107th Rocket Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)

107th Rocket Artillery Brigade
(2019–present)

107th Rocket Artillery Regiment
(2005–2019)

107th Rocket Brigade
(1967–2005)

67th Howitzer Artillery Brigade
(16 Dec 1942–1967)
Active1942
Country Soviet Union (1942–1991)
Ukraine (1992–present)
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
TypeBrigade
Role Rocketartillery
Part ofOperational Command East
Garrison/HQKremenchuk
NicknameKremenchuk
MottosStrength and Honor
EngagementsRusso-Ukrainian War
DecorationsOrder of Kutuzov 2nd Class Order of Kutuzov (removed)
Battle honoursLeningrad (removed) Kremenchuk
Insignia
Old insignia

The 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade is a rocket-launcher brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, stationed at Kremenchuk. It was formed from a reorganisation of the previous 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment which itself was formed out of the 107th Rocket Brigade.[1][2][3] It is now part of Operational Command East.

History

The brigade traces its lineage back to the Red Army's 67th Howitzer Artillery Brigade, formed on 16 December 1942 near Moscow. In May 1943 it had completed training and was armed with the 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30). The brigade fought near Leningrad and in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, and Hungary. The brigade finished the war in Austria. During the war, the brigade received seventeen thanks from Stalin. The brigade received the honorific "Leningrad" and was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 2nd class.[4]

Postwar, the brigade was based in Ukraine and Hungary. The brigade was successively based in Dnipropetrovsk, Bila Tserkva, and Kiev. It later moved to Kremenchuk.[4][5]

The 107th Rocket Brigade was activated in October 1967 in Kremenchuk with the 6th Guards Tank Army. It was equipped with R-11 Zemlya and R-17 Elbrus tactical ballistic missiles. It included the 661st and two other separate missile battalions, as well as a technical battery. During the 1980s, it was co-located with a mobilization rocket brigade. In January 1992, it was taken over by Ukraine.[1]

The brigade received the Tochka-U in 2003. In 2005, the brigade became a regiment and was reequipped with the 9K58 Smerch. In 2008, the regiment was awarded the honorific "Kremenchuk".[4]

On 18 November 2015, the regiment's "Leningrad Order of Kutuzov" honorifics were removed as part of a Ukrainian Armed Forces-wide removal of Soviet awards and decorations.[6] On January 1, 2019, the regiment was reorganised as a brigade.[3]

Russo-Ukrainian War

During the 2023 Ukrainian Counteroffensive the brigade has been involved in Southern campaign in the Zaporizhzhia direction.[7]

Structure

As of 2025 the brigade's structure is as follows:[8]

  • 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade
  • Brigade's Headquarters
    • 1st Artillery Division
      • 1st Artillery Battalion
      • 3rd Artillery Battalion
      • Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion
      • Maintenance Company
      • Signal Company
      • Medical Company
    • 2nd Artillery Division
      • 2nd Artillery Battalion
      • 4th Artillery Battalion
      • Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
      • Radar Company
      • CBRN-defense Protection Company

Equipment

Due to the acute shortage of ammunition for the old Soviet systems, the 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade is one of the few remaining in Ukraine. Alongside the dwindling number of Soviet systems, Ukrainian-made or further developed systems such as the Vilkha or Western M270 multiple rocket launcher systems are increasingly being used.[9][10]

Type Image Origin Role Number Note
Rocket Artillery
Vilkha Ukraine MLRS ? Ukrainian enhancement of the BM-30 system
BM-30 Smerch Sovjet Union MLRS ?
M270
MARS II
LRU 		USA MLRS ? Delivered from 2022 onwards by France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and Norway[11][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Holm, Michael. "107th Missile Brigade". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  2. ^ "Кременчуцький реактивний артилерійський полк відзначив свою 71-річницю". Полтавщина. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  3. ^ a b "107-й реактивний полк реорганізовано у бригаду". Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2022-09-22.
  4. ^ a b c "Кременчугские артиллеристы празднуют 71-ю годовщину создания части (ФОТО)" [Kremenchug gunners celebrate 71st anniversary]. Kremenchutsky Telegraf (in Russian). 16 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Військовій частині – 69!" [Military Unit – 69!]. Kremenchutska Panorama (in Ukrainian). 22 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  6. ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ No. 646/2015" [Ukaz President of Ukraine No. 646/2015] (in Ukrainian). President of Ukraine. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Завдання – максимальне наближення моменту, коли F-16 допоможуть нам тримати якнайдалі російських терористів – звернення Президента України" (in Ukrainian). President of Ukraine. 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ "107th Rocket Artillery Brigade". Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  9. ^ "Реактивна бригада отримала почесне найменування" (in Ukrainian). 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  10. ^ a b "Ukraine's Defenders – Meet the M270 Operators and Crew of the 107th Rocket Artillery Brigade". Kyiv Post. 2023-01-28. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  11. ^ "The First French LRU Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Arrives in Ukraine". OVD. 2022-12-05. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
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