992nd anti-tank artillery regiment

The regiment was part of the army in the period from June 20, 1942 to May 12, 1944 and from September 1, 1944 to May 9, 1945 ^[2] .

By order of the Supreme Commander dated September 25, 1943 ^{[3], the} regiment was given the name Roslavl ^[4] . The title was awarded for the liberation of the city of Roslavl , which was occupied on August 3, 1941 and released on September 25, 1943 by the troops of the Western Front during the Smolensk-Roslavl operation . Troops who participated in the battles for Smolensk and Roslavl, thanks to the order of the Supreme Command of September 25, 1943, were thanked and saluted in Moscow with 20 artillery volleys from 224 guns ^[1] .

On July 4, 1945, the 992nd Iptap was stationed in the Lesn. Shterits, and in August 1945, the headquarters of the 39th oytabtab, which included the 992nd Iptap, was located in the mountains. Born (Germany) near Leipzig.

Height 91.7

In September 1944, the 39th Iptabr, including the 992nd Iptap, was sent from the front reserve to reinforce the anti-tank reserve of the 6th Guards Army. On the Dobele-Wilki highway, where the Great Germany Panzer Division made a breakthrough, at an altitude of 91.7 that threatened access to the city of Dobele, the regiment repulsed all attacks by enemy tanks and infantry. From September 18 to September 20, the regiment also defended against tanks in the Adamuiža area, Tigny. In 4 days of fighting, 20 heavy tanks and 6 self-propelled guns, 5 machine guns and up to the enemy infantry company were destroyed. On September 19, in the area of ​​the village of Yaunberzi, the 1st battery of the regiment attacked 15 “TIGR” type tanks with the support of 6 self-propelled guns of the “Ferdinand” type and a company of enemy gunners. For this fight, the commander of a fire platoon of the 992nd Iptap, Lieutenant Zikran Yevgeny Andreevich, born in 1923, was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (submitted as regiment commander guards lieutenant colonel Kotyro M.P. posthumously to the Order of Lenin)

• On September 17, the 1st battery of the regiment led a heavy battle with enemy tanks at a height of 75.1 in the area southwest of Dobele. In battle, one TIGER tank was destroyed.

• On September 17, to the west of Dobele, the telephone operator of the 1st battery, Mongin Mikhail Mikhailovich (born 1904), eliminated the disconnections.

• On September 17, Savin Vasily Yakovlevich, a sergeant of the 1st battery of the regiment, distinguished himself in battle west of Dobele.

• On September 18, the regiment conducted a battle in the Adammuyzh area.

• On September 19, the regiment conducted a battle near the village of Masberze.

On September 10, 1944 (M.A. Tikhonov's personal archive), the Studebaker US6 state number G-O-76-39 entered the regiment’s arsenal.

The 6th Guards Army, commanded by General I. Chistyakov, judging from reports of irretrievable losses in the direction of Vilka-Dobele, received to cover this milestone 171 army penal company, attached 29 SD, as well as the 39th iptabr in the 992nd , 1174th and 1179th of September 30, 1944, a list of irretrievable losses was submitted for these units, which found that in 171 arm. the penalty company killed 27 people, in the 992nd Iptap - 24 people (for the period from September 17 to 20, 1944), in 1179th Iptap - 6 people (for the period from September 18 to September 20, 1944), in 1174th iptap - 10 people (from September 17 to September 20, 1944) total 67 people died, the list of missing persons is not specified, data on the wounded is not available.

This fight was reflected in the memoirs of Marshal Vasilevsky A. M. “The Matter of Life” and Khlebnikov N. M. “Under the roar of hundreds of batteries”

• On November 3, the 1st and 6th regiment batteries fought in the area of ​​the village of Sanderi. The battery was counterattacked by three enemy tanks with the support of infantry ^{[5]. The} battery crushed 2 machine-gun points and destroyed 15 infantry soldiers ^[6] .
• On November 3, the 4th regiment battery fought in the Runni area.

Support for the 156th Infantry Division

In December 1944, Major-General Gryzlov, the commander of the 156th rifle division of the Order of Kutuzov, signed an order awarding regimental officers. It is possible that the 992nd IPTAP supported the offensive units of this rifle division ^[1] .

Defense of the Ina River

Firing a direct fire, the regiment ensured the advancement of cavalry regiments and the exit of the division to the rear of the enemy in breaking through the German defenses on the Ina River and ensured that the regiments reached the Baltic Sea coast in the Pakhan area and towards the city of Shtagard. By participating in a raid with 7 KKK guards from the Vistula River to the Oder River, the regiment provided for the movement of cavalry . Going to the northern outskirts of the city of Kalisz , the regiment took part in the assault, and on January 28, 1945 reached the banks of the Oder River and ensured that the bridgehead was captured with guns. The regiment repelled the enemy's attacks on the city of Delitz from February 16 to 19, 1945, and contributed to his complete liberation, having beaten off seven attacks of the SS police division, destroying 2 tanks and up to the infantry battalion. The regiment also defended the Delitz road knot ^[1] .

• On February 16-17, near Delitz, the personnel of the 1st battery of the regiment from personal weapons destroyed 5 soldiers and restored 50 impulses of the communication line. The personnel of the 2nd battery of the regiment from personal weapons destroyed 8 soldiers, while carrying out from the battlefield 3 soldiers.
• From February 16 to 19, the medical instructor of the 1st battery, Evsikov Sergey Ivanovich, who was awarded the medal "For Courage" and the Order of Glory, 3rd degree, delivered 5 wounded from the field and was presented for the award.
• On February 17-18, during the battles in the Delitz area, the regiment signalmen of the regiment eliminated 70 communication gusts. The scout of the 1st battery Melchikov Ivan Pavlovich evacuated the broken cannon from the battlefield and personally destroyed 5 enemy soldiers.
• February 18 Deputy. Tavokin Nikolai Kalinovich, the gunner of the 1st battery, who was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3rd degree and the Medal For Courage, knocked out one medium tank in the calculation, beat off 7 enemy counterattacks as part of the calculation, destroyed up to 60 enemy people and was presented to reward.
• From February 16 to 19, telephone operator of the 1st battery, Yukhalkin, Pyotr Alekseevich, eliminated the breaks in communication, for which he was presented with an award.
• On February 17, in the Petznik area, the 5th battery of the regiment fought to repel enemy attacks on the firing positions of the regiment.
• From February 17 to 19, the 4th battery fought near the village of Zadelov.
• On February 19, the 3rd battery of the regiment destroyed the gun crew, 2 machine-gun points and 10 enemy soldiers.

Fighting in Tsakhan district

From March 1 to March 3, 1945, the 5th battery of the regiment fought near the city of Tsakhan and provided the crossing of the 1st squadron of the 54th guard of the Cavalry Regiment. From March 7 to March 9, the regiment reflected the enemy's counterattacks by the 2nd, 6th and 4th batteries in the area of ​​the city of Greifenberg, while the calculation of the 2nd battery suppressed the machine-gun points of the enemy in the area of ​​the village of Dadov ^[1] .

Breakthrough on the River Oder

From 16 to 18 April 1945, the regiment carried out a breakthrough of the highly fortified enemy defenses on the west bank of the Oder River in the area of ​​the city of Lebus and then pursued the enemy in the offensive zone of the 312 rifle division . Supporting direct fire with the rifle battalion of the 1081 rifle division, the 1st Battery of the 992nd IPTAP launched an offensive. From April 23 to 25, 1945, the regiment continued to pursue the enemy from the Oder River to Berlin , acting with the avant-garde battalion of the 1079 joint venture while crossing the Spree River near the city of Fürstenwalde . On April 24, 1945, the regimental units provided for the transfer of infantry of the 1081th regiment. In the battle for the village of Rauen, the regiment led street battles and beat off the 7th battery of the 859th artillery regiment from the Germans, which was fighting surrounded. The regiment enabled the battery personnel to evacuate wounded and damaged equipment. In Berlin, the regiment broke from the south-eastern outskirts of the city.

Command

From the moment of formation and until September 1944 the regiment was commanded by the Guards. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Matveyevich Pupkov (born December 25, 1905 ). A. M. Pupkov was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army in October 1932 by the Bazhenovsky RVK of the Sverdlovsk Region (previously in the Red Army also from 1927 to 1929). Member of the CPSU (b) since 1927. He did not participate in the Civil War, participated in the battles in the east in 1939, where he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for courage. In the Great Patriotic War participated since October 20, 1941.

During the Great Patriotic War, he commanded a separate artillery battalion, which, under his command, became the Guards Artillery Battalion, subsequently commanding the 992th Roslavl Fighter-Antitank Artillery Regiment, and then from the formation of the August 1944 Tomashevsky Regiment anti-tank artillery brigade.

Guards Artillery Division under his command participated in the liberation of the cities of Dorokhovo and Mozhaisk .

By Order No. 0353 of June 18, 1943, the troops of the 10th Army were awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree. Order for the troops of the Western Front No. 0908 dated September 28, 1943, was awarded the Order of Suvorov of the 3rd degree for the battles near Smolensk and the capture of Smolensk and Roslavl (included in the list of those awarded without award sheets).

He died on February 22, 1954.

From September 1944 until the end of the Great Patriotic War, the command was taken over by Colonel Mikhail Petrovich Kotyrlo (born in 1907 ) ^[1] .

He was called up in 1935 by the Polotsk RVK of the Vitebsk Region of the Belorussian SSR. Participated in 1939 in the Soviet-Finnish war from December 1939 to March 1940 and in the liberation campaign in Western Ukraine from September 1939 to December 1939.

In the Patriotic War from June 1941: the South-Western Front from June to July 1941, the Western Front from December 1941 to May 1943, the Bryansk Front from May 1943 to October 1943, the 1st Baltic Front from October 1943 until December 1944, the 1st Belarusian Frot from December 1944 until the end of the war

In April-May 1942 - Chief of Staff 912 art. Regiment 342 Infantry Division 61 Army, Major,

in 1943, Lieutenant Colonel - Chief of Artillery Headquarters of the 342 rifle division of the 3 army;

since August 1944 - commander 992 iptap.

Member of the CPSU (b) since 1942 - party ticket number 4468944.

Four times wounded. AWARDS:

- Medal "For Courage" - order number 23 / n of May 23, 1942;

- Medal "For Military Merit" (11.1944);

- Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd century. (order to Troops 3 of Army No. 107 / n of September 15, 1943);

- Order of Alexander Nevsky (01.1944);

- Order of the Red Banner (09.1944);

- Order of the Red Banner (03.1945);

- Order of the Red Banner (04.1945).

Petr Filippovich Slipchenko was Deputy Commander of the 992nd Iptap along the line in 1944-1945 (January 12, 1917 - died in 1985. He was born in the village of Zalatikh (Glinsky District of the Sumy Region). He graduated from the Military Academy named after M. In Frunze (1956). K. v. N. (1973); professor (1975). COLONEL GENERAL

In the Red Army from August 1, 1937. In the Patriotic War of July 11, 1942.

It has two wounds and two contusions. Awarded the Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad . "

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The chief of staff was Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Alexandrovich Deribin (born 1913), the assistant chief of staff was Captain Muratov Vasily Mikhailovich (born 1919 ) ^[1] .

• Artyushenko Pavel Nikolaevich, born in 1915, private
• Astapov Ivan Zakharovich, born in 1926, private
• Bazhenov Yakov Petrovich, 1910 year of birth, private
• Yermakov Ivan Tikhonovich, born in 1907, sergeant - driver of the 1st battery (awarded with a medal for military merit ,)
• Milovanov Andrey Ivanovich, born in 1909, private soldier - driver of the 1st battery (awarded with the medal “For Courage” )
• Taburenko Timofey Arkhipovich, born in 1905, private
• Vasily Grigorievich Tikhonov, born in 1906, private - driver of the 1st battery (awarded with the medal “For Courage” )
• Shkryad Nikolai Andreevich, born in 1924, junior lieutenant - intelligence officer (awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree, twice the medal "For Bravery"
• Shalagin Pavel Dmitrievich, born in 1924, an ordinary radio operator of the 2nd battery (awarded the Medal For Courage, For Taking Berlin)
• Evsikov Sergey Ivanovich, born in 1904 - sanitary instructor of the 1st battery
• Melchikov Ivan Pavlovich - scout of the 1st battery
• Tavokin Nikolai Kalinovich, born in 1922 - deputy. 1st Gunner
• Yukhalkin Pyotr Alekseevich, born in 1924 - telephone operator of the 1st battery
• Vasilevsky Mikhail Davidovich, born in 1920 - commander of the radio department
• Abdulis Adzhirovich Karakaev, born in 1909, cannon number of the 1st battery
• Ibatulin Minegoyan Yakupovich, born in 1904 - cannon number of the 1st battery
• Mongin Mikhail Mikhailovich, born in 1904 - the telephonist of the 1st battery
• Savin, Vasily Yakovlevich - foreman of the 1st battery
• Ivan Vasilyevich Peshkin, born in 1901 - cannon number of the 1st battery
• Lapkovsky Joseph Mikhailovich, born in 1917 - foreman of the 1st battery
• Mikhailov Nikolay Egorovich, born in 1918 - a mechanic, was awarded the medal "For Courage" and a medal for military service , has three wounds
• Storozhev Mikhail Mikhailovich, born in 1922 - foreman, senior clerk, awarded the Order of the Red Star , twice the Medal For Courage , a medal for military service ,)
• Belokurov Igor Stepanovich, born in 1920, captain - regiment intelligence officer
• Gladysh Boris Romanovich, born in 1919, guard captain - commander of the battery
• Zamaev Ivan Vasilyevich, born in 1909, captain - head of communications of the 992nd Iptap
• Vasily Muratov, Captain - Assistant Chief of Staff of the Regiment
• Dmitry Pervomaysky, Major - Deputy Commander of the 992nd Iptap for Political Affairs
• Slipchenko Pyotr Filippovich born in 1917, major - deputy commander of the 992nd Iptap in combat (awarded with the Medal For Courage , the Order of the Red Star, World War 1 and 2 degrees, Red Banner)
• Kogan Naum Lvovich, born in 1922, senior technician-lieutenant - head art. supply
• Chumak Andrei Petrovich, captain - commander of the battery
• Krasnyansky Stepan Panteleevich, Lieutenant - platoon commander
• Korostelev Fedor Efremovich, lieutenant commander of the battery
• Panyushkin Ivan Andreevich, born in 1918, senior lieutenant - commander of the battery
• Vladimir Nebogin, lieutenant - commander of a platoon of command
• Zhavoronkov Ivan Vasilyevich, born in 1922, lieutenant - platoon commander
• Evgeny Andreyevich Zikran, lieutenant - commander of a fire platoon, Hero of the Soviet Union , was posthumously awarded for a battle with the tanks of the Great Germany motorized division in September 1944
• Nikonets, Viktor Petrovich, born in 1925, mln. Lieutenant - Acting Commander of the 992nd Iptap Battery (awarded with the Medal For Courage , Order of the Patriotic War, 1st St.)
• Ryabokonov Ivan Grigorievich, junior lieutenant - platoon commander of the 992nd Iptap
• Bad Fedor Efimovich born in 1911, sergeant, deputy chief of the 992nd Iptap (awarded with the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree - POSTERLY)
• Potekhin Ivan Mikhailovich Born in 1922, Red Army soldier - gunner of the gun of the 992nd Iptap (awarded with the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree - POSMERT)
• Antropov Mikhail Fedorovich, sergeant, commander of the radio section of the 992nd Iptap (awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st station POST-DOWN)
• Bulba Boris Alexandrovich, a Red Army man - intelligence officer of the 992nd Iptap (awarded with the Order of the "Patriotic War", 1st station POSMORTO)
• Mardiyev Yakub Abdurakhmanovich, junior sergeant, deputy chief of the 992nd Iptap (awarded with the Order of the "Patriotic War" of the 1st station POSMERT)
• Lazarev Anatoly Alexandrovich, junior sergeant, senior intelligence officer of the 992nd Iptap (awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st St. POST-DETERMINED)
• Malkin, Ivan Petrovich, ml. Sergeant, artilleryman of the 992nd Iptap (born in 1923 in the Moscow Region, died 07/01/1943)
• Sarapkin Alexander Vasilyevich born in 1914, art. Lieutenant, platoon commander, awarded the Order of the Red Star, World War 1 and 2 degrees

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