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2nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade

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2nd Spetsnaz Brigade
Unofficial emblem of the 2nd Separate Spetsnaz Brigade
ActiveDecember 1st, 1962 - present
Country Soviet Union (1949–1991)
 Russian Federation (1991–present)
TypeSpecial forces
EngagementsFirst Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Russo-Georgian War
2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine (claimed by Ukraine)

The 2nd Separate Spetsnaz (Special Purpose) Brigade (Russian: 2-я отдельная бригада специального назначения) is a Spetsnaz GRU brigade of the Russian Armed Forces

based in Promezhitsa, Pskov Oblast.[1]

The brigade comprises:[2]

  • Headquarters
  • Signals Battalion (2x Company)
  • Support Company
  • 70th Special Purpose Detachment (roughly battalion equivalent)
  • 329th Special Purpose Detachment
  • 700th Special Purpose Detachment
  • Training Battalion (2x Company)

References

  1. ^ "2nd independent Special Forces Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  2. ^ http://vdvloknya.ucoz.ru/news/1_dekabrja_den_rozhdenija_2_obr_specnaz_gru/2012-11-30-776