includes two anti-aircraft missile regiments (zrp) - the 12th and 18th.
The 18th anti-aircraft missile arrived in Crimea from the territory of continental Russia (formerly called the 1537th air defense regiment). But the regiment is armed with three S-300 anti-aircraft missile divisions of the latest modifications and Pantsir-S1. Places of deployment - Gvardeyskoye airfield, Cape Chauda and Cape Ilya.
The 12th zrp is the former Ukrainian 174th separate anti-aircraft missile brigade, sworn allegiance to Russia. Armament - three S-300 PS anti-aircraft missile divisions. The regiment is stationed in the vicinity of Sevastopol. In the same place as the 100th radio engineering brigade (former 40th Crimean radio engineering brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
Agree, in total such military power looks impressive. But even against this background, anxiety is not very clear. Commander-in-Chief of NATO Forces in Europe, US General Philip Breedlove, who admitted that he was very worried about the actions of the Russian General Staff and the Ministry of Defense in the Crimea. According to Breedlove, weapons deployed on the peninsula - including anti-ship cruise missiles and anti-aircraft missile systems - affect the entire Black Sea region.
So it's good that they influence. And what exactly - to the Black Sea region. That's when the missiles of the Black Sea Fleet would affect the state of affairs somewhere in the Caribbean - well, then the Pentagon and Breedlove should be worried. And so - sleep easy, General. But move away from Crimea.
Two years have passed since the annexation of Crimea, and the grouping of Russian armed forces on the peninsula has been significantly updated. To what extent have the troops strengthened on the territory of the new federal district?
Red Banner Black Sea
Crimea is primarily a fleet. In the 18th century, there was no Russian Crimea as such, and the Russian Black Sea Fleet already existed. Naturally, the return of the peninsula made it possible to strengthen Sevastopol as the new main base of the Black Sea Fleet. Let us recall that Novorossiysk almost became one, which was actively rebuilt at the turn of the 2000s and 2010s, but it is significantly inferior to Sevastopol in terms of hydrometeorological conditions.
Just the ship composition of the Black Sea Fleet has not been updated much. In two years, the fleet received two small missile ships of project 21631 (Serpukhov and Zeleny Dol), as well as new-built submarines of project 636.3 Novorossiysk and Rostov-on-Don. Two more submarines (Stary Oskol and Krasnodar) are currently being tested in the Northern Fleet, there will be six such submarines in the Black Sea Fleet.
Just the other day, the Navy officially handed over the lead frigate of project 11356 Admiral Grigorovich, which is now in the Baltic and will soon go to its duty station - the 30th division of surface ships of the Black Sea Fleet, the city of Sevastopol.
The Ministry of Defense ordered six frigates of this type for the Black Sea Fleet, but so far only three have been built (according to the plan - all before the end of 2016). The second trio was left without Ukrainian gas turbines and, possibly, will be completed in the interests of India: there are also six Talwar-class frigates, on the basis of which this project was created. So the issue with large ships for the Black Sea is not yet closed.
The division itself (or rather, its 11th brigade) saw and better times. In addition to the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet ( missile cruiser"Moscow"), it includes patrol ships"Smart", "Inquisitive" and "Good". The large anti-submarine ship "Kerch" was going to be modernized, but after a fire in the engine room in November 2014, it was decided to withdraw the ship from combat strength and deploy on it a floating command post in Sevastopol.
In the sky above Yayla
Naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet was for many years the only component of Russian air power in Crimea. These are the 43rd Naval Attack Aviation Regiment on the Su-24 and Su-24MR (until 2014 in Gvardeisky, now at the Novofedorovka airfield in Saki, it is being re-equipped with the new Su-30SM multifunctional fighters), as well as the 318th mixed air regiment in Kacha, where Be-12 patrol aircraft, An-26 transport aircraft and Ka-27 and Mi-8 helicopters are included.
However, after the annexation of Crimea, Air Force formations (“green”, as naval aviators say) were also deployed there. These forces have been consolidated into the 27th mixed air division and organizationally consist of three regiments.
At the Gvardeyskoye airfield near Simferopol, from where the naval aviation was "evicted", the 37th mixed air regiment of two squadrons is deployed. The first is made up of Su-24M front-line bombers, transferred from the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment, re-equipped with Su-34s, based in Morozovsk, Rostov Region. The second, on Su-25SM attack aircraft, was detached from the 368th assault aviation regiment (Budyonnovsk).
The 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment sits on Belbek, a traditional base for Crimean air defense interceptors since Soviet times. The regiment consists of two squadrons equipped with Su-27P, Su-27UB, Su-27SM and Su-30M2. Aircraft were assembled from several formations, in particular from the 22nd and 23rd air regiments being re-equipped with Su-35S Far East, as well as from the 3rd air regiment (Krymsk).
Contrary to the recently established rule of reducing army aviation into separate brigades, in the Crimea, "green" rotorcraft are assembled in the 39th helicopter regiment, assigned to the same 27th division and deployed at the Dzhankoy airfield. This is at least three squadrons, including Ka-52, Mi-35M, Mi-28N, Mi-8AMTSh. There are also several Mi-26s. This regiment is quite drawn to the air brigade, so changes are possible in the future.
Crimean air defense was reinforced with two anti-aircraft missile regiments equipped with S-300PM systems: the 12th is deployed in Sevastopol (this is the former Ukrainian 174th anti-aircraft missile brigade), and the 18th (the former Ukrainian 50th anti-aircraft missile regiment from Feodosia) - in depth of the peninsula. The regiments were given Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun systems for self-defense.
On ancient land
Due to the peculiarities of the 1997 agreement, in Crimea, Russia kept only units and formations related to the fleet. Therefore, the main ground component was and remains the 810th Marine Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet, one of the key actors February 2014 events. She was also given the 1096th anti-aircraft missile regiment on the Osa-AKM complexes.
The 810th brigade is supplemented by a separate 501st battalion in Feodosiya, which brought together the former Ukrainian 1st and 501st marine battalions.
However, the land force is no longer limited to the Marine Corps. The 126th coastal defense brigade is based in the Perevalnoye area. This is the former Ukrainian 36th separate mechanized brigade of coastal defense troops, which received new equipment, including T-72B3 tanks (the old T-80BV tanks were returned to Ukraine).
Reinforcement means are represented by the 8th Artillery Regiment, the former 406th Simferopol Artillery Group of the Ukrainian Navy. The regiment is equipped with towed 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, Tornado-G MLRS (modernized Grad) and Khrizantema-S anti-tank missile systems.
In the Crimea, new formations have also been formed and continue to be formed. Thus, the 127th separate reconnaissance brigade was created in Sevastopol.
In Dzhankoy, where army aviation helicopters now sit, the 97th air assault regiment 7th ("Novorossiysk") airborne division. This will happen after 2020, and in 2017-2018, an air assault battalion will be deployed there. So far, battalion tactical groups of airborne troops from “mainland” Russia are on duty in Dzhankoy on rotation. Now there are "Ivanovites" from the 98th division, and literally one of these days they should be replaced by servicemen of the 11th air assault brigade from Ulan-Ude.
On the basis of the transferred units of the 11th coastal missile and artillery brigade (from Anapa), a separate 15th brigade was formed, which is armed with Bastion and Bal anti-ship missile systems. In addition, the Sotka facility was reopened: installations of the Utes missile system (3M44 Progress missiles) near the village of Reserve.
In addition, a number of support units are deployed in Crimea, including engineering units, chemical protection and logistics units, as well as an electronic warfare regiment.
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Speaking of extensions Russian group in Crimea, it should be noted that it had the character of "growth from scratch". The agreements on the division of the Black Sea Fleet of 1997 significantly limited the Russian military on the territory of the peninsula. Therefore, at the moment it would make sense to talk not about the forced militarization of Crimea, but about the formation of a full-fledged interspecific grouping of forces, balanced in terms of their capabilities and equipped with the latest technology (which, under the 1997 agreement, was also practically excluded - it required the consent of Kyiv).
Peculiarities geographical location Crimea, in particular its semi-exclave status, as well as the dominant position of the "unsinkable aircraft carrier" of the Black Sea - dictate the chosen Russian leadership grouping form. Before us is an attempt to depict a variation on the theme of the Kaliningrad defensive region, another heavily armed "hornet's nest" away from "mainland" Russia.
When American generals say that Russia has created so-called Anti-access / Area Denial (A2 / AD) zones in Crimea and Kaliningrad, they mean exactly this: a powerful grouping of strike and defensive weapons capable of holding at a distance from the perimeter of the area, sea, air and ground forces of a potential enemy.
Crimea, with its "Bastions" and enhanced air defense, meets these requirements quite well, and the geography that turns the peninsula into an island practically puts forward demands, first of all, for the antiamphibious defense of the coast, as well as for protection against airborne assaults.