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70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

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70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
Active1979-1989
Country Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Army
TypeMotorized infantry
Garrison/HQKandahar
EngagementsSoviet-Afghan War
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner (2)

Order of Kutuzov 2nd class

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd class

The 70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was a Soviet Army mechanized infantry brigade of the Soviet–Afghan War. During the war, it was based in Kandahar.

History

The brigade was formed on 1 March 1980 in Kandahar from the 373rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment of the 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division. On 4 May 1985, it was awarded a second Order of the Red Banner for its actions in Afghanistan. In August 1988, it withdrew to Kushka. The brigade was disbanded in February 1989.[1]

References

  1. ^ Holm, Michael. "70th independent Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
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