Russian NBC Protection Troops
The Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence of the Russian Armed Forces (Russian: Войска радиационной, химической и биологической защиты Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации (Войска РХБ защиты ВС РФ), romanized: Voyska radiatsionnoy khimicheskoy i biologicheskoy zashchiti Vooruzhyonn'kh sil Rossiyskoy Federatsii (Voyska RKhB zashchiti VS RF)) are an organisation designed to reduce the losses of the Ground Forces and ensuring their combat tasks assigned during operations in conditions of radioactive, chemical and biological contamination, as well as at enhancing their survivability and protection against high-precision and other weapons.
| Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence | |
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| Войска радиационной, химической и биологической защиты Вооружённых сил Российской Федерации (Войска РХБ защиты ВС РФ) | |
Great emblem of the Russian NBC Protection Troops | |
| Active | 13 November 1918 – present |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Armed Forces |
| Type | CBRN defense |
| Role | Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence |
| Part of | Ministry of Defense |
| Engagements | Russian military intervention in the Syrian Civil War |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | General Lieutenant Igor Kirilov |
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