35th Guards Air Assault Brigade
111th Guards Airborne Regiment (Oct 1948 – Dec 1979)
35th Guards Air Assault Brigade (20 Apr 1993–present) | |
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Active | 1948–present |
Country | Soviet Union (1948–1992) Kapchagay |
Motto(s) | Міндет, Абырой, Ерлж (Duty, Honor, Rule) |
Engagements | Tajikistani Civil War |
The 35th Guards Air Assault Brigade is an airmobile brigade of the
After the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the brigade became part of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan and was renamed to the 35th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade.[3][4]
History
The brigade was formed on 1 October 1948 in
The difficulty of mountain training can be judged by the fact that only 15 out of the 200 soldiers in the 100th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Company and the 1st Airborne Company of the 345th Guards Airborne Regiment reached the summit of Peak Harvest in the
In July 1979, its 2nd Battalion was deployed to
In April 1991 it was moved from its garrison at
From the summer of 1992 to July 1994 elements of the brigade formed a consolidated battalion with other Kazakh units and fought in the Tajikistani Civil War. The combined battalion suffered total casualties of 54 killed and missing.[9] However, the brigade's elements in the combined battalion suffered none of these casualties.[4] Between 1993 and 1996, the brigade was commanded by Ouali Yelamanov, who went on to command the Kazakh airmobile forces. On 20 April 1993 it was renamed the 35th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade. Due to the outflow of Russian personnel and funding shortages due to the poor state of the Kazakh economy, there was a personnel shortage in the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan. The officer shortage forced[citation needed] Kazakh military leadership to reduce the size of units. The brigade was forced[citation needed] to disband the 4th Battalion, a reconnaissance company, and the airborne mortar batteries. It also reduced the size of the artillery battalions. By the summer of 1995, the brigade was composed of 1,500 soldiers.[4]
The Kazakh Mobile forces were created on 6 July 2000. On 11 August, the brigade was subordinated to the Southern Military District. The brigade became part of the mobile forces on 1 February 2001. The mobile forces were renamed the Airmobile Troops on 12 November 2003. With the growth of the Kazakh economy and increased funding, a partial reformation of the disbanded units began. The mortar batteries, the reconnaissance company, a heavy machine gun company armed with the
Composition
The brigade is currently composed of the following units.
- 351st Airborne Battalion
- 352nd Airborne Battalion
- 353rd Separate Air Assault Battalion
- Howitzer Artillery battalion
- Reactive Artillery Battery
- Antiaircraft Missile Battery
- Anti-tank missileBattery
- Heavy Machine Gun company
- Reconnaissance Company
- Communications Company
- Engineering Sapper Company
- Chemical Protection Company
- Medical Company
Commanders
- Nikolay Shvets (1979—1985)
- Ivan Khimich (1985—1987)
- Alexander Fedotov (1987—1989)
- Gennady Borisov (1989—1990)
- Stanislav Semenyuta
- Alexander Novikov
- Ouali Yelemanov (1993–1996)
- Mukan Dyusekeev (1996—1998)
- Adylbek Aldabergenov (1998—2001)
- Talgat Koybakov
- Bakhyztzhan Ubek
- Arman Kutkuzhinov
- Yerzhan Kassenov
References
- ^ a b Holm, Michael. "111th Guards Parachute Regiment". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ISBN 9780891413998.
- ^ a b Holm, Michael. "35th independent Guards Landing-Assault Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ a b c d Musabekov, Erlan. "История создания Аэромобильных войск Республики Казахстан. — Десантура.ру – о десанте без границ" [History of the Airmobile forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan]. desantura.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ "Все о ВДВ, клубы десантников, фильмы о ВДВ, десантура, воздушно-десантные войска" [Union of Russian Paratroopers]. sdrvdv.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-04.
- ^ a b "На южных рубежах (войсковая часть 77701 до ввода в Афганистан)" [On the Southern Borders: Military Unit 7701 to enter Afghanistan]. 860omsp.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Войны, истории, факты. Альманах" [Almanac of War History and Facts]. www.almanacwhf.ru (in Russian). 2004. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
- ^ Selemenev, Vadim (3 September 2011). "Неизвестная дивизия. 105-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Краснознамённая дивизия (горно-пустынная). — Десантура.ру – о десанте без границ" [105th Guards Airborne Division]. desantura.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ "В 1990–е годы на таджикско-афганской границе Казахстан потерял убитыми и без вести пропавшими 54 солдата" [In the 1990s on the Tajik-Afghan Border Kazakhstan lost 54 killed and missing soldiers]. inform.kz (in Russian). 11 February 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2015.