57th independent Landing-Assault Brigade

57-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада

Military Unit: 92618

Activated 1.10.79 in Aktogay, Semipalatinsk Oblast, from parts of the 383rd Guards Parachute Regiment.

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

1.6.90 transferred to the VDV, and renamed 57th indpendent Airborne Brigade.

Organisation 1990:

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

Disbanded 5.91 (ordered 9.90).

Equipment:

• 6.80: 55 BMD, 8 ZU-23, 6 BM-21, 20 122mm D-30, 23 120mm mortars

Bases:

• Aktogay, Semipalatinsk Oblast, 10.79 - 5.91 [46 56 19N, 79 39 35E] [US designation: Aktogay Army Barracks AL 1]

Subordination:

• Central Asian Military District, 12.79 - 1.89
• Turkestan Military District, 1.89 - 1.6.90
• HQ VDV, 1.6.90 - 5.91