Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy

The Coastal Troops (Russian: Береговые войска, romanized: Beregovyye voyska) are a service arm of the Russian Navy. Their missions are to protect Russian fleets' forces, personnel, and seashore objects from enemy surface ships; to defend naval bases and other important facilities of the Fleets from land attacks, including amphibious and air assaults; to participate in amphibious and air assaults; to support the Russian Ground Forces in defending against airborne and amphibious assaults; and to destroy enemy surface ships, boats and amphibious transports in their operational area.

Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy
Береговые войска ВМФ Российской Федерации
Beregovye voiska
Emblem of the Russian Navy
Founded27 March 1930 (1930-03-27)
Country Russia
BranchRussian Navy
TypeMotorized infantry
Naval infantry
Naval Spetsnaz
RoleAmphibious reconnaissance
Amphibious warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare
Armoured warfare
CBRN defenceCoastal defence and fortification
Cold-weather warfare
Combined arms
Counter-battery fire
Electronic warfare
Forward observer
Maneuver warfare
Military intelligence
Raiding
Reconnaissance
Special operations
Urban warfare
Size35,000 personnel
Part ofRussian Navy
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant General Alexandr Kolpachenko
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