The unit has been outfitted with a mix of both new western supplied equipment, and old soviet stockpiles.

This includes Canadian Roshel Senators, British Mastiffs French AMX-10 RCs and old soviet towed artillery and small arms.

[1] The unit was first reported in active combat in Novodonetske, a front-line settlement in the southern Donetsk Oblast.

Due to this, the unit has launched a slow, but consistent advance in the region during the opening of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive.

[2] Due to the lineage of the 36th Marine Brigade originating from loyal Ukrainian elements from the Russian occupation of Crimea western media has speculated the Ukrainian Armed Forces intend to use the 37th, as well as its other four other new marine brigades, to launch a naval invasion of the peninsula, should southern Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts be liberated.