The 65th Maritime Rifle Brigade is a military unit of the USSR in World War II .
 65th Marine Rifle Brigade (65th Marine Brigade)  | |
| Troops: | land |
| Type of army: | Marines |
| Formed: | October-November 1941 |
| Disbanded (converted): | 02/20/1944 |
| Successor: | 176th Infantry Division (2nd formation) |
| Combat areas | |
| The Great Patriotic War | |
Formed in October-November 1941 in the city of Nyazepetrovsk, Chelyabinsk region in the Urals military district [1] . The name of the naval brigade was due to the fact that the personnel of the Pacific Fleet and the Amur Flotilla participated in its formation.
01/02/1942 the team arrived at the site of the Masselskaya operational group of the Karelian front
01/01/1942 participated in an unsuccessful offensive in the area of Medvezhyegorsk . From 05 to 10.01.1942, the loss of the brigade amounted to 44% of the number performing the combat mission. Then she led defensive actions.
In February 1944, units of the brigade aimed at forming the 176th Infantry Division .
Content
Full name
65th Separate Marine Rifle Brigade
Submission
- Karelian front , front subordination - on 01/01/1942
- Karelian Front , 32nd Army - on 04/01/1942
Composition
- 3 separate rifle battalions ;
- separate artillery division of regimental guns (8 76 mm );
- separate anti-tank battalion (12 57 mm );
- separate mortar division (16 82 mm and 8 122 mm mortars);
- a separate company of machine gunners;
- reconnaissance company;
- company of anti-tank rifles ;
- air defense platoon;
- separate battalion of communications;
- sapper company;
- automobile company;
- health company.
Commanders
- Korobko Fedor Ivanovich (11/03/1941 - 06/22/1942), Colonel
- ???
- Korobko Fedor Ivanovich (from 07/07/1942), Colonel
- Kaverin Alexey Grigorievich (10/17/1943 - 02/18/1944)
Notes
- ↑ In the Karelian forests and swamps . A. Velin / Chelyabinsk citizens in the war. A brief dictionary from A to Z , sections of the book “Victory of the Century: Chelyabinsk Region in the Great Patriotic War” // Popular Military Encyclopedia / [Comp. A.P. Moiseev]. - Chelyabinsk: Ural LTD, 2000 - 526 p., ISBN 5-8029-0128-4 .