42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division

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173rd Guards District Training Centre (1987–present)
42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (1960–1987)
42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1960)
24th Guards Rifle Division (1942–1957)
111th Rifle Division (1940–1942)
Russian: 42-я гвардейская мотострелковая дивизия
Shoulder sleeve patch of the 42nd Guards MRD
Shoulder sleeve patch
Active
  • 1940—2009
  • 2016—present
Country
58th Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQKhankala, Chechnya
AnniversariesJuly 16, 1940
Engagements
DecorationsOrder of the Red Banner Order of the Red Banner
Battle honoursYevpatoria

The 42nd Guards "Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 27777, until 1987 MUN 29410; until 2009 MUN 28320)[2] is a Russian military unit.

The division was formed as the 111th Rifle Division in

12th Army Corps
, on 18 October 1960.

Second World War

The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as the 111th Rifle Division based on the 29th Reserve Brigade of the Arkhangelsk Military District.

In the active army from June 22, 1941, to March 17, 1942. On July 16, 1940, the division was fully formed (which became the division's anniversary). Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division only held 3,000 personnel. According to the "Reference on the deployment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the event of a war in the West", prepared by N.F. Vatutin on May 13, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was supposed to join the 28th Army. From June 10 to June 20, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was strengthened with 6,000 assigned personnel. The peacetime shtat (table of organization and equipment) No. 4/120 in the spring of 1941 was 5900 personnel.

On the day the German Operation Barbarossa began, June 22, 1941, the division was in field camps at the Kushchuba training center, 50  km from Vologda. From June 24 to June 30, 1941, the 111th Rifle Division was included in the 41st Rifle Corps of the Moscow Military District. The division was redeployed through Yaroslavl and Leningrad and departed for the Northwestern Front. On June 30, 1941, the corps arrived in the region of the city of Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, to engage in defense in the Ostrov and Pskov fortified areas. Under enemy fire, elements of the division unloaded at the Pskov, Cherskaya, and Ostrov stations and moved directly from the railway into battle. On July 10, the first commander of the division, Colonel I. M. Ivanov, died.

The division became the 24th Guards Rifle Division in March 1942.

12th Army Corps
, on 18 October 1960.

Training centre 1987–1992

1986 Structure of the 42nd Motor Rifle Division

On 14 September 1987, it became the 173rd Guards District Training Centre.

T-55s
.

From September to December 1991, part of the Training Centre's equipment and weapons were withdrawn from Chechnya by rail. In 1992, the Training Centre was disbanded. By Directive of the General Staff of the Armed Forces No. 314/3/0159 dated January 4, 1992, the 173rd Guards District Training Centre was to be separated,[2] and weapons and military equipment were to be removed. By a cipher telegram from the Minister of Defense of Russia, General of the Army P. S. Grachev, dated May 20, 1992, the commander of the North Caucasus Military District was allowed to transfer to the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 50 percent of military equipment and weapons.[21]

In early January, Major General Pyotr Sokolov, the commander of the Training Centre (ru:Соколов,_Пётр_Алексеевич_(генерал)), issued an order to issue personal weapons to officers and ensigns to protect them and other Soviet personnel from Chechen attacks.[22]

Through robbery and extortion, much of the Training Centre and other military units' armament and military equipment passed into the hands of Chechen separatists. Only 400 thousand small arms fell into the hands of Dzhokhar Dudayev, which was in warehouses and bases. All armored vehicles remained entirely in the village of Shali, where the 392nd Tank Regiment was stationed. The separatists also received 42 tanks, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, 14 armored personnel carriers, 139 artillery systems, 101 anti-tank weapons, 27 anti-aircraft guns and installations, two helicopters, 27 wagons of ammunition, 3,050 tons of fuel and lubricants, 38 tons of clothing, 254 tons of food.[22]

1992 when the division was disbanded, the following were transferred to the Chechen Republic: 44 MT-LBs, 57,000 small arms, and 27 wagons of ammunition.

Reformed

Following the beginning of the

2nd Guards Tamanskaya Motor Rifle Division in the Moscow Military District was established at Kalinovskaya, and 291st Motor Rifle Regiment, originating in the Leningrad Military District, was set up at Borzoy.[24]

On 1 July 2000, the Russian military leadership announced that a different place had been selected for stationing one of the regiments of the 42nd Division.[25] Deputy Defence Minister for the construction and quartering of troops, Colonel-General Aleksandr Kosovan (ru:Косован, Александр Давыдович) said that the MOD had decided on the area of the Borzoy settlement instead of the planned Itum-Kale for its motor rifle regiment. He also said that three of the regiments of the 42nd Division were going to be equipped "to the maximum" by the end of the year. The writer Michael Orr noted that the 291st Motor Rifle Regiment had been relocated 'when the tactical vulnerability of the position [originally Itum-Kale] was appreciated.'[26] The division was equipped with T-62 tanks, with at least one regiment having BMP-1 IFVs (infantry fighting vehicles).

The 42nd Division included two Chechen battalions,

Rosgvardiya.[27][28]

The division was reestablished in 2016, based on the 18th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade and additional units.

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with three of its Motor Rifle Regiments (70th, 71st, and 291st). The 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment suffered substantial losses in southeastern Ukraine.[31] As of July 2023 Colonel Roman Demurchiyev was division commander.[32]

During the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, the division was heavily engaged around Robotyne.[33]

Notes

  1. ^ Hird, Karolina; Barros, George; Mappes, Grace; Wolkov, Nicole; Clark, Mason; Kagan, Fredrick W. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 8, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Michael Holm, 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division, accessed February 2015.
  3. ^ "Arkhangelskii Military District, Red Army, 22.06.41". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  4. ^ Nafziger, George. "Soviet Army and Air Forces: 22 June 1941" (PDF). United States Army Combined Arms Center. Nafziger Orders of Battle. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-09-15. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  5. ^ Pettibone, p. 406
  6. ^ "Soviet Rifle Division, Nos. 50 - 99, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  7. ^ "Rifle Division, Soviet Army, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  8. ^ "Reconnaissance Battalion, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  9. ^ "Light Artillery Regiment, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  10. ^ "Light Artillery Battalion, Soviet Light Artillery Regiment, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  11. ^ "Motorized 122mm Howitzer Battalion, Soviet Light Artillery Regiment, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  12. ^ "Motorized 122mm Howitzer Battery, Soviet Light Artillery Regiment, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  13. ^ "Motorized 152mm Howitzer Battalion, Soviet Light Artillery Regiment, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  14. ^ "Motorized 152mm Howitzer Battery, Soviet Howitzer Regiment, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  15. ^ "Motorized Howitzer Regiment, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  16. ^ "Antitank Artillery Battalion, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  17. ^ "Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  18. ^ "37mm Antiaircraft Battery, Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  19. ^ "76mm Antiaircraft Battery, Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Soviet Rifle Division, 22 June 1941". niehorster.org. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  20. ^ С.Н.Жилин и др. (1980). Под гвардейским знаменем. Архангельск/Вологда.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  21. ^ Sandler, Battle for Grozny, 2023.
  22. ^ a b Дудаев и кровавый режим в Чечне. Krasnaya Zvezda (in Russian). 27 October 2001. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  23. ^ Orr 2000.
  24. ^ Borzoy is at 42°50′19″N 45°37′50″E / 42.83859°N 45.63042°E / 42.83859; 45.63042, in the Shatoy district, on the Itum-Kale - Shatoy road.
  25. ^ Russian Domestic Policy Chronology, July–September 2000, Conflict Studies Research Centre
  26. ^ Orr 2000, p. 17.
  27. ^ http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/2A70ED295DFC411EC22571FD0049FC9E?OpenDocument. Sulim Yamadayev commands the Vostok battalion.
  28. ^ Mappes, Grace; Wolkov, Nicole; Hird, Karolina; Harward, Christina; Evans, Angelica; Clark, Mason. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  29. ^ В ЮВО на территории Чечни завершается формирование 42-й мотострелковой дивизии. Министерство обороны Российской Федерации (in Russian). 2016-12-07. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19.
  30. ^ "42-я гвардейская в Крыму? Передислокация "чеченской" дивизии".
  31. ^ "Armed Forces of Ukraine Defeated 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment of Russian Army".
  32. ^ admin (2023-07-11). ""Наступали двумя волнами": командир рассказал об атаках на позиции 42-й дивизии на Ореховском направлении". МОО «Союз ветеранов спецназа ГРУ имени Героя Российской Федерации Шектаева Д.А.» (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-07-14.
  33. ^ Axe, David. "25 Tanks And Fighting Vehicles, Gone In A Blink: The Ukrainian Defeat Near Mala Tokmachka Was Worse Than We Thought". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-07-26.

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