Arsenals of the Russian Armed Forces

Arsenals of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are military units for the manufacture, repair and store weapons and military equipment.

Arsenals in cities

The arsenal in Ulyanovsk is among the most dangerous military arsenals located within Russian cities. A major series of explosions occurred at an arms depot of the 31st Arsenal of the Caspian Flotilla near Ulyanovsk on 13 November 2009. At least two people were killed in the explosion and 43 were rescued from a bomb shelter where they had taken refuge.[1]

Other arsenals that are within the cities of Russia, which are threats to inhabitants by either accidental detonations or Ukrainian attacks and which the public wish to have removed from the city limits:[2]

Arsenals 12 GU MO RF

Arsenals of the 12th Chief Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Russia were inherited from a Soviet defence ministry chief directorate. They store nuclear weapons for all types of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and in the past the USSR.[4]

Arsenals of GRAU

Arsenals of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defence:[5]

  • 6th Arsenal (ii) of the GRAU, в/ч 55487, 682612 Khabarovsk Krai, Amursky District, Elban (Эльбан-2) settlement. Previously the 14th Arsenal.[6] Second formation of 6th Arsenal; first formation now the Nekrasovskoye site (above).
  • 8th "Order of the Red Star" Arsenal of GRAU, Military Unit Number (V/Ch) в/ч 55443-СГ, Maxim Gorky Street, Rybinsk, 152918, Yaroslavl Oblast; Formerly в/ч 41686. Affiliated with the Navy. [2]
  • 13th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 64531, Kotovo, Okulovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, a settlement in Kotovskoye Settlement of Okulovsky District[7][8] Kommersant-Vlast 2005 gave a different location nearby. (58°28′55″N 33°30′18″E / 58.48194°N 33.50500°E / 58.48194; 33.50500)
  • 20th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 40951, Chegdomin Mira settlement, pr. 3, Khabarovsk Krai[6]
  • 23rd Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 71628, "Toropets-2", the village of Nesidovo Tver Oblast [7][3]
  • 42nd Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 67877 - Bagrationovsk Art. Ladushkin Kaliningrad Oblast
  • 51st Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 11785, M. Kirzhach Barsovo Vladimir Oblast[7] [4]
  • 53rd Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 64469, "Dzerzhinsk-38," Yuganets, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast [5]
  • 54th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 32358, "Bologoe-5" Kuzuzhenkino-1 Tver Oblast [9] [6]
  • 60th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 86283, (former V/Ch 42702) -Kaluga-32 Guards, 1 V/D "906 Base" Kaluga Oblast[10] [7]
  • 63rd Arsenal GRAU, V/Ch 11700, "Lipetsk-29" Lipetsk Oblast, from 2010 260th central missile-artillery base (V/Ch 86295)[11] [8]
  • 67th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 55443-BK (-41), (former V/Ch 92919), Karachev Bryansk Oblast, approximately 114 km from the Ukrainian border.[7][12] The depot was attacked by Ukrainian drones in October 2024. Fires, explosions and continuous detonations for hours resulted, but initial battle damage assessment has not yet been made by independent military analysts.[13][14] Two ammunition depot storage warehouses were destroyed.[15]
  • 68th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 30148, Mozdok Art. Lukovskaya North Ossetia[7][9]
  • 70th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 58661-BB (-48) (earlier V/Ch 92922), village Kedrovka, Sverdlovsk Oblast
  • 72nd Arsenal of the GRAU (в/ч 59313-71, former V/Ch 63292 until December 2015.) Ul. Volochaevskaya, 30, village (st.) of Taltsy, belonging to Oktyabrsky City District, Ulan-Ude, 670019, the Republic of Buryatia.[16] Near the village of Sosnovy Bor.
  • 73rd Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 11931, Ul. Centralnaya 149, Esino settlement, Kovrovsky District, Vladimir Oblast, named "Kovrov-31".[17]
  • 80th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 86791 - Gagarskaya, Beloyarsky Raion, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Yekat-56)
  • 93rd Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 68586 (554443-TD) "Bologoe-4" Kuzuzhkino-2 Tver region <!-57°41′21″N 33°58′46″E / 57.68917°N 33.97944°E / 57.68917; 33.97944->> [10] [18]
  • 97th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 86741 "Skopin-51"[19]
  • 101st Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 55448, "Inz-40" Glotovka Ulyanovsk Oblast
  • 102nd Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 86696 - Malaya Purga, Pugachevo, Udmurtia - During the explosion on June 2, 2011, two-thirds of the storage areas were destroyed. The arsenal was beyond repair. The issue of its closure was considered. After the fire in 2011, the arsenal was disbanded, its facilities were [to be] transferred to a specialized enterprise.[20] Subsequent fires and explosions in 2013, 2015, 2016, and May 2018.[21]
  • 107th Arsenal GRAU, V/Ch 55443-TT (former V/Ch 11777), Toropets Tver Oblast[22] On the night of 17–18 September 2024, after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine had begun, Ukraine launched a large attack on the arsenal, causing repeated large explosions and serious damage.
  • 109th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 63792 - Irkutsk-37. Battery Central, 10 Irkutsk Oblast
  • 120th Arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 42696, Bryansk, Bryansk Oblast [11]
  • Arsenal GRAU, Military Unit Number (V/Ch) 57229-51 Kotluban, Volgograd Oblast, located 40 kilometers from Volgograd[23] On the night of November 16, 2023, at about 01:00, a fire broke at the storage site near the village of Kotluban. The fire was only extinguished at about 5 a.m. Russian media wrote that more than 600 people were evacuated from the territory of the military unit, including three children.[24]
  • 346th Red Banner Central Artillery Base for Weapons, V/Ch 55443-VP (former в/ч 42262), 601130 Gorodishchi, Petushinsky District, Vladimir Oblast, ст. Usal. Formerly 40th Arsenal of GRAU.[17]
  • 435th Central Artillery Weapons Warehouse/Depot - Armavir, Krasnodar Territory
  • 1207 Facility for the storage and destruction of chemical weapons (military unit 92746, aka Object 1597). Shchuchye, Shchuchye-2 village Planovy, Kurgan Oblast, Russia
  • 1208 Facility for the storage and destruction of chemical weapons (V/Ch 55498), settlement of Kizner, Сосновая, Udmurt Republic); aka Object 159
  • Kambarka Chemical Weapons Storage Facility, V/Ch 42727 - Kambarka, Udmurtia

Former GRAU Arsenals:

  • 22nd arsenal of GRAU, V/Ch 62059, "Sizran-2" the village of Serdovino Samara region [12] <!-53 ° 8'59 "N 48 °->.
  • 59th Arsenal GRAU, V/Ch 42697, Moscow Oblast
  • 94th Arsenal GRAU, V/Ch 63779, Omsk-99 Omsk Oblast, on December 1, 1960, the 25th Central Artillery Repair Base received its Military Unit Number, and in December 1986 it was transformed into an arsenal of the GRAU.[25]
  • 99th Arsenal of the GRAU, V/Ch 67684 - Urman, Iglinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan - after a fire in 2011 this unit was to be disbanded on 1 September 2011.[26]

The 21st, 27th (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), and 29th Arsenal are affiliated with the Strategic Rocket Forces. The 25th Arsenal in Stolbtsy, Minsk Oblast, Belorussian SSR, was also affiliated with the RSVN. The 28th Arsenal in Znamensky District, Tambov Oblast, р.п. Знаменка, ул. Рабочая, 2 Pervomaisky in Tambov Oblast is affiliated with the Russian Space Forces.[27]

The 1411th Artillery Ammunition Depot Russian: 1411-й артиллерийский склад боеприпасов, romanized: 1411-y artilleriyskiy sklad boyepripasov) is located in Cobasna, Transdnestr, Moldova, under the Operational Group of Russian Forces, Moldova.[28]

See also

References

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