The Russian Ground Forces, also called the Russian Army in English, are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. They are responsible for protecting the state borders and for land-based combat operations, and their main command is based in Moscow. The president of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and appoints the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. The service dates its lineage back to 1550, but its current form was created in 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, when Russia formed its own armed forces from the Soviet ones. Since then they have fought in both Chechen wars, and the Russo-Ukrainian War has seen them deployed against Ukraine on a large scale.
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Force Type (category) Russian Ground Forces
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are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces
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are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces
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1550 1992 (current form)
Fought In: First Chechen War, Wikipedia article text
The operation began on 11 December 1994 and, by 31 December, Russian forces were entering Grozny
Fought In: Second Chechen War, Wikipedia article text
The Second Chechen War began in August 1999
Fought In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Wikipedia article text
Russia conducted a military buildup on the Ukrainian border starting in late 2021
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Russia: Photos posted to Telegram suggest it has supplied by North Korea to Russian Ground Forces.
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Russian Ground Forces Armenian Armed Forces Algerian People's National Army Armed Forces of Belarus
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Russian Ground Forces Armenian Armed Forces Algerian People's National Army Armed Forces of Belarus
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Both the RPG-7V2 and RPG-7D3 were adopted by the Russian Ground Forces in 2001.
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Msta-S howitzers were used by the Russian Ground Forces to deliver artillery strikes against Chechen separatists during the Second Chechen War.
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The DXL-5 variant chambered for the Russian cartridge 12.7×108mm is used by the Russian Ground Forces.
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The tank allegedly first saw combat in the 1999 war in Dagestan, with Russian Ground Forces.
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