3rd Guards Combined Arms Army
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3rd Guards Lugansk-Severodonetsk Combined Arms Army (2024–present) 2nd Army Corps (2023–2024) | |
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3-я гвардейская Луганско-Северодонецкая общевойсковая армия | |
Active | 7 October 2014 – 31 December 2022 (as part a breakaway state) 31 December 2022 – present (as part of Russia) |
Country | Russia |
Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
Type | Combined arms |
Size | Army |
Part of | Southern Military District |
Garrison/HQ | Lugansk |
Nickname(s) | "Lugansk-Severodonetsk" |
Battle honours | Guards |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Major General Dmitry Sergeevich Ovcharov[1] |
Insignia | |
Sleeve patch | |
Flag of the Luhansk People's Republic |
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
[edit]2014–2022
[edit]2024
[edit]In 2024, the 2nd Army Corps was reorganised into the 3rd Guards Combined Arms Army.[4][5]
Structure
[edit]- 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade[6] (MUN 74347)
- 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)
- Zarya Battalion[7]
- 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]
- "Okhotnik" Detachment
- Reserve units:
See also
[edit]- 51st Guards Combined Arms Army, formerly the 1st Army Corps
- 3rd Army Corps
References
[edit]- ^ "2-й гвардейский Луганско-Северодонецкий армейский корпус". Бывший корреспондент. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ "'Sent there to be meat' Why Russian draftees are suddenly publishing so many video pleas to Putin". Meduza. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "В состав ВС России вошли армейские корпуса ДНР и ЛНР". РИА Новости (in Russian). 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Evocation.info". Telegram. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Бывший корреспондент". Telegram. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Два полковника в одном бою: о чем говорит гибель российских офицеров под Бахмутом". BBC News Русская служба (in Russian). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Crowther, Edward; Crowther, Edward R. (2023). Armed formations of the Luhansk People's Republic 2014-2022. War in Ukraine / Edward Crowther. Warwick: Helion & Company Limited. ISBN 978-1-80451-217-3.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-2-2024
- ^ ""Был в полной экипировке": на Донбассе пьяный боевик "ЛНР" пришел на позиции ВСУ (фото)". ФОКУС (in Russian). 22 January 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JULY 4, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
- ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, AUGUST 6, 2024". ISW Press. 6 August 2024.
- ^ "RUSSIAN MILITARY TRANSFORMATION TRACKER, ISSUE 8: 16 JUNE-15 DECEMBER 2023". 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ a b Zoria, Yuri (19 May 2022). "Russia sends Donbas musicians and historians as "cannon fodder" in Ukraine war". Euromaidan Press. Retrieved 7 September 2024.