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11th Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)
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The 11th Artillery Brigade (Ukrainian: 11-та артилерійська бригада, romanized: 11-ta artyleriys'ka bryhada) was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The brigade's full name of the brigade was the 11th Separate Guards Artillery Kyiv Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade.[4]
11th Artillery Brigade | |
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11-та гвардійська окрема Київська Червонопрапорна, ордена Богдана Хмельницького артилерійська бригада | |
![]() Sleeve patch for the 11th Artillery Brigade | |
Active | 18 August 2004 – 2013[1] |
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Branch | ![]() |
Type | Brigade |
Role | Artillery |
Part of | 13th Army Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Ternopil, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine |
Anniversaries | 18 August 2004 |
Equipment | D-20 MT-12 Rapira[2] |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
Battle honours | Kiev |
Commanders | |
Commanding officer | Colonel Sergiy Korniychuk[3] |
Second-in-command | Lieutenant Colonel Dmutro Kozachenko[3] |
Insignia | |
Guards unit | ![]() |
Artillery branch insignia | ![]() |
The brigade was the successor of the 1st Guards Cannon Artillery Kiev Red Banner Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Brigade, formed on 18 August 1942 in Stalingrad.[1]
It was part of 13th Army Corps [uk]. It was based in Ternopil, in western Ukraine. The Brigade was formed on 18 August 2004 on the base of 12th Artillery Regiment of the 1st Tactical Artillery Group. Group commander Colonel Sergiy Korniychuk became Brigade's Commanding officer. The Brigade took its conscripts from the Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Lviv and Ternopil oblasts (provinces).[1][5] The brigade was disbanded in 2013.