40th Marine Brigade | |
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40-я отдельная бригада морской пехоты | |
Active | 2009–present (as Naval Infantry) |
Country | RSFSR (until 1922) Soviet Union (until 1991) Russia |
Branch | Soviet Army (until 1991) Russian Ground Forces (until 2007) Russian Navy |
Type | Marines |
Role | Amphibious warfare |
Part of | Pacific Fleet |
Garrison/HQ | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy |
Engagements | Soviet invasion of Manchuria The attack on the Soviet naval presence |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner (2) |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Petukh |
The 40th Independent Krasnodarsko-Kharbinsky Twice Red Banner Marine Brigade is a brigade of the Russian Marines. It is based in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy in the Russian Far East and has the Military Unit Number (v/ch) 10103. It is part of the North-East Group of Troops and Forces, a joint command directed by the headquarters of the Navy's Kamchatka Flotilla.