38th independent Guards Venskaya Red Banner Landing-Assault Brigade

38-я отдельная гвардейская десантно-штурмовая Венская Краснознаменная бригада

Military Unit: 92616

Activated 10.79 in Brest, Brest Oblast, from parts of the 105th Guards Airborne Division.

Organisation 1980:

• 1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 4th Landing Assault Battalion (vehicle)
• Artillery Battalion
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

Due to the troubles in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the brigade was temporarily deployed to Baku, Azerbaizhan SSR in january 1990.

1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 38th indpendent Guards Airborne Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

• 1st Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 2nd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• 3rd Airborne Battalion (foot)
• Artillery Battalion
• Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery

1.92 taken over by Belarus.

Bases:

• Brest, Brest Oblast, 10.79 - 1.92 [52 03 41N, 23 43 01E] [US designation: Brest Army Barracks Southeast AL 2]

Subordination:

• Belorussian Military District, 10.79 - 1.6.90
• HQ VDV, 1.6.90 - 1.92