19th Motor Rifle Division

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19th Rifle Division
(1922–1957)

92nd Motor Rifle Division
(1957–1965)

19th Motor Rifle Division
(1965–2009, 2020–Present)
19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия
58th Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQVladikavkaz
EngagementsWorld War II

First Chechen War

  • Battle of Grozny (1994–95)

Second Chechen War

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

Belgorod-Khar'kov Offensive Operation
(3 August 1943 - 23 August 1943).
As part of the
Bratislava–Brno Offensive
.

It participated in the liberation of the cities

Danube River near Apatin and in difficult, forested terrain during Battle of Batina led fierce battles with the Nazis on the left bank. In 1944 it fought through Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia, where it ended the war. For its courage in these battles and military skill the division was awarded the Order of Suvorov
2nd degree (January 6, 1945).

External image
image icon Map of the division's fighting path

During the war it served successively with the

7th Guards, and 46th
Armies.

In 1945, the division arrived in the

Stavropol Military District and was stationed in Vladikavkaz.[2] In May–June 1946, the division was reorganised into the 11th Separate Rifle Brigade. All battalions of the brigade were stationed in Ordzhonikidze (which was renamed Vladikavkaz in 1990). On 1 July 1949 the 11th Separate Rifle Brigade was reorganised as the 19th Mountain Rifle Division,[3] 12th Mountain Corps
. On May 31, 1954, the 19th Mountain Division was renamed the 19th Rifle Division. In March 1957 the 19th Rifle Division was reorganized as the 92nd Motor Rifle Division. According to the USSR Minister of Defense Order No. 00147 of November 17, 1964, in order to preserve the martial traditions, the 92nd Motor Rifle Division was renamed the 19th Motor Rifle Division. Thus in 1965 it became again the 19th Motor Rifle Division.

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

58th Army, in the North Caucasus Military District. Division honorifics are - Russian
: Воронежско-Шумлинская краснознаменная, орденов Суворова, Трудового Красного Знамени.

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

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and fought in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[7]

Structure

Structure of the 19th Motor Rifle Division

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
Main Battle Tanks 120 (T-72)
IFV
 330
Self Propelled Artillery 72 (2S3 Akatsiya)
Multiple Rocket Launchers 16

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 516
  3. ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 149
  4. ^ Новая мотострелковая дивизия укрепит группировку на границе с Украиной
  5. ^ Георгий Дзапаров (2020-06-17). "Во Владикавказе прошла первая репетиция парада Победы". Осетия-Ирыстон. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  6. ^ "Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 84, 31 May - 6 June 2021".
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Rondeli Russian Military Digest: Issue 88, 28 June - 4 July 2021".
  9. ^ 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
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