4th Mountain Brigade

The 4th Mountain Rifle Brigade was established in July 1939. It was created by the last of the Romanian mountain rifle brigades, therefore it was the least equipped. So, for example, in its composition there was no howitzer mountain rifle division.

Before the attack on the USSR, the 4th Mountain Rifle Brigade, which was part of the Mountain Corps of the 3rd Army, occupied positions on the Soviet-Romanian border at the junction of the Ukrainian and Moldavian SSRs , having against themselves parts of the Soviet 17th Rifle Corps . With the outbreak of war, she took part in the occupation of Northern Bukovina .

In August, together with the 1st and 2nd mountain rifle brigades, it operated in the Pervomaisk region ^[1] , and in October in the Melitopol direction.

In December 1941, during the preparation of the Germans attack on Sevastopol, the brigade was entrusted with the task of fighting the Crimean partisans.

March 15, 1942 was renamed the 4th Mountain Division.

• 8th Mountain Rifle Regiment ( Grupul 8 Vanatori de Munte )

13th Mountain Rifle Battalion ( Batalionul 13 Vanatori de Munte )

14th Mountain Rifle Battalion ( Batalionul 14 Vanatori de Munte )

19th Mountain Rifle Battalion ( Batalionul 19 Vanatori de Munte )

• 9th Mountain Rifle Regiment ( Grupul 9 Vanatori de Munte )

17th Mountain Rifle Battalion ( Batalionul 17 Vanatori de Munte )

18th Mountain Rifle Battalion ( Batalionul 18 Vanatori de Munte )

20th Mountain Rifle Battalion ( Batalionul 20 Vanatori de Munte )

• 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment ( Grupul 4 Artilerie Munte )

3rd Mountain Cannon Division ( Divizionul 3 Tunuri Munte )

6th Mountain Cannon Division ( Divizionul 6 Tunuri Munte )

• 4th Engineering Battalion ( Batalionul 4 Pionieri Munte )

• The Romanian Royal Army 1939-1945
• Romanian Armed Forces in the Second World War