37th Separate Airborne Brigade

37th Separate Air Assault Brigade (Oct 1979-1 Jun 1990) 37th Separate Airborne Brigade (1 Jun 1990-1994)
Active	1979-1994
Country	Soviet Union (1979-1992)  Russia (1992-1994)
Branch	Soviet Ground Forces Soviet airborne Russian Airborne Troops
Type	Airborne infantry
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Chernyakhovsk

The 37th Separate Airborne Brigade was an airborne brigade of the Russian Airborne Troops. It was disbanded in 1994 and was based in Chernyakhovsk.^[1]

History

The 37th Separate Air Assault Brigade was formed in October 1979 in Chernyakhovsk in the Baltic Military District.^[2] It was composed of three airborne battalions, an air assault battalion, an artillery battalion and an antiaircraft artillery battalion. The brigade was transferred to the Soviet airborne on 1 June 1990^[3] and redesignated as an airborne brigade. Its air assault battalion was disbanded and its antiaircraft artillery battalion became a battery. In 1994, the brigade was disbanded.^[1]

References

1. 1 2 Holm, Michael. "37th independent Landing-Assault Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-06. 
2. ↑ Lenski, Andrei; Tsybin, M.M. (2005). Армия Отечества [Army of the Fatherland] (in Russian). 
3. ↑ Zaloga, Steve (1995-01-01). Inside the Blue Berets: A Combat History of Soviet and Russian Airborne Forces, 1930-1995. Presidio. ISBN 9780891413998.