90th Guards Lvov Tank Division (1985–1997)

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82nd Rifle Division
82nd Motorized Rifle Division
3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Division
6th Guards Mechanized Corps
6th Guards Mechanized Division
6th Guards Motor Rifle Division
90th Guards Tank Division
Guards insignia
Active1932–2001
CountrySoviet Union
BranchRed Army, Soviet Army
TypeInfantry, Armour
Sizedivision
Garrison/HQ(final) Chernorech'e
EngagementsOperation Mars
Operation Kutuzov
Battle of Berlin

The 90th Guards Tank Division was a division of the Soviet Army, and then of the Russian Ground Forces.

Interwar period

The division traced its history back to the formation of the 82nd Territorial Rifle Division in 1932 from personnel of the

57th Rifle Division's 169th Rifle Regiment, which had relocated to the Transbaikal region. Formed in the Perm area, the 82nd relocated to the Ural Military District in May 1935. In May 1939, the 82nd Rifle was mobilized and sent to the Transbaikal. From July, it fought in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol against Japanese troops. After the end of the fighting, the 82nd was stationed at Bayantümen. For their actions, the 601st Rifle and 82nd Artillery Regiments of the division were awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 17 November.[1]

By a directive of the

T-40 amphibious tanks for a total of 217 tanks.[1]

World War II

In July and August, the division was reorganized into the 82nd Motor Rifle Division again. Its 123rd Tank Regiment was used to form the

Guards unit, the 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, on 17 March 1942, and received the Order of the Red Banner.[1]

It took part in the summer battles of 1942 with the

17th Guards Mechanised Brigade
.

The new Corps, under the command of Lieutenant General

Lvov
' for its part in the liberation of that city.

Cold War

The Corps then became the 6th Guards Mechanised Division (1945–57) and then 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division (17 May 1957 – 1982, GSFG). The division was based at

20th Guards Army. In May 1958, the division was reorganized. The 930th Guards Artillery Regiment moved to the 11th Guards Motor Rifle Division and was replaced by the 400th Artillery Regiment. The 1106th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment and 22nd Separate Guards Sapper Battalion were also transferred to the 11th Guards and replaced by that division's 288th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment and 122nd Separate Guards Sapper Battalion. The 351st Separate Missile Battalion was activated in 1961. On 19 February 1962, the 32nd Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion was activated. In May, the 10th Separate Tank Battalion was formed. The 122nd Separate Guards Sapper Battalion became an engineer-sapper battalion in 1968 and the 465th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion was activated. The chemical defence company became the 120th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion in 1972. The 686th Separate Motor Transport Battalion became the 1122nd Separate Material Supply Battalion in 1980.[3]

Troops of the 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division on parade in Bernau, 1985

On 8 February 1985, the 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division became the 90th Guards Tank Division. A new 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division was formed from the previous 90th Guards Tank Division in Poland. The new 90th Guards Tank Division's 16th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment became the 6th Guards Tank Regiment. Its 82nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the new 6th Guards in Poland and replaced by that division's 215th Guards Tank Regiment. The 10th Separate Tank Battalion was disbanded, and the 465th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion transferred to the new 6th Guards. On 28 August 1988, the 351st Separate Missile Battalion was transferred to the 464th Missile Brigade. On 1 July 1989, the 215th Guards Tank Regiment was moved to the 25th Tank Division and replaced by that division's 803rd Motor Rifle Regiment.[3]

During its last years in Germany the Division consisted of the 6th and 68th Guards Tank Regiments, the 81st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, and the 803rd Motor Rifle Regiment . Also part of the Division were the 400th SP

35th Motor Rifle Division's 69th Motor Rifle Regiment. The division became part of the 2nd Guards Tank Army in May.[3]

Russian service

In August 1992, the division moved to Chernorechye (now Roshchinsky) in Samara Oblast, becoming part of the Volga Military District, declining to a very low strength. In 1993, the 69th Motor Rifle Regiment became the 169th Tank Regiment. Between December 1993 and May 1998, the division was part of the 2nd Guards Army. Between 14 December 1994 and 9 April 1995 the 81st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment fought in the First Chechen War.

In December 1997 (or on September 1, 1997), the division became the 5968th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base (Tank Troops) (5968-ю гв. Базу хранения вооружения и техники (танковых войск)). The 68th Guards Tank Regiment became the 2nd department for storing weapons and equipment (tank troops) (without the rank of “Guards”, without banners and orders for them). The 81st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment was sent to the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division.

A Russian media report on 14 July 2001 said the 5968th Base was to be broken up to reinforce the 27th Motor Rifle Division and other units.[4] The base disbanded in 2005.[3][5]

Its final division honorifics were:

Lvov, Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Order of Suvorov (Russian
: Львовская краснознаменная, орденов Ленина, Суворова).

Regiments, 1980s

Reverse of banner of the 68th Guards Tank Regiment, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110516125726/http://orbat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?=&p=57

  • 6th Guards "Lvovskiy" order of Lenin Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Tank Regiment
  • 68th Guards "Zhitomirsko-Berlinskiy" Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitskiy and Aleksandr Nevskiy Tank Regiment
  • 81st Guards "Petrokovskiy" twice Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Tank Regiment
  • 803rd Motorized Rifle Regiment (1989 from the 25th Tank Division; replaced the 215th Guards "Kamenesk-Podolskiy" Guards Tank Regiment
  • 400th "Transilvanskiy" Red Banner order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Motorized Artillery Regiment
  • 288th Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (originally directly subordinated to the 1st Ukrainian Front)
  • 339th Mechanized regiment (Originally deployed at the Saratov district )

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Drig, Yevgeny (17 March 2007). "82 моторизованная дивизия" [82nd Motorized Division]. mechcorps.rkka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  2. ^ John Erickson, 'Road to Berlin,' 1982, p. 115
  3. ^ a b c d Holm, Michael. "6th Guards Motorised Rifle Division". ww2.dk. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  4. ^ AVN Military News Agency, 'Russia: Motor-rifle division in Volga district undergoing planned changes,' 1340 GMT 13 July 2001, via BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
  5. ^ "2-я Гв. ТА в ПОСЛЕВОЕННЫЙ ПЕРИОД 1945–1998 г." [2nd Guards Tank Army postwar 1945–1998]. 2gvta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 1 March 2016.

References

  • Keith Bonn (ed.), Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, 2005
  • Craig Crofoot, 'Group of Soviet Forces Germany,' V3.0.0, 7 February 2007, manuscript available via www.microarmormayhem.com.
  • Feskov, V.I.; K.A. Kalashnikov; V.I. Golikov (2004). The Soviet Army in the Years of the 'Cold War' (1945–1991).
    ISBN 5-7511-1819-7
    .
  • Chernorech'e base at warfare.ru
  • 6 GMC museum: http://www.russianmuseums.info/M557
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