20 separate reconnaissance brigade.
The location of the 100th separate reconnaissance brigade, or military unit 23511, is the city of Mozdok of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. The servicemen themselves call the connection “Sotka”, and it is located next to the airfield. According to sources, in terms of its organization and staff structure, the brigade is similar to the US 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (Black Horse). Military unit 23511 performs a complex of reconnaissance tasks, where space, photo-, electronic reconnaissance and reconnaissance before battle are used.
The territory of the military unitStory
The brigade was created in 2009 as an experimental formation of a new type. It included the structural parts of the 56th air assault brigade(Kamyshin), 10th separate brigade GRU special forces (Molkino) and other military units. In 2012, a helicopter squadron, previously located in the city of Budenovsk, was attached to the brigade.
Today, military unit 23511 includes three battalions: air assault, reconnaissance and electronic warfare. In addition to them, the connection includes units special purpose and unmanned aircraft, a howitzer artillery battalion, an anti-aircraft missile artillery battery, an engineering and sapper company, logistics units.
Brigade Banner Ceremony
eyewitness impressions
The unit is manned by both contract soldiers and soldiers passing military service. They live in a dormitory for 3 people, where there is a closet for storing uniforms and a table. The rooms are comfortable, cozy, a shower room and a bathroom are shared by two cubicles.
The infrastructure of the garrison is quite developed: there is a hospital, two shops, a summer cafe, a communications salon and a pharmacy. The fighters themselves report that the service is going quite calmly, there are practically no hazing, hazing and theft. Talk about increased physical activity – combat training takes place both at the airfield near the unit and at the training stadium. There is also a sports camp on the territory.
The food, judging by the reviews, is good. Civilian personnel work in the canteen, there is a small chip in the unit.
The formation of the soldiers of the brigade
Prior to being sworn in, all recruits take a young fighter course. After taking the oath, soldiers can be assigned to military units in Vladikavkaz, Tskhinval, or left in Mozdok.
The oath is taken on Sundays, but the command does not inform about it in advance. It is necessary to independently contact the duty officer or find out information from the soldier. After the oath, leave is allowed on the security of the passport of the parents or spouse until 20.30. During the rest of the service, the soldiers of military unit 23511 are also released on leave. But the serviceman must know exactly the date of the parents' arrival in order to write a report addressed to the unit commander.
Soldiers can use mobile phones only on weekends, the rest of the time the phones are kept by the unit commander. It is recommended to purchase Megafon SIM cards.
Oath of allegiance to the Russian Federation
Cash allowance Military Unit 23511 credits military personnel to the VTB-24 card. There are no ATMs of this bank in Mozdok. From allowances, soldiers buy household chemicals, as well as household appliances. Payments to employees of the brigade are quite high. Relatives usually give soldiers a Sberbank of Russia card.
The military hospital is located in the garrison. The unit also has a medical service and an infirmary.
Information for mom
Parcels and letters
From the Mongolian Wiki Encyclopedia
By order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR Marshal Soviet Union A.A. Grechko in 1972 as part of Soviet troops in Mongolia, two brigades were created, the numbering of which is in the same row as the numbers of special forces brigades, however, these brigades were called "separate reconnaissance brigades". These brigades included three separate reconnaissance battalions armed with infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and combat support units, which was due to the nature of the terrain in the zone of responsibility of the troops. Each of these brigades had at least three "jumping" reconnaissance and airborne companies (one per battalion), and each brigade also had its own separate helicopter squadron. Most likely, when creating these brigades, the General Staff tried to find the optimal organization of special forces that were to operate in the mountainous desert area. As a result, the 20th and 25th separate reconnaissance brigades were formed. Similar formations in Soviet army was nowhere else. In 1988, these brigades were reorganized into separate mechanized brigades, and with the collapse of the USSR, after the withdrawal of troops from Mongolia, they were disbanded.
- 20th separate reconnaissance brigade, subordinate to the ZabVO, was formed on 05/15/1972. Until May 1987, it was not part of the 39th Army and was directly subordinate to the GRU of the General Staff of the USSR Ministry of Defense. (Checks - General of the Army Tretiak - Commander-in-Chief of the Headquarters). The officers mainly had an intelligence specialization: graduates of the Kyiv, St. Petersburg, Tashkent VOKU and graduates of the RVDKKU. Battalion at Mandalgobi. Until February 1987, intensive combat training was going on in the brigade (RTU in the offensive, BTU in the offensive (the enemy’s defense depth is 6 km .. access to the operational space with support units). It was located until May 1987 near the city of Arvaikheer, then partially cropped and renamed 20 a separate mechanized brigade (military unit 52757), in May the garrison in Arvaikheer was abandoned, and the brigade was relocated to Shivei-Gobi on a 500 km march with property.
In November 1988, the bulk of the brigade was stationed in the Mongolian People's Republic. Further fate not known, according to some reports, withdrawn to Kyakhta and disbanded.
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Compound
In fact, 20 ORB (military unit 52757, call sign "Gidratny") was a unit, it included:
- 4 separate reconnaissance battalions, each of which was considered separate part as part of a brigade, he had a banner and his own unit number and, accordingly, his own field mail number.
- 1st, 542 orb, military unit 54264
- 2nd, 644 orb, military unit 56654, 03.87 relocated to Mandalgobi
- 3rd, 645 orb, military unit p.p.61384
- 4th, 646 orb, military unit 62165 (the so-called "Romanian")
At the 1st post of the brigade, there were 7 banners of units (1,2,3,4 RB, OAD, OVE, 20 ORB) under guard. The personnel of the brigade wore tank and other emblems of the SA, black shoulder straps and buttonholes. ORATO - blue buttonholes and shoulder straps.
All reconnaissance battalions were completely autonomous, had all services and units:
- two reconnaissance companies (1-2 battalions of 10 BMP-1s, 3-4 battalions - BTR-60PB), standard squad staff: commander, gunner-operator, driver, grenade launcher, machine gunner;
- tank company (10 T-62)
- mortar battery (platoon of 3 82-mm automatic mortars 2B9 "Vasilyok" and two platoons - 6 120 mm mortars, later replaced by platoons of "Nona")
- reconnaissance platoon (three reconnaissance vehicles based on infantry fighting vehicles)
- anti-tank platoon
- communications platoon on an armored personnel carrier
- logistics platoon
- commandant's office
The brigade also included
- 918 artillery battalion, military unit p.p. 83510 ("Grad", howitzers)
- anti-aircraft division "Shilka" (ZSU-23-4), "Strela" on the BRDM,
- sapper company,
- separate reconnaissance company (BRDM-2),
- 126 helicopter squadron, military unit p.p. 42038 (20 Mi-8, 1 Mi-2, formed in the winter of 1971 in Nalaikha, transferred together with the ORATO (military unit 42134) to Arvaikheer at the disposal of 20 ORBr.
- communications company,
- engineering sapper company,
- chemical protection company.
In addition to the above units of the 20th Special Operations Brigade in Arvaikheer, there were:
- communications company OSNAZ, military unit 73546
- garrison KECH, military unit 76617
- separate company KECh, military unit 02597
- a separate company of storage and maintenance of the ORHO MSD from Biysk, headed by the deputy commander of the military unit, military unit 58421
- garrison military hospital, military unit
- field department of the state bank, military unit pp????
- station of the courier postal service, military unit????
- special department of the KGB at 20 orazb, military unit pp????
Combat mission
The combat mission of the 20th ORBR was supposed to follow in front of the main forces of the advancing formation, performing the role of tactical (military) reconnaissance, to be ready to perform special tasks of a local nature - to capture and hold objects of strategic importance until the approach of the main forces. According to some reports - on the offensive, the capture of the Chinese nuclear test site "Lobnor" in the Gobi, in defense - repelling aggression and covering the deployment of units of the 29th and 36th combined-arms armies of the ZabVO located on the territory of the USSR and 39 Combined Arms Army. Air support was provided by the 23rd air army, and the air cover is the 54th Separate Guards Air Defense Corps.
Command
brigade
- for 1974-1977 -- brigade commander -- Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Tretyakov?
- on ... -1979 -- brigade commander -- Lieutenant Colonel Petrochenko
- for 1979-82 -- brigade commander -- Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Sergeevich Ushakov,
- ... - 1980 Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Yuri Ivanovich Matveev
- 1980 - ... chief of staff lieutenant colonel Markobog,
- head of the political department, lieutenant colonel Protsenko,
- Deputy brigade commander Major Gelinets
- 1979 - 1984 deputy commander of the brigade for the technical part, Lieutenant Colonel Soldatov Anatoly Sergeevich,
- for 1982-86 - brigade commander - lieutenant colonel Zhilin;
- head of the political department - Major Anatoly Mikhailovich Dyachkov.
- for 1987 - brigade commander - Lieutenant Colonel Mikhailov,
- head of the political department - lieutenant colonel Ivanov,
- Chief of Staff - Lieutenant Colonel Kataev.
Battalions
1st, 542 orb, military unit 54264
- -- Battalion Commander Major Kombarov, year - ??
- -- Battalion Commander Major Davletshin (Davlet Khan), 1979 - 1982.
- -- Battalion Commander Major Bogachev, 1982-1985
- -- Deputy on the rear, Major Kachaikin, year 1982- ...
2nd, 644 orb, military unit p.p.56654
- -- Battalion Commander Major Maltsev 1977 -1979;
- -- Battalion commander lieutenant colonel Gavrilov 1979-1981.
- -- Battalion Commander Lieutenant Colonel Tsapko 1981 -
- -- Battalion Commander Major Turzanov 1986 - 1988
3rd, 645 orb, military unit p.p.61384
- -- Battalion Commander - Lieutenant Colonel Ivashkin Mikhail Alekseevich 1979-1982.
- -- Chief of Staff - Captain Rakitin Sergei Sergeevich.
- -- Battalion Commander Major Ryzhkov, year - 1979-?
- -- Chief of Staff of the Battalion, Major Zhasuzakov Saken Adilkhanovich
- 20th motorized rifle brigade. Part three. Educational and material base
- 20th motorized rifle brigade. Part four. Mixture: physio, library, infirmary and psychologist
- 20th motorized rifle brigade. Part five. Combat vehicles
- 20th motorized rifle brigade. Part six. Life part of a short line
Living conditions in the Volgograd brigade are almost the same, or even better than in the 5th Tamanskaya near Moscow. The unit is located on the territory of three military camps, two of them are residential, the third is currently being renovated and preparing to receive young replenishment. Everywhere there are cubicles for three people, but due to repairs in some units, they put another bed in the rooms as a temporary solution.
All barracks with metal-plastic windows, everywhere in the cockpits showers, bathrooms, sports corners. Ten years ago there was a general arrangement, uneven wooden floors with peeling paint and a bath once a week. The changes are definitely striking.
A couple of barracks-dormitories built in 2005-2006
A couple of barracks-dormitories built in 2005-2006
On the territory of one of the towns, all the barracks are two-story, old buildings, but repairs and redevelopment were made in a new way. Some of the shots were taken in my native 3rd battalion, where there are a lot of new reinforcements, some in the brigade's communications company. It is noticeable that in the communications company, where there are still many old-timers, there is more order than in the battalion of newcomers. The orderly, who served only a few days, is still poorly versed in the charter and at first stood with his legs apart, only then crept up))
On the territory of one of the towns, all the barracks are two-story, old buildings, but repairs and redevelopment were made in a new way. Some of the shots were taken in my native 3rd battalion, where there are a lot of new reinforcements, some in the brigade's communications company. It is noticeable that in the communications company, where there are still many old-timers, there is more order than in the battalion of newcomers. The orderly, who served only a few days, is still poorly versed in the charter and at first stood with his legs apart, only then crept up))
At the door there is a boychina with keys to unlock / lock
At the door there is a boychina with keys to unlock / lock
Next to the orderly - weapons room
Next to the orderly - weapons room
The corridor
The interior of the cockpit in the 3rd baht (where four people live due to repairs)
The interior of the cockpit in the 3rd baht (where four people live due to repairs)
And this is a cabin for three in a communications company
And this is a cabin for three in a communications company
Each soldier has his own night lamp
Each soldier has his own night lamp
A loudspeaker was placed in each cockpit so that the fighters would not miss commands
A loudspeaker was placed in each cockpit so that the fighters would not miss commands
Wash basin
Wash basin
Shower room
Shower room
Drying room for clothes and shoes
Drying room for clothes and shoes
Urinal in the bathroom
Urinal in the bathroom
And the toilet
The video was filmed in one of the cockpits of the 3rd battalion, the soldiers are preparing to line up
Every location has these halls
Every location has these halls
Young soldiers recently sat on the sofa and armchairs, but they have not yet been trained to correct themselves))
Young soldiers recently sat on the sofa and armchairs, but they have not yet been trained to correct themselves))
Aquariums
Aquariums
The previous photos were in the 3rd battalion, and this is the hall in the communications company. As you can see they are almost identical.
The previous photos were in the 3rd battalion, and this is the hall in the communications company. As you can see they are almost identical.
Sports corner in the battalion. To the delight of all-seeing and hesitating citizens, he is already aged and scuffs and cracks are clearly visible))
Sports corner in the battalion. To the delight of all-seeing and hesitating citizens, he is already aged and scuffs and cracks are clearly visible))
This table tennis table had to be taken out of the game room, as young replenishment settled there, putting beds - repair again.
It's in the communication company
They are so black because they were painted recently;))
The battalion has one washing machine per company.
The battalion has one washing machine per company.
At the command of the orderly, the soldiers take all the garbage into one room, and the outfit then throws it away. For this, of course, special packages are used. So I slowed down a soldier to capture
At the command of the orderly, the soldiers take all the garbage into one room, and the outfit then throws it away. For this, of course, special packages are used. So I slowed down a soldier to capture
Household room for signalmen. Pair of clippers, scissors, combs
Household room for signalmen. Pair of clippers, scissors, combs
Ironing tables
Ironing tables
Miscellaneous trifle - glue, threads, needles, brushes
Miscellaneous trifle - glue, threads, needles, brushes
Shoemaker's place with a full set of tools. I asked if it works often. The foreman said that now the quality of the shoes has become better, and they are changed every six months, so there is practically no need to patch. I asked the soldiers - yes, dressing in new form and shoes every six months.
Shoemaker's place with a full set of tools. I asked if it works often. The foreman said that now the quality of the shoes has become better, and they are changed every six months, so there is practically no need to patch. I asked the soldiers - yes, changing into a new uniform and shoes every six months.
Shoe shine place has a design that hasn't changed in decades
Shoe shine place has a design that hasn't changed in decades
Pantry. The machine is on the table, no, no, yes, and it happens to be in work, because, as usual, they can give a shape a couple of sizes larger
Pantry. The machine is on the table, no, no, yes, and it happens to be in work, because, as usual, they can give a shape a couple of sizes larger
Each soldier is entitled to a set of daily uniforms. Needed for - dismissal, outfit, parade)
Each soldier is entitled to a set of daily uniforms. Needed for - dismissal, outfit, parade)
Boots for everyday
Boots for everyday
Cap
Change of clothes for performing any work, and other pantries
Change of clothes for performing any work, and other pantries