13th Guards Tank Regiment

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13th Guards Tank Shepetovka Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment
Russian: 13-й гвардейский танковый Шепетовский Краснознамённый, орденов Суворова и Кутузова полк
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Active1942–2009
2013 – present
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The 13th Guards Tank Shepetovka Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment (Russian: 13-й гвардейский танковый Шепетовский Краснознамённый, орденов Суворова и Кутузова полк, romanized: 13-y gvardeyskiy tankovyy Shepetovskiy Krasnoznamonnyy, ordenov Suvorova i Kutuzova polk; Military Unit Number 32010) is a tank regiment, formerly of the Soviet Army and now of the Russian Ground Forces. The regiment is part of the 4th Guards Tank Division, based at Naro-Fominsk.

The regiment was formed during

Russian invasion of Ukraine
together with its division.

World War II

The regiment traces its history back to the 67th Tank Brigade. Formed in early 1942 near Stalingrad at the Stalingrad Armored Center, Colonel Nikolay Golyas was appointed brigade commander in May. The brigade was assigned to the

Izyum. After the Soviet defeat at Kharkov, the brigade and its corps were withdrawn to the RVGK for rebuilding in March.[4]

The brigade and the 4th Guards Tank Corps returned to combat in July with the

Lvov–Sandomierz offensive.[4]

Lieutenant Colonel

Neisse and the capture of Cottbus, Lübben (Spreewald), Zossen, Beelitz, Luckenwalde, Treuenbrietzen, Zahna, Marienfelde, Trebbin, Rangsdorf, Dietersdorf, and Keltow. Twelve soldiers of the brigade was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for their actions during the war.[7]

Cold War

After the end of the war, the brigade was reorganized as the 13th Guards Tank Regiment on 3 July 1945 when the 4th Guards Tank Corps became the 4th Guards Tank Division. The regiment was withdrawn to

MTU-20, and one MT-LBT.[10]

Russian service

The tanks of the regiment were ordered into Moscow by the coup plotters known as the

1991 August Coup. President Boris Yeltsin ordered them into Moscow again during the 1993 October Coup, during which they shelled the White House on 4 October. Individual servicemen and elements of the regiment participated in the First Chechen War and the Second Chechen War.[5]

During the 2009 reform of the Russian Armed Forces, the 4th Guards Tank Division was reorganized as the 4th Separate Guards Tank Brigade, resulting in the disbandment of the regiment. The regiment was reformed in 2013 when the brigade was expanded into the 4th Guards Tank Division, which became part of the revived

Lao People's Army.[12]

T-80U of the type used by the regiment during division exercises, 2018

In mid-2014, elements of the division, including personnel from the regiment, were sent to Ukraine to fight in the

war in Donbas.[13][14]

With the rest of the

Battle of Izium.[19] There it has fought in the Battle of Rubizhne and the Battle of Sievierodonetsk.[20]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Сборник приказов Народного комиссара обороны СССР (1941-1944) о преобразованиях частей и соединений Красной Армии в гвардейские (in Russian). Moscow: People's Commissariat of Defense. 1945. p. 82. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  2. ^ Перечень № 7 Управлений бригад всех родов войск входивших в состав действующей армии в годы Великой Отечественной войны 1941—1945 гг (in Russian). Moscow: General Staff of the Soviet Armed Forces. 1956. pp. 52, 65.
  3. ^ Tsapayev 2019, p. 144.
  4. ^ a b c Tsapayev 2019, p. 51.
  5. ^ a b c Bogatyrev, Aleksandr (13 September 2003). "Шепетовцы из 13-го верят не в приметы, а в самих себя". Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  6. ^ Tsapayev 2019, pp. 364–366.
  7. ^ "Гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия продолжает активно наращивать боевую подготовку". Zvezda (in Russian). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  8. ^ Feskov et al. 2013, p. 218.
  9. ^ Feskov et al. 2013, pp. 224, 501.
  10. ^ Lensky & Tsybin 2001, p. 175.
  11. ^ "The elite force of the Russian Army, the 1st Tank Army of the Russian Guards, has the best combat strength in Europe". Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  12. ^ Gavrilov, Yury (17 March 2021). "Легендарные Т-34 снова пройдут по Красной площади 9 мая". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Special Report: Russian soldiers quit over Ukraine". Reuters. 2015-05-10. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  14. ^ "Офицер подмосковной части попросил в суде снисхождения за участие в "мероприятиях на территории смежной страны, где нас как бы не было"". Медиазона (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  15. ^ ""Мне приказали выстрелить". В Киеве начался первый суд над российским военным, обвиняемым в убийстве мирного жителя". BBC Russian Service. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  16. ^ Sevrinovsky, Vladimir (18 May 2022). "В Киеве начали судить 21-летнего Вадима Шишимарина — первого российского солдата, обвиняемого в военных преступлениях. Мы поговорили с его матерью". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  17. ^ "Звільнення українськими воїнами Тростянця: командир 13 танкового полку РФ застрелився, іншого командувача армії окупантів - знято з посади. ФОТОрепортаж". Censor.NET (in Ukrainian). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Russian Russian Commander Shot Himself, March 29". Mirror. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  19. ^ Cooper, Tom (2022-04-06). "Ukraine War, 4–5 April, 2022". Medium. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  20. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 9". Institute for the Study of War. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

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