11th Army Corps (Russian Federation)

Russian Coastal Troops formation June 2024 11th Army Corps 11-й армейский корпус Sleeve patch of the 11th Army Corps.svg Sleeve patch of the 11th Army Corps 1 April 2016 – present Russian Federation Russia Army Corps 12,000 troops,100 T-72 tanks12,000 Russian Troops Were Supposed To Defend Kaliningrad. Then They Went To Ukraine To Die. Leningrad Military District Gusev, Kaliningrad Oblast Corps HQ Russo-Ukrainian War 2024 Kharkiv offensivehttps://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-10-2024 Institute for the Study of War Kupiansk offensive Major General Andrey Ruzinsky ru Рузинский, Андрей Юрьевич The 11th Army Corps (ru 11-й армейский корпус 11-y Armeyskiy Korpus) is a tactical formation of the Russian Ground Forces, formed in 2016 as part of the Coastal Troops of the Baltic Fleet, currently in the Leningrad Military District. The corps is located in Kaliningrad Oblast, with its headquarters in the city of Gusev. The corps was formed on 1 April 2016, and operates from Kaliningrad Oblast. Its first commander was Yuri Yarovitsky ru Яровицкий, Юрий Давидович.8 May 2020 Командующий БФ вручил штандарт командиру армейского корпуса в Гусеве https://gusev-online.ru/news/obshestvo/19235-komandujuschij-bf-vruchil-shtandart-komandiru-armejskogo-korpusa-v-guseve.html 5 October 2021 gusev-online.ru ru On 1 February 2021 the revival of the 75th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment at Sovetsk (until 1946 - the city of Tilsit), formerly part of the 40th Guards Tank Division, was reported.1 February 2021 Formation of the 75th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment in the Kaliningrad Region https://vpk.name/en/482159_formation-of-the-75th-guards-motorized-rifle-regiment-in-the-kaliningrad-region.html 2022-05-29 ВПК.name en It was reported that the new regiment would form part of the newly forming motor rifle division of the 11th Army Corps, likely a revived 1st Guards Motor Rifle Division. Sovetsk is located on the banks of the Neman River on the border with Lithuania, where the shortest land route to the border with the main part of Russia begins. In 2024 the Сorps was transferred to the newly formed Leningrad Military District.Batashvili David 2024-10-31 Russian Military Transformation Tracker, Issue 9: From 16 December 2023 to 15 June 2024 https://gfsis.org/en/russian-military-transformation-tracker-issue-9-from-16-december-2023-to-15-june-2024-2/ 2025-01-20 GFSIS en-GB The Corps included an artillery brigade (with BM-27 Uragan and BM-30 Smerch heavy rocket launchers), missile and motor rifle brigades, and regiments for tanks, motor rifle and air defense.Russian Forces in the Western Military District https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/russian-forces-in-the-western-military-district.pdf 44, 52 CNA (nonprofit) https://web.archive.org/web/20221015235329/https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/russian-forces-in-the-western-military-district.pdf 15 October 2022 June 2021 live Military actions After 24 February 2022, the corps was committed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 26 October 2022, Reuters published a special report regarding the defeat and retreat of an 11th Army detachment under colonel Ivan Popov and thousands of documents left in a base in Balakliia after the Ukrainian eastern Kharkiv counteroffensive 6–8 September. According to the documents, units within the corps had suffered heavy losses around Balakliia. In an action near Hrakove on 19 July, thirty-nine men were wounded, seven were dead, and 17 were reported missing, with a tank and two APCs lost. Meanwhile, on 24 July, 12 marines were killed in a HIMARS strike. By 30 August, the corps was down to 71% of its authorized strength, although more draftees were ordered. Some units were even worse off. The 2nd Assault Battalion had 49 personnel, when it should have had 240. The 9th BARS Brigade, an irregular unit, was at 23% of its intended manpower.Mari Saito, Maria Tsvetkova and Anton Zverev https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-base/ 26 October 2022 Abandoned Russian base holds secrets of retreat in Ukraine Reuters In October 2022 American military correspondent David Axe claimed that the 11th Army Corps was destroyed during the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive, having lost half its troops and 200 vehicles, and would "almost certainly require many months to rest, re-equip and induct draftees in order to regain even a fraction of its former strength."David Axe https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/10/27/12000-russian-troops-once-posed-a-threat-from-inside-nato-then-they-went-to-ukraine-to-die October 27, 2022 12,000 Russian Troops Were Supposed To Defend Kaliningrad. Then They Went To Ukraine To Die Forbes In May 2024, it was reported that the 11th Army Corps was taking part in the 2024 Kharkiv offensive.https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-10-2024 Institute for the Study of War https://news.online.ua/en/russias-army-tricking-afu-with-fake-offensive-analysts-say-878303/ Russia's army tricking AFU with fake offensive, analysts say — online.ua 12 May 2024 On 16 May, the Ukrainians claimed that two of the 11th Corps’ combat formations, deployed to the Kharkiv sector, the 138th Motor Rifle Brigade and 7th Separate Motor Rifle Regiment – part of the 18th Motor Rifle Division – took 70 percent losses in less than two weeks and had been rendered "combat ineffective".https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32770 Ukraine's Military Claims Crushing Russian Losses in New Kharkiv Offensive 16 May 2024 Stefan Korshak 18 May 2024 Kyiv Post 17 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240517195042/https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32770 live Structure Headquarters Staff (Gusev) (MUN 54259)RUSSIAN REGULAR GROUND FORCES ORDER OF BATTLE https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/October%2012%2C%202023%20Russian%20Orbat_Final.pdf October 2023 21 November 2023 14 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231014053946/https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/October%2012%2C%202023%20Russian%20Orbat_Final.pdf dead 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Gusev and Sovetsk)3 March 2021 Замминистра обороны РФ генерал-полковник Андрей Картаполов вручил историческое знамя мотострелковой дивизии армейского корпуса БФ https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12347032@egNews 5 October 2021 Ministry of Defence (Russia) ru29 January 2021 В Калининградской области продолжается строительство и модернизация инфраструктуры военных городков армейского корпуса Балтийского флота https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12341318@egNews 5 October 2021 Ministry of Defence (Russia) ruBatashvili David Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 82, 10 May - 23 May 2021 https://gfsis.org.ge/russian-monitor/view/2971 2024-08-18 9th Motor Rifle Regiment 79th Motor Rifle Regiment (MUN 90151) 275th Motor Rifle Regiment 280th Motor Rifle Regiment 11th Tank Regiment (Gusev) (MUN 41611) 20th Reconnaissance Battalion Nº Artillery Regiment Nº Engineer Battalion Nº Communications Battalion 26th Automobile Battalion 7th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment ru 7-й отдельный гвардейский мотострелковый полк (Kaliningrad) 1427th Motor Rifle Regiment 1486th Motor Rifle Regiment 27th Coastal Missile BrigadeRUSSIAN REGULAR GROUND FORCES ORDER OF BATTLE https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/October%2012%2C%202023%20Russian%20Orbat_Final.pdf October 2023 21 November 2023 14 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231014053946/https://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/October%2012%2C%202023%20Russian%20Orbat_Final.pdf dead 152nd Guards Rocket Brigade ru 152-я гвардейская ракетная бригада (Chernyakhovsk) The brigade traces its history back to the 3rd Destroyer (istrebitel'nye) Brigade of the 2nd Destroyer Division, in the combined-arms anti-tank role.See Glantz, Colossus Reborn, 184-5, for destroyer forces. The brigade's first action was at the Battle of Kursk.В Черняховске подздравляли ракетчиков http://inster39.ru/novosti/4340-v-chernyakhovske-pozdravlyali-raketchikov.html Администрация муниципального образования «Черняховский городской округ» 2019-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20200116084946/http://inster39.ru/novosti/4340-v-chernyakhovske-pozdravlyali-raketchikov.html 2020-01-16 Twelve soldiers were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.Знаменитое ракетное соединение из Черняховска отмечает юбилей https://vesti-kaliningrad.ru/znamenitoe-soedinenie-iz-chernyaxovska-otmechaet-yubilej/ Вести-Калининград 2017-05-03 2019-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20210417212708/https://vesti-kaliningrad.ru/znamenitoe-soedinenie-iz-chernyaxovska-otmechaet-yubilej/ 2021-04-17 liveУ 152-й гвардейской - Юбилей! http://inster39.ru/novosti/3759-u-152-gvardejskoj-yubilej.html Администрация муниципального образования «Черняховский городской округ» 2018-08-10 2019-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180813100836/http://inster39.ru/novosti/3759-u-152-gvardejskoj-yubilej.html 2018-08-13 The 3rd Destroyer Brigade was raised to Guards status on August 10, 1943, with the same original number retained. The formation was in the ranks of the Active Army ru Действующая армия и флот (the troops fighting on the frontline) from June 12, 1942, to August 10, 1943, and from September 14, 1943, to May 9, 1945. In July–August 1943, it fought as part of the 70th Army at the Battle of Kursk. Initially, the unit was formed as the 3rd Destroyer Brigade. It then became the 3rd Guards Destroyer Brigade and was eventually reorganized in 1943 into the 3rd Guards Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade. List No. 7 of the Directorates of brigades of all types of troops that were part of the active army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 Moscow 1960 96, 131 After the war, the brigade was in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany and reported directly to the command of the Group of Forces. The formation was stationed in the area of Strelitz-Alt (or Alt-Strelitz) (:de:Strelitz-Alt / Altstrelitz) in Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the German Democratic Republic. In the 1960s, the brigade was reorganized into a missile formation. In the late 1980s, in the process of disbanding the GSFG, the brigade (military unit 96759) was withdrawn to Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast.Feskov 2013 292, 389 244th Artillery Brigade (Kaliningrad) 22nd Independent Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kaliningrad) 46th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Gusev)6 July 2016 Создание 11-го армейского корпуса позволит при необходимости быстро нарастить группировку войск в Калининградской области - источник https://www.militarynews.ru/story.asp?rid=1&nid=418358&lang=RU 5 October 2021 militarynews.ru ru17 October 2019 В Калининградской области военные отрабатывают общевойсковую операцию https://rossaprimavera.ru/news/1490cc46 5 October 2021 rossaprimavera.ru ru 40th Independent Command Battalion (Gusev) Commanders Major-General Yuri Yarovitsky ru Яровицкий, Юрий Давидович (2016 - 2020) Major-General Andrey Ruzinsky ru Рузинский, Андрей Юрьевич (Since August 2020)17 August 2020 Командующий Балтийским флотом представил личному составу нового командира армейского корпуса https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12305914@egNews 5 October 2021 Ministry of Defence (Russia) ru References Works cited Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской Feskov V.I. Golikov V.I. Kalashnikov K.A. Slugin S.A. Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing 2013 9785895035306 Tomsk ru The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces Feskov 2013 Category:Military units and formations established in 2016 Category:2016 establishments in Russia Category:Army corps of the Russian Federation Category:Baltic Fleet