The 3rd Guards Separate 'Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov 3rd degree' Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian: 3-я отдельная гвардейская Варшавско-Берлинская Краснознамённая орденов Жукова, Кутузова и Суворова бригада специального назначения) (Military Unit Number 21208) is a special forces brigade of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and thus the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation based at Tolyatti since 2010.

For exemplary performance of assigned tasks, for the seizure of the cities of Lublin, Garwolin, and Żelechów, decree USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium on August 9, 1944, the regiment was awarded Order of Red Banner.

Org / 6/111560 on July 9, 1966, 48th Separate Guards Reconnaissance Warsaw-Berlin Red Banner Order of Suvorov III degree battalion was disbanded.

314/1/01500 on November 7, 1990, the brigade was relocated to the village of Roshchinsky, Samara Oblast and came under command of the Volga-Urals Military District.

Soldiers from the Brigade played a support role to the deployment of the 201st Motorized Rifle Division, guarding military and government facilities, covering the evacuation of the American embassy[4] and escorting humanitarian convoys.

On January 17, 1995, the 1st Battalion (509th ooSpN) 3rd Brigade, using Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft was transferred to Mozdok, after which a BMP-1 column moved on Khankala.

On July 21, 2001, on the basis of the 1st Battalion of the brigade, a consolidated group was formed, which until November 2004 provided security for Russian representatives in Kabul.

[11] On October 4, 2022, BBC reported that the brigade suffered its worst casualties to date during fighting in Lyman, Ukraine, with the possibility that 75% of the unit's reconnaissance company troops were lost.

Three commandos were awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation: As of 2012, the spetsnaz brigades were reported to have around 1,600 soldiers at full strength.