20th Guards Combined Arms Army
20th Guards Combined Arms Army (1960–present) 4th Guards Mechanized Army (1946–1960) 4th Guards Tank Army (1945–1946) 4th Tank Army (1942–1945) | |
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Type | Armoured |
Size | currently 2 motor rifle divisions, 2 artillery/missile brigades + several other auxiliary regiments |
Part of | Moscow Military District (1992–2010) Western Military District (2010 – present) |
Garrison/HQ | Voronezh |
Engagements | World War II
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Commanders | |
Current commander | Major general Sukhrab Akhmedov |
Notable commanders |
The 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (originally designated as the 4th Tank Army, 4th Guards Tank Army in 1945, 4th Guards Mechanised Army in 1946, and the 20th Guards Army in 1960 within the
1st formation (4th Tank Army)
The army was first formed by
It was committed to battle without being fully formed, as German forces had broken through. The Army attempted to stop the German
4th Tank Army later came under command of General
2nd formation (4th Guards Tank Army)
On 15 July 1943, after an abortive attempt to form the Army for a second time had been called off in February, it was reformed as
Its first operation as 4th Tank Army, under Lt. General Tank Tr.
Cold War
It was initially part of the
From 1946 to 1957 the Army was named 4th Guards Mechanised Army. It was renamed 20th Guards Army in 1960,
Post Cold War
In June 2006 elements of the Army took part in the "Shield of Union" joint Russian–Belarusian exercises. From 2009 to 2014 the
Units subservient to 20th Army
- 3rd Motor Rifle Division (в/ч 54046) (Boguchar) [16] [17]
- 752nd Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 34670)
- 252nd Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 91711)
- 237th Guards Tank Regiment (в/ч 91726)
- 84th Reconnaissance Battalion (в/ч 22263)
- 99th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (в/ч 91727)
- 159th Separate Anti-Tank Battalion (в/ч 81989)
- 1143rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (в/ч 48422)
- 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division (в/ч 23060) (Yelnya) [18] [17]
- 254th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 91704)
- 488th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (в/ч 12721)
- 59th Guards Tank Regiment (в/ч 94018)
- 148th Reconnaissance Battalion (в/ч 23872)
- 856th Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (в/ч 23857)
- 1259th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
- 673rd Separate Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (в/ч 53821)
- 236th Guards Artillery Brigade (в/ч 53195) (Kolomna)[19]
- 448th Rocket Brigade (в/ч 35535) (Kursk)
- 53rd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (в/ч 32406) (Kursk)[20][21]
- 99th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base (Tver)
- 7015th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base (Mulino)
- 152nd Logistic Support Brigade (Liski)
- 9th Guards Command Brigade (Voronezh)
- Battalion of the 82nd Separate Warsaw Radio Engineering Special Purpose Brigade[14]
Commanders
The following officers have commanded the army:[22]
- Major General Vasily Kryuchenkin(22 July 1942 – 20 October 1942)
- Colonel General Pavel Batov (22 October 1942 – 27 October 1942)
- Lieutenant General Vasily Badanov (15 July 1943 – 29 March 1944)
- Colonel General Dmitry Lelyushenko (29 March 1944 – 30 August 1947)
- Lieutenant General Viktor Obukhov (30 August 1947 – 15 December 1951)
- Major General Pyotr Kalininchenko (15 December 1951 – 11 May 1953)
- Lieutenant General Vladimir Komarov (11 May 1953 – 10 January 1955)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 8 August 1955) Vladimir Chizh (10 January 1955 – 22 January 1960)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 27 April 1962) Viktor Kotov (22 January 1960 – 9 December 1964)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 7 May 1966) Mikhail Khomulo (9 December 1964 – 12 May 1968)
- Lieutenant General Ivan Velichko (12 May 1968 – 12 May 1970)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 8 November 1971) Nikolay Lapygin (12 May 1970 – 19 October 1972)
- Lieutenant General Vladimir Sivenok (6 December 1972 – 7 July 1975)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 14 February 1977) Vladimir Arkhipov (7 July 1975 – 17 April 1979)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 25 October 1979) Ivan Chelombeyev (17 April 1979 – December 1981)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 5 November 1985) Albert Makashov (9 January 1982 – January 1986)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 16 February 1988) Alexander Chumakov (January 1986 – April 1988)
- Major General (promoted to Lieutenant General 18 December 1991) Mikhail Arkhipov (April 1988 – 22 December 1991)
- Lieutenant General Nikolay Pugachyov (23 December 1991 – 28 June 1993)
- Major General Alexey Nefyodov (29 June 1993 – 1994)
- Lieutenant General Vladimir Chuzhikov (1994–2000)[23]
- Major General Sergey Makarov (2000 – August 2002)[23]
- Lieutenant General Alexander Postnikov-Streltsov (August 2002 – November 2004)[23]
- Major General Sukhrab Akhmedov commanded in 2023[24]
References and sources
Citations
- ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 23, 2023".
- ^ "New AFU Victory May be in the Works: Russian Forces in Lyman Are "Effectively Surrounded"". 30 September 2022.
- ^ Bailey, Riley; Hird, Karolina; Wolkov, Nicole; Clark, Mason. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 14, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Russia tries to strengthen offensive operations in Bakhmut area – ISW". 17 May 2023.
- ^ David M. Glantz, To the Gates of Stalingrad, University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009. p 213
- ^ Combat Composition of the Soviet Army Archived 2014-05-02 at the Wayback Machine, 1 August 1942
- ^ John Erickson, Road to Berlin, 1982, p.115
- ^ 20 армия
- ^ Michael Holm, 14th Guards Motor Rifle Division, accessed 2015.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "35th Motorised Rifle Division". ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ Craig Crofoot, document on Group of Soviet Forces Germany accessible at microarmormayhem.com, including Conventional Forces in Europe data exchange material
- ^ "Войсковая часть 54096 (6 отбр) поселок Мулино". voinskayachast.net. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ^ "Россия негласно создала гвардейскую танковую армию" [Russia secretly created Guards Tank Army]. BBC (in Russian). 2 June 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b Mukhin, Oleg (19 August 2016). "Генералы с Кавказа сменяются в Воронеже" [Generals from the Caucasus take over in Voronezh]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ Mukhin, Oleg (3 February 2017). "20-я армия нашла командующего на Сахалине" [20th Army Finds Commander on Sakhalin]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ^ "Две новые дивизии ЗВО и ЮВО полностью обустроят в мае 2017 года". РИА Новости (in Russian). 11 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ a b "RUSSIAN REGULAR GROUND FORCES ORDER OF BATTLE" (PDF). October 2023.
- Ведомости(in Russian). 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ "236th Artillery Brigade awarded honorary designation Guards". 31 March 2023.
- ^ Romein, Daniel (2016-02-23). "MH17 - Potential Suspects and Witnesses from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade". bellingcat. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ "Putin awards honorary Guards title to anti-aircraft missile brigade that supplied the Buk that shot down Flight MH-17". The Insider (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 406.
- ^ a b c Chervakov, Andrey (11 November 2004). "Отличник штабной подготовки" [Excellent staff training]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 30 September 2017.
- ^ "RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN ASSESSMENT, JUNE 14, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
Bibliography
- Keith E. Bonn (ed.), Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, 2005, p. 334
- see also (Ru) http://polk69wunsdorf.narod.ru/simple11.html Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- 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.
- Glantz, David M. 'Companion to Colossus Reborn' Univ. Press of Kansas, 2005.