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.[2]
Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy | |
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Береговые войска ВМФ Российской Федерации Beregovye voiska | |
Founded | 27 March 1930 |
Country | Russia |
Branch | Russian Navy |
Type | Motorized infantry Naval infantry Naval Spetsnaz |
Role | Amphibious 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 |
Size | 35,000 personnel[1] |
Part of | Russian Navy |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Lieutenant General Alexandr Kolpachenko |
The Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy include three branches:[2]
Brigades and battalions are the main organizational elements of the Coastal Troops.[2]
The Coastal Troops are mainly equipped with combined arms armaments and equipment. They are also armed with coastal missile systems (CMSs) that launch anti-ship guided missiles, stationary and mobile artillery mounts designed to destroy sea and ground targets, and other weapon systems.[2]
Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Sergey Vitalyevich Pushkin
Chief of the Coastal Forces - Major General Denis Lyamin
Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Andrei Guschin
Chief of the Coastal Forces - Lieutenant General Dmitry Kraev
This article incorporates text by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation available under the CC BY 4.0 license.