24th Corps Artillery Regiment

Renamed from the 19th corps artillery regiment on 07/07/1939 as part of the 50th rifle corps of the 23rd army . It was armed with 152-mm ML-20 howitzers.

He took part in the winter war .

In the army during the Second World War from 06/22/1941 to 06/25/1943.

The regiment on 06/22/1941 was part of the 50th Rifle Corps of the 23rd Army , stationed near Vyborg .

06/22/1941 regiment units advanced to the Soviet-Finnish border on sections defended by the 123rd Infantry Division and the 43rd Infantry Division : 1/24 of the KKAP was located in Torikkola (Finnish. Torikkala, now the Malinovka tract of the Vyborg district of the Leningrad Region ), 2 / 24 KKAP in Kuuluvainen (fin. Kuuluvainen, northwestern part of Lake Tervayarvi (fin. Tervajärvi, now Lake Ushakovskoe)), 3/24 KKAP at ur. Tervayarvi (northern shore of the central part of Lake Tervayarvi). The headquarters of the regiment is located in Rakkola (Fin. Rakkola, now the Karpovka tract of the Vyborg district of the Leningrad region ), later (06/26/1941) moving to the Myllynen district southeast of ur. Tervayarvi. closer to the bridge over the lake.

On the night of 06/29/1941 on 06/30/1941 the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to advance along the line of 123 SD - to the settlements of Usitimperi, Vanhatimperi (near Lake Lappajärvi ), as well as Hyäsälä (Fin. Häsälä, now the tract Bulanovka of the Vyborg District of the Leningrad Region ). 06/30/1941 24 corps artillery regiment launched a fire attack on the concentration of enemy troops and road junctions on the Soviet-Finnish border, as well as on the station Simola (Fin. Simola) ^[1] .

07/04/1941 the enemy launched an attack on the site of the 43rd SD (in the vicinity of 1/24 KKAP), but was repulsed.

"Our infantry, due to the lack of discipline and cowardice of the company commander, without accepting the battle, went to the PNP 1/24 KKAP line. Lieutenant KIRILOV with several scouts staunchly repelled the attacks of the Finns surrounding them until the retreating company arrived at the battlefield. The enemy went abroad.", P. 10 combat report magazine 24 KKAP ^[1]

During July and until August 20, 1941, 24 KKAP confronted enemy artillery, successfully suppressing batteries firing at advanced sections of 123 SD

"... it was established that the enemy in front of the 255th infantry fighting front has up to a division of infantry units, up to 2 tank battalions and small artillery that does not exceed ours in quantitative terms and is significantly worse in quality. Of the total number of shells fired by enemy artillery, approximately 60% are not torn. There were cases when only three of the 11 shells fired, and of the 22 shells fired by O.P. 323 a.p., only 2 shells exploded. ", p. 16 of the 24 KKAP combat reports ^{[ one]}

On 11/11/1941, during the attack on Hyasyal, the Finns pushed the front units of the Red Army by 300-400 m at a front of 1.5 km, a height of 40.8 was occupied at Vanhatimperi.

07/28/1941 with the support of 3/24 KKAP, the height of 40.8 was repulsed ..

08/04/1941 123 s.d. with the support of 24, the KKAP goes on the offensive along the entire front of the division, moving close to the border, knocking the enemy out of the neutral zone and moving in separate sections up to 500 m beyond the state border. Further advancement is stopped by enemy resistance.

At the end of August, on the Kexholm direction, the enemy pushes the Red Army units over the water barrier of the Vuoksa River, seizes the crossings and moves to Vyborg to the village of Repola (Fin. Repola, between the modern lakes Maloe Krasnokholmskoe and Smirnovskoe) , thus creating a threat of encirclement of 123 s.d. From 08/20/1941 24 KKAP covers the withdrawal of 123 SD , and all the free transport of the regiment is involved in the transfer of infantry. On August 24, 1941, the regiment was ordered to follow in the city of Pushkin at the disposal of the 42nd Army , where it arrived on August 26, 1941.

Since August 1941, he has been fighting on the Kingisepp direction in the area of ​​Moloskovits, then in the area of ​​the Gatchina-Leningrad road. Until February 1942, it was fighting near Leningrad , then it was transferred across Ladoga for the encirclement ring to the Volkhov section of the front.

On April 18, 1942, it was located in the area of ​​the Workers' Village No. 8. Since August 27, 1942, being in the artillery group of the 8th Army, it participates in the Sinyavino operation and supports the fire of Soviet troops breaking through to Leningrad in the direction of Sinyavino . During the reporting operation, the regiment destroyed 13 artillery and 1 mortar batteries and 3 jet mortars.

In January 1943, it supported the Soviet troops advancing during the breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad.

06/26/1943 converted into the 223rd Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment .

• Lieutenant Colonel Gusarov N.A.

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