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Airborne troops. The history of the Russian landing Alekhin Roman Viktorovich

DEEP INTELLIGENCE (REVOCATIONAL AND amphibious companies)

Back in the mid-70s, in separate reconnaissance battalions of motorized rifle and tank divisions reconnaissance and landing companies are being created, which in the first years of their existence were called "deep reconnaissance companies". Since they were usually third in line in the battalions, they were unofficially called simply “third companies”, and those who were aware knew what they were talking about. The servicemen of these reconnaissance and airborne companies wore the uniform of their divisions, but they were given a jump uniform for jumping. Often in these companies, fighters and commanders wore blue berets. These companies did not have their own numbers, since they were not separate units.

Being abandoned behind enemy lines in the offensive zone of their division, these companies, as part of their activities in the front line, in fact, performed tasks similar to those assigned to special intelligence. On their own, the reconnaissance groups of the "third companies" behind enemy lines could organize the destruction of almost any rear object that they encountered on the way, and in any case they had to destroy the enemy's nuclear weapons.

The training of personnel for these companies was mainly carried out by the 597th separate reconnaissance battalion, located in the n. Sandy, in the Leningrad Military District. There were also several more training battalions scattered throughout the vast country.

I will try to list these reconnaissance and airborne companies as of the mid-80s, when Soviet military power was at its peak.

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (Western Group of Forces):

RDR 5th Orb (military unit 60495) 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Halle;

RDR 6th Orb (military unit 83059) 207th Motor Rifle Division, Stendal;

RDR 7th Orb (military unit 47250) 47th Guards TD, Burg;

RDR 9th Orb (military unit 47596) 11th Guards TD, Dresden;

RDR 10th Orb (military unit 83083) 79th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Jena;

RDR 11th Orb (military unit 86881) 39th Guards MRD, Meiningen.

By the way, in this division there was one very interesting regiment - the 120th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, which was formed on the basis of the 201st Airborne Brigade back in the period of the Great Patriotic War, thus being the heir to the very first airborne unit, the 3rd Airborne Brigade and the Airborne Detachment of the Leningrad Military District. During the period of the defeat of the remnants of the former Soviet power, in 1993, this regiment will be ingloriously disbanded;

RDR 12th Orb (military unit 83068) 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Schwerin;

RDR 13th orb 9th TD, Zeithain;

RDR 17th orb (military unit 35018) 16th TD, Neustrelitz;

RDR 17th Guards Orb (military unit 34161) 32nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, Uteborg;

RDR 18th orb (military unit 60491) 12th TD, Manwinkel;

RDR 30th orb (military unit 60549) 90th TD, Bernau;

RDR 34th Orb (military unit 58593) 21st Motor Rifle Division, Perleberg;

RDR 40th orb (military unit 47368) 7th TD, Quedlinburg;

RDR 53rd orb (military unit 34810) 25th TD, Vogelsand;

RDR 59th Orb (military unit 58545) 35th Motor Rifle Division, Olympics Dorf;

RDR 68th Guards Orb (military unit 23562) 20th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Plauen;

RDR 107th Guards Orb (military unit 58447) 32nd Guards TD, Uteborg;

RDR 112th Guards Orb (military unit 35094) 10th Guards TD, Halberstadt;

RDR 113th Orb (military unit 60544) 57th Guards MRD, Rudolstadt.

Central Group of Forces:

RDR 20th Guards Orb 30th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Riechki;

RDR 31st Orb 48th Motor Rifle Division Visoko Mito;

RDR of the 45th Guards Orb (military unit 67001) 18th Guards MRD, Dechin;

RDR 81st Guards Orb (military unit 34965) 15th Guards TD, Milovice;

RDR 84th orb 31st TD Bruntal.

Northern Group of Forces:

RDR of the 96th Guards Orb (military unit 28348) 20th Guards TD, Svetoshchuv;

RDR of the 126th Guards Orb (military unit 74256) 6th Guards MRD, Byalogard.

Southern Group of Forces:

RDR of the 15th Guards Orb (military unit 75569) 254th Motor Rifle Division, Szekesfehervar;

RDR 16th Guards Orb (military unit 64802) 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, Kecskemét;

RDR of the 56th Guards Orb (military unit 30248) 13th Guards TD, Veszprem;

RDR of the 99th Guards Orb (military unit 81154) 19th Guards TD, Esztergom.

Leningrad Military District:

RDR 597th training orb (military unit 54052) of the 56th guards training center, Pesochny;

RDR 789th Guards Orb 45th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Kharitonovo;

RDR 790th orb (military unit 15745) 54th MRD, Alakurti;

RDR 792nd Orb (military unit 40335) 64th Motor Rifle Division, Sapernoe;

RDR 794th Orb 77th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Arkhangelsk;

RDR 795th Orb 111th Motor Rifle Division, Lahdenpokhya;

RDR 796th Orb 131st Motor Rifle Division, Luostari.

Baltic Military District:

RDR 19th Guards Orb (military unit 14044) 1st Guards MRD, Dolgorukovo;

RDR 79th orb (military unit 71677) 1st TD, Kornevo;

RDR 80th Guards Orb 40th Guards TD, Sovetsk;

RDR 86th Orb 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, Klaipeda;

RDR 148-ro Guards Orb (military unit 48853) of the 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Klooga;

RDR 640th Orb 107th Motor Rifle Division, Vilnius;

RDR 45th Guards Orb 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Gusev;

RDR Guards Orb 26th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Sovetsk;

urdr of the 381st training orb (military unit 10940) of the 54th training center, Dobele.

Belarusian military district:

RDR 3rd Guards Orb 6th Guards TD, Grodno;

RDR 6th Guards Orb 8th Guards TD, Pukhovichi;

RDR 46th Guards Orb (military unit 43194) 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Uruchcha;

RDR 50th orb 29th TD, Slutsk;

RDR 52nd orb 193rd TD, Bobruisk;

RDR 53rd Guards Orb 37th Guards TD, Borovukha;

RDR 56th Orb 19th Guards Tank Division, Zaslonovo;

RDR 90th Orb 50th Motor Rifle Division, Brest;

RDR 97th orb 28th TD, Slonim;

RDR 134th orb 34th TD, Borisov;

RDR Orb (military unit 12344) 76th TD, Brest.

Moscow Military District:

RDR 136th Guards Orb (military unit 33755) 2nd Guards MRD, Kalininets;

RDR 137th Guards Orb 4th Guards TD, Naro-Fominsk;

RDR 39th Guards Orb 32nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, Tver;

Odessa Military District:

RDR 95th Guards Orb 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Chernomorskoe;

RDR 102nd Guards Orb (military unit 48383) 59th Guards MRD, Tiraspol;

RDR 103rd Orb 126th Motor Rifle Division, Simferopol;

RDR 129th Orb 180th Motor Rifle Division, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky;

Kyiv Military District:

RDR 15th Orb 254th Motor Rifle Division, Artemoven;

RDR 74th Guards Orb 17th Guards TD, Krivoy Rog;

RDR 117th Orb 72nd Motor Rifle Division, Belaya Tserkov;

RDR of the 130th Guards Orb (military unit 24066) 25th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Lubny;

RDR of the 1377th training orb (military unit 54057) of the 169th training center (former 48th guards unit), Oster.

Carpathian Military District:

RDR 21st Guards Orb (military unit 15727) 51st Guards MRD, Vladimir-Volynsky;

RDR 29th Orb 24th Motor Rifle Division, Rava-Russkaya;

RDR 47th Guards Orb 128th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Mukachevo;

RDR 54th Guards Orb 30th Guards TD, Novograd-Volynsky;

RDR 83rd orb (military unit 22356) 23rd TD, Ovruch;

RDR 91st Guards Orb 70th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Ivano-Frankivsk;

RDR 92nd orb (military unit 15331) 161st MRD, Izyaslav;

RDR 93rd Orb 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Khmelnitsky;

RDR 94th Guards Orb 97th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Slavuta;

RDR of the 1262th training guards orb of the 110th guards of the training center, Chernivtsi.

Transcaucasian Military District:

RDR 766th Orb 10th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Akhaltsikhe;

RDR 767th Orb 15th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Kirovakan;

RDR 768th Orb 23rd Motor Rifle Division, Ganja;

RDR 769th Orb 60th Motor Rifle Division, Lankaran;

RDR 770th Orb (military unit 15729) 75th MRD, Nakhichevan;

RDR 772nd Orb (military unit 15732) 127th Motor Rifle Division, Leninakan;

RDR 773rd Orb 45th Motor Rifle Division, Gonio;

RDR 774th Orb 147th Motor Rifle Division, Akhalkalaki;

RDR 776th Orb 164th Motor Rifle Division, Sovetashen;

RDR 777th Orb 295th Motor Rifle Division, Baku.

North Caucasian Military District:

RDR 107th Orb 9th Motor Rifle Division, Maykop;

RDR 249th Orb (military unit 12356) 19th Guards MRD, Vladikavkaz;

RDR 417th orb (military unit 55034) 173rd OTC, Grozny;

RDR 347th orb 14th TD, Novocherkassk.

Volga Military District:

RDR 1378th training orb 43rd umsd, Chernorechye.

Ural Military District:

RDR 206th Orb 213th Motor Rifle Division, Totskoye;

RDR 907th orb (military unit 35652) 34th MRD, Sverdlovsk.

Turkestan military district:

RDR 650th Orb 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Afghanistan;

RDR 781st Orb 108th Motor Rifle Division, Afghanistan;

RDR Orb 4th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Termez;

RDR Orb (military unit 61205) 88th Motor Rifle Division, Kushka;

Central Asian Military District:

RDR 85th orb 78th TD, Ayaguz;

RDR 105th Orb 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Panfilov;

RDR 106th Orb 58th Motor Rifle Division, Saryozek;

RDR 236th Orb 155th Motor Rifle Division, Ust-Kamenogorsk;

RDR 783rd Orb 201st Motor Rifle Division, Afghanistan;

RDR Orb 167th Motor Rifle Division, Semipalatinsk;

RDR Orb 203rd Motor Rifle Division, Karaganda.

Siberian Military District:

RDR 121st Orb 85th Motor Rifle Division, Novosibirsk;

RDR 172nd Orb 242nd Motor Rifle Division, Abakan;

RDR 1263rd Orb 62nd Motor Rifle Division, Itatka;

RDR Orb 13th Motor Rifle Division, Biysk.

Transbaikal Military District:

RDR 109th Guards Orb (military unit 15349) 11th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Mirnaya;

RDR 128th Guards Orb (military unit 21757) 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, Dauria;

RDR 186th Orb 2nd Guards Tank Division, Choibalsan;

RDR 192nd Orb 245th Motor Rifle Division, Gusinoozersk;

RDR Orb 110th Motor Rifle Division, Bratsk;

DDR 1914 orb 49th office, Chita;

RDR Guards Orb 5th Guards TD, Kyakhta;

RDR Orb 52nd Motor Rifle Division, Nizhneudinsk;

RDR 110th Guards Orb (military unit 59335) 38th Guards Motor Rifle Division, Sretensk;

RDR 132nd Orb 12th Motor Rifle Division, Mongolia;

RDR Orb 41st Motor Rifle Division, Choyren, Mongolia;

rdr orb 51st td, Nalaih, Mongolia;

RDR Orb (military unit 96599) 149th Motor Rifle Division, Erdenet, Mongolia.

Far Eastern Military District:

RDR 27th Orb 277th Motor Rifle Division, Sergeevka;

RDR 88th Guards Orb 21st Guards TD, Belogorsk;

RDR 115th Orb 265th Motor Rifle Division, Yekaterinovka;

RDR 118th Guards Orb 81st Guards Motor Rifle Division, Bikin;

RDR 127th Guards Orb 123rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, Barabash;

RDR 129th Orb 121st Motor Rifle Division, Sibirtsevo;

RDR 131st Orb 135th Motor Rifle Division, Grushevoye;

RDR of the 154th Orb of the 73rd Motor Rifle Division, Komsomolsk-on-Amur;

RDR Orb 22nd Motor Rifle Division, Yelizovo;

RDR Orb 29th Motor Rifle Division, Kamen-Rybolov;

RDR Orb (military unit 20187) 33rd Motor Rifle Division, Khomutovo;

RDR Orb 40th Motor Rifle Division, Smolyaninovo;

RDR Orb 67th Motor Rifle Division, Skovorodino;

RDR Orb 79th Motor Rifle Division, Poronaysk;

RDR Orb 87th Motor Rifle Division, Petropalovsk-Kamchatsky;

RDR Orb 192nd Motor Rifle Division, Blagoveshchensk;

RDR Orb 199th Motor Rifle Division, Krasny Kut;

RDR Orb (military unit 48319) 262nd MRD, Vozzhaevka;

RDR Orb (military unit 04030) 266th MRD, Raychikhinsk;

rdr orb 27th utd, Zavitinsk;

RDR Orb 270th Motor Rifle Division, Khabarovsk.

It is clear that this list is completely incomplete (and requires clarification), but even the listed companies are an impressive force. The vast majority of these companies existed in a cropped or collapsed state, but those in which personnel, in full underwent airborne training.

Usually, scouts went to the airborne troops or GRU special forces to jump. Most of the "live" reconnaissance and airborne companies in the second half of the 80s wore the uniform and symbols of the Airborne Forces.

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