42nd Army Corps (USSR) - combined arms formation ( corps ) in the Armed Forces of the USSR.
| 42nd Army Corps (USSR) 42nd ak | |
|---|---|
 emblem of the USSR Armed Forces | |
| Years of existence | 1957 (?) - 1990 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Subordination |  Armed Forces of the USSR |
| Included in | SCWO |
| Type of | Infantry |
| Includes | motorized infantry divisions and army units |
| Function | Armed defense of the southern borders |
| Number | up to 20,000 - 40,000 people. |
| Part | Management, headquarters, command of formations and units |
| Dislocation | Ordzhonikidze Vladikavkaz |
| Equipment | motorized rifle, tank, missile, artillery, anti-aircraft missile and other weapons |
| Participation in | Cold war |
| Commanders | |
| Famous commanders | see list |
It was formed in 1957 (?) As a part of 3 motorized rifle divisions and an army set of units.
Composition
- Corps commander Major General Savenkov, Yuri Mikhailovich
- Headquarters - Vladikavkaz
- 486th Artillery Brigade (collapsed)
- 1451st Separate Jet Artillery Division (collapsed)
- 551st Separate Communication Battalion, Vladikavkaz (7 P-145BM , 1 P-156BTR, 1 P-137B)
- 1996th Separate Radio Engineering Battalion, Vladikavkaz (1 R-145BM )
- 508th Separate Battalion of Radiation and Chemical Intelligence
- 5853th property storage base, Cool (35 R-145BM , 1 R-156BTR, 40 MT-LB )
- 19th Motorized Rifle Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Orders of the Suvorov and Red Banner Labor Division , Vladikavkaz . Division commander Major General Petruk.
- 201st Motor Rifle Regiment , Vladikavkaz (31 T-72 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 4 BTR-70 , 6 2C1 Gvozdika , 12 2C12 "Sani", 5 R-145BM , 8 MT-LB )
- 429th Motor Rifle Regiment, Vladikavkaz (31 T-72 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 4 BTR-70 , 12 2C12 "Sani", 5 R-145BM , 8 MT-LB , 1 MTU-20 )
- 503rd Motor Rifle Regiment , Vladikavkaz (31 T-72 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 4 BTR-70 , 12 2C1 Gvozdika , 12 2C12 "Sani", 2 BMP-1KSH , 3 R-145BM , 8 MT-LB )
- 397th Tank Regiment, Vladikavkaz (94 T-72 , 9 BMP-2 , 5 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 3 BTR-70 , 2 BMP-1KSH , 3 R-145BM , 2 RCM , Z MTU-20 )
- 292nd artillery regiment, Prokhladny (12 9P140 Uragan , 12 BM-21 Grad , 4 PRP-4 , 1 PRP-3 , 6 1V18 , 2 1V19 , 1 R-145BM , 1 R-156BTR, 60 MT -LB )
- 1165th anti-aircraft artillery regiment
- 90th Separate Missile Division
- 1329th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Division
- 108th separate reconnaissance battalion, Vladikavkaz (10 BMP-1 , 7 BRM-1K , 2 R-145BM , 1 R-156BTR)
- 524th Separate Communications Battalion, Vladikavkaz (10 P-145BM )
- 1493th separate engineer-engineer battalion, Vladikavkaz (3 UR-67 )
- 344th Separate Repair and Restoration Battalion
- 1096th Separate Material Support Battalion
- Total: 187 tanks, 51 infantry fighting vehicles, 15 armored personnel carriers, 18 self-propelled guns, 36 mortars, 24 MLRS [1]
- 268th Motorized Rifle Division, Cool .
Command
Corps commanders
- 1983-1989 Major General Savenkov, Yuri Mikhailovich
Deputy corps commanders Chiefs of staff of the corps Deputy commanders for political affairs, chiefs of the political department of the corps
- 1984-1988 Colonel
Deputy corps commander for armaments - chief of corps armaments
- 1989-1990 Major General Kalabukhov Nikolai Semenovich
Deputy corps commander on the rear - chief of the rear of the corps Deputy corps commander on combat training
Notes
- ↑ specnaz / SKVO (history) . Date of treatment January 9, 2013. Archived January 20, 2013.
Literature
- Red Banner North Caucasian / ed. A. Degtyareva. - 2. - M .: Military Publishing House , 1990 .-- 380 p. - 10,000 copies. - ISBN 5-203-00306-8 .