338th Guards Reactive Artillery Brigade
The 338th Guards Dvinsk Order of Alexander Nevsky Reactive Artillery Brigade, is an artillery formation of the Russian Ground Forces. The brigade is deployed in Ussuriysk, Primorye Territory. It is equipped with versions of the BM-27 Uragan.
The unit is part of the Eastern Military District.
Its predecessor was formed in 1942. The brigade inherited the history, awards, honors and the Guards status of the 72nd Guards Mortar Regiment formed in May 1942. On June 20, 1942, the military unit was handed a Guards battle flag.
The regiment was armed with BM-13 122 mm multiple rocket launcher systems. The 72nd Guards Mortar Regiment fought in the Great Patriotic War and the Soviet-Japanese War. For participation in the Rezhitsko-Dvinskoy offensive operation in 1944, the regiment was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky with the Dvinsk honorific.
The 72nd Guards Mortar Regiment was part of the "Active Army" from July 7, 1942 to February 5, 1943, and from March 14, 1944 to May 9, 1945. During the Soviet-Japanese war, the regiment operated from August 9 to September 3, 1945.
The regiment was changed into a brigade in the 1960s.
