In the classified Joint Staff briefing slides, there was a listing of the ready status as of 28 February for nine new Ukrainian brigades. One of those was a reserve brigade that existed (at least on paper) when the war started. The other eight were new brigades. They are:
- 116th MBde (new unit),
- 47th MBde (new unit),
- 33rd Bde (reserve unit, mechanized?),
- 21st Bde (new unit, mechanized?),
- 32nd Bde (new unit, mechanized?),
- 37th Bde (new unit, mechanized? Not listed on militaryland.net),
- 118th MBde (new unit),
- 117th Bde (new unit, mechanized?),
- 82nd Air Assault Bde (new unit).
The charts do list the equipment being prepared for them. To summarize:
APCS and IFVs (and MRAPs and AFVs):
116th MBde: 30 tanks (T-64 and ???) and 90 BMP (POL/CZE – Soviet-era IFV) = 90 IFVs
47th MBde: 28 tanks (T-55S) and 99 M-2 (U.S. – these are Bradleys IFVs) = 99 IFVs
33rd Bde: 32 tanks (Leopard II) and 90 MaxxPro (U.S. – these are 4-wheeled MRAPs) = 90 MRAPs
21st Bde: 30 tanks (T-64) and 20 CVRT (GBR – AFV), 30 Senator (CAN – 4-wheeled MRAP), 20 Bulldog (GBR – FV432 APC), 21 Husky (GBR – 4-wheeled MRAP), 10 M-113 (U.S. APC) = 20 AFVs, 51 MRAPs, 30 APCs
32nd Bde: 30 tanks (T-72 and ???) and 90 MaxxPro (U.S.) = 90 MRAPs
37th Bde: 30 tanks (AMX-10 and ???) and 30 Mastiff/Husky (GBR – 4-wheeled MRAP), 30 Mastiff/Wolf (GBR – 6-wheeled MRAP), 10 Senator (CAN – 4-wheeled MRAP) = 70 MRAPs
118th MBde: 28 tanks (T-72s) and 90 M-113 (U.S. APC) = 90 APCs
117th Bde: 31 tanks (PT-91s) and 28 Viking (NLD – 8-wheeled APC), 20 XA185 (8-wheeled APC), 10 M-113, 10 Senator (CAN – 4-wheeled MRAP) = 58 APCs and 10 MRAPs
82nd Air Assault Bde: 14 tanks (Challenger) and 90 Stryker (U.S. wheeled APC) = 90 APCs
The charts show the vehicle type and in parentheses the country they are from. Tanks are discussed in yesterday’s posting.
I am assuming that if I have these documents, then the Russian FSB also has them. I gather they are still officially classified. Will address artillery in subsequent posts.