Russian Ground Forces formation
Military unit
The 3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army (Russian: 3-я гвардейская Луганско-Северодонецкая общевойсковая армия) is a military formation in the Russian Ground Forces as part of the Southern Military District. Formerly the 2nd Army Corps of the Luhansk People's Republic,[2] it was officially incorporated into the Russian Federation on 31 December 2022, after the Russian annexation of the Luhansk Oblast,[3] and then reformed into a Combined Arms Army in 2024.[4]
History
2014–2022
2024
In 2024, the 2nd Army Corps was reorganised into the 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army.[4][5]
Structure
4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade[6] (MUN 74347)
- Leshiy Battalion[7]
- 2nd Motorized Rifle Territorial Defense Battalion
- "Akhmat" Spetsnaz group[8]
6th Separate Cossack Motorized Rifle Brigade (MUN 69647)
7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade[10] (MUN 08807)- 85th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (MUN 78064)[11]
- 88th motorized rifle brigade[12]
123rd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade[13] (MUN 73438) (formerly 2nd Motorized Rifle Brigade)
- Separate Artillery Brigade (MUN 23213)
- 2nd Artillery Brigade[14]
4th Territorial Defense Brigade "Prizrak"- 201st Mechanized Regiment[15]
- 39th Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Regiment[16]
- Separate Commandant's Regiment (MUN 44444)
- 4th Separate Tank Battalion (MUN 64064) (formerly Separate Mechanised Battalion "August")[7]
- Separate Anti-aircraft Missile Defense Artillery Battalion (MUN 23023)
- Separate Repair and Recovery Battalion (MUN 13931)
- Separate Command and Security Battalion "(MUN 73604)
- Separate Material Support Battalion (MUN 14941)
- Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (MUN 55055)
- Special Purpose Battalion
- 204th "Akhmat" Spetsnaz Regiment
- "Okhotnik" Detachment
- Chechen "Canada" group[17]
- Reserve units:
202nd Motor Rifle Regiment (disbanded September 2022)[18]204th Motor Rifle Regiment (disbanded September 2022)[18]- 208th Motor Rifle Regiment[19]
- 254th Motor Rifle Regiment[19]
See also
References
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