Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy

Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy
Береговые войска ВМФ Российской Федерации Beregovye voiska
Emblem of the Russian Navy
Founded	27 March 1930 (1930-03-27)
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Navy
Type	Motorized infantry Naval infantry Naval Spetsnaz
Role	Amphibious reconnaissance Amphibious warfare Anti-aircraft warfare Armoured warfare CBRN defenceCoastal defence and fortification Cold-weather warfare Combined arms Counter-battery fire Electronic warfare Forward observer Maneuver warfare Military intelligence Raiding Reconnaissance Special operations Urban warfare
Size	35,000 personnel[1]
Part of	Russian Navy
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant General Alexandr Kolpachenko

The Coastal Troops (Russian: Береговые войска, romanized: Beregovyye voyska) 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.^[2]