There's also these guys from the Soviet Vehicle Guide project we've been working on:
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21st AIR ASSAULT BRIGADE
A Category I brigade from the Transcaucasian MD. The 21st was sent to Ethiopia in early 1996 to reinforce Ethiopian and Cuban forces in Eritrea. The 21st was used in company-sized raids against Eritrean rebels. The brigade did well against the rebels, who had little in the way of ADA and MANPADS to use against the brigade and its attached helicopters. This lasted until early 1997 when US forces intervened in the Persian Gulf and US troops landed in Kenya and Yemen. The brigade was now cut off and very far from home. Fuel and spare parts for the helicopters has run out, and the Brigade’s commander is scheming a way to get his men home, but the harbors at Massawa and Assab were repeatedly mined and attacked by NATO aircraft during the course of the war and are impassible to shipping, Right now, the brigade is in cantonment in Asmara and is the only source of anything approaching law and order for miles around, as Ethiopia disintegrates around them.
Subordination: Independent
Location: Asmara, Ethiopia
Manpower: 260
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