Belarusian Ground Forces
Belarusian Ground Forces | |
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Сухапутныя войскі Рэспублікі Беларусь Сухопутные войска Республики Беларусь | |
Defence Ministry of Belarus | |
Headquarters | Minsk |
Nickname(s) | Belarusian Land Forces Belarusian Army |
Colors | Red |
Anniversaries | February 23 |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-chief | Alexander Lukashenko |
Insignia | |
Flag |
The Belarusian Ground Forces is a service branch of the Armed Forces of Belarus.
History
The ground forces were founded on March 20, 1992, on the same day the
In December 2001, the Ground Forces underwent a major reorganization which produced two operational-territorial commands which are similar to Russia's
Structure
Headquarters (Minsk)
- Headquarters of the Armed Forces
- Exemplary Military Band
- Honor Guard of the Armed Forces of Belarus
- 465th Missile Brigade
- 336th Missile Artillery Brigade
- 51st Guards Mixed Artillery Group
- 188th Engineer Brigade
- 52nd Specialized Search Battalion
- Cynological Center of the Armed Forces
Western Operational Command
- 6th Guards Kyiv-Berlin Mechanised Brigade
- 11th Guards Berlin-Carpathian Mechanised Brigade
- 111th Artillery Brigade
- 1199th Mixed Artillery Regiment
- 557th Engineering Brigade
- 74th Separate Communications Regiment
- 815th Maintenance Center
- 28th Storage Base
- 48th Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion
- 230th Combined-Arms Training Ground
- 117th Navigation and Topographic Unit
- 250th Separate Guard and Service Battalion
- 108th Material Support Brigade
North Western Operational Command
- 120th Mechanised Brigade
- 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade
- 231st Artillery Brigade
- 86th Communications Brigade
- 42nd Separate Radio Engineering Battalion
- 244th Center for Electronic Intelligence
- 7th Engineer Regiment
- 60th Separate Communications Regiment
- 814th Maintenance Center
- 34th Storage Base
- 37th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base
- 110th Separate Logistics Regiment
- 10th Separate Electronic Warfare Battalion
- 227th Combined-Arms Training Ground
- 22nd Rocket Brigade(until 2005)
- 51st Guards Artillery Brigade
- 72nd Guards Joint Training Centre
Specialized forces
The specialized forces are designed to support the combat activities of the Ground Forces and solve their inherent tasks. They include formations and military units of intelligence, communications, engineering, radiation, chemical and biological defense, electronic warfare, navigation and topographic.[6]
- Electronic Warfare Troops
- Signal Troops
- Engineer Troops
- NBC Protection Troops
- Topographic Navigation Service
Signals Troops
The Signal Troops are separate special forces that act as the communications system between troops in the Armed Forces and territorial troops. It is grounded in communications and command and control equipment, radio intelligence and special radio equipment communication. The official holiday of the Signal Troops is 20 October, which was the day in 1919 when the Department of Communications of the Red Army was formed. Over the course of post-war years, with the transition of the troops to a peaceful situation, the communications troops of the Belarusian Military District, and later the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, took measures to restore and develop the stationary communications system, deploy communication systems of garrisons and military camps, and conditions.[7] In 2019, the Ministry of Communications and Informatization commemorated its centennial with a holiday stamp.[8]
NBC Protection Troops
The Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops (Russian: Войска радиационной, химической и биологической защиты; Войска РХБ защиты)) are the forces designed to endure their combat tasks in conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination, For about ten years, as part of a limited contingent of Soviet Army, chemical troops fought in Afghanistan, where such chemical support tasks as the use of flamethrowing incendiary agents and aerosols were effective in combating rebels. Many representatives of the chemical troops participating in the war were awarded military orders and medals.[9]
In the course of eliminating the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, given the training and technical equipment of the chemical forces, they were assigned some of the most difficult work. The Department of Chemical Forces was created on 1 June 1992 on the basis of the disbanded Directorate of the Belarusian Military District and was included in the General Staff of the Armed Forces. On 21 December 2001, in connection with the creation of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, the department of chemical forces of the Main Headquarters of the Armed Forces was reorganized and included in it as a department of the Republican Chemical Chemistry for Protection and Ecology of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.[9]
Commanders of the Ground Forces
- Major General Alexander Nikitin (-17 April 2012)[10]
Equipment
References
- ^ a b "Справки по отдельным бригадам Вооруженных Сил Республики Беларусь". www.soldat.ru.
- ^ a b Pike, John. "Ground Forces - Belarus". www.globalsecurity.org.
- Lexis-Nexis.
- ^ Юбилей прославленного объединения [The Anniversary of the Famous Association]. www.mil.by (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
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- ^ "Специальные войска — Военный информационный портал Министерства обороны Республики Беларусь". Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Belarus - Signal Corps". www.globalsecurity.org.
- ^ "Белпочта".
- ^ a b "Управление радиационной, химической, биологической защиты и экологии Генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил — Военный информационный портал Министерства обороны Республики Беларусь". Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Major General Alexander Nikitin relieved of his post | The Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus". president.gov.by. Retrieved 2021-04-02.