Russian paratroopers are revered not only in their own country.Their respect for the whole world.Known saying of the American general that, if he had the company of Russian paratroopers, he would have conquered the entire planet.Among the legendary Russian military units - Special Purpose Regiment 45 Airborne.He has an interesting history, the central part of which is occupied by the heroic exploits.
We are proud of our paratroopers, honor their courage, valor and willingness at all costs to defend the interests of the motherland.The glorious pages of military history of the USSR and then Russia were largely due to the heroic deeds of soldiers-commandoes.Soldiers serving in the airborne troops fearlessly perform the most complex tasks and special operations.Airborne troops - among the most prestigious Russian army units.The soldiers try to get there, wanting to feel involved in the creation of a glorious military history of the country.
45th Airborne Regiment: basic facts
45 Special Forces Airborne Regiment was formed in early 1994.Its base is the number of independent battalions 218 and 901. By mid-year the regiment was equipped with weapons and fighters.For his first combat operation of the 45th Regiment began in December 1994 in Chechnya.Marines engaged in combat until February 1995, and then returned to the Moscow region on the basis of their deployment on an ongoing basis.In 2005 the regiment received the Combat Banner Guards Room 119 of the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Since inception military formation became known 45 Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment.But in early 2008 it was renamed the Special Purpose Regiment.In August of the same year it participated in the special operation to force Georgia to peace.In 2010, the Task Force regiment number 45 ensured the safety of Russian citizens during the riots in Kyrgyzstan.
Background
basis for the formation of the 45th separate Guards were 218 th and 901 th battalion of special purpose.Soldiers of the First Battalion at that time took part in three military operations.In summer 1992, the battalion had served in Transnistria in September - in areas where there is a conflict between the Ossetian and Ingush militant group, in December - in Abkhazia.
Battalion No. 901 in 1979 was part of the Soviet troops in Czechoslovakia in 1989, relocated to Latvia and joined to the structure of the Baltic Military District.In 1991, the 901 Special Forces Battalion relocated to the Abkhaz ASSR.In 1992 it was renamed in airborne battalion.In 1993, the formation of the tasks related to the protection of objects of the state and military.In the autumn of 1993 the battalion was relocated to the suburbs.Then came the 45 Regiment of the Airborne Troops of Russia.
Awards
In 1995, 45 Airborne Regiment received a letter of the President of Russia for services to the country.In July 1997, building was handed Banner Airborne Regiment number 5, who participated in the fighting in the Great Patriotic War.In 2001, from the Minister of Defense of Russian regiment received Pennant - for courage, high combat training and real courage when participating in hostilities in Chechnya.45 Guards Airborne owns Order of Kutuzov - corresponding decree was signed by President of Russia.Military formation was honored for heroic achievements in carrying out combat operations shown by the soldiers and commanders of heroism, courage.The regiment was the first bearer of the Order of Kutuzov in the modern history of our country.In July 2009, he inherited the formation of the St. George flag.
title of Hero of Russia got ten men whose duty station was the Regiment 45 Airborne.Order of Courage was awarded 79 paratroopers.Medal of the Order "For Merit" of the second degree was awarded ten servicemen of the regiment.Order "For Military Merit" and "For Merit" were respectively seventeen and three paratroopers.Medals "For Valour" received 174 soldiers medal of Suvorov - 166. Seven people were awarded medals Zhukov.
Jubilee
Moscow Kubinka - 45 Airborne Regiment based there - in July 2014 was the place where he spent the jubilee celebrations dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the formation.The event was held in the format of open doors - the paratroopers showed guests their combat skills, parachute units carried descent from heaven Airborne flag and the famous pilots of the team "Russian Knights" aerobatics show wonders in the fighter.
Legendary Airborne Regiment as part
arm, which includes 45 Regiment - Airborne (military assault troops) of Russia.Their story takes the count from 2 August 1930. Then, in our country have made the landing with a parachute first paratroopers of the Moscow District Air Force.It was an experiment that showed military theorists as a promising may be the landing parachute units from the point of view of fighting.The first formal division of airborne troops of the USSR appeared only in the next year in the Leningrad Military District.The structure includes the formation of 164 people, all - soldiers aviamotodesantnogo squad.By the beginning of World War II in the USSR had five buildings Airborne, all of which have served 10 thousand fighters.
Airborne during World War
Since the beginning of the war all the Soviet Airborne Corps entered into battle, taking place on the territory of the Ukrainian, Belarusian, Lithuanian Republic.A major operation involving paratroopers during World War II is considered to be a battle with a group of Germans near Moscow in early 1942.Then the 10 th. Paratroopers won an important victory for the front.Parts of Airborne connected to the battles of Stalingrad and.
Marines Soviet Army honorably fulfilled the duty to defend the city.Airborne Army and the Soviet Union took part in the battles after the defeat of Nazi Germany - in August 1945, they fought in the Far East against the Imperial Japanese armed forces.More than 4 thousand. Soldiers paratroopers helped Soviet forces won an important victory in this sector of the front.After the war
special attention, observation of military analysts, in the post-war development strategy of the Airborne Forces of the USSR was paid to the organization fighting behind enemy lines, enhance the combat capability of the soldiers reacted with parts of the army provided the possible use of nuclear weapons.The troops were equipped with new aircraft type "AN-12" and "AN-22", which, thanks to heavy-duty vehicles could be delivered behind enemy motor vehicles, armored vehicles, artillery and other means of warfare.
Every year carried out an increasing number of military exercises with the participation of soldiers of the Airborne Forces.Among the largest - it is in the spring of 1970 in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic.As part of the exercises "Dvina" had landed more than 7 thousand. Soldiers and more than 150 military vehicles and guns.In 1971 he passed the teachings of the "South" of comparable scale.In the late 1970s, it was first tested in the application amphibious operations, new aircraft "IL-76".Until the collapse of the Soviet Airborne Forces soldiers on each of the exercises have repeatedly shown the highest military training.
military assault troops of the Russian Federation today
Airborne now considered a structure that is designed to their own (or as part of the Land Forces) carry out combat missions in conflicts of various scales - from local to global.About 95% Airborne units are in a constant state of combat readiness.Landing formation is considered one of the most mobile combat arms of Russia.They are also designed to perform the functions of warfare behind enemy lines.
As part of the Russian Airborne Troops - four divisions, its own training center, the institute, as well as a large number of institutions, working for the security, supply and maintenance.
Russian Airborne Motto - "No one except us!" Marine Service is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and at the same time difficult.According to data for 2010, 4000 served in the Airborne officers, 7,000 contract soldiers, 24,000 conscripts.Another 28 000 people - civilian personnel formation.
Marines and the operation in Afghanistan
most massive participation of the Airborne Forces in the hostilities after World War II took place in Afghanistan.The battle involved 103 Division 56 Assault Brigade, 345 airborne regiment, two battalions, motorized rifle brigade.Some military analysts believe that the specifics of warfare in Afghanistan could not imagine the feasibility of using the parachute landing as a method of transferring the fighting strength of the army.This, according to analysts, due to the mountainous terrain of the country, as well as high costs of such operations.The personnel of the Airborne Forces, usually throws by helicopter.
largest Airborne operation in Afghanistan was a Soviet Panjsher battle in 1982.It was attended by more than 4 thousand. Paratroopers (in the total number of soldiers involved in the operation, 12 thousand. People).The Soviet army in the fighting was able to take the bulk of the Panjsher gorge under control.
Airborne fighting since the Soviet collapse
Marines, despite the difficult times that followed the collapse of the superpower, continued to defend the interests of his country.They often have peacekeepers in the former Soviet republics.Russian paratroopers made themselves known to the whole world during the conflict in Yugoslavia in 1999.Russian Airborne Troops Soldiers made famous roll Pristina, managing to get ahead of the NATO military.
Throw Pristina
On the night of 11 on June 12, 1999 Russian paratroopers appeared in Yugoslavia, starting from the neighboring Bosnia and Herzegovina.They managed to take an airfield, located near the town of Pristina.There, a few hours later, there were NATO soldiers.Some details of those events.In particular, US Army General Clark ordered his colleague from the armed forces of Great Britain to prevent the Russian master airfield.He said he did not want to provoke a third world war.However, the main part of the information on existing operations in Pristina is not - it is all hush-hush.
Russian paratroopers in Chechnya
Airborne Troops of the Russian Federation took part in the two Chechen wars.Concerning the first - most of the data are still secret.It is known, for example, that among the most famous operations of the second campaign with the participation of the VDV - Argun battle.The Russian army was ordered to - to block the strategically important land transport routes running along the Argun gorge.According to him the separatists got food, weapons and drugs.Marines joined the operation in December as part of the 56th Airborne Regiment.
known heroic feat of paratroopers involved in the battle for the 776 height not far from the Chechen Ulus-Kert.In February 2000, 6 of the Pskov Airborne company entered into a battle with a group of Khattab and Basayev, ten times larger in size.During the day, the militants have been locked in the Argun Gorge.In carrying out the task, the soldiers of the Pskov Airborne companies have spared itself.It survived 6 fighters.
Russian paratroopers and the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict
In the 90 years the Russian Airborne Division carried out in areas where the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, mainly peacekeeping functions.But in 2008, the Marines participated in combat operations.When the Georgian army launched an attack on South Ossetia, the area of the war were sent to the Russian army, including 76 Russian Airborne Division from Pskov.According to some military analysts in the raid there were no major amphibious landings.However, as experts believe, the participation of Russian paratroopers made a psychological effect - especially on the political leadership of Georgia.
Forty-Fifth Regiment: renaming
recently appeared information that the Airborne Regiment 45 can receive the honorary name of the regiment "Transfiguration."Military formation with the same name was founded by Peter the Great and became a legend.There is a version that the initiative regarding the fact that 45 Russian Airborne Regiment to be renamed based on the statements of the President of Russia, who was of the opinion that the Russian army should appear formation named after famous regiments, such as Semyonov, Transfiguration.In one of the military councils of Russian airborne troops, as indicated in some sources, the President's proposal was reviewed and as a result the responsible persons given the task to prepare the information about the beginning of work on the creation of historical army regiments.It is possible that the title of the Transfiguration will receive 45 special forces regiment of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation.
