43rd Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)

The 43rd Artillery Brigade "Hetman Taras Triasylo" (Ukrainian: 43-тя окрема артилерійська бригада імені гетьмана Тараса Трясила) is a unit of the Ground Forces in Divychky. On 14 October 2020 by presidential decree the brigade was assigned the honorary name "named after Hetman Taras Triasylo", a hetman of the Zaporizhian Cossacks. On 3 November 2022, the brigade was awarded the honorary award "For Courage and Bravery" by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Structure

As of 2025, the 43rd Artillery Brigade's known structure is as follows:

• 43rd Artillery Brigade
• Brigade Headquarters
• Management
• Commandant Platoon
• 1st Artillery Battalion
• 2nd Artillery Battalion
• 3rd Artillery Battalion
• 4th Artillery Battalion
• Rocket Artillery Battalion
• 191st Self-propelled Artillery Battalion (2S7 Pion)
• 209th Anti-tank Artillery Battalion (MT-12 Rapira)
• Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion
• Engineer Company
• Maintenance Company
• Logistic Company
• Signal Company
• Radar Company
• Medical Company
• CBRN Protection Company
• Guards Battalion

Equipment

The brigade is the only Ukrainian unit in the Ukrainian Ground Forces to operate 2S7 Pion and PzH 2000 artillery systems. The brigade is also the second unit in the Ground Forces to receive Archer artillery systems.

Artillery

• 2S7 Pion – Soviet self-propelled artillery
• Archer – Swedish wheeled self-propelled howitzer
• MT-12 – Soviet Anti-tank Gun
• PzH 2000 – German self-propelled howitzer

Vehicles

• MT-LBu – Soviet armored transporter

Gallery

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