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13th Airmobile Battalion (Ukraine)
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The 13th Separate Airmobile Battalion is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
. The Battalion is made up of fully professional soldiers. The main purpose of the Battalion is to take part in peacekeeping operations.
and Kosovo
. Kosovo
: International Kosovo Force (PMU/KFOR) - 179
Ukrainian Ground Forces
The Ukrainian Ground Forces are the land force component of the Military of Ukraine. They were formed from Soviet Army formations, units, and establishments, including three military districts , that were on Ukrainian soil when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990-92.Between the fall of the USSR and...
. The Battalion is made up of fully professional soldiers. The main purpose of the Battalion is to take part in peacekeeping operations.
Structure
- Staff Company
- 3 Airmobile Companies
- Mortar BatteryArtillery batteryIn military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit of guns, mortars, rockets or missiles so grouped in order to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems...
- Anti-tank missiles platoon
- AAD missiles platoon
- Heavy machineguns platoon
- Lorry trucks platoon
- Supply platoon
Deployments
Member of the Battalion pave served in IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
. Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
: International Kosovo Force (PMU/KFOR) - 179