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 | |
|
8th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia | |
| Active | 2009–present |
| Country |
 Russia |
| Branch |
 Russian Ground Forces |
| Type |
 Motorized Infantry |
| Size | brigade |
| Engagements |
War in Donbas • Battle of Ilovaisk |
The 8th Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade is a formation of the Russian Ground Forces.
In August 2014 brigade's units participated in the War in Donbas.
History
Previously the brigade was active in Transdnestr after the deactivation of the 59th Guards Motor Rifle Division. It was formed on 1 June 1997 from the 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: Oleksandr Desyatov.[5]
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.
- ↑ See at [8:24]:
Bodies of the Russian Army soldiers near Ilovaisk