Assault Engineering Brigades

Assault Engineering Brigades (Russian: Штурмовая инженерно-сапёрная бригада) were formations of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command the Red Army, being notable for their service during the Second World War. These brigades were designed to storm through settlements and to break through heavily fortified enemy lines.

Red Army sappers in 1942.

History

Sapper-engineering assault units were formed in 1943. By 30 May of that year, the formation of the first 15 brigades was completed. Most of these units were formed on the basis of belligerent battalion, well-proven in battle. In August 1943, assault engineering sapper brigade arrived at the front. In December 1943, a procedure was developed for the combat utilization of assault formations. By May 1945, the brigades pushed through the city of Konigsberg (now Kaliningrad), with the city falling in a matter of days.[1][2]

Combat engineers are one the branches of the Red Army that are given special reverence. In 2015 and 2020[3], a formation of soldiers dressed in the uniforms of engineer assault brigades took part in the Moscow Victory Day Parade on Red Square. During a national ceremony at the Capul de pod Șerpeni Memorial Complex in August 2019, Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu ceremonially handed to Moldovan Defence Minister Pavel Voicu the military banners of the 14th Assault Engineering and Combat Brigade[4][5], which until that point, was kept at the Central Armed Forces Museum in Russia.[6]

Structure
A Moldovan National Army soldier holding the banner of the 14th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade.
  • 1st Guards Assault Engineering Sapper Brigade
  • 1st Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade
  • 2nd Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 3th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 4th Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade
  • 5th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 6th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 7th Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade
  • 8th Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade
  • 9th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 10th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 11th Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade
  • 12th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 13th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 14th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 15th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 16th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 17th Assault Engineering and Combat Engineer Brigade
  • 18th Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade
  • 19th Assault Engineering and Sapper Brigade

See also

References
  1. "Assault brigade of the red army: the red army elite". csef.ru.
  2. "Red Army engineers at Stalingrad". www.stalingrad.net.
  3. Крецул, Алексей Рамм, Антон Лавров, Богдан Степовой, Роман (June 23, 2020). "Прототип характера: по Красной площади пройдет техника, которую еще не показывали на публике". Известия.
  4. "Сергей Шойгу передал Павлу Войку боевые знамена воинов, освободивших Молдову". ru.sputnik.md.
  5. "Новости Минобороны. В Шерпенах стартовала акция «Дороги памяти» к 75-летию Великой Победы". www.patriot-expo.ru.
  6. "Șeful statului a participat la ceremonia comemorativă de la Complexul Memorial „Capul de Pod Șerpeni"". www.presedinte.md.
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