127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a unit of the Ground Forces. The unit was formed shortly after the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022 as 127th Territorial Defense Brigade and as part of Territorial Defense Forces. In July 2024, the unit was transferred to the Ground Forces. In July 2025, the brigade was reformed as the…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3112,"featured_media":57363,"parent":11750,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"unit_tag":[],"class_list":["post-26928","unit","type-unit","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/484496786_613269738354826_3324943975109693407_n-1024x819.jpg",1024,819,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Dikobraz","author_link":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/ua\/author\/dikobraz\/"},"comment_info":"","related_losses":false,"related_posts":[{"ID":24304,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 41","post_content":"\n
The weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 225th Assault Battalion of Ukrainian 127th Territorial Defense Brigade was sent to Kupyansk direction. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Lyman axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 108th Mountain Battalion of 10th Mountain Brigade has been deployed to Makiivka to reinforce Ukrainian defense in the area. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Avdiivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 31st Mechanized Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka to strengthen the defense amid Russian offensive in the area. *<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the Presidential Brigade has been sent to the vicinity of Avdiivka as well. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Zaporizhzhia Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 227 Battalion and 228 Battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade were redeployed to the area of Novodarivka\/Rivnopil. It seems the whole brigade is now deployed to this area. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Consolidated Rifle Brigade of Ukrainian Air Force, assigned under the command of Marine Corps, was withdrawn from the Donetsk Oblast and redeployed to Kherson Oblast. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Special Purpose Battalion of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade was sent to Kherson Oblast as well. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-15 21:31:41","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-15 20:31:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:43:07","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:43:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24304","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24304},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\nThe weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nKupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 32nd Regiment of the National Guard was transferred to this direction to reinforce Ukrainian defense. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kreminna Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Rifle Battalion of 4th Tank Brigade has been deployed to Serebryansky forest. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Donetsk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Mechanized Battalion of 1st Tank Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Velyka Novoselivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Based on posts on the official Facebook page of 35th Marine Brigade, it seems the majority of the brigade was withdrawn from the front. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the withdrawal of three marine brigades from the south-east, it's likely the small part of 38th Marine Brigade deployed there was also withdrawn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the recent publication of training videos of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the lack of publication of videos of the brigade's work at the front and obituaries, it seems that the brigade has been withdrawn from the frontline. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Tokmak Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- It seems 23rd Mechanized Brigade has been redeployed from the area of Huliapole to south of Orikhiv. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 36th Marine Brigade was withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast to Kherson, likely rotated for another unit. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-08 21:57:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-08 20:57:30","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-40","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:49:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:49:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24127","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24127},{"ID":34689,"post_title":"125th, 127th and 128th Brigade joined Ground Forces","post_content":"\nUpdate (28.7.2024): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n127th Territorial Defense Brigade also joined the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as per LobbyX server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n125th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades have been transitioned from the Territorial Defense Forces to the main fighting force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, specifically the Ground Forces. This information was disclosed through official media channels and the recruitment platform LobbyX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n125th Territorial Defense Brigade, established in Lviv in March 2022 as part of the Territorial Defense Forces, was transferred to the Ground Forces in February 2024. However, this change only came to light recently. Despite the transfer, the brigade retained its designation as a territorial defense unit and did not receive the necessary equipment for mechanized operations, nor did it acquire anti-tank or anti-aircraft units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed at the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion and was transferred to the Ground Forces, likely around the same time as the 125th Brigade. Despite the transfer, it also retained its designation as a territorial defense unit.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"Two territorial defense brigades are now part of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-07-27 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-27 20:26:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"125th-and-128th-brigade-joined-ground-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-28 18:36:30","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-28 17:36:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=34689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14654","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2024-07-30 20:34:07","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 19:34:07","comment_content":"Mortars, heavy artillery almost none.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/128.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14653","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14654"},{"comment_ID":"14653","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"mykolai93","comment_author_email":"shadman993@skiff.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"18.183.141.193","comment_date":"2024-07-30 15:16:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 14:16:59","comment_content":"are these pro-territorial brigade have enough artillery for support?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/109.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 SLBrowser\/9.0.3.5211 SLBChan\/105","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14653"},{"comment_ID":"14651","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ser","comment_author_email":"talismanfield@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"92.40.172.36","comment_date":"2024-07-28 12:28:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 11:28:26","comment_content":"Both brigades are active and have been successfully fighting in the hottest spots of the Donetsk front, including Bakhmut, for almost three years.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14650","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14651"},{"comment_ID":"14650","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ken","comment_author_email":"kensodale@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"175.176.64.44","comment_date":"2024-07-28 03:13:22","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 02:13:22","comment_content":"This means nothing if they're not committed into combat. Better not telegraph this at all.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14650"}],"_thumbnail_id":["34756","1","2024-07-27 21:25:53","2024-07-27 20:25:53","128th TRO Brigade","news_125128brigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_125128brigades","","","2024-07-27 21:26:16","2024-07-27 20:26:16","","34689","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/news_125128brigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","34756"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":34689},{"ID":57592,"post_title":"Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized","post_content":"\n
The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>, established in 2022 as part of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, has become the second unit of its type to be converted into a heavy mechanized brigade. This transformation was announced on the brigade\u2019s official social media channels<\/a>. As MilitaryLand reported, the brigade was transferred<\/a> to the Ground Forces in July 2024, with initial expectations that it would be reformed into a standard mechanized formation. However, it has instead been restructured as a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis makes it the second territorial defense brigade to undergo such a transformation, following the 128th Brigade<\/a>, which MilitaryLand reported<\/a> was converted into a heavy mechanized brigade on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reformation of territorial defense units into heavy mechanized brigades is an unexpected move by the Ukrainian military leadership. Under standard organizational structures, a heavy mechanized brigade typically consists of two tank battalions, two mechanized battalions, and two rifle battalions. Currently, the 127th Brigade\u2019s equipment includes at least one T-72B3 tank, one BMP-2, one BMP-1, and one 2S3 Akatsiya, which falls short of even a standard mechanized complement, let alone that of a heavy mechanized brigade. It is highly likely that one tank battalion from recently restructured tank brigades will be integrated into this unit to meet its new designation requirements.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-07-25 08:44:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-07-25 06:44:46","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:42:58","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:42:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=57592","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["57601","1","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","news_127brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_127brigade","","","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","57592","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_127brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","57601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":57592},{"ID":63160,"post_title":"All Heavy Mechanized Units Assigned to Army Corps","post_content":"\n
All the remaining heavy mechanized brigades, recently formed on the basis of territorial defense brigades and tank brigades, have been assigned to various army corps formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to several volunteers closely affiliated with the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, the unit has been integrated into the 3rd Army Corps<\/strong>. As MilitaryLand reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was restructured from the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade into a heavy mechanized formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/125heavy_3ak-400x325.jpg\")
<\/a>A post revealing that 125th Brigade is part of 3rd Army Corps<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has joined the 15th Army Corps<\/strong>, according to the corps\u2019 official social media. As we reported on July 27, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was formed from the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> is now part of the 11th Army Corps<\/strong>, as revealed today by Defense Minister Denis Shmyhal during a visit to frontline units. The brigade was formed on the basis of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade, as previously reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to our sources, the 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, a legendary unit, has been assigned to the 18th Army Corps<\/strong>. The brigade was reformed from a tank formation on July 8, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, the 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has been transferred from the 9th Army Corps<\/strong> to the 21st Army Corps<\/strong>. Originally established as a tank brigade, it was later restructured into a heavy mechanized unit, as reported by MilitaryLand on August 1, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeavy Mechanized Brigades in Army Corps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It is known that each corps formation within the structure of the Ground Forces will include a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. Below is the updated overview of army corps with and without an assigned heavy mechanized formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- 3rd Army Corps - 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 9th Army Corps - 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 10th Army Corps - 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Army Corps - 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 12th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 14th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 15th Army Corps - 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 16th Army Corps - 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 17th Army Corps - 128th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 18th Army Corps - 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 19th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 20th Army Corps - 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 21st Army Corps - 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This leaves three army corps currently without a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. However, as there are no unassigned heavy mechanized units left, the Defense Forces will need to establish three additional brigades to fill these gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> Denys Shmyhal<\/a>, official Facebook pages of 15th Army Corps<\/a> and 21st Army Corps<\/a>, and public social media posts from volunteers anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-19 20:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 18:58:43","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-heavy-mechanized-brigades-assigned-to-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-19 21:41:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-19 19:41:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=63160","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15621","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"Lance allman","comment_author_email":"Showtimela@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"47.36.43.117","comment_date":"2025-08-20 16:05:03","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-20 14:05:03","comment_content":"Whats this. Did yall know. What causes all these problems \ud83d\ude44. Get the pictures. Im in beelmeeds apartment greenville sc. Thats bacteria. It gross","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15621"},{"comment_ID":"15619","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0439","comment_author_email":"Andreyy.pasko@rambler.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.153.23.229","comment_date":"2025-08-19 22:07:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 20:07:06","comment_content":"\u0415\u0449\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u044f\u0436 \u043c\u0435\u0445 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 241 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0422\u0420\u041e!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15619"}],"_thumbnail_id":["63450","1","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","news_heavymech_corps","","inherit","open","closed","","news_heavymech_corps","","","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","63160","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_heavymech_corps.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","63450"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1158","name":"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0438","slug":"corps","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1158","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"23","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1158"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1161","name":"\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430","slug":"heavy-mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1161","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"73630","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1161"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":63160},{"ID":65607,"post_title":"Territorial Battalion Transformed into Tank Unit","post_content":"\nThe recent reformation of several Territorial Defense brigades into heavy mechanized brigades has raised many questions. One of the most pressing was how the light brigades would acquire the manpower and equipment needed for two tank battalions and two mechanized battalions\u2014the standard structure of a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was initially expected that some brigades would receive a tank battalion from the former tank brigades, which, during their own transformation into heavy mechanized brigades, saw the number of tank battalions reduced from three to two. However, sources MilitaryLand was able to talk to revealed that majority of these brigades did not have enough equipment to field even two fully manned battalions, with the third battalion existing only on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If no battalion was available for transfer, the logical assumption was that a tank company could serve as the basis for forming a new battalion. Instead, the General Staff introduced an unexpected solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Territorial Defense battalion\u2014traditionally a light infantry unit\u2014was converted into a tank unit. Within the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 1st Tank Battalion was formed on the basis of the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion. The newly created battalion received an unspecified number of T-72B3 tanks, captured earlier from Russian forces. The standard Ukrainian tank battalion consists of three tank companies with 13 tanks each, plus a command tank. When fully manned, it should operate a total of 40 tanks. However, as a result of the ongoing full-scale invasion, the number was lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to its reformation, the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion fielded two rifle companies, a mechanized company, a fire support and drone company, and a reconnaissance platoon. The standard tank battalion structure is vastly different, requiring a complete reorganization of personnel, training, and logistics. The conversion of a light infantry formation into an armored unit therefore represents a significant challenge in terms of training, equipment, and doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> LobbyX<\/a><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-09-11 21:13:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:13:32","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"territorial-battalion-transformed-into-tank-unit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-11 21:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=65607","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15683","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a02:8428:489:1101:5a2b:1766:bcb4:c137","comment_date":"2025-09-12 00:42:05","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 22:42:05","comment_content":"About the Corps-Brigade organisation, here is an updated synthesis<\/a> of what is known about these corps (composition, position, and a short analysis of the current state of the command structure).","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15683"},{"comment_ID":"15682","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"vadka","comment_author_email":"simonramsey1030@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.47.151.45","comment_date":"2025-09-11 22:38:04","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 20:38:04","comment_content":"The standard structure of a tank battalion is 3 companies with 10 tanks each and a command tank, a total of 31 units.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15682"}],"_thumbnail_id":["65610","1","2025-09-11 20:38:31","2025-09-11 18:38:31","","news_127heavy_tankbat","127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade","inherit","open","closed","","news_127heavy_tankbat","","","2025-09-11 20:49:51","2025-09-11 18:49:51","","65607","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news_127heavy_tankbat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","65610"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1152","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b","slug":"new-unit","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1152","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"21","object_id":"81480","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1152"},{"term_id":"1174","name":"\u0431\u0430\u043a","slug":"tank","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1174","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"2","object_id":"65749","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1174"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":65607},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"\n
Lyman axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 108th Mountain Battalion of 10th Mountain Brigade has been deployed to Makiivka to reinforce Ukrainian defense in the area. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Avdiivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 31st Mechanized Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka to strengthen the defense amid Russian offensive in the area. *<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the Presidential Brigade has been sent to the vicinity of Avdiivka as well. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Zaporizhzhia Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 227 Battalion and 228 Battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade were redeployed to the area of Novodarivka\/Rivnopil. It seems the whole brigade is now deployed to this area. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Consolidated Rifle Brigade of Ukrainian Air Force, assigned under the command of Marine Corps, was withdrawn from the Donetsk Oblast and redeployed to Kherson Oblast. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Special Purpose Battalion of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade was sent to Kherson Oblast as well. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-15 21:31:41","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-15 20:31:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:43:07","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:43:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24304","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24304},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\nThe weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nKupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 32nd Regiment of the National Guard was transferred to this direction to reinforce Ukrainian defense. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kreminna Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Rifle Battalion of 4th Tank Brigade has been deployed to Serebryansky forest. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Donetsk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Mechanized Battalion of 1st Tank Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Velyka Novoselivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Based on posts on the official Facebook page of 35th Marine Brigade, it seems the majority of the brigade was withdrawn from the front. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the withdrawal of three marine brigades from the south-east, it's likely the small part of 38th Marine Brigade deployed there was also withdrawn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the recent publication of training videos of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the lack of publication of videos of the brigade's work at the front and obituaries, it seems that the brigade has been withdrawn from the frontline. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Tokmak Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- It seems 23rd Mechanized Brigade has been redeployed from the area of Huliapole to south of Orikhiv. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 36th Marine Brigade was withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast to Kherson, likely rotated for another unit. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-08 21:57:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-08 20:57:30","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-40","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:49:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:49:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24127","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24127},{"ID":34689,"post_title":"125th, 127th and 128th Brigade joined Ground Forces","post_content":"\nUpdate (28.7.2024): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n127th Territorial Defense Brigade also joined the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as per LobbyX server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n125th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades have been transitioned from the Territorial Defense Forces to the main fighting force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, specifically the Ground Forces. This information was disclosed through official media channels and the recruitment platform LobbyX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n125th Territorial Defense Brigade, established in Lviv in March 2022 as part of the Territorial Defense Forces, was transferred to the Ground Forces in February 2024. However, this change only came to light recently. Despite the transfer, the brigade retained its designation as a territorial defense unit and did not receive the necessary equipment for mechanized operations, nor did it acquire anti-tank or anti-aircraft units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed at the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion and was transferred to the Ground Forces, likely around the same time as the 125th Brigade. Despite the transfer, it also retained its designation as a territorial defense unit.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"Two territorial defense brigades are now part of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-07-27 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-27 20:26:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"125th-and-128th-brigade-joined-ground-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-28 18:36:30","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-28 17:36:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=34689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14654","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2024-07-30 20:34:07","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 19:34:07","comment_content":"Mortars, heavy artillery almost none.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/128.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14653","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14654"},{"comment_ID":"14653","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"mykolai93","comment_author_email":"shadman993@skiff.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"18.183.141.193","comment_date":"2024-07-30 15:16:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 14:16:59","comment_content":"are these pro-territorial brigade have enough artillery for support?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/109.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 SLBrowser\/9.0.3.5211 SLBChan\/105","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14653"},{"comment_ID":"14651","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ser","comment_author_email":"talismanfield@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"92.40.172.36","comment_date":"2024-07-28 12:28:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 11:28:26","comment_content":"Both brigades are active and have been successfully fighting in the hottest spots of the Donetsk front, including Bakhmut, for almost three years.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14650","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14651"},{"comment_ID":"14650","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ken","comment_author_email":"kensodale@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"175.176.64.44","comment_date":"2024-07-28 03:13:22","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 02:13:22","comment_content":"This means nothing if they're not committed into combat. Better not telegraph this at all.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14650"}],"_thumbnail_id":["34756","1","2024-07-27 21:25:53","2024-07-27 20:25:53","128th TRO Brigade","news_125128brigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_125128brigades","","","2024-07-27 21:26:16","2024-07-27 20:26:16","","34689","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/news_125128brigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","34756"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":34689},{"ID":57592,"post_title":"Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized","post_content":"\n
The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>, established in 2022 as part of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, has become the second unit of its type to be converted into a heavy mechanized brigade. This transformation was announced on the brigade\u2019s official social media channels<\/a>. As MilitaryLand reported, the brigade was transferred<\/a> to the Ground Forces in July 2024, with initial expectations that it would be reformed into a standard mechanized formation. However, it has instead been restructured as a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis makes it the second territorial defense brigade to undergo such a transformation, following the 128th Brigade<\/a>, which MilitaryLand reported<\/a> was converted into a heavy mechanized brigade on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reformation of territorial defense units into heavy mechanized brigades is an unexpected move by the Ukrainian military leadership. Under standard organizational structures, a heavy mechanized brigade typically consists of two tank battalions, two mechanized battalions, and two rifle battalions. Currently, the 127th Brigade\u2019s equipment includes at least one T-72B3 tank, one BMP-2, one BMP-1, and one 2S3 Akatsiya, which falls short of even a standard mechanized complement, let alone that of a heavy mechanized brigade. It is highly likely that one tank battalion from recently restructured tank brigades will be integrated into this unit to meet its new designation requirements.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-07-25 08:44:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-07-25 06:44:46","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:42:58","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:42:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=57592","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["57601","1","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","news_127brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_127brigade","","","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","57592","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_127brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","57601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":57592},{"ID":63160,"post_title":"All Heavy Mechanized Units Assigned to Army Corps","post_content":"\n
All the remaining heavy mechanized brigades, recently formed on the basis of territorial defense brigades and tank brigades, have been assigned to various army corps formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to several volunteers closely affiliated with the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, the unit has been integrated into the 3rd Army Corps<\/strong>. As MilitaryLand reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was restructured from the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade into a heavy mechanized formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>A post revealing that 125th Brigade is part of 3rd Army Corps<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has joined the 15th Army Corps<\/strong>, according to the corps\u2019 official social media. As we reported on July 27, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was formed from the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> is now part of the 11th Army Corps<\/strong>, as revealed today by Defense Minister Denis Shmyhal during a visit to frontline units. The brigade was formed on the basis of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade, as previously reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to our sources, the 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, a legendary unit, has been assigned to the 18th Army Corps<\/strong>. The brigade was reformed from a tank formation on July 8, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, the 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has been transferred from the 9th Army Corps<\/strong> to the 21st Army Corps<\/strong>. Originally established as a tank brigade, it was later restructured into a heavy mechanized unit, as reported by MilitaryLand on August 1, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeavy Mechanized Brigades in Army Corps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It is known that each corps formation within the structure of the Ground Forces will include a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. Below is the updated overview of army corps with and without an assigned heavy mechanized formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- 3rd Army Corps - 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 9th Army Corps - 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 10th Army Corps - 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Army Corps - 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 12th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 14th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 15th Army Corps - 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 16th Army Corps - 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 17th Army Corps - 128th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 18th Army Corps - 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 19th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 20th Army Corps - 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 21st Army Corps - 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This leaves three army corps currently without a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. However, as there are no unassigned heavy mechanized units left, the Defense Forces will need to establish three additional brigades to fill these gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> Denys Shmyhal<\/a>, official Facebook pages of 15th Army Corps<\/a> and 21st Army Corps<\/a>, and public social media posts from volunteers anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-19 20:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 18:58:43","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-heavy-mechanized-brigades-assigned-to-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-19 21:41:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-19 19:41:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=63160","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15621","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"Lance allman","comment_author_email":"Showtimela@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"47.36.43.117","comment_date":"2025-08-20 16:05:03","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-20 14:05:03","comment_content":"Whats this. Did yall know. What causes all these problems \ud83d\ude44. Get the pictures. Im in beelmeeds apartment greenville sc. Thats bacteria. It gross","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15621"},{"comment_ID":"15619","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0439","comment_author_email":"Andreyy.pasko@rambler.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.153.23.229","comment_date":"2025-08-19 22:07:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 20:07:06","comment_content":"\u0415\u0449\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u044f\u0436 \u043c\u0435\u0445 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 241 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0422\u0420\u041e!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15619"}],"_thumbnail_id":["63450","1","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","news_heavymech_corps","","inherit","open","closed","","news_heavymech_corps","","","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","63160","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_heavymech_corps.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","63450"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1158","name":"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0438","slug":"corps","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1158","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"23","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1158"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1161","name":"\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430","slug":"heavy-mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1161","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"73630","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1161"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":63160},{"ID":65607,"post_title":"Territorial Battalion Transformed into Tank Unit","post_content":"\nThe recent reformation of several Territorial Defense brigades into heavy mechanized brigades has raised many questions. One of the most pressing was how the light brigades would acquire the manpower and equipment needed for two tank battalions and two mechanized battalions\u2014the standard structure of a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was initially expected that some brigades would receive a tank battalion from the former tank brigades, which, during their own transformation into heavy mechanized brigades, saw the number of tank battalions reduced from three to two. However, sources MilitaryLand was able to talk to revealed that majority of these brigades did not have enough equipment to field even two fully manned battalions, with the third battalion existing only on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If no battalion was available for transfer, the logical assumption was that a tank company could serve as the basis for forming a new battalion. Instead, the General Staff introduced an unexpected solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Territorial Defense battalion\u2014traditionally a light infantry unit\u2014was converted into a tank unit. Within the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 1st Tank Battalion was formed on the basis of the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion. The newly created battalion received an unspecified number of T-72B3 tanks, captured earlier from Russian forces. The standard Ukrainian tank battalion consists of three tank companies with 13 tanks each, plus a command tank. When fully manned, it should operate a total of 40 tanks. However, as a result of the ongoing full-scale invasion, the number was lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to its reformation, the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion fielded two rifle companies, a mechanized company, a fire support and drone company, and a reconnaissance platoon. The standard tank battalion structure is vastly different, requiring a complete reorganization of personnel, training, and logistics. The conversion of a light infantry formation into an armored unit therefore represents a significant challenge in terms of training, equipment, and doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> LobbyX<\/a><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-09-11 21:13:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:13:32","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"territorial-battalion-transformed-into-tank-unit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-11 21:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=65607","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15683","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a02:8428:489:1101:5a2b:1766:bcb4:c137","comment_date":"2025-09-12 00:42:05","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 22:42:05","comment_content":"About the Corps-Brigade organisation, here is an updated synthesis<\/a> of what is known about these corps (composition, position, and a short analysis of the current state of the command structure).","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15683"},{"comment_ID":"15682","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"vadka","comment_author_email":"simonramsey1030@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.47.151.45","comment_date":"2025-09-11 22:38:04","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 20:38:04","comment_content":"The standard structure of a tank battalion is 3 companies with 10 tanks each and a command tank, a total of 31 units.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15682"}],"_thumbnail_id":["65610","1","2025-09-11 20:38:31","2025-09-11 18:38:31","","news_127heavy_tankbat","127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade","inherit","open","closed","","news_127heavy_tankbat","","","2025-09-11 20:49:51","2025-09-11 18:49:51","","65607","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news_127heavy_tankbat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","65610"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1152","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b","slug":"new-unit","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1152","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"21","object_id":"81480","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1152"},{"term_id":"1174","name":"\u0431\u0430\u043a","slug":"tank","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1174","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"2","object_id":"65749","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1174"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":65607},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"\n
Avdiivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 31st Mechanized Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka to strengthen the defense amid Russian offensive in the area. *<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 2nd Mechanized Battalion of the Presidential Brigade has been sent to the vicinity of Avdiivka as well. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Zaporizhzhia Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 227 Battalion and 228 Battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade were redeployed to the area of Novodarivka\/Rivnopil. It seems the whole brigade is now deployed to this area. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Consolidated Rifle Brigade of Ukrainian Air Force, assigned under the command of Marine Corps, was withdrawn from the Donetsk Oblast and redeployed to Kherson Oblast. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Special Purpose Battalion of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade was sent to Kherson Oblast as well. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-15 21:31:41","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-15 20:31:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:43:07","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:43:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24304","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24304},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\nThe weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nKupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 32nd Regiment of the National Guard was transferred to this direction to reinforce Ukrainian defense. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kreminna Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Rifle Battalion of 4th Tank Brigade has been deployed to Serebryansky forest. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Donetsk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Mechanized Battalion of 1st Tank Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Velyka Novoselivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Based on posts on the official Facebook page of 35th Marine Brigade, it seems the majority of the brigade was withdrawn from the front. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the withdrawal of three marine brigades from the south-east, it's likely the small part of 38th Marine Brigade deployed there was also withdrawn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the recent publication of training videos of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the lack of publication of videos of the brigade's work at the front and obituaries, it seems that the brigade has been withdrawn from the frontline. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Tokmak Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- It seems 23rd Mechanized Brigade has been redeployed from the area of Huliapole to south of Orikhiv. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 36th Marine Brigade was withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast to Kherson, likely rotated for another unit. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-08 21:57:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-08 20:57:30","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-40","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:49:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:49:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24127","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24127},{"ID":34689,"post_title":"125th, 127th and 128th Brigade joined Ground Forces","post_content":"\nUpdate (28.7.2024): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n127th Territorial Defense Brigade also joined the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as per LobbyX server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n125th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades have been transitioned from the Territorial Defense Forces to the main fighting force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, specifically the Ground Forces. This information was disclosed through official media channels and the recruitment platform LobbyX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n125th Territorial Defense Brigade, established in Lviv in March 2022 as part of the Territorial Defense Forces, was transferred to the Ground Forces in February 2024. However, this change only came to light recently. Despite the transfer, the brigade retained its designation as a territorial defense unit and did not receive the necessary equipment for mechanized operations, nor did it acquire anti-tank or anti-aircraft units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed at the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion and was transferred to the Ground Forces, likely around the same time as the 125th Brigade. Despite the transfer, it also retained its designation as a territorial defense unit.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"Two territorial defense brigades are now part of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-07-27 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-27 20:26:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"125th-and-128th-brigade-joined-ground-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-28 18:36:30","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-28 17:36:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=34689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14654","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2024-07-30 20:34:07","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 19:34:07","comment_content":"Mortars, heavy artillery almost none.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/128.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14653","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14654"},{"comment_ID":"14653","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"mykolai93","comment_author_email":"shadman993@skiff.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"18.183.141.193","comment_date":"2024-07-30 15:16:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 14:16:59","comment_content":"are these pro-territorial brigade have enough artillery for support?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/109.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 SLBrowser\/9.0.3.5211 SLBChan\/105","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14653"},{"comment_ID":"14651","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ser","comment_author_email":"talismanfield@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"92.40.172.36","comment_date":"2024-07-28 12:28:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 11:28:26","comment_content":"Both brigades are active and have been successfully fighting in the hottest spots of the Donetsk front, including Bakhmut, for almost three years.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14650","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14651"},{"comment_ID":"14650","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ken","comment_author_email":"kensodale@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"175.176.64.44","comment_date":"2024-07-28 03:13:22","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 02:13:22","comment_content":"This means nothing if they're not committed into combat. Better not telegraph this at all.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14650"}],"_thumbnail_id":["34756","1","2024-07-27 21:25:53","2024-07-27 20:25:53","128th TRO Brigade","news_125128brigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_125128brigades","","","2024-07-27 21:26:16","2024-07-27 20:26:16","","34689","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/news_125128brigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","34756"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":34689},{"ID":57592,"post_title":"Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized","post_content":"\n
The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>, established in 2022 as part of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, has become the second unit of its type to be converted into a heavy mechanized brigade. This transformation was announced on the brigade\u2019s official social media channels<\/a>. As MilitaryLand reported, the brigade was transferred<\/a> to the Ground Forces in July 2024, with initial expectations that it would be reformed into a standard mechanized formation. However, it has instead been restructured as a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis makes it the second territorial defense brigade to undergo such a transformation, following the 128th Brigade<\/a>, which MilitaryLand reported<\/a> was converted into a heavy mechanized brigade on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reformation of territorial defense units into heavy mechanized brigades is an unexpected move by the Ukrainian military leadership. Under standard organizational structures, a heavy mechanized brigade typically consists of two tank battalions, two mechanized battalions, and two rifle battalions. Currently, the 127th Brigade\u2019s equipment includes at least one T-72B3 tank, one BMP-2, one BMP-1, and one 2S3 Akatsiya, which falls short of even a standard mechanized complement, let alone that of a heavy mechanized brigade. It is highly likely that one tank battalion from recently restructured tank brigades will be integrated into this unit to meet its new designation requirements.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-07-25 08:44:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-07-25 06:44:46","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:42:58","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:42:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=57592","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["57601","1","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","news_127brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_127brigade","","","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","57592","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_127brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","57601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":57592},{"ID":63160,"post_title":"All Heavy Mechanized Units Assigned to Army Corps","post_content":"\n
All the remaining heavy mechanized brigades, recently formed on the basis of territorial defense brigades and tank brigades, have been assigned to various army corps formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to several volunteers closely affiliated with the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, the unit has been integrated into the 3rd Army Corps<\/strong>. As MilitaryLand reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was restructured from the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade into a heavy mechanized formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>A post revealing that 125th Brigade is part of 3rd Army Corps<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has joined the 15th Army Corps<\/strong>, according to the corps\u2019 official social media. As we reported on July 27, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was formed from the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> is now part of the 11th Army Corps<\/strong>, as revealed today by Defense Minister Denis Shmyhal during a visit to frontline units. The brigade was formed on the basis of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade, as previously reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to our sources, the 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, a legendary unit, has been assigned to the 18th Army Corps<\/strong>. The brigade was reformed from a tank formation on July 8, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, the 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has been transferred from the 9th Army Corps<\/strong> to the 21st Army Corps<\/strong>. Originally established as a tank brigade, it was later restructured into a heavy mechanized unit, as reported by MilitaryLand on August 1, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeavy Mechanized Brigades in Army Corps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It is known that each corps formation within the structure of the Ground Forces will include a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. Below is the updated overview of army corps with and without an assigned heavy mechanized formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- 3rd Army Corps - 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 9th Army Corps - 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 10th Army Corps - 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Army Corps - 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 12th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 14th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 15th Army Corps - 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 16th Army Corps - 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 17th Army Corps - 128th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 18th Army Corps - 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 19th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 20th Army Corps - 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 21st Army Corps - 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This leaves three army corps currently without a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. However, as there are no unassigned heavy mechanized units left, the Defense Forces will need to establish three additional brigades to fill these gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> Denys Shmyhal<\/a>, official Facebook pages of 15th Army Corps<\/a> and 21st Army Corps<\/a>, and public social media posts from volunteers anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-19 20:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 18:58:43","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-heavy-mechanized-brigades-assigned-to-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-19 21:41:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-19 19:41:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=63160","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15621","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"Lance allman","comment_author_email":"Showtimela@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"47.36.43.117","comment_date":"2025-08-20 16:05:03","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-20 14:05:03","comment_content":"Whats this. Did yall know. What causes all these problems \ud83d\ude44. Get the pictures. Im in beelmeeds apartment greenville sc. Thats bacteria. It gross","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15621"},{"comment_ID":"15619","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0439","comment_author_email":"Andreyy.pasko@rambler.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.153.23.229","comment_date":"2025-08-19 22:07:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 20:07:06","comment_content":"\u0415\u0449\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u044f\u0436 \u043c\u0435\u0445 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 241 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0422\u0420\u041e!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15619"}],"_thumbnail_id":["63450","1","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","news_heavymech_corps","","inherit","open","closed","","news_heavymech_corps","","","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","63160","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_heavymech_corps.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","63450"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1158","name":"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0438","slug":"corps","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1158","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"23","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1158"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1161","name":"\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430","slug":"heavy-mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1161","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"73630","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1161"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":63160},{"ID":65607,"post_title":"Territorial Battalion Transformed into Tank Unit","post_content":"\nThe recent reformation of several Territorial Defense brigades into heavy mechanized brigades has raised many questions. One of the most pressing was how the light brigades would acquire the manpower and equipment needed for two tank battalions and two mechanized battalions\u2014the standard structure of a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was initially expected that some brigades would receive a tank battalion from the former tank brigades, which, during their own transformation into heavy mechanized brigades, saw the number of tank battalions reduced from three to two. However, sources MilitaryLand was able to talk to revealed that majority of these brigades did not have enough equipment to field even two fully manned battalions, with the third battalion existing only on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If no battalion was available for transfer, the logical assumption was that a tank company could serve as the basis for forming a new battalion. Instead, the General Staff introduced an unexpected solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Territorial Defense battalion\u2014traditionally a light infantry unit\u2014was converted into a tank unit. Within the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 1st Tank Battalion was formed on the basis of the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion. The newly created battalion received an unspecified number of T-72B3 tanks, captured earlier from Russian forces. The standard Ukrainian tank battalion consists of three tank companies with 13 tanks each, plus a command tank. When fully manned, it should operate a total of 40 tanks. However, as a result of the ongoing full-scale invasion, the number was lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to its reformation, the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion fielded two rifle companies, a mechanized company, a fire support and drone company, and a reconnaissance platoon. The standard tank battalion structure is vastly different, requiring a complete reorganization of personnel, training, and logistics. The conversion of a light infantry formation into an armored unit therefore represents a significant challenge in terms of training, equipment, and doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> LobbyX<\/a><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-09-11 21:13:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:13:32","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"territorial-battalion-transformed-into-tank-unit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-11 21:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=65607","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15683","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a02:8428:489:1101:5a2b:1766:bcb4:c137","comment_date":"2025-09-12 00:42:05","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 22:42:05","comment_content":"About the Corps-Brigade organisation, here is an updated synthesis<\/a> of what is known about these corps (composition, position, and a short analysis of the current state of the command structure).","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15683"},{"comment_ID":"15682","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"vadka","comment_author_email":"simonramsey1030@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.47.151.45","comment_date":"2025-09-11 22:38:04","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 20:38:04","comment_content":"The standard structure of a tank battalion is 3 companies with 10 tanks each and a command tank, a total of 31 units.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15682"}],"_thumbnail_id":["65610","1","2025-09-11 20:38:31","2025-09-11 18:38:31","","news_127heavy_tankbat","127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade","inherit","open","closed","","news_127heavy_tankbat","","","2025-09-11 20:49:51","2025-09-11 18:49:51","","65607","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news_127heavy_tankbat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","65610"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1152","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b","slug":"new-unit","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1152","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"21","object_id":"81480","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1152"},{"term_id":"1174","name":"\u0431\u0430\u043a","slug":"tank","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1174","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"2","object_id":"65749","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1174"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":65607},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"\n
Zaporizhzhia Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 227 Battalion and 228 Battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade were redeployed to the area of Novodarivka\/Rivnopil. It seems the whole brigade is now deployed to this area. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Consolidated Rifle Brigade of Ukrainian Air Force, assigned under the command of Marine Corps, was withdrawn from the Donetsk Oblast and redeployed to Kherson Oblast. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Special Purpose Battalion of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade was sent to Kherson Oblast as well. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-15 21:31:41","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-15 20:31:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:43:07","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:43:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24304","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24304},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\nThe weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nKupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 32nd Regiment of the National Guard was transferred to this direction to reinforce Ukrainian defense. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kreminna Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Rifle Battalion of 4th Tank Brigade has been deployed to Serebryansky forest. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Donetsk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Mechanized Battalion of 1st Tank Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Velyka Novoselivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Based on posts on the official Facebook page of 35th Marine Brigade, it seems the majority of the brigade was withdrawn from the front. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the withdrawal of three marine brigades from the south-east, it's likely the small part of 38th Marine Brigade deployed there was also withdrawn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the recent publication of training videos of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the lack of publication of videos of the brigade's work at the front and obituaries, it seems that the brigade has been withdrawn from the frontline. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Tokmak Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- It seems 23rd Mechanized Brigade has been redeployed from the area of Huliapole to south of Orikhiv. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 36th Marine Brigade was withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast to Kherson, likely rotated for another unit. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-08 21:57:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-08 20:57:30","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-40","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:49:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:49:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24127","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24127},{"ID":34689,"post_title":"125th, 127th and 128th Brigade joined Ground Forces","post_content":"\nUpdate (28.7.2024): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n127th Territorial Defense Brigade also joined the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as per LobbyX server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n125th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades have been transitioned from the Territorial Defense Forces to the main fighting force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, specifically the Ground Forces. This information was disclosed through official media channels and the recruitment platform LobbyX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n125th Territorial Defense Brigade, established in Lviv in March 2022 as part of the Territorial Defense Forces, was transferred to the Ground Forces in February 2024. However, this change only came to light recently. Despite the transfer, the brigade retained its designation as a territorial defense unit and did not receive the necessary equipment for mechanized operations, nor did it acquire anti-tank or anti-aircraft units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed at the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion and was transferred to the Ground Forces, likely around the same time as the 125th Brigade. Despite the transfer, it also retained its designation as a territorial defense unit.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"Two territorial defense brigades are now part of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-07-27 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-27 20:26:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"125th-and-128th-brigade-joined-ground-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-28 18:36:30","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-28 17:36:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=34689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14654","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2024-07-30 20:34:07","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 19:34:07","comment_content":"Mortars, heavy artillery almost none.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/128.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14653","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14654"},{"comment_ID":"14653","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"mykolai93","comment_author_email":"shadman993@skiff.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"18.183.141.193","comment_date":"2024-07-30 15:16:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 14:16:59","comment_content":"are these pro-territorial brigade have enough artillery for support?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/109.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 SLBrowser\/9.0.3.5211 SLBChan\/105","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14653"},{"comment_ID":"14651","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ser","comment_author_email":"talismanfield@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"92.40.172.36","comment_date":"2024-07-28 12:28:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 11:28:26","comment_content":"Both brigades are active and have been successfully fighting in the hottest spots of the Donetsk front, including Bakhmut, for almost three years.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14650","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14651"},{"comment_ID":"14650","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ken","comment_author_email":"kensodale@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"175.176.64.44","comment_date":"2024-07-28 03:13:22","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 02:13:22","comment_content":"This means nothing if they're not committed into combat. Better not telegraph this at all.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14650"}],"_thumbnail_id":["34756","1","2024-07-27 21:25:53","2024-07-27 20:25:53","128th TRO Brigade","news_125128brigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_125128brigades","","","2024-07-27 21:26:16","2024-07-27 20:26:16","","34689","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/news_125128brigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","34756"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":34689},{"ID":57592,"post_title":"Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized","post_content":"\n
The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>, established in 2022 as part of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, has become the second unit of its type to be converted into a heavy mechanized brigade. This transformation was announced on the brigade\u2019s official social media channels<\/a>. As MilitaryLand reported, the brigade was transferred<\/a> to the Ground Forces in July 2024, with initial expectations that it would be reformed into a standard mechanized formation. However, it has instead been restructured as a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis makes it the second territorial defense brigade to undergo such a transformation, following the 128th Brigade<\/a>, which MilitaryLand reported<\/a> was converted into a heavy mechanized brigade on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reformation of territorial defense units into heavy mechanized brigades is an unexpected move by the Ukrainian military leadership. Under standard organizational structures, a heavy mechanized brigade typically consists of two tank battalions, two mechanized battalions, and two rifle battalions. Currently, the 127th Brigade\u2019s equipment includes at least one T-72B3 tank, one BMP-2, one BMP-1, and one 2S3 Akatsiya, which falls short of even a standard mechanized complement, let alone that of a heavy mechanized brigade. It is highly likely that one tank battalion from recently restructured tank brigades will be integrated into this unit to meet its new designation requirements.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-07-25 08:44:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-07-25 06:44:46","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:42:58","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:42:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=57592","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["57601","1","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","news_127brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_127brigade","","","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","57592","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_127brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","57601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":57592},{"ID":63160,"post_title":"All Heavy Mechanized Units Assigned to Army Corps","post_content":"\n
All the remaining heavy mechanized brigades, recently formed on the basis of territorial defense brigades and tank brigades, have been assigned to various army corps formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to several volunteers closely affiliated with the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, the unit has been integrated into the 3rd Army Corps<\/strong>. As MilitaryLand reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was restructured from the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade into a heavy mechanized formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>A post revealing that 125th Brigade is part of 3rd Army Corps<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has joined the 15th Army Corps<\/strong>, according to the corps\u2019 official social media. As we reported on July 27, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was formed from the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> is now part of the 11th Army Corps<\/strong>, as revealed today by Defense Minister Denis Shmyhal during a visit to frontline units. The brigade was formed on the basis of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade, as previously reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to our sources, the 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, a legendary unit, has been assigned to the 18th Army Corps<\/strong>. The brigade was reformed from a tank formation on July 8, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, the 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has been transferred from the 9th Army Corps<\/strong> to the 21st Army Corps<\/strong>. Originally established as a tank brigade, it was later restructured into a heavy mechanized unit, as reported by MilitaryLand on August 1, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeavy Mechanized Brigades in Army Corps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It is known that each corps formation within the structure of the Ground Forces will include a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. Below is the updated overview of army corps with and without an assigned heavy mechanized formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- 3rd Army Corps - 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 9th Army Corps - 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 10th Army Corps - 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Army Corps - 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 12th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 14th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 15th Army Corps - 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 16th Army Corps - 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 17th Army Corps - 128th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 18th Army Corps - 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 19th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 20th Army Corps - 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 21st Army Corps - 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This leaves three army corps currently without a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. However, as there are no unassigned heavy mechanized units left, the Defense Forces will need to establish three additional brigades to fill these gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> Denys Shmyhal<\/a>, official Facebook pages of 15th Army Corps<\/a> and 21st Army Corps<\/a>, and public social media posts from volunteers anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-19 20:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 18:58:43","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-heavy-mechanized-brigades-assigned-to-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-19 21:41:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-19 19:41:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=63160","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15621","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"Lance allman","comment_author_email":"Showtimela@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"47.36.43.117","comment_date":"2025-08-20 16:05:03","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-20 14:05:03","comment_content":"Whats this. Did yall know. What causes all these problems \ud83d\ude44. Get the pictures. Im in beelmeeds apartment greenville sc. Thats bacteria. It gross","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15621"},{"comment_ID":"15619","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0439","comment_author_email":"Andreyy.pasko@rambler.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.153.23.229","comment_date":"2025-08-19 22:07:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 20:07:06","comment_content":"\u0415\u0449\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u044f\u0436 \u043c\u0435\u0445 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 241 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0422\u0420\u041e!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15619"}],"_thumbnail_id":["63450","1","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","news_heavymech_corps","","inherit","open","closed","","news_heavymech_corps","","","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","63160","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_heavymech_corps.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","63450"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1158","name":"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0438","slug":"corps","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1158","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"23","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1158"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1161","name":"\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430","slug":"heavy-mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1161","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"73630","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1161"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":63160},{"ID":65607,"post_title":"Territorial Battalion Transformed into Tank Unit","post_content":"\nThe recent reformation of several Territorial Defense brigades into heavy mechanized brigades has raised many questions. One of the most pressing was how the light brigades would acquire the manpower and equipment needed for two tank battalions and two mechanized battalions\u2014the standard structure of a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was initially expected that some brigades would receive a tank battalion from the former tank brigades, which, during their own transformation into heavy mechanized brigades, saw the number of tank battalions reduced from three to two. However, sources MilitaryLand was able to talk to revealed that majority of these brigades did not have enough equipment to field even two fully manned battalions, with the third battalion existing only on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If no battalion was available for transfer, the logical assumption was that a tank company could serve as the basis for forming a new battalion. Instead, the General Staff introduced an unexpected solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Territorial Defense battalion\u2014traditionally a light infantry unit\u2014was converted into a tank unit. Within the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 1st Tank Battalion was formed on the basis of the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion. The newly created battalion received an unspecified number of T-72B3 tanks, captured earlier from Russian forces. The standard Ukrainian tank battalion consists of three tank companies with 13 tanks each, plus a command tank. When fully manned, it should operate a total of 40 tanks. However, as a result of the ongoing full-scale invasion, the number was lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to its reformation, the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion fielded two rifle companies, a mechanized company, a fire support and drone company, and a reconnaissance platoon. The standard tank battalion structure is vastly different, requiring a complete reorganization of personnel, training, and logistics. The conversion of a light infantry formation into an armored unit therefore represents a significant challenge in terms of training, equipment, and doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> LobbyX<\/a><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-09-11 21:13:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:13:32","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"territorial-battalion-transformed-into-tank-unit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-11 21:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=65607","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15683","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a02:8428:489:1101:5a2b:1766:bcb4:c137","comment_date":"2025-09-12 00:42:05","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 22:42:05","comment_content":"About the Corps-Brigade organisation, here is an updated synthesis<\/a> of what is known about these corps (composition, position, and a short analysis of the current state of the command structure).","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15683"},{"comment_ID":"15682","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"vadka","comment_author_email":"simonramsey1030@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.47.151.45","comment_date":"2025-09-11 22:38:04","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 20:38:04","comment_content":"The standard structure of a tank battalion is 3 companies with 10 tanks each and a command tank, a total of 31 units.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15682"}],"_thumbnail_id":["65610","1","2025-09-11 20:38:31","2025-09-11 18:38:31","","news_127heavy_tankbat","127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade","inherit","open","closed","","news_127heavy_tankbat","","","2025-09-11 20:49:51","2025-09-11 18:49:51","","65607","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news_127heavy_tankbat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","65610"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1152","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b","slug":"new-unit","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1152","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"21","object_id":"81480","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1152"},{"term_id":"1174","name":"\u0431\u0430\u043a","slug":"tank","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1174","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"2","object_id":"65749","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1174"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":65607},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Consolidated Rifle Brigade of Ukrainian Air Force, assigned under the command of Marine Corps, was withdrawn from the Donetsk Oblast and redeployed to Kherson Oblast. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Special Purpose Battalion of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade was sent to Kherson Oblast as well. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-15 21:31:41","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-15 20:31:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:43:07","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:43:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24304","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24304},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\nThe weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nKupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 32nd Regiment of the National Guard was transferred to this direction to reinforce Ukrainian defense. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kreminna Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Rifle Battalion of 4th Tank Brigade has been deployed to Serebryansky forest. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Donetsk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Mechanized Battalion of 1st Tank Brigade was deployed to the vicinity of Avdiivka. *<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Velyka Novoselivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- Based on posts on the official Facebook page of 35th Marine Brigade, it seems the majority of the brigade was withdrawn from the front. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the withdrawal of three marine brigades from the south-east, it's likely the small part of 38th Marine Brigade deployed there was also withdrawn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Given the recent publication of training videos of the 31st Mechanized Brigade and the lack of publication of videos of the brigade's work at the front and obituaries, it seems that the brigade has been withdrawn from the frontline. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Tokmak Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- It seems 23rd Mechanized Brigade has been redeployed from the area of Huliapole to south of Orikhiv. (source<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Kherson Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n- 36th Marine Brigade was withdrawn from Donetsk Oblast to Kherson, likely rotated for another unit. (source)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\nData marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-08 21:57:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-08 20:57:30","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-40","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:49:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:49:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24127","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24127},{"ID":34689,"post_title":"125th, 127th and 128th Brigade joined Ground Forces","post_content":"\nUpdate (28.7.2024): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n127th Territorial Defense Brigade also joined the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as per LobbyX server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n125th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades have been transitioned from the Territorial Defense Forces to the main fighting force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, specifically the Ground Forces. This information was disclosed through official media channels and the recruitment platform LobbyX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n125th Territorial Defense Brigade, established in Lviv in March 2022 as part of the Territorial Defense Forces, was transferred to the Ground Forces in February 2024. However, this change only came to light recently. Despite the transfer, the brigade retained its designation as a territorial defense unit and did not receive the necessary equipment for mechanized operations, nor did it acquire anti-tank or anti-aircraft units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
128th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed at the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion and was transferred to the Ground Forces, likely around the same time as the 125th Brigade. Despite the transfer, it also retained its designation as a territorial defense unit.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"Two territorial defense brigades are now part of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-07-27 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-27 20:26:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"125th-and-128th-brigade-joined-ground-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-28 18:36:30","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-28 17:36:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=34689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14654","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2024-07-30 20:34:07","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 19:34:07","comment_content":"Mortars, heavy artillery almost none.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/128.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14653","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14654"},{"comment_ID":"14653","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"mykolai93","comment_author_email":"shadman993@skiff.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"18.183.141.193","comment_date":"2024-07-30 15:16:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 14:16:59","comment_content":"are these pro-territorial brigade have enough artillery for support?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/109.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 SLBrowser\/9.0.3.5211 SLBChan\/105","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14653"},{"comment_ID":"14651","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ser","comment_author_email":"talismanfield@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"92.40.172.36","comment_date":"2024-07-28 12:28:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 11:28:26","comment_content":"Both brigades are active and have been successfully fighting in the hottest spots of the Donetsk front, including Bakhmut, for almost three years.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14650","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14651"},{"comment_ID":"14650","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ken","comment_author_email":"kensodale@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"175.176.64.44","comment_date":"2024-07-28 03:13:22","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 02:13:22","comment_content":"This means nothing if they're not committed into combat. Better not telegraph this at all.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14650"}],"_thumbnail_id":["34756","1","2024-07-27 21:25:53","2024-07-27 20:25:53","128th TRO Brigade","news_125128brigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_125128brigades","","","2024-07-27 21:26:16","2024-07-27 20:26:16","","34689","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/news_125128brigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","34756"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":34689},{"ID":57592,"post_title":"Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized","post_content":"\n
The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>, established in 2022 as part of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, has become the second unit of its type to be converted into a heavy mechanized brigade. This transformation was announced on the brigade\u2019s official social media channels<\/a>. As MilitaryLand reported, the brigade was transferred<\/a> to the Ground Forces in July 2024, with initial expectations that it would be reformed into a standard mechanized formation. However, it has instead been restructured as a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis makes it the second territorial defense brigade to undergo such a transformation, following the 128th Brigade<\/a>, which MilitaryLand reported<\/a> was converted into a heavy mechanized brigade on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe reformation of territorial defense units into heavy mechanized brigades is an unexpected move by the Ukrainian military leadership. Under standard organizational structures, a heavy mechanized brigade typically consists of two tank battalions, two mechanized battalions, and two rifle battalions. Currently, the 127th Brigade\u2019s equipment includes at least one T-72B3 tank, one BMP-2, one BMP-1, and one 2S3 Akatsiya, which falls short of even a standard mechanized complement, let alone that of a heavy mechanized brigade. It is highly likely that one tank battalion from recently restructured tank brigades will be integrated into this unit to meet its new designation requirements.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-07-25 08:44:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-07-25 06:44:46","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:42:58","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:42:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=57592","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["57601","1","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","news_127brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_127brigade","","","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","57592","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_127brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","57601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":57592},{"ID":63160,"post_title":"All Heavy Mechanized Units Assigned to Army Corps","post_content":"\n
All the remaining heavy mechanized brigades, recently formed on the basis of territorial defense brigades and tank brigades, have been assigned to various army corps formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to several volunteers closely affiliated with the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, the unit has been integrated into the 3rd Army Corps<\/strong>. As MilitaryLand reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was restructured from the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade into a heavy mechanized formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>A post revealing that 125th Brigade is part of 3rd Army Corps<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has joined the 15th Army Corps<\/strong>, according to the corps\u2019 official social media. As we reported on July 27, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was formed from the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> is now part of the 11th Army Corps<\/strong>, as revealed today by Defense Minister Denis Shmyhal during a visit to frontline units. The brigade was formed on the basis of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade, as previously reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAccording to our sources, the 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, a legendary unit, has been assigned to the 18th Army Corps<\/strong>. The brigade was reformed from a tank formation on July 8, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFinally, the 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has been transferred from the 9th Army Corps<\/strong> to the 21st Army Corps<\/strong>. Originally established as a tank brigade, it was later restructured into a heavy mechanized unit, as reported by MilitaryLand on August 1, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHeavy Mechanized Brigades in Army Corps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It is known that each corps formation within the structure of the Ground Forces will include a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. Below is the updated overview of army corps with and without an assigned heavy mechanized formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- 3rd Army Corps - 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 9th Army Corps - 5th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 10th Army Corps - 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 11th Army Corps - 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 12th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 14th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 15th Army Corps - 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 16th Army Corps - 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 17th Army Corps - 128th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 18th Army Corps - 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 19th Army Corps - unknown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 20th Army Corps - 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- 21st Army Corps - 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
This leaves three army corps currently without a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. However, as there are no unassigned heavy mechanized units left, the Defense Forces will need to establish three additional brigades to fill these gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> Denys Shmyhal<\/a>, official Facebook pages of 15th Army Corps<\/a> and 21st Army Corps<\/a>, and public social media posts from volunteers anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-19 20:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 18:58:43","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-heavy-mechanized-brigades-assigned-to-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-19 21:41:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-19 19:41:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=63160","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15621","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"Lance allman","comment_author_email":"Showtimela@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"47.36.43.117","comment_date":"2025-08-20 16:05:03","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-20 14:05:03","comment_content":"Whats this. Did yall know. What causes all these problems \ud83d\ude44. Get the pictures. Im in beelmeeds apartment greenville sc. Thats bacteria. It gross","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15621"},{"comment_ID":"15619","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0439","comment_author_email":"Andreyy.pasko@rambler.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.153.23.229","comment_date":"2025-08-19 22:07:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 20:07:06","comment_content":"\u0415\u0449\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u044f\u0436 \u043c\u0435\u0445 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 241 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0422\u0420\u041e!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15619"}],"_thumbnail_id":["63450","1","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","news_heavymech_corps","","inherit","open","closed","","news_heavymech_corps","","","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","63160","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_heavymech_corps.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","63450"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1158","name":"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0438","slug":"corps","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1158","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"23","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1158"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1161","name":"\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430","slug":"heavy-mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1161","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"73630","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1161"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":63160},{"ID":65607,"post_title":"Territorial Battalion Transformed into Tank Unit","post_content":"\nThe recent reformation of several Territorial Defense brigades into heavy mechanized brigades has raised many questions. One of the most pressing was how the light brigades would acquire the manpower and equipment needed for two tank battalions and two mechanized battalions\u2014the standard structure of a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was initially expected that some brigades would receive a tank battalion from the former tank brigades, which, during their own transformation into heavy mechanized brigades, saw the number of tank battalions reduced from three to two. However, sources MilitaryLand was able to talk to revealed that majority of these brigades did not have enough equipment to field even two fully manned battalions, with the third battalion existing only on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If no battalion was available for transfer, the logical assumption was that a tank company could serve as the basis for forming a new battalion. Instead, the General Staff introduced an unexpected solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Territorial Defense battalion\u2014traditionally a light infantry unit\u2014was converted into a tank unit. Within the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 1st Tank Battalion was formed on the basis of the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion. The newly created battalion received an unspecified number of T-72B3 tanks, captured earlier from Russian forces. The standard Ukrainian tank battalion consists of three tank companies with 13 tanks each, plus a command tank. When fully manned, it should operate a total of 40 tanks. However, as a result of the ongoing full-scale invasion, the number was lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to its reformation, the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion fielded two rifle companies, a mechanized company, a fire support and drone company, and a reconnaissance platoon. The standard tank battalion structure is vastly different, requiring a complete reorganization of personnel, training, and logistics. The conversion of a light infantry formation into an armored unit therefore represents a significant challenge in terms of training, equipment, and doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sources:<\/strong> LobbyX<\/a><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-09-11 21:13:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:13:32","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"territorial-battalion-transformed-into-tank-unit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-11 21:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=65607","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15683","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a02:8428:489:1101:5a2b:1766:bcb4:c137","comment_date":"2025-09-12 00:42:05","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 22:42:05","comment_content":"About the Corps-Brigade organisation, here is an updated synthesis<\/a> of what is known about these corps (composition, position, and a short analysis of the current state of the command structure).","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15683"},{"comment_ID":"15682","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"vadka","comment_author_email":"simonramsey1030@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.47.151.45","comment_date":"2025-09-11 22:38:04","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 20:38:04","comment_content":"The standard structure of a tank battalion is 3 companies with 10 tanks each and a command tank, a total of 31 units.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15682"}],"_thumbnail_id":["65610","1","2025-09-11 20:38:31","2025-09-11 18:38:31","","news_127heavy_tankbat","127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade","inherit","open","closed","","news_127heavy_tankbat","","","2025-09-11 20:49:51","2025-09-11 18:49:51","","65607","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news_127heavy_tankbat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","65610"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1152","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b","slug":"new-unit","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1152","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"21","object_id":"81480","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1152"},{"term_id":"1174","name":"\u0431\u0430\u043a","slug":"tank","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1174","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"2","object_id":"65749","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1174"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":65607},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"\n
Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Data marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-15 21:31:41","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-15 20:31:41","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:43:07","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:43:07","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24304","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24304},{"ID":24127,"post_title":"Recap Deployment Map changes \u2013 Week 40","post_content":"\n The weekly recap of the latest unit changes on our Deployment map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n A collection of the most significant changes on our Deployment map during the past week. All information based on publicly available sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Deployment Map<\/a> has been updated to reflect the changes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Data marked with * come from public Facebook groups of Ukrainian volunteers asking for support, a list of captured soldiers, and so on. Due to possible personal data available at the source such as name etc., the links are hidden and can be provided on demand if requested.<\/em><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"4140","post_date":"2023-10-08 21:57:30","post_date_gmt":"2023-10-08 20:57:30","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"recap-deployment-map-changes-week-40","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-04 20:49:41","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-04 19:49:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=24127","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["23823","1","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","news_deployment_week38","","inherit","open","closed","","news_deployment_week38","","","2023-09-22 18:41:14","2023-09-22 17:41:14","","23601","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/news_deployment_week38.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","23823"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":24127},{"ID":34689,"post_title":"125th, 127th and 128th Brigade joined Ground Forces","post_content":"\n Update (28.7.2024): <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 127th Territorial Defense Brigade also joined the Ground Forces of Ukraine, as per LobbyX server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 125th and 128th Territorial Defense Brigades have been transitioned from the Territorial Defense Forces to the main fighting force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, specifically the Ground Forces. This information was disclosed through official media channels and the recruitment platform LobbyX<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 125th Territorial Defense Brigade, established in Lviv in March 2022 as part of the Territorial Defense Forces, was transferred to the Ground Forces in February 2024. However, this change only came to light recently. Despite the transfer, the brigade retained its designation as a territorial defense unit and did not receive the necessary equipment for mechanized operations, nor did it acquire anti-tank or anti-aircraft units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 128th Territorial Defense Brigade was formed at the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion and was transferred to the Ground Forces, likely around the same time as the 125th Brigade. Despite the transfer, it also retained its designation as a territorial defense unit.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"Two territorial defense brigades are now part of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.","post_author":"1","post_date":"2024-07-27 21:26:29","post_date_gmt":"2024-07-27 20:26:29","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"125th-and-128th-brigade-joined-ground-forces","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-07-28 18:36:30","post_modified_gmt":"2024-07-28 17:36:30","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=34689","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"4","comments":[{"comment_ID":"14654","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Jerome Rendall","comment_author_email":"info@militaryland.net","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.112.33.166","comment_date":"2024-07-30 20:34:07","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 19:34:07","comment_content":"Mortars, heavy artillery almost none.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko\/20100101 Firefox\/128.0","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14653","user_id":"1","pod_item_id":"14654"},{"comment_ID":"14653","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"mykolai93","comment_author_email":"shadman993@skiff.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"18.183.141.193","comment_date":"2024-07-30 15:16:59","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-30 14:16:59","comment_content":"are these pro-territorial brigade have enough artillery for support?","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/109.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36 SLBrowser\/9.0.3.5211 SLBChan\/105","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14653"},{"comment_ID":"14651","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ser","comment_author_email":"talismanfield@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"92.40.172.36","comment_date":"2024-07-28 12:28:26","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 11:28:26","comment_content":"Both brigades are active and have been successfully fighting in the hottest spots of the Donetsk front, including Bakhmut, for almost three years.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"14650","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14651"},{"comment_ID":"14650","comment_post_ID":"34689","comment_author":"Ken","comment_author_email":"kensodale@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"175.176.64.44","comment_date":"2024-07-28 03:13:22","comment_date_gmt":"2024-07-28 02:13:22","comment_content":"This means nothing if they're not committed into combat. Better not telegraph this at all.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/126.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"14650"}],"_thumbnail_id":["34756","1","2024-07-27 21:25:53","2024-07-27 20:25:53","128th TRO Brigade","news_125128brigades","","inherit","open","closed","","news_125128brigades","","","2024-07-27 21:26:16","2024-07-27 20:26:16","","34689","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/news_125128brigades.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","34756"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false,"id":34689},{"ID":57592,"post_title":"Another light brigade becomes heavy mechanized","post_content":"\n The 127th Territorial Defense Brigade<\/a>, established in 2022 as part of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, has become the second unit of its type to be converted into a heavy mechanized brigade. This transformation was announced on the brigade\u2019s official social media channels<\/a>. As MilitaryLand reported, the brigade was transferred<\/a> to the Ground Forces in July 2024, with initial expectations that it would be reformed into a standard mechanized formation. However, it has instead been restructured as a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This makes it the second territorial defense brigade to undergo such a transformation, following the 128th Brigade<\/a>, which MilitaryLand reported<\/a> was converted into a heavy mechanized brigade on July 19, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reformation of territorial defense units into heavy mechanized brigades is an unexpected move by the Ukrainian military leadership. Under standard organizational structures, a heavy mechanized brigade typically consists of two tank battalions, two mechanized battalions, and two rifle battalions. Currently, the 127th Brigade\u2019s equipment includes at least one T-72B3 tank, one BMP-2, one BMP-1, and one 2S3 Akatsiya, which falls short of even a standard mechanized complement, let alone that of a heavy mechanized brigade. It is highly likely that one tank battalion from recently restructured tank brigades will be integrated into this unit to meet its new designation requirements.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-07-25 08:44:46","post_date_gmt":"2025-07-25 06:44:46","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"another-light-brigade-becomes-heavy-mechanized","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-09 22:42:58","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-09 20:42:58","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=57592","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","comments":false,"_thumbnail_id":["57601","1","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","news_127brigade","","inherit","open","closed","","news_127brigade","","","2025-07-23 23:00:16","2025-07-23 21:00:16","","57592","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/news_127brigade.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","57601"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"}],"post_format":false,"id":57592},{"ID":63160,"post_title":"All Heavy Mechanized Units Assigned to Army Corps","post_content":"\n All the remaining heavy mechanized brigades, recently formed on the basis of territorial defense brigades and tank brigades, have been assigned to various army corps formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to several volunteers closely affiliated with the 125th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, the unit has been integrated into the 3rd Army Corps<\/strong>. As MilitaryLand reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was restructured from the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade into a heavy mechanized formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 129th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has joined the 15th Army Corps<\/strong>, according to the corps\u2019 official social media. As we reported on July 27, 2025<\/a>, the brigade was formed from the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n The 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> is now part of the 11th Army Corps<\/strong>, as revealed today by Defense Minister Denis Shmyhal during a visit to frontline units. The brigade was formed on the basis of the 127th Territorial Defense Brigade, as previously reported on July 25, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to our sources, the 1st Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong>, a legendary unit, has been assigned to the 18th Army Corps<\/strong>. The brigade was reformed from a tank formation on July 8, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, the 4th Heavy Mechanized Brigade<\/strong> has been transferred from the 9th Army Corps<\/strong> to the 21st Army Corps<\/strong>. Originally established as a tank brigade, it was later restructured into a heavy mechanized unit, as reported by MilitaryLand on August 1, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is known that each corps formation within the structure of the Ground Forces will include a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. Below is the updated overview of army corps with and without an assigned heavy mechanized formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This leaves three army corps currently without a dedicated heavy mechanized brigade. However, as there are no unassigned heavy mechanized units left, the Defense Forces will need to establish three additional brigades to fill these gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources:<\/strong> Denys Shmyhal<\/a>, official Facebook pages of 15th Army Corps<\/a> and 21st Army Corps<\/a>, and public social media posts from volunteers anonymized to protect the identity of the original posters, as per our Editorial Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-08-19 20:58:43","post_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 18:58:43","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"all-heavy-mechanized-brigades-assigned-to-army-corps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-08-19 21:41:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-08-19 19:41:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=63160","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15621","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"Lance allman","comment_author_email":"Showtimela@yahoo.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"47.36.43.117","comment_date":"2025-08-20 16:05:03","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-20 14:05:03","comment_content":"Whats this. Did yall know. What causes all these problems \ud83d\ude44. Get the pictures. Im in beelmeeds apartment greenville sc. Thats bacteria. It gross","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15621"},{"comment_ID":"15619","comment_post_ID":"63160","comment_author":"\u0410\u043d\u0434\u0436\u0435\u0439","comment_author_email":"Andreyy.pasko@rambler.ru","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"94.153.23.229","comment_date":"2025-08-19 22:07:06","comment_date_gmt":"2025-08-19 20:07:06","comment_content":"\u0415\u0449\u0435 \u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u044f\u0436 \u043c\u0435\u0445 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435\u0442 241 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0430 \u0422\u0420\u041e!","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/139.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15619"}],"_thumbnail_id":["63450","1","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","news_heavymech_corps","","inherit","open","closed","","news_heavymech_corps","","","2025-08-19 19:48:53","2025-08-19 17:48:53","","63160","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/news_heavymech_corps.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","63450"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1142","name":"\u0410\u0440\u043c\u0456\u044f","slug":"army","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1142","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"295","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1142"},{"term_id":"1158","name":"\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0438","slug":"corps","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1158","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"23","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1158"},{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1161","name":"\u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0430 \u043c\u0435\u0445\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0437\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430","slug":"heavy-mechanized","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1161","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"4","object_id":"73630","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1161"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":63160},{"ID":65607,"post_title":"Territorial Battalion Transformed into Tank Unit","post_content":"\n The recent reformation of several Territorial Defense brigades into heavy mechanized brigades has raised many questions. One of the most pressing was how the light brigades would acquire the manpower and equipment needed for two tank battalions and two mechanized battalions\u2014the standard structure of a heavy mechanized brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was initially expected that some brigades would receive a tank battalion from the former tank brigades, which, during their own transformation into heavy mechanized brigades, saw the number of tank battalions reduced from three to two. However, sources MilitaryLand was able to talk to revealed that majority of these brigades did not have enough equipment to field even two fully manned battalions, with the third battalion existing only on paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If no battalion was available for transfer, the logical assumption was that a tank company could serve as the basis for forming a new battalion. Instead, the General Staff introduced an unexpected solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Territorial Defense battalion\u2014traditionally a light infantry unit\u2014was converted into a tank unit. Within the 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, the 1st Tank Battalion was formed on the basis of the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion. The newly created battalion received an unspecified number of T-72B3 tanks, captured earlier from Russian forces. The standard Ukrainian tank battalion consists of three tank companies with 13 tanks each, plus a command tank. When fully manned, it should operate a total of 40 tanks. However, as a result of the ongoing full-scale invasion, the number was lowered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prior to its reformation, the 226th Territorial Defense Battalion fielded two rifle companies, a mechanized company, a fire support and drone company, and a reconnaissance platoon. The standard tank battalion structure is vastly different, requiring a complete reorganization of personnel, training, and logistics. The conversion of a light infantry formation into an armored unit therefore represents a significant challenge in terms of training, equipment, and doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources:<\/strong> LobbyX<\/a><\/p>\n","post_excerpt":"","post_author":"1","post_date":"2025-09-11 21:13:32","post_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:13:32","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"territorial-battalion-transformed-into-tank-unit","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-11 21:19:20","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-11 19:19:20","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/militaryland.net\/?p=65607","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","comments":[{"comment_ID":"15683","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"Tristan","comment_author_email":"tlegall29@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"2a02:8428:489:1101:5a2b:1766:bcb4:c137","comment_date":"2025-09-12 00:42:05","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 22:42:05","comment_content":"About the Corps-Brigade organisation, here is an updated synthesis<\/a> of what is known about these corps (composition, position, and a short analysis of the current state of the command structure).","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15683"},{"comment_ID":"15682","comment_post_ID":"65607","comment_author":"vadka","comment_author_email":"simonramsey1030@gmail.com","comment_author_url":"","comment_author_IP":"95.47.151.45","comment_date":"2025-09-11 22:38:04","comment_date_gmt":"2025-09-11 20:38:04","comment_content":"The standard structure of a tank battalion is 3 companies with 10 tanks each and a command tank, a total of 31 units.","comment_karma":"0","comment_approved":"1","comment_agent":"Mozilla\/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K) AppleWebKit\/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome\/140.0.0.0 Mobile Safari\/537.36","comment_type":"comment","comment_parent":"0","user_id":"0","pod_item_id":"15682"}],"_thumbnail_id":["65610","1","2025-09-11 20:38:31","2025-09-11 18:38:31","","news_127heavy_tankbat","127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade","inherit","open","closed","","news_127heavy_tankbat","","","2025-09-11 20:49:51","2025-09-11 18:49:51","","65607","https:\/\/militaryland.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/news_127heavy_tankbat.webp","0","attachment","image\/webp","0","65610"],"category":[{"term_id":"3","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438","slug":"news","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"3","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"1055","object_id":"83409","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"3"},{"term_id":"4","name":"\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0456","slug":"units","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"4","taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":"0","count":"381","object_id":"82890","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"4"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":"1143","name":"\u0421\u0443\u0445\u043e\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430","slug":"ground-forces","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1143","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"60","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1143"},{"term_id":"1152","name":"\u041d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0456\u043b","slug":"new-unit","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1152","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"21","object_id":"81480","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1152"},{"term_id":"1174","name":"\u0431\u0430\u043a","slug":"tank","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1174","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"2","object_id":"65749","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1174"},{"term_id":"1157","name":"\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430","slug":"ukraine","term_group":"0","term_taxonomy_id":"1157","taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":"0","count":"98","object_id":"82851","term_order":"0","pod_item_id":"1157"}],"post_format":false,"id":65607},{"ID":71623,"post_title":"Promotions and honorary titles assigned on the Day of Armed Forces","post_content":"\nKupyansk Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Velyka Novoselivka Axis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Heavy Mechanized Brigades in Army Corps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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