136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
The 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade is a mechanised infantry brigade of the Russian Ground Forces.
| 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Russian: 136-я отдельная гвардейская мотострелковая Уманско-Берлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого бригада | |
136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia (text transliteration: Umansko-Berlinskaja) | |
| Active | 1993–present |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
| Type | Motorized Infantry |
| Size | brigade |
| Part of | 58th Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Buynaksk, Dagestan |
| Equipment | T-90A, BMP-3, BTR-82A, GAZ Tigr, 2S12 Sani, 2S3 Akatsiya, 9M133 Kornet, 9K114 Shturm-S, BM-21 Grad, 9A34(35) Strela-10, 2S6M Tunguska, 9A331 Tor-M1, ZSU-23-4 |
| Engagements | First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War War in Donbass 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Order of Kutuzov Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Roman Geradotovich Demurchiev |
On December 1, 1993, the 136th Motor Rifle Brigade was established at Buynaksk, Dagestan. In 1996-97, the brigade was merged with the 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment "Uman-Berlin" as the 136th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. The 204th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the North Caucasus Military District at some point during the transformation of the 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division, returning from the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, to become the 74th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in the Siberian Military District.
Plans from 2018 to upgrade the brigade to division status had apparently not completed by 2022, unlike the 19th Motor Rifle Brigade which was reestablished as a division in 2020.