40th independent Landing-Assault Brigade

40-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада

Military Unit: 32461

Activated 10.79 in Nikolayev, Odessa Oblast, from parts of the 80th Guards Parachute Regiment.

Organisation 1980:

1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 40th independent Airborne Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

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Subordination: