40th Naval Infantry Brigade

40th Marine Brigade
40-я отдельная бригада морской пехоты
40th Marine Brigade Patch
Active2009–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
TypeMarines
RoleAmphibious warfare
Part ofPacific Fleet
Garrison/HQPetropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
EngagementsSoviet invasion of Manchuria
The attack on the Soviet naval presence
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner 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.