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121st Rifle Corps[edit]

This was a Rifle Corps although it changed armies and was with the 49th Army in the earliest OOB for GSFG.--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 15:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

14th Assault Army[edit]

The standard Russian term for airborne infantry divisions is 'Military Descent' - desant - and the standard Russian term for airborne infantry regiments is 'Parachute Landing' - parachute descent / desant. Neither of these terms is used in full in the title of the 14th Army in Chutkotka, and 'desant' is also used in terms of десантно-штурмовая, assault, in connection with the Naval Infantry. Between that and the total lack of any airborne forces troops in 14th Army in the Northeast, and the lack of any airborne lineage - the 116th, 117th, and 121st were formerly mountain rifle units - I do not believe the use of 'airborne' is appropriate. It's a different use of the Russian word desant, a unique use, as far as I can tell. Note at the same time in the Far East was the 37th Guards Airborne Corps (1946-56) with three (after 1955 two) airborne divisions. Along with 38th and 39th it was responsible to HQ Airborne Forces. So there was also definitely an airborne force present in the same district, and it used the 'Military Descent' title normal for the VDV (VDK in this case). @Kges1901: Comments welcome. Buckshot06 (talk) 12:39, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Buckshot06 - Thanks for the explanation, I translated it incorrectly. FYI, "десантно-штурмовая" is used in terms of the 76th Division and the air assault brigades, not just the Naval Infantry. Kges1901 (talk) 17:06, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]