19th Motor Rifle Division
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19th Rifle Division (1922–1957) 92nd Motor Rifle Division 19th Motor Rifle Division (1965–2009, 2020–Present) | |
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19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия | |
58th Combined Arms Army | |
Garrison/HQ | Vladikavkaz |
Engagements | World War II
War in South Ossetia (2008)
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Dmitri Ivanovich Uskov |
The 19th Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия, romanized: 19-ya motostrelkovaya Voronezhsko-Shumlinskaya Krasnoznamonnaya, ordenov Suvorova i Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni diviziya), is a division of the Russian Ground Forces. It appears to have been formed originally in July 1922 at Tambov in the Moscow Military District as a territorial formation. In 1923 it was awarded the 'Tambov' placename and renamed the 19th Voronezh Rifle Division. The division was downsized to a brigade in 2009 and reestablished as a division in 2020.
History
By the beginning of
As part of the
It participated in the liberation of the cities
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Map of the division's fighting path |
During the war it served successively with the
In 1945, the division arrived in the
It arrived in the Caucasus region by the mid-1950s and has been stationed for many years at Vladikavkaz. In the late 1980s it was part of the 42nd Army Corps at Volgograd and consisted of the 397th Tank Regiment, and the 201st, 429th, and 503rd Motor Rifle Regiments.
Today after reshuffling of units during the last fifteen years it is part of the re-formed
On August 8, 2008, elements of the 19th Motor Rifle Division (at least 503rd Motor Rifle Reg.) entered South Ossetia.[citation needed]
In 2009 as part of the wider restructuring of the Russian Ground Forces the division became the 19th Motor Rifle Brigade.
In 2020 19th Motorized Rifle Brigade became the 19th Motorized Rifle Division within the
Structure
2007
- 429th Motor Rifle Regiment
- 503rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (equipping with 10 BTR-82A armored personnel carriers as of 2021)[8]
- 693rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
- 292nd Self-propelled Artillery Regiment
- 481st Air-Defence Missile Regiment
- 141st Tank Battalion
- Engineer Battalion
- Military Intelligence Battalion
- Signal Battalion
- Chemical Battalion
- Supply Battalion
- Maintenance Battalion
- Medical Battalion
Personnel and Equipment
The 19th Motor Rifle Division currently has approximately 11,000 personnel in active service.
Equipment Summary[9]
Equipment | Numbers |
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Main Battle Tanks | 120 (T-72) |
IFV |
330 |
Self Propelled Artillery | 72 (2S3 Akatsiya) |
Multiple Rocket Launchers | 16 |
Notes
- ^ Mappes, Grace; Wolkov, Nicole; Stepanenko, Kateryna; Barros, George; Clark, Mason. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 11, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 516
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 149
- ^ Новая мотострелковая дивизия укрепит группировку на границе с Украиной
- ^ Георгий Дзапаров (2020-06-17). "Во Владикавказе прошла первая репетиция парада Победы". Осетия-Ирыстон. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ "Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 84, 31 May - 6 June 2021".
- ^ "Ukraine Army liquidates commander and chief of staff of Russian motor rifle regiment". Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 88, 28 June - 4 July 2021".
- ^ North Caucasus Military District, warfare.ru, Russian Military Analisis. Retrieved on September 1, 2008.
- Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
- Michael Holm, 19th Motor Rifle Division
References
- Michael Avanzini and Craig Crofoot, 'Armies of the Bear'
- Aberjona Press, 'Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front', 2005