27th Artillery Regiment
Identification
Best open-source match is the Russian 27th Artillery Regiment subordinate to the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the 3rd Army Corps, rather than older Soviet/Russian historical formations or foreign units with the same number. Open-source order-of-battle reporting places the regiment inside the 6th MRD, and a February 21, 2025 presidential decree awarded it the honorific "Guards." ([criticalthreats.org](https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/restructuring-and-expansion-of-the-russian-ground-forces-hindered-by-ukraine-war-requirements?utm_source=openai))
Basing
A precise permanent regimental garrison is not publicly confirmed in authoritative open sources. The strongest available indicators tie the parent 6th MRD and 3rd Army Corps to the Mulino training-garrison area in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast: independent OSINT reporting says 6th MRD units trained at Mulino, and local memorial reporting places 6th MRD military unit 77860 there. This supports a Mulino association for the record, but only with moderate confidence and not as a regiment-specific geolocation. ([notes.citeam.org](https://notes.citeam.org/mobi-in-russia-2))
Organization
The regiment appears to function as the divisional artillery regiment of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division within 3rd Army Corps. Its 2025 Guards honorific indicates the formation had already seen sustained combat service, not merely cadre or training status. ([criticalthreats.org](https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/restructuring-and-expansion-of-the-russian-ground-forces-hindered-by-ukraine-war-requirements?utm_source=openai))
Equipment
Open-source reporting attributes the regiment primarily towed 152 mm artillery. Ukrainian and OSINT order-of-battle reporting specifically identify 2A65 Msta-B and 2A36 Giatsint-B as its principal systems; reported quantities vary by source, so exact authorized strength is not publicly confirmed. ([defence.org.ua](https://defence.org.ua/dailybrief/2023-11-30/?utm_source=openai))
Combat activity
Open-source battlefield reporting placed elements of the regiment on the Predtechyne-Kostyantynivka axis in February-March 2025. Separate Russian state-media reporting in late 2024 and 2025 located the parent 6th MRD of 3rd Army Corps on the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka/Kostyantynivka sector under the Southern Grouping of Forces, indicating the regiment’s parent formation remained active on that front. ([defence.org.ua](https://defence.org.ua/dailybrief/2025-03-04/?utm_source=openai))