8th Guards Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade
| 8th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Russian: 8-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Чертковская дважды ордена Ленина, Краснознаменная, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада (горная) им. маршала бронетанковых войск М. Е. Катукова | |
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8th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia | |
| Active | 2009–present |
| Country |
 Russia |
| Branch |
 Russian Ground Forces |
| Type |
 Motorized Infantry |
| Role | Mountain infantry |
| Size | brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Borzoy |
| Patron | Mikhail Katukov |
| Engagements |
War in Donbas • Battle of Ilovaisk |
| Decorations |
 Order of Lenin (2) Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Order of Kutuzov Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
| Battle honours |
 GuardsChortkiv |
The 8th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces.
In 2014–2015 brigade's units participated in the War in Donbas.
History
Previously the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (not a mountain formation) was active in Transdnestr after the deactivation of the 59th Guards Motor Rifle Division. It was formed on 1 June 1997 from that division, and disbanded on 1 November 2002.[1]
The current formation traces its history from a premiere tank regiment of the storied 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division. In 2009 the 1st Guards Tank Regiment ("1-й гвардейский Чертковский Краснознамённый дважды ордена Ленина, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого танковый полк имени маршала бронетанковых войск М. Е. Катукова"), descended from the 1st Guards Tank Brigade (ru:1-я гвардейская танковая бригада) formed in World War II, became the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.
In August 2014 the brigade's units fought in the Battle of Ilovaisk. On 26 August a column of mixed 8th Mountain Brigade and 31st Air Assault Brigade units was ambushed by a Ukrainian anti-tank artillery squad of the 51st Mechanized Brigade near Mnohopillya village.[2] Three Russian armored vehicles were destroyed (2 MTLB-VMK's and a MTLB-6M).[3][4] A wounded soldier of 8th Mountain Brigade was captured: Aleksandr Desyatov.[5][6] A wounded soldier of the 8th brigade was reported being sent to Kiev for medical treatment after his armor vehicle was destroyed in a fight.[7]
According to Sutyagin, 8th brigade's units fought in winter battles 2015 in Donbass.[8]
References
- ↑ Holm, Michael. "59th Guards Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ↑ "КАПИТАН, КОТОРЫЙ ИЗМЕНИЛ ХОД ВОЙНЫ" [The captain who changed the course of the war]. Censor.net (in Russian). Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ↑ Bodies of the Russian Army soldiers near Ilovaisk
- ↑ "Russian military near Ilovaisk, 2014. 8th Motor Rifle Brigade (MUN 16544, Borzoi village, Chechnya) : Askai on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ↑ Цензор.НЕТ. "Украинская армия уничтожила колонну российской бронетехники в секторе "Б" - танки прибыли из Чечни" [Ukrainian army destroyed a Russian armor column in Sector "B"]. Цензор.НЕТ (in Russian). Retrieved 2016-12-11.
- ↑ See at [8:24]:
Bodies of the Russian Army soldiers near Ilovaisk - ↑ Shaun Walker; Oksana Grytsenko; Leonid Ragozin (4 September 2014). "Russian soldier: 'You're better clueless because the truth is horrible'". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ Sutyagin, Igor (March 2015). "RUSI Briefing Paper: Russian Forces in Ukraine" (PDF). Royal United Services Institute: 3. Retrieved 6 April 2016.