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3rd Army Corps (Russia)

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3rd Army Corps
3-й армейский корпус
2022 Russian Invasion bear paw vehicle marking.svg
Presumed tactical marking of the corps' vehicles
ActiveJune 2022–present
Country Russian Federation
Branch Russian Ground Forces
SizeArmy Corps
Part ofWestern Military District
Garrison/HQMulino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Engagements2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive

The 3rd Army Corps is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces formed in June 2022 to participate in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1] It has a planned strength estimated at 15,500–60,000 personnel and belongs to the Western Military District.[2]

Nomenclature

In Russian military jargon, an "Army Corps" is typically a formation larger than a division, but significantly smaller than a typical Western corps, often (as the 3rd Army corps appears to be[3]) directly commanding separate brigades.

The proxy militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) are operationally designated as the 1st and 2nd Army Corps respectively. As a force similar in composition and operational purpose to these formations, the new volunteer formation raised was designated the 3rd Army Corps.

Creation

The 3rd Army Corps' initial main base and training centre was identified by Ukraine in August 2022 as being located in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.[2] The new 72nd Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, intended to form part of the 3rd Army Corps, was reported by Penza Oblast authorities to be forming at Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast.[4]

Recruitment

The 3rd Army Corps is believed to be composed primarily or wholly of volunteer units newly raised on a regional basis.[3][5]

Recruitment posters, looking to raise volunteer battalions from across Russia, set the age limit as 18 to 50. Recruits were offered sign-on bonuses[6] (up to 300,000 rubles in some cases) with salaries of 200,000 rubles being around three times average monthly pay in Russia,[7] sometimes linked to bonuses based on performance with insurance in case of injury or death. Terms of service were often given 6 months and training would, in some cases, be one month.[8]

By 8 August 2022, some 40 battalions from 19 regions had been formed, many with less than the authorized paper strength of 400 men.[9] There is a general shortage of officers and experienced men to train the recruits,[10] partly due to the deployment of training cadres to the front lines to replace losses.[11]

Equipment

Equipment delivered to the training area at Mulino included new-generation AK-12 assault rifles,[12] modern T-80BVM and Т-90М tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, and Buk SAMs.[13] Some of the newest equipment was likely from stockpiles in the Moscow area used for parades and the like.[citation needed] T-80BV and T-90M tanks and Buk SAM complexes were seen being shipped by rail to staging areas in Rostov Oblast near the DPR border,[14] and 2A65 Msta-B 152mm howitzers were video-recorded being towed to the front in occupied Kharkiv Oblast.[15]

Deployment

Equipment designated for the 3rd Army Corps was shipped in late August 2022 to Neklinovka station in northwestern Rostov Oblast, close to the DPR border and the Sea of Azov, to prepare for deployment to the Donbas front.[14]

As a result of the Ukrainian counteroffensives in southern and northeastern Ukraine, the volunteer battalions of the 3rd Army Corps were deployed piecemeal to reinforce the Kherson, Kharkiv, Melitopol, and Mariupol sectors.[16]

On September 9, during the Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive, footage appeared of a military column with 3rd Army Corps markings headed towards the front in Kharkiv Oblast.[15] The 3rd Army Corps rushed to join Russian forces in Kharkiv Oblast. Then it joined the Russian retreat, leaving behind tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and personnel carriers: it "melted away" according to Forbes, having little or no impact on the battlefield along with other irregular forces.[17][18] Afterwards, reserves and equipment of the 3rd Army Corps were reportedly moved to reinforce units in Donetsk Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[19][20]

The "Shaymuratov" volunteer battalion from Bashkortostan, apparently part of the 3rd Army Corps, was deployed to the front in Kherson after six weeks of training in Mulino and rapidly suffered heavy losses.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russia prepares to deploy new strike force against Ukraine – Ukrainian Intelligence". Ukrainska Pravda. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Russia forming 3rd Army Corps for war in Ukraine – ISW". Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 7". Critical Threats. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  4. ^ "Олег Мельниченко напутствовал направленных в именные подразделения добровольцев". Пенза-Обзор - новости Пензы и Пензенской области (in Russian). 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  5. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 5". Critical Threats. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  6. ^ "What is Russia's 3rd Army Corps? New Unit Moving to Front Lines: Intel". Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Russian Bid to Bolster Army Unlikely to Boost Combat Power in Ukraine: U.K." Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 23". Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Russian regions form 40 volunteer Battalions – Kommersant". Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. ^ "To win in Ukraine, Russia is preparing to throw 137,000 new "bayonets" into the battle". Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 20". Critical Threats. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
  12. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 27". Critical Threats. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  13. ^ "Russia deploys newly formed "3rd Army Corps" to the front". Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  14. ^ Jump up to:a b "CIT: Russia moves newly created 3rd Army Corps to Ukraine". Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  15. ^ Jump up to:a b "Russia transfers parts of the 3rd Army Corps to the Kharkiv Region". Militarnyi. 9 September 2022.
  16. ^ ChrisO_wiki [@ChrisO_wiki] (8 November 2022). "5/ However, the Ukrainian counter-offensives at the end of August meant that the original plan was abandoned. Instead, the national battalions were scattered to fill gaps along the length of the front line. They were seen in the Kherson, Kharkiv, Melitopol and Mariupol regions" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ Axe, David (2022-09-15). "The Russians Spent Months Forming A New Army Corps. It Lasted Days in Ukraine". Forbes. MSN. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  18. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 18". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  19. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 15". Institute for the Study of War. 2022-09-15. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  20. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 17". Institute for the Study of War. 2022-09-17. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
  21. ^ ChrisO_wiki [@ChrisO_wiki] (8 November 2022). "11/ In an evidently stage-managed social media post, the men supposedly said that they were undertaking "round-the-clock duty in positions, "trench life, endless shelling of the enemy and faith in our Victory."" t.co/SC3zXkHFes" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Twitter.




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