Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy
The Coastal Troops are a service arm of the Russian Navy. Their missions are to protect Russian fleets' forces, personnel, and seashore objects from enemy surface ships; to defend naval bases and other important facilities of the Fleets from land attacks, including amphibious and air assaults; to participate in amphibious and air assaults; to support the Russian Ground Forces in defending against airborne and amphibious assaults; and to destroy enemy surface ships, boats and amphibious transports in their operational area.
Troops of the 69th Naval Engineer Regiment of the Baltic Fleet during a training exercise in Kaliningrad, January 12, 2018
Air assault training of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade with Antonov An-12 type aircraft, March 27, 2014
Coastal Missile troops during the 2017 Zapad exercise
Ship supporting the operations of the 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in the Baltic Sea
The Russian Naval Infantry, often referred to as Russian Marines in the West, operate as the naval infantry of the Russian Navy. Established in 1705, they are capable of conducting amphibious operations as well as operating as more traditional light infantry.
Soviet naval infantry uniform of the Great Patriotic War
Soviet marines in 1985
Soviet marines during a demonstration in 1990
A Russian Naval Infantryman during an exercise in 2003
