141st Special Motorized Regiment

{{Short description|Chechen Russian national guards unit}}

{{for|the generic informal term|Kadyrovites}}

{{expand Russian|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 141st Special Motorized Regiment

| native_name = 141-й специальный моторизованный полк

| image = Great emblem of the 141st Motorized Regiment.svg

| image_size = 150

| caption = Emblem of the 141st Motorized Regiment

| start_date = 2006 (as a battalion)[http://chechnya.gov.ru/novosti/r-kadyrov-pozdravil-141-j-spetsialnyj-motorizovannyj-polk-imeni-geroya-rossii-ahmata-hadzhi-kadyrova-s-15-letiem/ Р. Кадыров поздравил 141-й специальный моторизованный полк имени Героя России Ахмата-Хаджи Кадырова с 15-летием], chechnya.gov.ru[https://grozny.tv/news/society/11920 141 специальный моторизованный полк имени Героя России Ахмата-Хаджи Кадырова отмечает свое 10-летие], grozny.tv [https://web.archive.org/web/20220513144958/https://rosguard.gov.ru/ru/news/article/polk-imeni-geroya-rossii-axmataxadzhi-kadyrova-groznenskogo-soedineniya-rosgvardii-otmetil-15yu-godovshhinu-so-dnya-obrazovaniya Полк имени Героя России Ахмата-Хаджи Кадырова грозненского соединения Росгвардии отметил 15-ю годовщину со дня образования]

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| country = {{flag|Russia|size=23px}}

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| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Chechen Republic.svg|size=23px}} Ramzan Kadyrov

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| type = Motorized infantry

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| command_structure = {{flagicon image|Flag of National Guard of the Russian Federation.svg}} Russian National Guard{{Cite web|url=https://newlinesinstitute.org/russia/the-kadyrovtsy-putins-force-multiplier-or-propaganda-tool/|title = The Kadyrovtsy: Putin's Force Multiplier or Propaganda Tool?|date = 4 March 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://intellinews.com/russia-s-chechen-speartip-in-ukraine-237314/|title = Russia's Chechen speartip in Ukraine|date = 8 March 2022}}

| garrison = Grozny, Chechnya

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| nickname = Kadyrovites ({{langx|ru|Кадыровцы}})

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| motto = "Akhmad is strength!" ({{langx|ru|Ахмат — сила!}})

{{langx|ce|Ахмат — чьох ву!}}

| colors = A-TACS

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| battles = {{tree list}}

• Second Chechen War
• Insurgency in the North Caucasus
• Syrian Civil War{{dubious|date=June 2025}}
• Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war{{dubious|date=June 2025}}
• Russo-Ukrainian War{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
• Russian invasion of Ukraine{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
• Battle of Hostomel{{cite web | url=https://news.obozrevatel.com/society/kadyirovtsev-kotoryie-ehali-napast-na-zelenskogo-unichtozhili-danilov.htm | title=Кадыровцев, которые ехали напасть на Зеленского, уничтожили, – детали разведки | date=March 2022 }}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}{{cite web | url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/1/7327224/ | title=ЗСУ знищили кадирівців, що планували вбити Зеленського - розвідка }}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}
• Battle of Antonov Airport{{dubious|date=June 2025}}{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/22/chechnyas-losses-in-ukraine-may-be-leader-ramzan-kadyrovs-undoing | title=Chechnya's losses in Ukraine may be leader Ramzan Kadyrov's undoing | newspaper=The Guardian | date=22 March 2022 | last1=Graham-Harrison | first1=Emma }}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}
• Siege of Mariupol{{dubious|date=June 2025}}{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/18/1300-still-trapped-rubble-mariupol-theatre/ | title=Chechen special forces tighten grip on Mariupol as house-to-house fighting erupts | newspaper=The Telegraph | date=18 March 2022 | last1=Farmer | first1=Ben | last2=Bodkin | first2=Henry | last3=Smith | first3=Benedict }}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/28/ukrainian-fighters-grease-bullets-against-chechens-with-pig-fat | title=Ukrainian fighters grease bullets against Chechens with pig fat }}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}
• Battle of Donbas{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}
• 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive{{dubious|date=June 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Stepanenko |first1=Kateryna |last2=Hird |first2=Karolina |last3=Mappes |first3=Grace |last4=Wolkov |first4=Nicole |last5=Barros |first5=George |last6=Clark |first6=Mason |title=Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 12, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-12-2023 |access-date=June 13, 2023 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}
• Wagner Group rebellion{{dubious|date=June 2025}}{{Cite web |title=Опубликовано видео с колонной чеченских военных, которая направляется в сторону Ростова-на-Дону |url=https://meduza.io/news/2023/06/24/opublikovano-video-s-kolonnoy-chechenskih-voennyh-kotoraya-napravlyaetsya-v-storonu-rostova-na-donu |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Meduza |language=ru |archive-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624125740/https://meduza.io/news/2023/06/24/opublikovano-video-s-kolonnoy-chechenskih-voennyh-kotoraya-napravlyaetsya-v-storonu-rostova-na-donu |url-status=live }}{{verification failed|date=June 2025}}

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| current_commander = Magomed Tushayev

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| identification_symbol = 125px

| identification_symbol_label = Flag of Chechnya

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The 141st Special Motorized Regiment",{{efn|{{Langx|ru|141-й специальный моторизованный полк}}}}{{efn|Known fully as the 141st Special Motorized Regiment named after Hero of the Russian Federation A. A. Kadyrov ({{langx|ru|141-й специальный моторизованный полк имени Героя Российской Федерации А. А. Кадырова|link=no}})}} colloquially known as the Kadyrovites{{efn|{{langx|ru|Кадыровцы|lit=Kadyrov's followers}}, after Akhmad Kadyrov}} is a regiment of the {{ill|46th Separate Operational Brigade|ru|46-я отдельная бригада оперативного назначения}} of the North Caucasian district of the National Guard Forces Command of the Russian Federation headquartered in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia. It was established on May 29, 2006, under the name {{ill|248th Special Motorized Battalion "North"|ru|248-й специальный моторизованный батальон «Север»}}, which renamed into the current name in 2010.[https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/259202 Батальон "Север" Источник: https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/259202 © Кавказский Узел]