MINISTRY of DEFENCE

      Nakon što je Bjelorusija proglasila svoju neovisnost, nacionalne oružane snage Republike Bjelorusije osnovane su na temelju Bjeloruskog vojnog okruga. Godine 1993. 28. Crvenozastavna svearmijska armija transformirana je u 28. armijski korpus, a 2001. u Zapadnu operativnu komandu.

      After Belarus declared its independence, the national Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus were established on the basis of the Belarusian Military District. In 1993, the 28th Red Banner All-Army Army was transformed into the 28th Army Corps, and in 2001 into the Western Operational Command.

      Borbene jedinice: 6. kijevsko-berlinska samostalna mehanizirana brigada i 11. karpatsko-berlinska samostalna mehanizirana brigada, (Slonim). Artiljerijske jedinice: 111. artiljerijska brigada, (Brest) i 1199. mješovita artiljerijski puk, (Slabudka). Veze i dijelovi vojnog SPA se sastoje od 62. raketne protuavionska brigade, 215. samostalnog radiotehničkog puka i 36. samostalnog radiotehničkog bataljona. Inženjerijske zadatke odrađuje 557. inženjerijska brigada dok je za vezu zadužen 74. samostalni puk veze. Pozadinske jedinice su 815. centar tehničke podrške, 28. baza za skladištenje naoružanja i opreme, 50. baza za skladištenje naoružanja i opreme, (bivša 50. gardijska MSD) te 108. samostalni logistički puk.

      General military units: 6th Kyiv-Berlin Separate Mechanized Brigade, and 11th Carpathian-Berlin Separate Mechanized Brigade. Artillery units and parts: 111th Artillery Brigade and 1199th Mixed Artillery Regiment. Signals and parts of the military SPA: 62nd anti-aircraft missile brigade, 215th separate radio engineering regiment and 36th separate radio engineering battalion. Engineering troops is 557th engineering brigade. For the communications is charge 74th Separate Signal Regiment. Rear units are 815th technical support center, 28th weapons and equipment storage base, 50th weapons and equipment storage base, (former 50th Guards MSD) and 108th Separate Logistics Regiment.

      120. Gardijska mehanizirana brigada je mehanizirana pješadijska brigada bjeloruske Kopnene vojske (Сухапу́тныя во́йскі Рэспу́блікі Белару́с) koja nastavlja tradicije 120. Gardijske pješadijske divizije Crvene armije koja je 1957. godine preimenovana u 120. Gardijsku motoriziranu pješadijsku diviziju. U sastavu 120 mehanizirane brigade se nalaze: 339. Gardijska mehanizirana grupa (tenkovski i mehanizirani bataljoni), 334. i 355. tenkovski bataljoni, 356. mehanizirani pješadijski bataljon, 310. artiljerijska grupa, 149. samostalni bataljon veze, 126. samostalni inžinjerijski bataljon te 82. bataljon održavanja, Minsk.

      The 120th Guards Mechanised Brigade is a mechanised infantry brigade of the Belarus Ground Forces (Сухапу́тныя во́йскі Рэспу́блікі Белару́с). It is the heir to the traditions of the Red Army 120th Guards Rifle Division which became the 120th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957. In todays brigade are; 339th Guards Mechanized Group of tank and motorized infantry battalions, 334th and 355th Tank Battalions, 356th Motorized Rifle Battalion, 310th Artillery Group, 149th Separate Communications Battalion, 126th Separate Engineer Battalion, 82nd Repair and Refurbishment Battalion, Minsk.