Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy

Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy
Береговые войска ВМФ Российской Федерации Beregovye voiska
Emblem of the Russian Navy
Founded	27 March 1930 (1930-03-27)
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Navy
Type	Motorized infantry Naval infantry Naval Spetsnaz
Role	Amphibious reconnaissance Amphibious warfare Anti-aircraft warfare Armoured warfare CBRN defenceCoastal defence and fortification Cold-weather warfare Combined arms Counter-battery fire Electronic warfare Forward observer Maneuver warfare Military intelligence Raiding Reconnaissance Special operations Urban warfare
Size	35,000 personnel[1]
Part of	Russian Navy
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant General Alexandr Kolpachenko

The Coastal Troops (Russian: Береговые войска, romanized: Beregovyye voyska) are a service arm of the Russian Navy. Their missions are to protect Russian fleets' forces, personnel, and seashore objects from enemy surface ships; to defend naval bases and other important facilities of the Fleets from land attacks, including amphibious and air assaults; to participate in amphibious and air assaults; to support the Russian Ground Forces in defending against airborne and amphibious assaults; and to destroy enemy surface ships, boats and amphibious transports in their operational area.^[2]

Subordinate branches and equipment

The Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy include three branches:^[2]

• Coastal Defence Missile Artillery
• Motorized coastal defence troops
• Naval Infantry

Brigades and battalions are the main organizational elements of the Coastal Troops.^[2]

The Coastal Troops are mainly equipped with combined arms armaments and equipment. They are also armed with coastal missile systems (CMSs) that launch anti-ship guided missiles, stationary and mobile artillery mounts designed to destroy sea and ground targets, and other weapon systems.^[2]

List of units

Pacific Fleet

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Sergey Vitalyevich Pushkin

• 72nd Coastal Missile Brigade (Smolyaninovo, Primorsky Krai).
• 216th Electronic Warfare Regiment (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka Krai)
• 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai)
  • Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Squad
  • 59th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 47th Air Assault Battalion
  • Tank Battalion
  • 287th Artillery Divizion
  • 288th Air Defence Divizion
• 40th Naval Infantry Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatsky Krai)
  • Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, MLRS Divizion, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Squad
  • Naval Infantry Battalion
  • Air Assault Battalion
  • Tank Company
  • Artillery Divizion
  • Air Defence Divizion
  • Rifles Company
• 520th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 1036th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 830th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 412nd Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Sakhalin Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 574th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Iturup Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 789th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Simushir Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • Kunashir Island Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Kunashir Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • Matua Island Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion (Matua Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
  • 97th Coastal Artillery Divizion (Iturup Island, Sakhalin Oblast)
• 140th Communications Center (Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai)
• 471st Electronic Warfare Center (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatsky Krai)
• 474th Electronic Warfare Center (Shtykovo, Primorsky Krai)
• 1532nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatsky Krai). Since April 2015, the regiment is armed with S-400 air defence system.

Black Sea Fleet

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Denis Lyamin

• 22nd Army Corps
  • 127th Reconnaissance Brigade (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol)
    • Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Engineer Company, EW Company, Military Police Company, Chemical Protection Group, Medical Unit
    • Reconnaissance Battalion
    • ELINT Battalion
    • Psychological Warfare Company
    • UAV Company
  • 126th Guards Coastal Defence Brigade (Perevalnoe, Republic of Crimea). Since 2019, the brigade is armed with Tornado-G MLRS.
    • Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Battalion, EW Company, Air Defence Company, Sniper Company, Chemical Protection Company, Medical Company, Howitzer Divizion, MLRS Divizion
    • 1st Motorized Battalion
    • 2nd Motorized Battalion
    • Mountain Infantry Battalion
    • Tank Battalion
  • 8th Coastal Artillery Regiment (Simferopol, Republic of Crimea). Since 2019, the regiment is armed with Tornado-G MLRS.^[3]
• 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Gagarinsky district, Сity of Sevastopol)
  • Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, Flamethrower Company, Artillery Divizion
  • 557th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 542nd Air Assault Battalion
  • 547th Air Defence Artillery Divizion
  • 538th Logistics and Support Battalion
• 382th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion (Temryuk, Krasnodar Krai)
• 388th Separate Marine Reconnaissance Unit (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol)
• 11th Separate Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Anapa, Krasnodar Krai)
  • Brigade HQ: Engineer Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company
  • 25th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • 459th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • Technical Support Divizion
• 15th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Lenin district, City of Sevastopol)
  • Brigade HQ: Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company, Air Defence Divizion
  • Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • Utyos Heavy Machine Gun Divizion
• 854th Coastal Missile Regiment (Khersones AFB, City of Sevastopol)
• 475th Electronic Warfare Center (Balaklava District, City of Sevastopol)
• 1096th Anti-Air Missile Regiment (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol)
• 68th Naval Engineer Regiment (Evpatoria, Republic of Crimea)
• 4th Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Regiment (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol)
• 133th Logistics and Support Brigade (Bakhchisarai, Republic of Crimea)
• 1127th Artillery Repair Unit (Nakhimov district, City of Sevastopol)

Baltic Fleet

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Andrei Guschin

• 11th Army Corps
  • 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast)
    • Division HQ
    • 79th Motor Rifle Regiment
    • 275th Motor Rifle Regiment
    • 280th Motor Rifle Regiment
    • 11th Tank Regiment
    • 20th Reconnaissance Battalion
    • 26th Automobile Battalion
    • Signal Battalion
    • Engineer Battalion
  • 152nd Guards Missile Brigade (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • 244th Artillery Brigade (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • 7th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • 22nd Air Defence Missile Regiment (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • 46th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • 40th Separate Signal Battalion (Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 44th Air Defence Division (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • Division HQ
  • 183rd Air Defence Missile Regiment
  • 1543rd Air Defence Missile Regiment
  • 81st Radio-Technical Regiment
• 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
  • Brigade HQ: Sniper Company, Airborne Company, Signal Company, Anti-tank Missile Divizion, Flamethrower Company, Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Medical Company, Military Police Squad
  • 877th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 879th Air Assault Battalion
  • 884th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 724th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 1612th Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion
  • 1592nd Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion
  • 1618th Air Defence Missile Divizion
• 25th Coastal Missile Brigade (Donskoe, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 69th Naval Engineer Regiment (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 302nd Electronic Warfare Regiment (Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 313th PDSS Detachment (Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 473th PDSS Detachment (Kronstadt, City of Saint Petersburg)
• 319th Military Police Battalion (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 1488th Separate Automobile Battalion (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 561st Naval Reconnaissance Detachment (Parusnoye, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 841st Electronic Warfare Center (Yantarny, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 742nd Communications Center (Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast)

Northern Fleet

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Dmitry Kraev

• 14th Army Corps
  • Corps HQ
  • 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade (Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast). Trained for combat operations in the Arctic region and protecting interests of Russia on the continental shelf.
    • Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Engineer Company, UAV Company, Military Police Company, Chemical Protection Group, Medical Company
    • 1st Motorized Battalion
    • 2nd Motorized Battalion
    • Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Arctic) (Pechenga, Murmansk Oblast)
    • Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, UAV Company, Military Police Company, EW Company, Courrier Detachment
    • 583rd Motorized Battalion
    • 658th Motorized Battalion
    • 664th Motorized Battalion
    • 60th Guards Tank Battalion
    • 274th Guards Engineers Battalion
    • 416th Artillery Divizion
    • 471st Howitzer Divizion
    • 382nd MLRS Divizion
    • 871st Anti-tank Divizion
    • 226th Missile Air Defence Divizion
    • 246th Air Defence Divizion
  • 58th Signal Battalion (Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 61st Separate Naval Infantry Brigade (Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast):
  • Brigade HQ: Signal Company, Logistics and Support Company, Rifle Company
  • 874th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 876th Air Assault Battalion
  • 317th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 318th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 886th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 1591st Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion. Armed with Nona-SVK
  • 1611th Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion. Armed with Gvozdika
  • 1617th Anti-Air missile Artillery Divizion. Armed with 2K22Tunguska
  • 180th Naval Engineer Battalion
  • 75th Naval Infirmary. It is the main hospital of the Northern Fleet, consisting of a mobile detachment of medical workers for operations in the combat formations of the landing force.
• 536th Guards Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade (Snezhnogorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
  • Brigade HQ: Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company, Air Defence Divizion
  • Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
• 63rd Naval Engineer Regiment (Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 99th Tactical Arctic Detachment (Kotelny Island, Sakha Republic)
• 71st Tactical Arctic Detachment (Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast)
• 160th PDSS Detachment (Vidyaevo, Murmansk Oblast)
• 269th PDSS Detachment (Gadzhiyevo, Murmansk Oblast)
• 313rd PDSS Detachment (Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast)
• 741st Communications Center (Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 186th Electronic Warfare Center (Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 211th Naval Infantry Security Battalion (Olenegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 58th Separate Security Company (Gadzhiyevo, Murmansk Oblast)

Caspian Flotilla

• 177th Naval Infantry Regiment (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan) (in service with the BTR-82, BTR-80, MT-LB)^[4]
  • 414th Guards Naval Infantry Battalion (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)
  • 727th Naval Infantry Battalion (Astrakhan, Astrakhan Oblast)
• 46th Coastal Missile Divizion (Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)
• 847th Coastal Missile Divizion(Kaspiysk, Republic of Dagestan)

References

 This article incorporates text by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

External links

• Media related to Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy at Wikimedia Commons