Russo-Georgian War order of battle: Russia explained

The following units of the Russian army, air force, and Russian navy participated in the Russo-Georgian War in 2008.

Order of battle

58th Army

• 19th Motorized Rifle Division
  • 249th Motorized Rifle Regiment
  • 503rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
  • 693rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
  • 292nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
  • 481st Air defense missile Regiment
  • 141st Armor Battalion
  • Armored engineer Battalion
  • Military intelligence battalion
  • Signal battalion
  • Chemical battalion
  • Supply battalion
  • Mechanical battalion
  • Medical battalion
• 136th Guards Motorized Infantry Brigade
• 205th Motorized Infantry Brigade

Supporting units

• 135th Motorized Infantry Regiment
• 291st Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
• 67th Air Defense Regiment
• 1,128th Antitank Regiment
• 943rd Rocket Launcher Regiment
• 487th Helicopter Regiment
• 11th Engineer Regiment
• 234th Signal Regiment
• 22nd Electronic Warfare Regiment
• Elements of 76th and 98th Guards Airborne Divisions
• two companies from 42nd Motorized Rifle Division

Operations in Abkhazia

• 131st Moor Rifle Brigade
• Elements of 76th and 98th Guards Airborne Divisions

4th Air Army

1st Composite Air Division

• 368th Assault Aviation Regiment
• 461st Assault Aviation Regiment
• 960th Assault Air Regiment
• 5559th Bomber Aviation Regiment
• 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment

51st Air Defense Corps

• 3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment
• 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment
• Two SAM regiments Unattached units
• 11th Reconnaissance Air Regiment
• 535th Composite Air Regiment
• 55th Helicopter Regiment
• 487th Helicopter Regiment
• 325th Transport Helicopter Regiment

Naval forces

• Slava class cruiser
• Kashin class destroyer
• Alligator class and Topucha class landing ships
• smaller craft

Sources

• Costello, Bruce "The Russo-Georgian War of 2008." in Strategy & Tactics, No. 264 (September/October 2010).