Airborne soldiers The difference between the DShB and the Airborne Forces: their history and composition. Differences between troops

3370th central storage base for airborne equipment and airborne assets.

Military unit of the central subordination of the RF Armed Forces.

We live in an era of rapidly changing world. The development of technological progress affects all aspects of our lives, including the Russian Armed Forces. The role and place of airborne troops has recently increased significantly. They have become the mobile basis of the country's strategic security. The structure of the airborne troops is varied. And a special place in it is occupied by the service for providing the Airborne Forces with landing equipment.
There is only one such base for the entire Russian Armed Forces - military unit No. 40917, currently stationed in Kolomna, near Moscow.
The very idea of creating such a structure was formulated by the founder of the Airborne Forces, Major General V.F. Margelov.
The unit traces its history back to 1944, when, on the basis of the directive of the General Staff of the Red Army dated March 20, 1944 No. 6/06700, military unit No. 01477 was formed in the village of Panki near Moscow.
Since 1944, the unit periodically changed its affiliation with various structures of the Airborne Forces. On June 5, 1944, military unit No. 01477 was renamed the central warehouse of PDIVDVKA, and on August 22, 1946, the central warehouse No. 3370
On October 22, 1948, the unit was redeployed to the city of Kolomna, Moscow Region, where it is still located.
On August 22, 1946, the central warehouse of PDIVDVKA was renamed central warehouse No. 3370
On October 22, 1948, central warehouse No. 3370 arrived at its new location in Kolomna, Moscow Region.

Unit commanders:
- Lieutenant Colonel Neronov 1944-1945.
- Major Lyakhov S.M. 1945
- Major S.I. Mudrov 1945-1946
- Guards Lieutenant Colonel Driga 1946-1947
- Lieutenant Colonel Chaley N.B. 1947-1948
- Lieutenant Colonel Ganzenko 1948-1951.
- Colonel Suvorov Nikita Grigorievich 1951-1955.
- Lieutenant Colonel Beznoshchenko Stepan Nikanorovich 1955-1957.
- Guards Colonel Shimarin Konstantin Andreevich 1957-1972
- Colonel Dolgoborodov Yuri Nikolaevich 1972-1979.
- Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Ivanovich Linyushin 1979-1982.
- Colonel Sergutin Nikolai Stepanovich 1981-1989.
- Colonel Chistyakov Viktor Ivanovich 1989-1994.
- Colonel Gorupai Mikhail Alexandrovich 1994-2003.
Currently, the commander is Colonel Yuri Sergeevich Chernykh. He began his military career like many others. In 1985, he graduated from the Ryazan Red Banner Airborne Command School named after the Lenin Komsomol and was assigned to the position of platoon commander in the 217th Parachute Regiment in Bolgrad, Odessa Region. Over the course of several years, having risen through the ranks, he accepted the position of head of the airborne equipment department of the regiment and in 1993 was transferred to Kolomna in military unit 40917. Noting his high skill and outstanding organizational skills, the command of the Airborne Forces Yuri Sergeevich was transferred to command of the Airborne Forces as the head of a group of landing equipment. And in 2001 he returned to his native unit as its commander.
During the command, the unit not only maintained a high level of achievements in combat training, but also significantly improved previous achievements. The unit has occupied first place among airborne support units for two years in a row and Colonel Chernykh, by Decree of the President of Russia, at a meeting of the Military Council, was awarded the Order of Honor.

On November 9, 1948, central warehouse No. 3370 was renamed military unit No. 01477.
On November 1, 1953, military unit No. 01477 switched to the new staff No. 35/310.
According to the directive of the Airborne Forces headquarters No. 1052369 of October 22, 1953.
On July 22, 1954, military unit No. 01477 was renamed Military Warehouse No. 3370 based on Directive No. org 1/66156.
On April 21, 1966, the central warehouse of PDI, contained in state No. 35/19, was transferred to state No. 35/600, the central warehouse of airborne equipment and airborne equipment (1st category). Directive of the General Staff No. org 3/109/520 dated April 21, 1966.
On December 7, 1968, the central warehouse of airborne equipment and equipment of the Airborne Forces was given the code name military unit 40917, which it bears to this day.
On February 22, 1974, the central warehouse No. 3370 of Airborne equipment and equipment of the 1st category (military unit 40917) was reorganized into the central base No. 3370 of Airborne equipment and equipment of the 2nd category (military unit 40917) and is maintained by staff No. 35/ 417. The transition to the new staff took place on October 1, 1974. State No. 35/417 came into force on August 15, 1974.
On May 11, 1976, State No. 35/625 was introduced to replace State No. 35/417. General Staff Directive No. 314/4/0543 dated May 11, 1974.
On November 1, 1986, a new staff No. 35/578 was put into effect in accordance with General Staff Directive No. 314/1/00950 of September 15, 1986.
In order to educate military personnel in the spirit of devotion to the Fatherland, loyalty to military duty, military traditions, and strengthening military camaraderie, an annual holiday has been established to commemorate the day the base was formed on March 20. Order of the Airborne Forces Commander No. 03 dated January 28, 1994.
The current military unit is very different from the one that veterans remember when it was first transferred to Kolomna.
Modern infrastructure, its own boiler room, barracks, headquarters, canteen, capital storage facilities, housing for officers and warrant officers and much more were built in a fairly short time.
In addition to storing Airborne Forces property at the central base, cadets are also trained in military specialties. 2 training platoons have been created in which a program of individual training of cadets is carried out, regardless of their future specialty. Here, young and inexperienced soldiers receive the necessary knowledge, as well as the skills to act in battle as a paratrooper. The main stage in training is preparation for a specialty. The educational and material base is also at a high level, allowing for training of personnel at a high level. This is primarily an airborne complex, where elements of parachute jumping are practiced, gyms, libraries, as well as a training ground where fire training of personnel is regularly carried out.
The military unit has its own non-staff psychologist (deputy unit commander), with whom each of the newly arrived conscripts has personal communication. After a general analysis of all the work specifically with each of the military personnel and a personal recommendation from a psychologist, the cadet is sent to study in one or another military specialty (automatic maintenance laboratory assistants, parachute repair technicians, high-pressure engine repair technicians, etc.), taking into account his personal moral and psychological qualities, physical development, civil specialty or profession, life experience and marital status.
Rationalization work is also being carried out, the results of which have been numerous improvements in airborne equipment.
Each airborne regiment has services similar to the services of the central base, but none of them can cope with the volume of repair and maintenance of the VDT.
In the most difficult wartime conditions, lacking sleep, malnutrition, and sparing no effort, the first commanders worked tirelessly. Today we remember with gratitude the majors: Neronov, Lyakhov, Mudrova; lieutenant colonels: Drigu, Chaleya, Suvorov, Ganzenko and others, under whose leadership our unit was formed and developed. One of the first commanders of our unit was Stepan Nikanorovich BEZNOSHCHENKO. The unit was commanded by Stepan Nikanorovich from 1955 to 1957. While commanding the unit, he cared not only about the development of the storage base, creating new production sites, but on his initiative and direct participation, something was created that pleases the eye every spring. People planted more than 1,100 seedlings then. A person always remains a person if he combines the courage of a warrior and love for our land. During the existence of the unit, it was headed by 15 commanders.
Now this difficult burden, the command of the unit, is carried by Colonel Yuri Sergeevich Chernykh.
Recently, the officer corps of the unit has become much younger. Veterans retire and are replaced by new officers. Today we want to remind young people about those whom they meet every day on the territory of our unit, but do not even realize that these people, having taken off their military uniforms, did not retire, but continue to serve their Motherland as before!
Petrushin Anatoly Vasilievich – lieutenant colonel, head of department. MTO is now the head of the VOHR.
Roshchin Anatoly Artemyevich – lieutenant colonel, deputy. unit commander - head of the UOO - now deputy. Head of VOKhR.
Samkov Vasily Stepanovich - lieutenant colonel, deputy. unit commander - head of storage - now VOKhR shooter.
Monakhov Alexander Ivanovich - major, head of the heavy equipment department - now head. storage
Popov Yakov Afanasyevich – senior ensign, head of a secret unit, has served in our unit since 1961.
Panov Alexander Ivanovich – senior warrant officer, technician of workshop No. 1 - now a fire brigade driver.
Budko Anatoly Maksimovich – senior. warrant officer, company sergeant major - now head of the boiler room.
At the base, a close-knit team of professionals has formed, who know their job very well and are ready to perform tasks of any complexity. They make a significant contribution to the history of not only the Airborne Forces, but also the entire Fatherland. As long as the landing party exists, these people will not remain idle, which means they are doomed to eternity.

Serve in the Airborne Forces prestigious and honorable, and the desire of the guys to get into these elite troops is becoming more and more evident. How to get into service in the Airborne Forces, what is needed for this, we will analyze in detail.

Airborne Troops

Airborne Forces motto: “Nobody but us”

March of the paratroopers. Watch the video... Parade on Victory Day 2014. Paratroopers are walking along Red Square, airborne special forces are marching. Landing of 1,500 people with D-10 parachutes from Il-76 aircraft. Landing of equipment. The parade pace is 120 steps per minute. Look! This is the Airborne Forces!

Many people are breathtaking when the paratroopers walk across Red Square. The faces of the guys, in whose eyes every step they take reflects pride in the troops, whose representatives they are walking along the Main Square of the Motherland. They visited the Sky under the canopies of parachutes, underwent exercises, many of them participated in combat operations, protecting the interests and security of the Motherland. Serving Russia, serving one’s Motherland is worthy of everyone’s honor, because behind this stands security and a peaceful Sky above the heads of family and friends.

Airborne troops consist of formations, units and units of paratroops, tanks, artillery... engineering troops, communications... squadron... Everything is in the Airborne Forces. The Airborne Forces are the reserve of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces and the basis of mobile rapid reaction forces. And there are no impossible tasks where there are Airborne Troops.

I want to serve in the Airborne Forces

More and more often we hear from guys: “I want to serve in the Airborne Forces. What is needed for this? How to get into service in the Airborne Forces." Good desire and good questions.

You need to prepare for service in the Airborne Forces.

Preference is given not only to the strong, but also to the smart.

1. Study, get an education. If you, having received a higher education, are conscripted, then the military registration and enlistment office will offer you either to serve a year under conscription, or two years under a contract. What do you think the guys choose? Yes! Mostly they go to serve under a contract.

2. Sports development. The main thing is running 3-5 km in the morning. The crossbar is a pull-up with a normal grip, not a reverse grip. The snatch pull-up is all about speed, while the power pull-up is all about the need and work on the inversion bar. Hang on the bar with a normal grip and work your feet up to the bar. Push-ups from the floor on your hands, on your fists and on your fingers. Push-ups on parallel bars.

Swim, play volleyball, basketball, football. This is all physical development.

3. At all commissions at the military registration and enlistment office, declare your desire. And if you didn’t have time to declare at the medical commissions, go to the military registration and enlistment office in the conscription department and say that you want to serve in the Airborne Forces. Talk and convince until they put a mark on your record card.

If there is an airborne unit in the city, go to the commander, be able to prove to him your desire to serve in the Airborne Forces. Be brave from the very beginning, and if you get an attitude (this is the basis for the military registration and enlistment office for conscription into a certain unit), it will be just great.

4. If you serve in the Airborne Forces, you need to be ready to land. Go skydiving. Three independent parachute jumps is the third sports category, it is assigned to everyone after the third jump.

During the period of service in the Airborne Forces, according to the mandatory program, all paratroopers make 12 parachute jumps. Now there are parachute systems in all airborne formations and units.

5. Health. Train your heart by running and swimming. Height 175 - 190 cm, weight 75 - 90 kg... These are the standards for admission to skydiving. Those with low weight are not accepted into the Airborne Forces.

Service in the Airborne Forces is interesting, and if you have physical training, it will be easier to get involved... And after serving military service, many guys continue to serve under a contract. 70% contract workers, 30% conscripts. According to the contract, after training, sergeants are placed in positions that officers previously held. So, guys, study, get an education, try military service, and if you want to stay in the Airborne Forces, then there are two ways - contract service or the Airborne School in Ryazan.

They say that you become real paratroopers after

People are not born paratroopers, they become paratroopers.

How to get into service in the Airborne Forces

There is a desire to serve in the Airborne Forces. How to get into service in the Airborne Forces...?

The very first thing you need to do is express your desire to the Military Registration Office. Now many guys themselves come to the Military Commissariat, to the conscription department, and ask to be drafted into the Airborne Forces. They put a mark in their personal file: desire to serve in the Airborne Forces.

Throughout Russia there are Regional branches of the Union of Russian Paratroopers. You need to find your department and show up there, indicating your desires and intentions. The Union of Paratroopers works jointly with military registration and enlistment offices with pre-conscription youth, and there is an opportunity to attend military sports training camps. From here, too, a direct entry into service in the Airborne Forces, maybe even in a certain military unit.

I give information on the regional branches of the Union of Paratroopers of Russia. I took it from the website of the Union of Russian Paratroopers.

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Where do they serve in the Airborne Forces?

To the question where they serve in the Airborne Forces, I’ll answer briefly.

The Airborne Forces include:

4 divisions - 7th in Novorossiysk, 76th in Pskov, 98th in Ivanovo, 106th in Tula;

31st Air Assault Brigade in Ulyanovsk

The 45th separate special-purpose regiment was formed in February 1994 on the basis of 218 and 901 separate special-purpose battalions. Location: Kubinka, Moscow region.

By the end of 2015, the 345th Separate Airborne Brigade will be formed in Voronezh. This

The Airborne Forces Training Center is located in Omsk.

7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division- airborne connection Soviet Army and Russian Armed Forces. Formed October 15, 1948.

Divisions:

108th Guards Air Assault Kuban Cossack Order of the Red Star Regiment (Novorossiysk)
247th Guards Air Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment. (Stavropol)
1141st Guards Artillery Regiment (Anapa)
3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
743rd Separate Guards Signal Battalion
629th separate engineer battalion (Starotitarovskaya station, Krasnodar Territory)
1681st separate logistics battalion (Novorossiysk)
32nd separate medical detachment

76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Assault Division (76 guards dshd, before March 1, 1943 157th Rifle Division)- the oldest existing airborne formation of the Russian Armed Forces.

Formed on September 1, 1939. Stationed in the city of Pskov, hence the nickname “Pskovskaya”, one of the air assault regiments is located in the suburban village of Cherekha.

management (headquarters)
104th Guards Air Assault Red Banner Regiment of the Order of Peter the Great
234th Guards Air Assault Black Sea Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree Regiment named after Alexander Nevsky
237th Guards Parachute Landing Torun Red Banner Regiment (disbanded in 2001). The regiment can be deployed after receiving an order, replenished with assigned personnel.
1140th Guards Artillery Twice Red Banner Regiment
4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (formerly 165th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Division)
656th Guards Separate Engineer-Sapper Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky 3rd Class Battalion
728th Guards Separate Signal Battalion
7th Guards Separate Repair and Reconstruction Battalion
3996th military hospital (airmobile). All personnel have parachute training, from 3 jumps.
242nd separate military transport aviation squadron (An-2, An-3). Serves for direct airborne training of unit personnel without the involvement of the Russian Air Force VTA
1682nd Guards Separate Material Support Battalion
175th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Company
968th Guards Separate Airborne Support Company
separate RCBZ company
commandant company

98th Guards Svir Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Airborne Division- airborne formation consisting of Armed forces of the USSR and Russia.

Composition in 2012

98th Guards Airborne Division (Ivanovo) 217th Guards Parachute Regiment (Ivanovo)
331st Guards Parachute Regiment (Kostroma)
1065th Guards Red Banner Artillery Regiment (Kostroma)
5th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (formerly 318th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division; Ivanovo)
243rd separate military transport aviation squadron (Ivanovo)
36th separate medical detachment (airmobile) (Ivanovo)
674th Separate Guards Signal Battalion (Ivanovo)
661st separate engineer battalion (Ivanovo)
15th separate repair and restoration battalion (Ivanovo)
1683rd separate logistics battalion (Ivanovo)
969th separate airborne support company (Ivanovo)
215th separate guards reconnaissance company (Ivanovo)
728th courier-postal communication station (Ivanovo)
educational and training complex (Pesochnoe, Yaroslavl region).

106th Guards Airborne Order of Kutuzov Red Banner Division- formation of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of the USSR, and then of the Russian Federation. Units of the division are stationed in Tula, Ryazan and Naro-Fominsk, the division headquarters is in Tula.

Composition of the division in 2009:

51st Guards Parachute Landing Red Banner Order of Suvorov Regiment named after Dmitry Donskoy
137th Guards Parachute Landing Order of the Red Star Regiment
1182nd Guards Artillery Novgorod Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree, Kutuzov 3rd degree, Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree and Alexander Nevsky Regiment (Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region)
173rd Guards Separate Reconnaissance Company
388th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
731st Separate Guards Signal Battalion
970th separate airborne support company
43rd Guards Separate Repair and Reconstruction Battalion
1060th separate logistics battalion
39th separate medical detachment (airmobile)
1883rd courier-postal communication station
1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (formerly 107th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division (military unit 71298, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region)

Information on airborne divisions - source Wikipedia

Serve in the Airborne Forces

Airborne Troops

Airborne Forces motto: “Nobody but us”

Airborne troops consist of formations, units and units of paratroopers, tanks, artillery... engineering troops, communications... squadron... Everything is in the Airborne Forces. The Airborne Forces are the reserve of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces and the basis of the mobile rapid reaction forces. And there are no impossible tasks where there are Airborne Troops.

I want to serve in the Airborne Forces

More and more often we hear from guys: “I want to serve in the Airborne Forces. What is needed for this? How to get into service in the Airborne Forces." Good desire and good questions.

You need to prepare for service in the Airborne Forces.

Preference is given not only to the strong, but also to the smart.

1. Study, get an education.

2. Sports development. The main thing is running 3-5 km in the morning. The crossbar is a pull-up with a normal grip, not a reverse one. The snatch pull-up is for speed, and the power pull-up is a necessity and works on the inversion bar. Hang on the bar with a normal grip and work your feet up to the bar. Push-ups from the floor on your hands, on your fists and on your fingers. Push-ups on parallel bars.

Swim, play volleyball, basketball, football. This is all physical development.

During the period of service in the Airborne Forces, according to the mandatory program, all paratroopers make 12 parachute jumps. Now D-10 parachute systems are in all airborne formations and units.

They say that you become a real paratrooper after the first jump from an Il-76.

People are not born paratroopers, they become paratroopers.

Where do they serve in the Airborne Forces?

To the question where they serve in the Airborne Forces, I’ll answer briefly.

The Airborne Forces include:

4 divisions - 7th in Novorossiysk, 76th in Pskov, 98th in Ivanovo, 106th in Tula;

31st Air Assault Brigade in Ulyanovsk

The 45th separate special-purpose regiment was formed in February 1994 on the basis of 218 and 901 separate special-purpose battalions. Location: Kubinka, Moscow region.

By the end of 2015, the 345th Separate Airborne Brigade will be formed in Voronezh. This is the revival of the 345th Guards OPDP.

The Airborne Forces Training Center is located in Omsk.

7th Guards Air Assault (Mountain) Division- airborne connection Soviet Army and Russian Armed Forces. Formed October 15, 1948.

Divisions:

108th Guards Air Assault Kuban Cossack Order of the Red Star Regiment (Novorossiysk)
247th Guards Air Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment. (Stavropol)
1141st Guards Artillery Regiment (Anapa)
3rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
743rd Separate Guards Signal Battalion
629th separate engineer battalion (Starotitarovskaya station, Krasnodar Territory)
1681st separate logistics battalion (Novorossiysk)
32nd separate medical detachment

76th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Airborne Assault Division (76 guards dshd, before March 1, 1943 157th Rifle Division)- the oldest existing airborne formation of the Russian Armed Forces.

Formed on September 1, 1939. Stationed in the city of Pskov, hence the nickname “Pskovskaya”, one of the air assault regiments is located in the suburban village of Cherekha.

Compound

management (headquarters)
104th Guards Air Assault Red Banner Regiment of the Order of Peter the Great
234th Guards Air Assault Black Sea Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree Regiment named after Alexander Nevsky
237th Guards Parachute Landing Torun Red Banner Regiment (disbanded in 2001). The regiment can be deployed after receiving an order, replenished with assigned personnel.
1140th Guards Artillery Twice Red Banner Regiment
4th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (formerly 165th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Division)
656th Guards Separate Engineer-Sapper Order of Bohdan Khmelnitsky 3rd Class Battalion
728th Guards Separate Signal Battalion
7th Guards Separate Repair and Reconstruction Battalion
3996th military hospital (airmobile). All personnel have parachute training, from 3 jumps.
242nd separate military transport aviation squadron (An-2, An-3). Serves for direct airborne training of unit personnel without the involvement of the Russian Air Force VTA
1682nd Guards Separate Material Support Battalion
175th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Company
968th Guards Separate Airborne Support Company
separate RCBZ company
commandant company

98th Guards Svir Red Banner Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Airborne Division- airborne formation consisting of Armed forces of the USSR and Russia.

Composition in 2012

98th Guards Airborne Division (Ivanovo) 217th Guards Parachute Regiment (Ivanovo)
331st Guards Parachute Regiment (Kostroma)
1065th Guards Red Banner Artillery Regiment (Kostroma)
5th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (formerly 318th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division; Ivanovo)
243rd separate military transport aviation squadron (Ivanovo)
36th separate medical detachment (airmobile) (Ivanovo)
674th Separate Guards Signal Battalion (Ivanovo)
661st separate engineer battalion (Ivanovo)
15th separate repair and restoration battalion (Ivanovo)
1683rd separate logistics battalion (Ivanovo)
969th separate airborne support company (Ivanovo)
215th separate guards reconnaissance company (Ivanovo)
728th courier-postal communication station (Ivanovo)
educational and training complex (Pesochnoe, Yaroslavl region).

Composition of the division in 2009:

51st Guards Parachute Landing Red Banner Order of Suvorov Regiment named after Dmitry Donskoy
137th Guards Parachute Landing Order of the Red Star Regiment
1182nd Guards Artillery Novgorod Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree, Kutuzov 3rd degree, Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree and Alexander Nevsky Regiment (Naro-Fominsk, Moscow region)
173rd Guards Separate Reconnaissance Company
388th Separate Guards Engineer Battalion
731st Separate Guards Signal Battalion
970th separate airborne support company
43rd Guards Separate Repair and Reconstruction Battalion
1060th separate logistics battalion
39th separate medical detachment (airmobile)
1883rd courier-postal communication station
1st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (formerly 107th Separate Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Division (military unit 71298, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region)

Information on airborne divisions - source Wikipedia

Reconnaissance in the Airborne Forces has wings - the Crossbow parachute. A unique system was developed for intelligence officers; there are no analogues in the world.

Airborne Forces Day is a memorable date established in May 2006 by decree of the President of Russia - the holiday is intended to contribute to the revival and development of domestic military traditions.

Paratroopers, also called “winged infantry”, “blue berets” and so on, are a symbol of courage, reliability and strength. The principle of the airborne troops: “Nobody but us!”

History of airborne troops

The birthday of the Airborne Forces is considered to be August 2, 1930. On this day, the first parachute landing was carried out in the USSR. Only 12 Red Army soldiers took part in the landing, which took place during the exercises of the Air Force of the Moscow Military District near Voronezh.

The experiment was considered successful and in 1933 special-purpose aviation battalions were formed in the Moscow, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Volga military districts. Subsequently, modern Airborne Forces grew out of them.

By the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, five Airborne Corps were fully formed in the USSR - each numbering up to ten thousand people. From the first days of the war, they fought defensive battles in the Baltic states, Belarus and Ukraine in cooperation with other ground forces.

The famous Prokhorovka near Kursk was defended for more than a day by the 9th Guards Airborne Division - in this battle the paratroopers destroyed about 500 Nazi soldiers.

The “winged infantry” fought in Moldova, on the Karelian Front, in Hungary, and they liberated Vienna, the capital of Austria.

It was thanks to the airborne forces that landed in Port Arthur, Harbin, Mukden, Pyongyang and South Sakhalin that Japan’s actions in the Far East were completely paralyzed.

The feat of the paratroopers, who fought with unparalleled courage and heroism, is reflected in Soviet military prose, poetry, and cinema. Bulat Okudzhava’s favorite song, “We need one victory,” is dedicated to the airborne troops.

The song “Our Tenth Airborne Battalion” was first heard in Andrei Smirnov’s film “Belorussky Station” and unconditionally entered our lives.

Airborne units continued to perform feats in the post-war period. The famous 9th company in January 1988, despite the tenfold numerical superiority of the enemy, was able to hold height 3234, repelling more than 12 Mujahideen attacks before the arrival of the reconnaissance platoon. At that time, the 9th company had only five people left in the ranks.

Since 2005, airborne units, according to their specialization, have been divided into airborne, air assault and mountain - the 98th and 106th Guards Airborne Divisions are part of the former.

The second includes the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of two regiments and the 31st Guards Separate Air Assault Brigade of three battalions, and the 7th Guards Air Assault Division (Mountain) belongs to the third.

Uncle Vasya's troops

The abbreviation VDV, as everyone knows, means Airborne Troops. The paratroopers themselves decipher the Airborne Forces as Uncle Vasya's Troops. This is how they lovingly call the famous commander of the Airborne Forces Vasily Margelov - he headed this branch of the military from 1954 to 1959 and from 1961 to 1979.

The airborne troops acquired blue berets and vests thanks to “Uncle Vasya.” Before this, airborne troops wore crimson berets. The landing of people directly in combat vehicles also began thanks to “Uncle Vasya”.

This historical fact happened on January 5, 1973 - Margelov put his son in the first BMD, which was supposed to be thrown out of the plane, and personally closed the hatch behind him.

With paratroopers inside, the military equipment, when lowered, could immediately go into battle without waiting for the crews to descend with their parachutes. So the Airborne Forces acquired their irresistible mobility under “Uncle Vasya”.

Margelov was able to create in the airborne troops that special spirit, thanks to which service in the Airborne Forces began to be considered especially prestigious.

Airborne Forces Day

The Day of the Airborne Forces is celebrated by soldiers of the Airborne Forces of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and other CIS countries. Current and former airborne troops will gather, according to tradition, in different cities of Russia, remembering the years of their service.

Festive and commemorative events take place on Airborne Forces Day throughout Russia - demonstrations of paratroopers and paratroopers are organized, demonstrations of military equipment that are in service with the airborne troops, and so on.

On this day, Airborne Forces veterans are honored - charity events and festive concerts are held. On the holiday, they don’t forget the fallen heroes - on Airborne Forces Day they lay flowers at the monument to paratroopers and their burial places, and also hold funeral services.

Airborne troops are never former - they remain them for life, so a huge army of paratroopers on Airborne Forces Day takes to the streets of Russian cities and celebrates their professional holiday on a grand scale, from the heart, like no other.

At the same time, the “blue berets” will selflessly and heroically defend their homeland, since they are always where it is most dangerous - in the thick of it.

The airborne troops have their own patron - the prophet Elijah, whose memorial day the Orthodox Church also celebrates on August 2.

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Airborne troops are one of the strongest components of the army of the Russian Federation. In recent years, due to the tense international situation, the importance of the Airborne Forces has been increasing. The size of the territory of the Russian Federation, its landscape diversity, as well as borders with almost all conflict states, indicate that it is necessary to have a large supply of special groups of troops that can provide the necessary protection in all directions, which is what the air force is.

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Because air force structure is vast, the question often arises of the Airborne Forces and the Airborne Battalion, are they the same troops? The article examines the differences between them, the history, goals and military training of both organizations, composition.

Differences between troops

The differences lie in the names themselves. The DSB is an air assault brigade, organized and specialized in attacks close to the enemy rear in the event of large-scale military operations. Air assault brigades subordinate to the Airborne Forces - airborne troops, as one of their units and specialize only in assault captures.

Airborne Forces are airborne troops, whose tasks are the capture of the enemy, as well as the capture and destruction of enemy weapons and other air operations. The functionality of the Airborne Forces is much broader - reconnaissance, sabotage, assault. For a better understanding of the differences, let's consider the history of the creation of the Airborne Forces and the Airborne Shock Battalion separately.

History of the Airborne Forces

The Airborne Forces began its history in 1930, when an operation was carried out near the city of Voronezh on August 2, where 12 people parachuted from the air as part of a special unit. This operation then opened the eyes of the leadership to new opportunities for paratroopers. Next year, at the base Leningrad Military District, a detachment is formed, which received a long name - airborne and numbered about 150 people.

The effectiveness of the paratroopers was obvious and the Revolutionary Military Council decided to expand it by creating airborne troops. The order was issued at the end of 1932. At the same time, in Leningrad, instructors were trained, and later they were distributed to districts according to special-purpose aviation battalions.

In 1935, the Kyiv military district demonstrated to foreign delegations the full power of the Airborne Forces by staging an impressive landing of 1,200 paratroopers, who quickly captured the airfield. Later, similar exercises were held in Belarus, as a result of which the German delegation, impressed by the landing of 1,800 people, decided to organize its own airborne detachment, and then a regiment. Thus, The Soviet Union is rightfully the birthplace of the Airborne Forces.

In 1939, our airborne troops there is an opportunity to show yourself in action. In Japan, the 212th brigade was landed on the Khalkin-Gol River, and a year later the 201, 204 and 214 brigades were involved in the war with Finland. Knowing that the Second World War would not pass us by, 5 air corps of 10 thousand people each were formed and the Airborne Forces acquired a new status - guards troops.

The year 1942 was marked by the largest airborne operation during the war, which took place near Moscow, where about 10 thousand paratroopers were dropped into the German rear. After the war, it was decided to annex the Airborne Forces to the Supreme High Command and appoint the commander of the Airborne Forces of the USSR Ground Forces, this honor falls to Colonel General V.V. Glagolev.

Big innovations in airborne the troops came with “Uncle Vasya”. In 1954 V.V. Glagolev is replaced by V.F. Margelov and held the position of commander of the Airborne Forces until 1979. Under Margelov, the Airborne Forces are supplied with new military equipment, including artillery installations, combat vehicles, and special attention is paid to working under conditions of a surprise attack with nuclear weapons.

Airborne troops took part in all the most significant conflicts - the events of Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Nagorno-Karabakh, North and South Ossetia. Several of our battalions carried out UN peacekeeping missions on the territory of Yugoslavia.

Nowadays, the ranks of the Airborne Forces include about 40 thousand fighters; during special operations, paratroopers form its basis, since the Airborne Forces are a highly qualified component of our army.

History of the formation of the DSB

Air assault brigades began their history after it was decided to rework the tactics of the Airborne Forces in the context of the outbreak of large-scale military operations. The purpose of such ASBs was to disorganize opponents through mass landings close to the enemy; such operations were most often carried out from helicopters in small groups.

Towards the end of the 60s in the Far East, it was decided to form 11 and 13 brigades with helicopter regiments. These regiments were deployed mainly in hard-to-reach areas; the first landing attempts took place in the northern cities of Magdacha and Zavitinsk. Therefore, in order to become a paratrooper of this brigade, strength and special endurance were needed, since the weather conditions were almost unpredictable, for example, in winter the temperature reached -40 degrees, and in the summer there was abnormal heat.

Place of deployment of the first airborne gunships The Far East was chosen for a reason. This was a time of difficult relations with China, which worsened further after a clash of interests on the island of Damascus. The brigades were ordered to prepare to repel an attack from China, which could attack at any time.

High level and importance of DSB was demonstrated during exercises in the late 80s on the island of Iturup, where 2 battalions and artillery landed on MI-6 and MI-8 helicopters. The garrison, due to weather conditions, was not warned about the exercise, as a result of which fire was opened on those who landed, but thanks to the highly qualified training of the paratroopers, none of the participants in the operation were injured.

In those same years, the DSB consisted of 2 regiments, 14 brigades, and about 20 battalions. One brigade at a time were attached to one military district, but only to those that had access to the border by land. Kyiv also had its own brigade, 2 more brigades were given to our units located abroad. Each brigade had an artillery division, logistics and combat units.

After the USSR ceased to exist, the country’s budget did not allow the massive maintenance of the army, so there was nothing else to do but disband some units of the Airborne Forces and Airborne Forces. The beginning of the 90s was marked by the removal of the DSB from the subordination of the Far East and its transfer to full subordination to Moscow. The air assault brigades are being transformed into separate airborne brigades - 13 Airborne Brigade. In the mid-90s, the Airborne Forces reduction plan disbanded the 13th Airborne Forces Brigade.

Thus, from the above it is clear that the DShB was created as one of the structural divisions of the Airborne Forces.

Composition of the Airborne Forces

The composition of the Airborne Forces includes the following units:

airborne;
air assault;
mountain (which operate exclusively at mountainous heights).

These are the three main components of the Airborne Forces. In addition, they consist of a division (76.98, 7, 106 Guards Air Assault), brigade and regiment (45, 56, 31, 11, 83, 38 Guards Airborne). A brigade was created in Voronezh in 2013, receiving the number 345.

Airborne Forces personnel prepared in educational institutions of the military reserve of Ryazan, Novosibirsk, Kamenets-Podolsk, and Kolomenskoye. Training was carried out in the areas of parachute landing (air assault) platoon and commanders of reconnaissance platoons.

The school produced about three hundred graduates annually - this was not enough to satisfy the personnel requirements of the airborne troops. Consequently, it was possible to become a member of the Airborne Forces by graduating from airborne departments in special areas of schools such as general arms and military departments.

Preparation

The command staff of the airborne battalion was most often selected from the airborne forces, and battalion commanders, deputy battalion commanders, and company commanders were selected from the nearest military districts. In the 70s, due to the fact that the leadership decided to repeat their experience - to create and staff the DSB, planned enrollment in educational institutions is expanding, who trained future airborne officers. The mid-80s were marked by the fact that officers were released to serve in the Airborne Forces, having been trained under the educational program for the Airborne Forces. Also during these years, a complete reshuffle of officers was carried out; it was decided to replace almost all of them in the DShV. At the same time, excellent students went to serve mainly in the Airborne Forces.

To join the Airborne Forces, as in the DSB, it is necessary to meet specific criteria:

height 173 and above;
average physical development;
secondary education;
without medical restrictions.

If everything matches, then the future fighter begins training.

Particular attention is paid, of course, to the physical training of airborne paratroopers, which is carried out constantly, starting with a daily rise at 6 am, hand-to-hand combat (a special training program) and ending with long forced marches of 30–50 km. Therefore, every fighter has enormous endurance and endurance, besides, children who have been involved in any sport that develops that same endurance are selected into their ranks. To test it, they take an endurance test - in 12 minutes a fighter must run 2.4-2.8 km, otherwise there is no point in serving in the Airborne Forces.

It is worth noting that it is not for nothing that they are called universal fighters. These people can operate in various areas in any weather conditions absolutely silently, can camouflage themselves, own all types of weapons, both their own and the enemy’s, control any type of transport and means of communication. In addition to excellent physical preparation, psychological preparation is also required, since fighters have to overcome not only long distances, but also “work with their heads” to get ahead of the enemy throughout the entire operation.

Intellectual aptitude is determined using tests compiled by experts. Psychological compatibility in the team is necessarily taken into account; the guys are included in a certain detachment for 2-3 days, after which the senior officers evaluate their behavior.

Psychophysical preparation is carried out, which implies tasks with increased risk, where there is both physical and mental stress. Such tasks are aimed at overcoming fear. At the same time, if it turns out that the future paratrooper does not experience a feeling of fear at all, then he is not accepted for further training, since he is quite naturally taught to control this feeling, and is not completely eradicated. Airborne Forces training gives our country a huge advantage in terms of fighters over any enemy. Most VDVeshnikov already lead a familiar lifestyle even after retirement.

Armament of the Airborne Forces

As for technical equipment, the Airborne Forces use combined arms equipment and equipment specially designed for the nature of this type of troops. Some of the samples were created during the USSR, but the bulk were developed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Soviet period cars include:

amphibious combat vehicle - 1 (the number reaches 100 units);
BMD-2M (approximately 1 thousand units), they are used in both ground and parachute landing methods.

These techniques have been tested for many years and took part in multiple armed conflicts that took place on the territory of our country and abroad. Nowadays, in conditions of rapid progress, these models are outdated both morally and physically. A little later, the BMD-3 model was released and today the number of such equipment is only 10 units, since production has ceased, they plan to gradually replace it with the BMD-4.

The Airborne Forces are also armed with armored personnel carriers BTR-82A, BTR-82AM and BTR-80 and the most numerous tracked armored personnel carrier - 700 units, and it is also the most outdated (mid-70s), it is gradually being replaced by an armored personnel carrier - MDM "Rakushka". There are also 2S25 Sprut-SD anti-tank guns, an armored personnel carrier - RD "Robot", and ATGMs: "Konkurs", "Metis", "Fagot", and "Cornet". Air defense represented by missile systems, but a special place is given to a new product that recently appeared in service with the Airborne Forces - the Verba MANPADS.

Not long ago new models of equipment appeared:

armored car "Tiger";
Snowmobile A-1;
Kamaz truck - 43501.

As for communication systems, they are represented by locally developed electronic warfare systems “Leer-2 and 3”, Infauna, system control is represented by air defense “Barnaul”, “Andromeda” and “Polet-K” - automation of command and control.

Weapon represented by samples, for example, the Yarygin pistol, PMM and the PSS silent pistol. The Soviet Ak-74 assault rifle is still the personal weapon of paratroopers, but is gradually being replaced by the newest AK-74M, and the silent Val assault rifle is also used in special operations. There are parachute systems of both Soviet and post-Soviet types, which can parachute large quantities of soldiers and all the military equipment described above. Heavier equipment includes automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 “Plamya” and AGS-30, SPG-9.

Armament of the DShB

DShB had transport and helicopter regiments, which numbered:

about twenty mi-24, forty mi-8 and forty mi-6;
the anti-tank battery was armed with a 9 MD mounted anti-tank grenade launcher;
the mortar battery included eight 82-mm BM-37s;
the anti-aircraft missile platoon had nine Strela-2M MANPADS;
it also included several BMD-1s, infantry fighting vehicles, and armored personnel carriers for each airborne assault battalion.

The armament of the brigade artillery group consisted of GD-30 howitzers, PM-38 mortars, GP 2A2 cannons, the Malyutka anti-tank missile system, SPG-9MD, and ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun.

Heavier equipment includes automatic grenade launchers AGS-17 “Flame” and AGS-30, SPG-9 “Spear”. Aerial reconnaissance is carried out using the domestic Orlan-10 drone.

One interesting fact took place in the history of the Airborne Forces: for quite a long time, thanks to erroneous media information, special forces (Special Forces) soldiers were not rightfully called paratroopers. The thing is, what is in the Air Force of our country in the Soviet Union, as in the post-Soviet Union, there were and do not exist Special Forces troops, but there are divisions and units of the Special Forces of the GRU of the General Staff, which arose in the 50s. Until the 80s, the command was forced to completely deny their existence in our country. Therefore, those who were appointed to these troops learned about them only after being accepted into service. For the media they were disguised as motorized rifle battalions.

Airborne Forces Day

Paratroopers celebrate the birthday of the Airborne Forces, like the DShB since August 2, 2006. This kind of gratitude for the efficiency of air units, the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation was signed in May of the same year. Despite the fact that the holiday was declared by our government, the birthday is celebrated not only in our country, but also in Belarus, Ukraine and most CIS countries.

Every year, airborne veterans and active soldiers meet in the so-called “meeting place”, each city has its own, for example, in Astrakhan “Brotherly Garden”, in Kazan “Victory Square”, in Kyiv “Hydropark”, in Moscow “Poklonnaya Gora”, Novosibirsk "Central Park". Demonstrations, concerts and fairs are held in large cities.

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