150th Motor Rifle Division
150th Motor Rifle Division | |
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Engagements | World War II 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Decorations | Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class |
Honorifics | Idritsa |
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Division SSI |
The 150th Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Motor Rifle Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова 2-й степени мотострелковая дивизия) of the Russian Ground Forces is a tank and artillery division that was re-instituted in 2016.[7][8][9] It is part of the 8th Guards Army, which was reformed in 2017, in the Southern Military District.
Its
History
The division was formed three times, being initially established at Vyazma in September 1939. As part of the 3rd Army's 3rd Rifle Corps, the division took part in the Soviet Invasion of Poland.
Force Composition[10]
- 469th Rifle Regiment
- 674th Rifle Regiment
- 756th Rifle Regiment
- 328th Light Artillery Regiment
- 418th Howitzer Regiment
Operating as part of the 9th Army on 22 June 1941, then, after the Second Battle of Kharkov, was wiped out at Izyum in May 1942.
2nd Formation
The division was reformed at Turga in the Siberian Military District on July 23, 1942, based on the 1st Siberian Volunteer Division. The unit was made up of over 10,000 men from Siberian factories and the Kuzbass coal fields and had a cadre of 1,460 combat veterans. By September 1 it had enlisted 13,754 personnel, 43.8 percent of whom were Communist Party members or Komsomols. Within two weeks it was assigned to the 6th "Siberian Volunteer" Rifle Corps and began moving by rail to camps near Moscow where it received the last of its support troops and transport. On September 30, the 150th set out on a 170km road march to join the 22nd Army near Belyi, part of the Kalinin Front.[11]
During the Second Rzhev-Sychevka Offensive (
3rd Formation
It was then re-created for the third time in September 1943. When formed for the third time, it was composed of the 127th, 144th, and 151st brigades. Initially, this division fell under the command of the
On April 22, 1945, when victory for the Soviet Army was near, an order from the Military Council of the
On April 26, 1945, for its earlier heroic overnight victory at lake Woświn east of Stargard, 150th Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, second degree.
In December 1946 the division was disbanded in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany.[14]
15 personnel were awarded the Gold Star Medal as Heroes of the Soviet Union, while a veteran of the unit was given the Gold Star Medal as a Hero of Ukraine in 2005.
Reactivation (2016)
The unit was re-established in December 2016 in
The division was equipped with T-90A MBTs, BMP-3 IFVs and BTR-80 APCs, and contains as-yet undisclosed infantry, armour, artillery and SAM regiments, as well as communications, logistics and intelligence units.[1] The division's re-formation was completed by 2017.[17][18] In 2018, Russian president Putin signed decrees naming some of the division's units after localities in Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine.[19]
On the eve of
The division has been heavily engaged in the
Organization as of 2017/18
- Division HQ
- 174th Reconnaissance Battalion
- 258th Signal Battalion
- 293rd Materiel Battalion
- 539th Engineers Battalion
- Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
- Medical Battalion
- Electronic Warfare Company
- UAV Company
- NBC protection company
- 102nd Slonim-Pomeranian Motorized Rifle Regiment[22]
- 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment
- 68th Guards Zhytomyr-Berlin Tank Regiment[23]
- 163rd Guards Nizhyn Tank Regiment[24]
- 381st Guards Warsaw Artillery Regiment[25]
- 993rd Upper Dnipro Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment[26]
- Additional Motorized Rifle Regiment reported forming in 2018[27]
Commanders
- Major-general Sergei Alekseyevich Kniazkov (1939–1940)
- Major-general Alexander Ivanovich Pastrevich (1940–1941)
- Major-general Daniil Grigorevich Egorov (1941–1942)
- Colonel Leonid Vasilyevich Yakovlev (September 1943 – April 1944)
- Major-general Vasily Mitrofanovich Shatilov (May 1944 – December 1946)
- Major-general Pyotr Nikolayevich Bolgarev (2016–2018)
- Major-general Ruslan Musaevich Dzeitov (2018–2019)
- Major-general Vladimir Khazretovich Elkanov (2019–2020)
See also
- List of Soviet Union divisions 1917–1945
- Victory Banner
References
- ^ TASS(2 December 2016)
- ^ "Подразделения 150-й мотострелковой дивизии переброшены на полигон Прудбой". Пресс-служба Южного военного округа. 2017-06-03. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "Минометчики 150-й мотострелковой дивизии уничтожили наземные цели условного противника". Пресс-служба Южного военного округа (in Russian). 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "В 150-ю мотострелковую дивизию ЮВО поступили САУ 2С3М "Акация"". Пресс-служба Южного военного округа (in Russian). 2018-03-25. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "Военнослужащие артполка 150-й мотострелковой дивизии впервые проведут в Ростове-на-Дону праздничный салют в День защитника Отечества". Пресс-служба Южного военного округа (in Russian). 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "Расчеты "Тор-М2" 150-й мотострелковой дивизии ЮВО завершили боевое слаживание в составе дивизиона". Пресс-служба Южного военного округа (in Russian). 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ Министр обороны проинспектировал ход обустройства 150-й мотострелковой дивизии ЮВО в Ростовской области
- ^ Новая 150-я мотострелковая дивизия приступила к защите рубежей на юге РФ
- ^ Военнослужащие 150-й мотострелковой дивизии ЮВО приступили к полевым занятиям на полигоне в Ростовской области : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации
- ^ Nafizger Collection 939RJAA
- ^ Charles C. Sharp, "Red Swarm", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed From 1942 to 1945, Soviet Order of Battle World War II, Volume X, Nafziger, 1996, p. 57
- ^ Sharp, "Red Swarm", pp. 57-58
- ^ A largely symbolic move, as the building had not been the seat of German power since the 1933 Reichstag fire
- ^ a b Merzlyakov, Roman (23 April 2016). "Боевое соединение на юге России назовут в честь покорителей Рейхстага" [Military forces in the south of Russia will be named for the conquerors of the Reichstag]. Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ "Источник: новое соединение на юге РФ получит имя дивизии, бравшей Рейхстаг" [Source: A New Unit in South Russia will receive the name of the division that took the Reichstag]. TASS (in Russian). 23 April 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ^ Ramm, Alexey; Andreyev, Yevgeny (17 March 2017). "В Южном военном округе появится новая армия" [New army in the Southern Military District]. Isvestia (in Russian). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation(19 January 2017)
- ^ "ЦАМТО / Новости / В Крыму сформирован 22-й армейский корпус Черноморского флота".
- ^ "In Provocative Move, Putin Names Regiments After Ukrainian Cities, Warsaw, Berlin". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Впервые знаменная группа с подлинной копией Знамени Победы прошла в Новочеркасске : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации".
- ^ "Ukraine claims to have killed fifth Russian general since start of the war". Newsweek. 19 March 2022.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 388 'О присвоении 102 мотострелковому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 387 'О присвоении 68 танковому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 389 'О присвоении 163 танковому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 391 'О присвоении 381 артиллерийскому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 390 'О присвоении 933 зенитному ракетному полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
- ^ "Russian Military Forces: Interactive Map".