55th Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)

55th Artillery Brigade "Zaporozhian Sich"
55th Artillery Brigade "Zaporozhian Sich"
Active	30 December 1992-Present
Country
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Artillery
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operational Command East
Garrison/HQ	Zaporizhia
Engagements	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas; Russian Invasion of Ukraine Pokrovsk offensive; ;
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery
Battle honours	Zaporozhian Sich
Commanders
Current; commander	Roman Kachur

The 55th Artillery Brigade is an elite artillery formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based in Zaporizhia. It is one of the oldest artillery units in Ukraine.^[1]

In 2018 the brigade received its honorific title Zaporozhian Sich.^[1]

The brigade operates a squadron (6 batteries of 3 units each) of CAESAR self-propelled howitzers gifted by France following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3] The brigade is currently involved in the Pokrovsk offensive.^[2]

Structure

As of 2017 the brigade's structure is as follows:

55th Artillery Brigade, Zaporizhia
- Headquarters & Headquarters Battery
- 1st Howitzer Artillery Battalion (2A65 Msta-B)
- 2nd Howitzer Artillery Battalion (2A65 Msta-B)
- 3rd Howitzer Artillery Battalion (2A65 Msta-B)
- 4th Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
- 5th Self-Propelled Howitzer Artillery Battalion (CAESAR self-propelled howitzer)
- Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion
- 39th Motorized Infantry Battalion "Dnipro-2"
- Engineer Company
- Maintenance Company
- Logistic Company
- CBRN-defense Platoon

^ Zaporozhian Sich was not the place of a battle but a proto-state of Zaporozhian Cossacks in the 16th to 18th century