Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy


The Coastal Troops 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.

Subordinate branches and equipment

The Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy include three branches:
Brigades and battalions are the main organizational elements of the Coastal Troops.
The Coastal Troops are mainly equipped with combined arms armaments and equipment. They are also armed with coastal missile systems that launch anti-ship guided missiles, stationary and mobile artillery mounts designed to destroy sea and ground targets, and other weapon systems.

List of units

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Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Sergey Vitalyevich Pushkin

[Black Sea Fleet]

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Denis Lyamin
  • 22nd Army Corps
  • *127th Reconnaissance Brigade
  • **Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Engineer Company, EW Company, Military Police Company, Chemical Protection Group, Medical Unit
  • **Reconnaissance Battalion
  • **ELINT Battalion
  • **Psychological Warfare Company
  • **UAV Company
  • *126th Guards Coastal Defence Brigade. Since 2019, the brigade is armed with Tornado-G MLRS.
  • **Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Battalion, EW Company, Air Defence Company, Sniper Company, Chemical Protection Company, Medical Company, Howitzer Divizion, MLRS Divizion
  • **1st Motorized Battalion
  • **2nd Motorized Battalion
  • **Mountain Infantry Battalion
  • **Tank Battalion
  • *8th Coastal Artillery Regiment. Since 2019, the regiment is armed with Tornado-G MLRS.
  • 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade
  • *Brigade HQ: Reconnaissance Battalion, Engineer Battalion, Logistics Battalion, Signal Company, Amphibious Company, Anti-tank Company, Flamethrower Company, Artillery Divizion
  • *557th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • *542nd Air Assault Battalion
  • *547th Air Defence Artillery Divizion
  • *538th Logistics and Support Battalion
  • 382th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion
  • 388th Separate Marine Reconnaissance Unit
  • 11th Separate Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade
  • *Brigade HQ: Engineer Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company
  • *25th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • *459th Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • *Technical Support Divizion
  • 15th Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade
  • *Brigade HQ: Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company, Air Defence Divizion
  • *Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • *Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • *Utyos Heavy Machine Gun Divizion
  • 854th Coastal Missile Regiment
  • 475th Electronic Warfare Center
  • 1096th Anti-Air Missile Regiment
  • 68th Naval Engineer Regiment
  • 4th Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops Regiment
  • 133th Logistics and Support Brigade
  • 1127th Artillery Repair Unit

[Baltic Fleet]

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Andrei Guschin
  • 11th Army Corps
  • * 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division
  • **Division HQ
  • **79th Motor Rifle Regiment
  • **275th Motor Rifle Regiment
  • **280th Motor Rifle Regiment
  • **11th Tank Regiment
  • **20th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • **26th Automobile Battalion
  • **Signal Battalion
  • **Engineer Battalion
  • *152nd Guards Missile Brigade
  • *244th Artillery Brigade
  • *7th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
  • *22nd Air Defence Missile Regiment
  • *46th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
  • *40th Separate Signal Battalion
  • 44th Air Defence Division
  • *Division HQ
  • *183rd Air Defence Missile Regiment
  • *1543rd Air Defence Missile Regiment
  • *81st Radio-Technical Regiment
  • 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade
  • *Brigade HQ: Sniper Company, Airborne Company, Signal Company, Anti-tank Missile Divizion, Flamethrower Company, Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Medical Company, Military Police Squad
  • *877th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • *879th Air Assault Battalion
  • *884th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • *724th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • *1612th Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion
  • *1592nd Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion
  • *1618th Air Defence Missile Divizion
  • 25th Coastal Missile Brigade
  • 69th Naval Engineer Regiment
  • 302nd Electronic Warfare Regiment
  • 313th PDSS Detachment
  • 473th PDSS Detachment
  • 319th Military Police Battalion
  • 1488th Separate Automobile Battalion
  • 561st Naval Reconnaissance Detachment
  • 841st Electronic Warfare Center
  • 742nd Communications Center

[Northern Fleet]

Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Dmitry Kraev
  • 14th Army Corps
  • *Corps HQ
  • *80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade. Trained for combat operations in the Arctic region and protecting interests of Russia on the continental shelf.
  • **Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, Engineer Company, UAV Company, Military Police Company, Chemical Protection Group, Medical Company
  • **1st Motorized Battalion
  • **2nd Motorized Battalion
  • **Reconnaissance Battalion
  • *200th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Arctic)
  • **Brigade HQ: Signal Battalion, Logistics and Support Company, UAV Company, Military Police Company, EW Company, Courrier Detachment
  • **583rd Motorized Battalion
  • **658th Motorized Battalion
  • **664th Motorized Battalion
  • **60th Guards Tank Battalion
  • **274th Guards Engineers Battalion
  • **416th Artillery Divizion
  • **471st Howitzer Divizion
  • **382nd MLRS Divizion
  • **871st Anti-tank Divizion
  • **226th Missile Air Defence Divizion
  • **246th Air Defence Divizion
  • *58th Signal Battalion
  • 61st Separate Naval Infantry Brigade :
  • *Brigade HQ: Signal Company, Logistics and Support Company, Rifle Company
  • *874th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • *876th Air Assault Battalion
  • *317th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • *318th Naval Infantry Battalion
  • *886th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • *1591st Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion. Armed with Nona-SVK
  • *1611th Self-Propelled Artillery Divizion. Armed with Gvozdika
  • *1617th Anti-Air missile Artillery Divizion. Armed with 2K22 Tunguska
  • *180th Naval Engineer Battalion
  • *75th Naval Infirmary. It is the main hospital of the Northern Fleet, consisting of a mobile detachment of medical workers for operations in the combat formations of the landing force.
  • 536th Guards Coastal Missile-Artillery Brigade
  • *Brigade HQ: Engineer Company, Logistics and Support Company, Signal Company, Air Defence Divizion
  • *Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • *Coastal Missile-Artillery Divizion
  • 63rd Naval Engineer Regiment
  • 99th Tactical Arctic Detachment
  • 71st Tactical Arctic Detachment
  • 160th PDSS Detachment
  • 269th PDSS Detachment
  • 313rd PDSS Detachment
  • 741st Communications Center
  • 186th Electronic Warfare Center
  • 211th Naval Infantry Security Battalion
  • 58th Separate Security Company

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