49th Assault Battalion

Full name: 49th Separate Assault Battalion Carpathian Sich named after Oleh Kutsyn

Ukrainian: 49-й Окремий штурмовий батальйон Карпатська Січ ім.Олега Куцина

About Unit

49th Assault Battalion Carpathian Sich is a volunteer unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The unit was originally created as the Carpathian Sich detachment by Oleh Kutsyn in 2014. The unit was deployed to Pisky in 2014 and remained there until 2016.

During the defense of Pisky and Donetsk Airport, the unit made close ties with the 93rd Mechanized Brigade and joined its ranks in 2015 as Assault Company Carpathian Sich. All soldiers signed a contract with Ukrainian Army, and the unit was legalized. After the withdrawal of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade from the ATO zone in 2016, Carpathian Sich was disbanded without the knowledge of its members, claiming that an independent formation cannot be part of regular army units. All unit members wrote dismissal instead of joining various parts of the brigade.

On February 24, 2022, when Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion, Volunteer Battalion Carpathian Sich was created again. On May 19, 2022, the unit joined the Ukrainian Army as the 49th Separate Rifle Battalion.

On June 19, 2022, the founder and commander Oleh Kutsyn, was killed near Izium. In 2023, the rifle battalion was reformed into an assault battalion.

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Structure
Equipment
Insignia History

Structure

Here you can find the last known structure of the unit, including their insignia if available.

Battalion’s Headquarters

The unit includes the headquarters, management and commandant platoon.

German Volunteer Corps

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1st Assault Company

The first assault company of the battalion.

2nd Assault Company “White Demons”

The second assault company of the battalion.

3rd Assault Company

The third assault company of the battalion.
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4th Assault Company

The fourth assault company of the battalion.

5th Assault Company

The fifth assault company of the battalion.

Reconnaissance Company

The scouts of the battalion.

Tank Company

Tank company of the 49th Assault Battalion

Fire Support Company

Fire support company of the battalion.

Equipment

Here, you can view the complete list of the unit’s equipment. All images of the vehicles and weapons below are sourced from the unit’s official social media page.