390th Guards Zaporozhsko-Odesskaya order of Lenin Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Artillery Brigade

390-я гвардейская артиллерийская Запорожско-Одесская ордена Ленина Краснознамённая орденов Суворова и Кутузова бригада

Military Unit: 17439

Activated 20.5.44 as the 43rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade.

1960 renamed 112th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment.

1970 with 130mm M-46 (2 battalions) and 152mm D-20 (1 battalion).

25.8.81 renamed 390th Guards Artillery Brigade.

1981 with 36 130mm M-46 (2 battalions) and 36 152mm D-20 (2 battalions).

1982 the 130mm M-46 (2 battalions) was replaced by the 152mm 2s5 Giatsint-S (one battalion).

In late 1982 received 1 battalion of 152mm 2A65 Msta-B.

In 1984 transferred the 152mm 2s5 Giatsint-S to the 385th Guards Artillery Brigade, and the 152mm 2A65 Msta-B to the 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade - all were replaced by the 152mm D-20.

Disbanded 5.98.

Headquarters:

• Altenburg, East Germany, 7.45 - 1960
• Ohrdruf, East Germany, 1960 - 6.93
• Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast, 6.93 - 5.98

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 72 152mm D-20, 5 PRP-3/4, 12 1V18, 4 1V19, 1 R-145BM and 2 BTR-60

Subordination:

• 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, 7.45 - 6.93
• 8th Guards Army Corps, 6.93 - 5.98

Brigade coordinates:

• Ohrdruf barracks: 50 49 52N, 10 45 23E