page_title: 4th Guards Military Base
section_title: Composition
hierarchical_section_title: 4th Guards Military Base / Composition
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Проверка боевой готовности 4-й гвардейской Вапнярско-Берлинской Краснознамённой, орденов Суворова и Кутузова военной базы на высокогорном полигоне в Южной Осетии.
context_page_description: The 4th Guards Military Base is a sizable overseas military base of the Russian Armed Forces stationed in the partially recognized Republic of South Ossetia. The base is subordinate to the command of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces. It was the first military of strategic importance in the Caucasus. The base is located in the city of Tskhinval and the neighboring village of Java.
context_section_description: Headquarters
  1st Motorized Rifle Battalion
  2nd Motorized Rifle Battalion
  3rd Motorized Rifle Battalion
  Special Forces Battalion
  Sniper Company
  Tank Battalion
  1st Self-propelled Artillery Division
  2nd Self-propelled Artillery Division
  Rocket Artillery Division
  Anti-tank Artillery Division
  Anti-aircraft Missile and Artillery Division
  Reconnaissance Battalion
  Drone Company
  Engineering Battalion
  NBC Protection Company
  Signals Battalion
  Electronic Warfare Company
  Artillery Battery
  Radar Platoon
  Intelligence Platoon
  Repair Battalion
  Support Battalion
  Commandant Company
  Medical Company
  Instructor Platoon
  Training Platoon
  Polygon
  Military Band
caption: Troops of the military base during an exercise in 2017.
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