The army of the Russian Empire, The USSR and the Russian Federation have shed a lot of blood in the mountains of the North Caucasus in the battles with both internal, and external enemies. Now here it came almost peacetime.
Albeit at the second attempt, but Russia won the war with the internal enemy (in Chechnya), and 2008 He was defeated and external enemy, defeating Georgia. Although the threat of radical Islam in the Caucasian republics of the Russian Federation is not completely eliminated, Now with her cope Rosgvardiya (former Interior Troops) and local police forces. The most effective of these were just the Chechen, which are not only very successfully suppress the radicals in their own land, but also fighting for Russia abroad (eg, in the same Georgia, as well as in Syria).
powerful group
In the republics of the North Caucasus deployed a powerful grouping of the Armed Forces. Its foundation is the 58th Army with headquarters in Vladikavkaz. Its largest compound is the 42th Motorized Rifle Division, deployed in Chechnya. In its structure - the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 71-th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 291-th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 50-and artillery regiments, 1203-th air defense missile regiment, several separate battalions and companies.
Armed division has approximately 100 T-72B3, order 430 armored combat vehicles, 90 self-propelled gun mounts (HEALTHY) "Carnation" and "MSTA", more 50 mortars, 18 MRLS (RSZO) «City», and more 30 antiaircraft missiles (SAM) "Top" and "Arrow 10 'and anti-aircraft missile cannon complexes (ZRPK) 'Tunguska'.
The region is also 19-I deployed and 136th motorized brigade and 291st Artillery Brigade, which has a total arms around 80 T-72B3 and T-90A, order 350 armored combat vehicles of various types, over 80 HEALTHY (including 203-mm self-propelled guns "Peony"), about 40 and towed antitank guns, more 40 mortars (including 240-mm self-propelled mortar "Tulip"), more 40 RSZO «City», "Tornado-G" and "Hurricane", more 40 self-propelled ATGM "Sturm-C" and "Chrysanthemum-S", to 50 "Tor" and "Strela-10" and ZRPK "Tunguska".
12-Missile Brigade, formed in 2015 year, stationed in Mozdok (North Ossetia) and is armed 12 launchers (PU) operational-tactical missile system (OTRK) "Iskander". And one of the batteries (2 PU) Brigade located in South Ossetia with the Russian 4th Military Base.
In its turn, 67-I'm anti-aircraft missile brigade comprises four divisions SAM "Buk-M1" (in each division - six launchers and three starting-charging installation).
Besides, as part of the 58th Army Brigade has control and intelligence, as well as an engineering regiment and a regiment of radiation, Chemical and biological protection (RXBZ). Last is armed with three flamethrower MLRS TOS-1A "sun". Also deployed special forces brigade in the region, directly under the command of the Southern Military District (YUVO).
Air Force and Navy
The airfield has Mozdok, capable of receiving aircraft of all types and classes, but on a regular basis, no part of Russian air and space forces (SCC) in the republics of the North Caucasus are not based.
But in Dagestan Kaspiysk (satellite city of Makhachkala) It is the main naval base (VMB) Caspian flotilla. Its headquarters is located in Astrakhan until, but it will also be translated in Kaspiysk. Here are based ships, constituting the main striking force of the fleet - two rocket ship project 11661 ("Tatarstan" and "Dagestan") and three small missile ship (RCM) project 21631 ("Great Ustyug", «City sviyazhsk», "Uglich"). For sufficiently small size, they have a very powerful impact tool - missiles "Caliber", that in the years 2015-2016 have been used from the Caspian area on targets in Syria.
Besides, Kaspiysk are two old missile boat project 12411T, one of them ("Stupinets") in the "original" form, ie with anti-ship missiles (PKR) P-15, and second (MAK-160) - without PKR, It is used as a patrol boat. Airborne forces are represented by six boats: "Ataman Platov» project 21820, D-185 project 1176 and four boat project 11770 (D-56, D-131, D-156, D-172). At the disposal of the base command also has two basic minesweeper project 12650 ("Magomed Hajiyev", «Germany Ugryumov '), Raid Minesweeper RT-233 project 10750 and anti-draft boat 21980.
In the Caspian and deployed 177th Marine Regiment, who is armed with, among other things around 60 armored personnel carriers and more than a dozen self-propelled guns.
At the moment, the external threat in the region in its classical form is almost absent, although under certain circumstances may be opponents Azerbaijan, of course, Turkey (which, however, It has no common border with Russia). The threat from Georgia in the foreseeable future is resolved, for its parry even with an excess of only two Russian bases in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Much more serious threat from radical Islamists, but in its reflection of the role of the army is limited. Here we need the efforts of the security services, Rosgvardii, as well as bodies, responsible for propaganda and ideology. It should also be a real consolidation of the Russian society, all nationalities and faiths. In recent years the situation in this respect clearly improved, but to the ideal, of course, long away (although the ideal is hardly attainable).
However, Russian Armed Forces are now very successfully fight with radical Islamists in Syria. The great success they will achieve it, the fewer problems will be in the Caucasus, Us here is the most direct and immediate. hopefully, that the military campaign, which at the moment can be considered as outstanding (if we compare the deployed forces, incurred losses and costs with the achieved results), do not become a victim of some petty politics, internal and external. Because the consequences would be extremely dire, and in the Caucasus, it will manifest itself in the first place. It is therefore important in this case to ignore the opinion of various "valued partners" abroad and hypocritical moans "would be better distributed the money the elderly and children" in the country. The confidence will win in Syria, the better will be our old people and children, and the friendly and attentive to us will be "respected partners", understanding solely force.
new threat
As the troops, stationed in the eastern part of the North Caucasus republics, They were "front-line", the groups in the Russian regions (territories and regions) North Caucasus republics and the western part of considered their immediate rear. But now everything has changed. The threat from the South, as indicated above, sharply decreased. But it came from the opposite side, from northwest YUVO. Now the "front-line" became part of the, stationed in the border with Ukraine, Rostov region, and staff YUVO, located in Rostov-on-Don, suddenly found himself near the front line.
In connection with the situation at the moment is formed by the 8th Army with headquarters in Novocherkassk, Rostov region. Its basis will be the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, which is also stored in the step of forming. Currently in its structure formed by motorized, Artillery and anti-aircraft missile regiment, where armed - about 30 T-72B3, about 120 armored combat vehicles, more 80 artsistem, and order 20 ZRK "Tor-M2», "Strela-10" and ZRPK "Tunguska". After completion of its formation technique, of course, станет гораздо больше. В состав 8-й армии входит также зенитно-ракетная бригада с двумя дивизионами новейшего ЗРК «Бук-М3», а в будущем она, probably, получит и ракетную бригаду с ОТРК «Искандер».
Пока же основу группировки сухопутных войск в северной, западной и центральной частях Северного Кавказа составляет 49-я армия со штабом в Ставрополе.
В ее составе восемь бригад и три полка.
20-я и 205-я мотострелковые, 34-я мотострелковая горная и 227-я артиллерийская бригады имеют на вооружении суммарно более 80 T-72B3 and T-90A, order 430 armored combat vehicles of various types, более сотни самоходных и 152-мм буксируемых орудий, to 50 минометов 2С12, more 40 RSZO «City», "Tornado-G" and "Hurricane", about 60 самоходных ПТРК «Штурм-С» и противотанковых орудий МТ-12, to 50 ЗРК «Тор-М1/М2У», "Strela-10" and ZRPK "Tunguska".
Дислоцированные в Краснодарском крае 1-я ракетная и 90-я зенитно-ракетная бригады имеют на вооружении соответственно 12 ПУ ОТРК «Искандер» и ЗРК «Бук-М2» (три дивизиона). Также в составе армии – бригады управления и материально-технического обеспечения, полки спецназа, инженерно-саперный и РХБЗ. Last is armed with three flamethrower MLRS TOS-1A "sun".
В регионе к тому же развернуто значительное количество других частей и соединений. In particular, десять бригад находятся в прямом подчинении командования Южного военного округа, включая две бригады спецназа, бригаду РСЗО с «Торнадо-С» (при этом по одной батарее, то есть по две РСЗО, развернуты в Южной Осетии и Армении) и зенитно-ракетную бригаду с двумя дивизионами С-300В4. Имеются также инженерная бригада, две бригады РХБЗ, радиотехническая бригада, бригада управления и бригада связи.
Основной кулак
На Северном Кавказе дислоцированы два соединения Воздушно-десантных войск ВС РФ.
7-я десантно-штурмовая дивизия имеет статус горной, its staff accordingly trained mountain passes. As part of the division - 108th Parachute, 247-th Air Assault, 1141-th artillery, 3-th air defense missile regiments, number of separate battalions and companies. Staff and most parts of the division stationed in Novorossiysk, and Kamyshin Volgograd region deployed the 56th Airborne Assault Brigade. На вооружении эти соединения имеют порядка 20 T-72B3, more 440 различных боевых бронированных машин, no less 100 артсистем и десятка ЗРК «Стрела-10».
В регионе также развернута и крупная группировка ВКС РФ.
1-я смешанная авиадивизия ЮВО включает четыре полка: 559-й бомбардировочный, 3-й и 31-й истребительные, а также 368-й штурмовой. На вооружении дивизии – более 30 Su-34, about 20 Су-25СМ и порядка 60 Су-30СМ/М2 и Су-27, а также другая авиатехника. In its turn, в составе 4-й смешанной авиадивизии ЮВО – два полка: 11-й авиаполк (имеет на вооружении по 12 бомбардировщиков Су-24М и разведчиков Су-24МР) и 960-й штурмовой авиаполк (about 20 Су-25СМ/УБ).
The Southern Military District also has the 16th Brigade and the 55th and 487th regiments of Army Aviation, which are on the order of arms 80 combat helicopters Mi-28N, Mi-35M and K-52, as well as to 40 Mi-8 multipurpose various modifications.
By YUVO applies to the 30th military transport regiment, situating two electronic reconnaissance aircraft IL-20M, 15 An-12 military transport planes, An-26 and An-148, and 8 Heavy transport helicopter Mi-26. Staff of military transport aircraft is subordinate to 708 th military transport aviation regiment of Taganrog, having 21 military transport Il-76 (five - in storage).
В прямом подчинении командования ВКС РФ находится Краснодарское авиационное училище, включающее пять учебных авиабаз, and at the airport Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan region stationed 929 th State Flight Test Center named VP. Chkalov, in which the composition has to 50 aircraft of various types.
Подчиненная командованию Южного военного округа 51-я дивизия ПВО включает три зенитно-ракетных полка: 1536-and (три дивизиона С-300ПМ), 1537-and (два дивизиона С-400) и 1721-й (два дивизиона «Бук-М1»). Last regiment formed specifically for the security of the Olympic Games 2014 of the year.
Sevastopol and Novorossiysk
In the period when the Crimea as part of Ukraine there was a serious threat, that the Black Sea Fleet (CF) have completely withdrawn from Sevastopol. Therefore, in the mid-2000s, the construction of the Novorossiysk naval base, which is now close to completion. Although the threat of loss of Sevastopol is now no, value Novorossiysk naval base even increased. At first, it ensures the defense of the Caucasian coast of Russia. Secondly, largely through the supply goes Crimea. Thirdly, namely from Novorossiysk, from the mainland of the Russian Federation, It works "Syrian Express", that is carried out flights of large landing ships and auxiliary vessels of the Navy of the Russian Federation with supplies for the Armed Forces of Syria and the Russian group in the country.
At the present time to the Novorossiysk naval base attributed to all the sub BSF: one project 877 ("Alrosa", under repair) and six project 06363 ("Rostov-on-Don», "Novorossiysk", "Stary Oskol", "Krasnodar", "Veliky Novgorod" and "Kolpino"). However, they are most of the time based in Sevastopol. In Novorossiysk the ships are, solves the problem of the immediate defense of the naval base: three small anti-ship project 1124M ("Povorino", "Yeisk", "Kasimov"), head patrol ship project 22160 "Vasily Bykov", three sea trawler ("Zheleznyakov" project 12660, "Valentin Pikul" 266M project and "Vice-Admiral Zakhar'in" project 02668), coastal minesweepers Project 12650 "Lieutenant Ilyin" and "Mineral Water", inshore minesweepers projects 1258 (RT-46) and 12592 (PT-278), as well as three and seven amphibious counter-sabotage boats.
11-I missile brigade of coastal defense, stationed near Anapa, - the only one in the Russian Navy, having armed battery of six 130-mm SAU "Beach". More coastal artillery at us nowhere and, apparently, will not be. Also in the team - one battalion (4 PU) antiship missile system (SCRC) "Ball" and the two divisions (8 PU) PCDK "Bastion".
In Astrakhan, as mentioned, while the headquarters of the Caspian flotilla, and in the same water region deployed forces protection: three small artillery ship project 21630 ("Astrakhan", "Volgodonsk", "Makhachkala"), Four armored project 1204 (AKA-201, 209, 223, 248) and three offshore trawler (PT-234 project 10750, PT-59 and PT-181 project 697TB). In May 2018 year-AKA 201 and AKA-248 passed in Azov Sea.
In general, the former North Caucasus Military District, It formed the basis of the current YUVO, Now "pumped up" very well, drastic measures for its further strengthening is not needed yet.
Alexander Khramchikhin
