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Organization 2023
On 23 May 2023 the Marine Corps, after more than three decades, had its status elevated to that of a service branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. With the new status the Marine Corps' brigades and pre-war battalions received new coat of arms effective July.
According to MilitaryLand.net each marine brigade is organized into the following:
Headquarters and Service Company
three to 4 marine battalions (one air assault capable)
Marine Tank Battalion
Marine Artillery Regiment
with a HQ and Service Battery, target acquisition unit, two self-propelled artillery battalions, an optional one or two towed field artillery battalion/s, a rocket artillery battalion and an anti-tank battalion (otherwise under direct brigade control)
Marine Air Defense Artillery battalion
Marine Brigade Force reconnaisance company
Marine combat engineer battalion
Marine logistics battalion
Marine maintenance battalion
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company
signal company
air-defense radar company
medical company
Military Police company
CBRN defense company
Marine Brigade Band
The UKRMC is equipped with the following vehicles:
- T-64, T-72, T-80, PT-91 Twardy main battle tanks in Marine Tank Battalions
- AMX-10 RC wheeled light tanks/armored reconnaissance vehicles in Marine Tank Battalions and Marine Reconnaissance
- FV101 Scorpion tracked light tanks/armored reconnaissance vehicles in Marine Tank Battalions and Marine Reconnaissance
- BMP-1, BMP-2, BMP-3 tracked infantry fighting vehicles in tracked Marine Battalions and Marine Assault Amphibian Battalions
- BTR-3, BTR-4, KTO Rosomak wheeled infantry fighting vehicles in wheeled Marine Battalions and Marine Assault Amphibian Battalions
- BTR-60, BTR-70, BTR-80, BTR-7, VAB, Patria Pasi wheeled armored personnel carriers in wheeled Marine Battalions and Marine Assault Amphibian Battalions
- MT-LB, PTS series (PTS-2 and PTS-3) and M113 tracked armored personnel carriers in tracked Marine Battalions and Marine Assault Amphibian Battalions
- Bandvagn 206 articulated tracked armored personnel carriers in tracked Marine Battalions
- BRDM-2 armored scout cars, some on tank destroyer configuration, in Marine Battalions
- Bushmaster, Cougar, Mastiff, International MaxxPro, BMC Kirpi MRAPs in wheeled Marine Battalions, Marine Assault Amphibian Battalions and Marine Reconnaissance
- Humvees, GAZ Tiger, Roshel Senators, Varta, ATF Dingo and Novator armored cars and mobility vehicles in wheeled Marine Battalions, Marine Assault Amphibian Battalions and Marine Reconnaissance
- It is also equipped with the following field artillery systems in the Marine Artillery Battalions:
- Maritime Brimstone tactical ballistic missiles
- RK-360MC Nepture, Harpoon (MOBA) and RBS-17 Hellfire anti-ship missiles
- BM-21 Grad, BM-21 Verba, BM-27 Uragan, BM-27 Burevyi, M142 HIMARS, RM-70, S-8 multiple launch rocket systems
- 2S1 Gvozdika, 2S3 Akatsiya, 152mm SpGH DANA self-propelled artillery howitzers
- D-30, D-20, 2A65 Msta-B, 2A36 Giatsint-B, M114, M777, FH70, L119 towed howitzers
- 9K114 Shturm, 9M113 Konkurs, 2A29/MT-12 Rapira anti-tank guns
- 82 mm and 120 mm mortars
- The 7th Marine Anti-Air Defense Missile Artillery Battalion and the four brigade air defense artillery battalions are equipped with:
- 9K33 Osa, AN/TWQ-1 Avenger wheeled mobile anti-air defense short range surface-to-air missile launchers
- KS-30, AZP S-60, ZU-23-2, ZPU series towed or truck mounted short range anti-aircraft guns
They are Mech Units who get their feet wet more often
The one difference it seems is that there are no conscripts in the Marine units so that might justify a slight bump up of EXP and MOR