# 406th Marine Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)

406th Separate Artillery Brigade Corporal General Oleksiy Almazov is a brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps. It was established in 1976 as a part of the Soviet Armed Forces and was transferred to Ukraine following its independence. It was originally a part of the Ukrainian Navy and became a part of the Marine Corps after its formation. It is currently based at Mykolaiv.

## History

In April 1976, it was established as the 301st Artillery Brigade in Zaporizhzhia. In 1983, it was transferred to Simferopol as a part of 32nd Army Corps and was transferred to the Black Sea Fleet in 1983. In March 1993 after the independence of Ukraine, it was transferred to the 32nd Army Corps of the Odessa Military District, becoming 406th Artillery Regiment in 2001 and then 406th Separate Brigade Artillery Group in 2003 and later 406th Separate Coastal Artillery Group in 2006, eventually becoming 406th Separate Simferopol Coastal Artillery Group in 2011.
On February 28, 2014, during the Russian Invasion of Crimea the Russian troops encircled the brigade. Half of the officers defected to Russia and 73 servicemen arrived back in Zaporizhzhia on 9 April. The commander of the unit, Dmytro Kozachenko himself also defected to Russia.
On April 15, 2015, it was transferred to Mykolaiv.
32nd Rocket Artillery Regiment split from the brigade in 2016.
On August 24, 2016, the brigade received a combat flag.
On August 22, 2018, the brigade was awarded the honorary title of "Corporal General Oleksiy Almazov"
On July 10, 2019, the brigade took part in combat action in Granitny, separatists launched anti-tank missiles upon the brigade's positions killing a soldier of the brigade.
During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the brigade participated in the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive for which it received commendation from Volodymyr Zelensky. The brigade also participated in the Battle of Davydiv Brid carrying out precise strikes against Russian positions.

## Structure

The structure of the brigade is as follows.
* Headquarters and HQ Battery
* FDC and TAG Battery
* Artillery Reconnaissance and Observer Battalion
* 64th Marine Gun Artillery Battalion
** 1st Artillery battery
** 2nd Artillery battery
** 3rd Artillery battery
** Maintenance platoon
** Anti-aircraft platoon
** Medical center
* 65th Marine Coastal Defense Missile Battalion
* 66th Marine Cannon Artillery Battalion
** HHBty
** 1st Artillery battery
** 2nd Artillery battery
** 3rd Artillery battery
** Logistical platoon
** Anti-aircraft missile platoon
** Security platoon
** Medical center
** Club
* 67th Marine Cannon Artillery Battalion
** HHBty
** 1st Artillery battery
** 2nd gun Artillery battery
** 3rd gun Artillery battery
** Maintenance platoon
** Security platoon
** Medical center
* Combat engineer company
* Logistical Company
* Artillery maintenance company
* Artillery security company
* Military police Platoon
* Brigade Band

## Equipment

* 152mm D-20 Gun howitzers
* 2A36 Giatsint-Bs
* M777 howitzers
* FMTV-Bs
* PRP-4 Armored Vehicles

## Commanders

* Ivan Mykolayovych (1976–1986)
* Volodymyr Kostiantynovych Fomenko (1986–1988)
* Boris Mykhailovych Kozhevnikov (1988–1994)
* Oleksandr Ivanovich Gurin (1994–1998)
* Mykola Petrovych Dumenko (1998–2001)
* Evgeny Viktorovych Dobrynin (2001–2008)
* Dmytro Genadiyovych Kozachenko (2008–2014)
* Evgeny Viktorovych Dobrynin (2014–2016)
* Andrii Volodymyrovych Shubin (2016-)

### Subunit commanders
#### 64th Gun Artillery Division

* Serhii Volodymyrovych Sosyedskyi (2016-)

#### 65th Coastal Missile Division

* Yury Yaroslavovych Yatskevich (2016-)

#### 66th Cannon Artillery Division

* Ihor Vasylovich Gerasimchuk (2016–2019)
* Stroganov Evgeny Volodymyrovych (2019-)

#### 67th Cannon Artillery Division

* Yuriy Mykolayovych Olovyanikov (2016–2018)
* Victor Pogorelov (2018–2022)
* Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Krotov (2022-)

## Sources

* 406 ОБАГ тривога
* Відео:406 ОАБр 2 й дивізіон служба за контрактом Archived 27 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
* Відео: ОБАГ 406 ОБНОВЛЕНИЕ
* Відео: ОКРЕМА АРТИЛЕРІЙСЬКА БРИГАДА Archived 13 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine
* 406-та берегова артилерійська група
* Крим: історія одного підрозділу в долях людей
* Рішення про переміщення окремих підрозділів 406 артбригади з казарм до наметового містечка обумовлене службовою необхідністю Archived 20 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine
* Береговые артиллеристы ВМСУ восстанавливают военный городок в Аккермане Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* В Аккерман из зоны АТО прибыли береговые артиллеристы Archived 1 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* Херсонські артилеристи показали свою майстерність Archived 29 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* Артилерійські підрозділи ВМС ЗС України виконали бойові стрільби в рамках тактичних навчань Archived 8 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* "Букет із крупного калібру: артилерія ЗСУ готова зіграти свою роль у звільненні Донбасу". narodna-pravda.ua/. Народна правда. 2017-08-14. Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
* До Дня захисника України в Білгород-Дністровському урочисто відкрили нову казарму для артилерійського підрозділу військ берегової оборони ВМС Archived 11 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* На Одещині для берегових артилеристів ВМС ЗС України відновлюють фонди військових містечок Archived 11 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
* На Одещині артилеристи ВМС ЗС України врятували громадян та новонароджене дитя зі снігової блокади Archived 20 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine
* "Морські артилеристи проведуть стрільби на Азовському та Чорному морях". mil.in.ua/. 2018-06-08. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2018.