4th Guards Tank Division
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4th Guards Tank Division | |
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4-я гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия имени Ю. В. Андропова | |
Active | 1942–2010 2013–present |
Country | Russia |
Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
Type | Armored |
Size | 12-14,000
soldiers[ 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt
1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War South Ossetia – 1997 Second Chechen War Kosovo War Russo-Ukrainian War
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Decorations | |
Honorifics | Kantemirovka |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Colonel Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zhuravlyov |
Insignia | |
Sleeve patch |
The 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Tank Division (Kantemirovites, Kantemirovskaya Division, or Kantemir Division), (
It has Military Unit Number 19612 and is one of the key formations of the Western Military District. All of its units, as well as headquarters, are based in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest of Moscow.
History
World War II
The direct ancestor of the Division was the
In August 1943, the 4th Guards Tank Corps conducted continuous combat operations on the
The 4th Guards Tank Corps participated in the 1945 battle for
For the courage shown by Corps soldiers and officers, military units were awarded 23 awards, the staff of the Corps was thanked officially by the supreme commander in chief 18 times, 32 of its members were awarded the
On 14 June 1945, the 4th Guards Tank Corps became the 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Tank Division. On 13 September 1945, it was assigned to the Moscow Military District. It was re-deployed to Naro-Fominsk outside of Moscow, where it maintains its garrison.
Cold War period
On 11 September 1946, the Division participated in the Day of Tankmen's parade on Red Square in Moscow.[10][11] On 23 May 1953, the Division's 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment became the 119th Guards Mechanized Regiment. The 275th Guards Artillery Battalion was formed from the 264th Guards Mortar Regiment and the Howitzer Artillery Battalion. The 76th Separate Motorcycle Battalion was converted into a reconnaissance battalion.[12]
The 120th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment became the 538th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment in April 1955. The 14th Guards Tank Regiment was disbanded in June 1957. At the same time, the 43rd Guards Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment became the 43rd Guards Heavy Tank Regiment and the 119th Guards Mechanized Regiment was redesignated the 423rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment.[12]
In 1960 the Division's tank training battalion was disbanded. In early 1962, the 43rd Guards Heavy Tank Regiment became a regular tank regiment. In February 1962, the 196th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion and the 339th Separate Missile Battalion were activated. The 106th Separate Sapper Battalion became the 330th Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion in 1968. In 1972 the separate Chemical Defence Company became the 616th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion. The motor transport battalion was renamed the 1088th Separate Material Supply Battalion in 1980.[12]
In February 1984, the division received the honorific name "in the name of
The division was one of the two major divisions deployed in Moscow in August 1991 as part of the
Russian Federation
Following the
In the early 1990s, the division came under the command of the
The division's units participated in the
In May 2005, eight
Kantemirovsky Street in Moscow is named in honour of the 4th Guards Tank Division.[13]
In 2009, the division was reduced to the 4th Separate Guards Tank Brigade later that year, still stationed at Naro-Fominsk.[13] In May 2013, the Kantemirovskaya division was reformed from the tank brigade.[14]
As of June 2015[update], two years after the division was reconstituted, the Russian Armed Forces planned to rebuild the famous Soviet-era
Russo-Ukrainian War
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched its invasion of
On 13 May 2022, the division became the first Russian formation to be individually singled out as having allegedly committed
By September 2022, the division, while deployed as part of the 1st Guards Tank Army, despite not having fully reconstituted during its rest and refit, was hit by the
Structure
The 4th Guards Tank Division consists of a brigade headquarters, two tank regiments, one motor rifle regiment, an artillery regiment, an anti-aircraft missile regiment, a reconnaissance battalion, and several directly subordinated combat support and combat service support battalions and companies. According to a report from the Institute for the Study of War, in March 2018 the division contained:[24]
- Division Headquarters based in Naro-Fominsk commanded by Colonel Oleg Tulinov (Military Unit Number 19612)
- 137th Reconnaissance Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
- 165th Medical Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
- 413th Communications Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
- 330th Engineering Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
- 1088th Logistics Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
- 12th Guards Tank Regiment , Naro-Fominsk[25][26]
- 13th Guards Tank Regiment, Naro-Fominsk[27][28]
- 423rd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, Naro-Fominsk
- 275th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, Naro-Fominsk
- 538th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, Naro-Fominsk
Harris and Kagan list the
In 2008, the 4th Guards Tank Division had approximately 12,000 personnel in
Commanders
This article is missing information about commanders between 1957 and 1987.(March 2022) |
- Major General Nikolai Filippenko (1952–1957)
- Major General Boris Kurtsev (1957–1960)
- Major General Vladimir Dorodnov (1960–1965)
- Major General Nikolay Lapygin (1965–1968)[30]
- Major General Aleksandr Shalkin (1974–1977)[31]
- Major General Yury Momotov (1979–1982)
- Major General Vladimir Kartmazov (1982–1985)
- Major General Ivan Denisov (1985–1987)
- Major General Nikolay Loktionov (1987–1989)
- Major General Vladimir Chuzhikov (1989–1991)
- Major General Boris Nikolayevich Polyakov (1991—1994)
- Major General Alexander Denisov (1995–1998)
- Major General Yevgeny Fuzhenko (1999–2002)
- Major General Anatoly Yolkin (2002–2003)
- Major General Alexander Romanchuk (November 2003 – July 2006)
- Major General Sergey Kuralenko (July 2006 – June 2009)
- Colonel Sergey Youriévitch Nekrasov (June 2009 - Octobre 2010)
- Colonel Andrey Mordvichev (April 2011 – March 2012)
- Major General Sergei Kombarov (March 2012 – August 2015)
- Major General Andrey Kolesnikov (August 2015 – August 2018)[32][33]
- Major General Vladimir Zavadsky† (August 2018 – June 2021)[34]
- Colonel Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zhuravlyov (June 2021 – present)
Unit decorations
Ribbon | Award | Year | Location |
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Order of Lenin | 1944 | Krakow | |
Order of Red Banner
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1944 | Ukraine |
Traditions
Anniversaries
The anniversary of the formation of the division is celebrated on June 29 every year, with festive events in
Parades
The division participates in both the ground and mobile columns of the
Divisional museum
Naro-Fominsk hosts a Museum of Military Glory of the tank division. After restoration work in 2017, the exhibition halls were enlarged. It consists of over 3,000 exhibits, including military equipment and weapons. More than 10,000 people visit the museum annually, and over the years, the museum was visited by the military leadership as well as representatives of over 100 foreign delegations from
Equipment
The division's principal vehicles are the
The division's two tank regiments are equipped with the T-80U and smaller numbers of the T-80UE-1. Its motor rifle regiment is equipped with a mix of T-80BVs and the upgraded T-80BVMs which it began to receive in company-sized batches in 2020.[41]
Equipment Summary*
Equipment | Numbers |
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Main Battle Tanks | ~188 T-80U , ~20 T-80BVM, ~20 T-80BV
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IFV |
300 (BMP-2) |
Self-Propelled Artillery | 90 ( 2S19 Msta )
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Multiple Rocket Launchers | 18 BM-27
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*Equipment representative of the division between the late 2010s and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine .
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See also
- armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces
- Russian Guards
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