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244th Neman Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Artillery Brigade
244-я артиллерийская Неманская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Кутузова бригада
Active1941–Present
Country  Soviet Union (until 1991)
  Russia
Branch  Soviet Navy (until 1991)
  Russian Navy
Type Artillery
Size Brigade
Part of 11th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ Kaliningrad
Nickname(s)Nemanskaya
Equipment 2A36 Giatsint-B, BM-27 Uragan, 9P157-2 Khrizantema-S
Decorations
Honorifics Neman

The 244th Neman Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Artillery Brigade ( Military Unit Number 41603) is an artillery formation of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy, currently based in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast. It is part of the 11th Army Corps, the coastal forces of the Baltic Fleet.

The brigade traces its history to the 551st artillery regiment of Ant-Tank Defence (PTO) of the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK). The regiment was formed on August 10, 1941, at Podolsk in Moscow Oblast, at the Podolsk artillery school. During the war it served with the 49th, 33rd, and 11th Guards Armies. [1]

References

  1. ^ Fesʹkov, V. I. (2003). Krasnai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ v pobedakh i porazhenii︠a︡kh, 1941-1945 gg. K. A. Kalashnikov, V. I. Golikov. Tomsk: Tomskiĭ gos. universitet. ISBN  5-7511-1624-0. OCLC  60500706.