27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

The 27th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner Brigade is a tactical formation of the Russian Ground Forces. Its Military Unit Number (V/Ch) is 61899 (military unit 61899). It is part of 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District, stationed in Mosrentgen, Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug of Moscow.

Brigade emblem

The brigade traces its origins to the 535th Rifle Regiment, formed in the city of Chugueve of Kharkov Oblast in July 1940.[1] From August 8, 1941 to September 14, 1941, the regiment, part of the 127th Rifle Division, participated in battles near Yelnya. On September 18, 1941, for the courage and valor of its personnel, the regiment and the remainder of the division became a Guards unit, the division becoming the 2nd Guards Rifle Division.

The unit served as the 404th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (404th GMRR) from 1957 until the early 1980s, and in 1982 was given the title "named for the 60th anniversary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics."[2].

After many years of service as a regiment, the brigade was activated when on 1 June 1983, in Teplyy Stan, Moscow Oblast, the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was established from the former 404th GMRR. It was briefly transferred to the KGB Border Guards in 1990-91 before reverted to army control.

It is now part of the reformed 1st Guards Tank Army, after 2014.