List of motorized rifle and guard motorized rifle brigades during the Great Patriotic War

This list is compiled on the basis of "List No. 7 of the Directorates of brigades of all branches of the army that were part of the army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" ^[1] compiled by the head of the military scientific department of the General Staff, Colonel General Pokrovsky and published in 1956 year. Chapter V is assigned to motorized rifle brigades , and chapter IV of this list to the guards motorized rifle brigades.

Motor Rifle Brigades

Name		Periods of entry into the army	Subsequent reformation and transformation	Notes
Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Transcaucasian Front	formed on the basis of 207 TBR	11/01/1942 - 11/15/1942	renamed the 65th motorized rifle brigade	-
Mixed brigade	formed on the basis of the 1st motorized rifle regiment and the 29th cavalry regiment	08/07/1941 - 08/16/1941	reorganized into Separate Mixed Division	-
Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Kalinin Front	reorganized from Separate Mixed Division	09/01/1941 - 12/07/1941	reorganized into 247th infantry division	-
Special Motorized Rifle Brigade	reorganized from 72nd cavalry division	06/24/1942 - 09/09/1942	renamed the 40th motorized rifle brigade	-
1st Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 21st Army	renamed from the 21st motorized rifle brigade	04/27/1942 - 07/10/1942	renamed the 33rd motorized rifle brigade	-
1st Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	04/13/1942 - 09/01/1942	reorganized into the 1st mechanized brigade	-
2nd motorized rifle brigade	-	05/02/1942 - 10/31/1942	reorganized into the 2nd mechanized brigade	-
3rd motorized rifle brigade	-	04/21/1942 - 04/04/1942	reorganized into the 3rd mechanized brigade	-
4th motorized rifle brigade	-	04/21/1942 - 12/21/1942 01/15/1943 - 02/07/1943	transformed into the 6th Guards Mechanized Brigade	02/07/1943
5th motorized rifle brigade	-	05/18/1942 - 08/07/1943 11/08/1943 - 11/09/1944	-	-
6th Motorized Rifle Brigade (USSR)	-	05/25/1942 - 02/01/1943 02/12/1943 - 03/12/1943 04/28/1943 - 09/19/1943	transformed into the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	10/25/1943
7th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	05/06/1942 - 10/28/1942 12/07/1942 - 01/01/1942	transformed into the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	01/01/1943
8th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	05/08/1942 - 09/10/1942 11/05/1942 - 11/28/1943 05/29/1944 - 09/05/1944 10/30/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
9th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	05/21/1942 - 12/10/1942	reorganized into the 9th mechanized brigade	-
10th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	05/25/1942 - 09/19/1942	reorganized into the 10th mechanized brigade	-
11th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	05/10/1942 - 09/03/1942 11/13/1942 - 03/20/1943 07/07/1943 - 11/30/1943 08/22/1944 - 12/02/1945 01/13/1945 - 03/27/1945	-	-
12th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	05/29/1942 - 04/23/1943 07/22/1943 - 10/23/1943 02/15/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
13th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	08/22/1942 - 09/18/1942 01/01/1943 - 04/26/1943 07/14/1943 - 07/17/1943	transformed into the 22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	07/17/1943
14th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	08/19/1942 - 12/08/1942	transformed into the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	12/08/1942
15th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	06/16/1942 - 12/31/1942 01/23/1943 - 09/01/1943 01/18/1944 - 12/01/1944	transformed into the 34th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	12/01/1943
16th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	07/13/1942 - 04/07/1943	reorganized into the 16th mechanized brigade	-
17th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	08/22/1942 - 09/18/1942	reorganized into the 17th mechanized brigade	-
18th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	07/03/1942 - 09/12/1942	reorganized into the 18th mechanized brigade	-
19th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	01/06/1943 - 06/18/1943	renamed the 26th motorized rifle brigade	-
20th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	06/25/1942 - 10/29/1942 07/14/1943 - 08/10/1943 11/21/1943 - 05/11/1945	-	-
21st Motorized Rifle Brigade (I formation)	-	12/18/1941 - 04/27/1942	renamed the 1st motorized rifle brigade	-
21st Motorized Rifle Brigade (II formation)	-	06/09/1942 - 09/29/1942	disbanded	-
22nd Motorized Rifle Brigade	renamed from the 34th motorized rifle brigade	07/02/1942 - 01/16/1943	transformed into the 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	01/16/1943
23rd Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	01/23/1942 - 06/07/1942	disbanded	-
24th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	04/20/1942 - 11/12/1942 12/06/1942 - 01/28/1943	transformed into the 4th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	01/28/1943
26th Motorized Rifle Brigade	renamed from the 19th motorized rifle brigade	06/18/1943 - 07/23/1943 10/08/1943 - 05/24/1944 07/13/1944 - 04/01/1945	-	-
27th Motorized Rifle Brigade	formed on the basis of the 1st and 3rd motorized rifle regiments	08/09/1945 - 09/03/1945	-	-
30th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	07/20/1943 - 09/29/1943	transformed into the 29th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	09/29/1943
31st Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	06/26/1942 - 10/06/1942 11/15/1942 - 01/06/1943	transformed into the 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	01/06/1943
32nd Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	07/27/1942 - 08/28/1942 11/28/1942 - 03/24/1943 07/07/1943 - 09/09/1943 10/07/1943 - 05/09/1945	-	-
33rd Motorized Rifle Brigade	renamed from the 1st motorized rifle brigade	07/11/1942 - 08/24/1942	disbanded	-
34th Motorized Rifle Brigade (I formation)	reformed from the 32nd motorcycle regiment	09/24/1941 - 07/02/1942	renamed the 22nd motorized rifle brigade	-
38th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	08/05/1942 - 03/01/1943	transformed into the 7th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	03/01/1943
40th Motorized Rifle Brigade	renamed from the Special Motorized Rifle Brigade	09/09/1942 - 09/09/1942	reorganized into the 40th Infantry Brigade	-
41st Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	07/15/1942 - 08/14/1942	disbanded	-
44th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	10/06/1942 - 01/09/1943 03/17/1943 - 03/14/1944 06/07/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
52nd Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	01/01/1943 - 04/26/1943 07/14/1943 - 07/26/1943	transformed into the 23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	07/26/1943
53rd Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	07/10/1943 - 09/09/1943 10/07/1943 - 05/31/1944 03/26/1944 - 12/19/1944 01/08/1945 - 05/09/1945	-	-
56th motorized rifle brigade	-	12/08/1942 - 05/09/1945	-	-
57th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	12/21/1942 - 04/21/1943 05/06/1943 - 09/02/1943 01/18/1944 - 09/05/1944 10/30/1944 - 12/01/1944	transformed into the 33rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	12/01/1944
58th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	12/28/1942 - 09/19/1943	transformed into the 28th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	09/19/1943
65th motorized rifle brigade (I formation)	renamed from the motorized rifle brigade of the Transcaucasian Front	11/15/1942 - 11/20/1942	disbanded	-
65th motorized rifle brigade (II formation)	-	01/05/1944 - 05/11/1945	-	-
130th Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	01/25/1942 - 04/09/1942	reorganized into the 6th Infantry Brigade	-
151st Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	10/13/1941 - 02/02/1941	disbanded	-
152nd Motorized Rifle Brigade	-	10/20/1941 - 11/05/1941	disbanded	-
1st Scooter and Motorcycle Brigade	-	05/04/1942 - 12/29/1942	disbanded	-

Guards Motorized Rifle Brigades

Name		Periods of entry into the army	Subsequent reformation and transformation	Notes
1st Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 14th motorized rifle brigade 12/08/1942	12/08/1942 - 04/02/1943 06/10/1943 - 08/11/1943 10.24.1943 - 05.12.1944 06/10/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	transformed from the 7th motorized rifle brigade 01/01/1943	01/01/1943 - 03/31/1943 07/18/1943 - 07/22/1943 08/13/1943 - 10/30/1943 02/26/1944 - 05/31/1944 06/23/1944 - 12/19/1944 01/06/1945 - 05/09/1945	-	-
3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 31st motorized rifle brigade 01/06/1943	01/06/1943 - 03/14/1943 07/09/1943 - 09/05/1943 12/06/1943 - 05/11/1945	-	-
4th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 24th motorized rifle brigade 01/28/1943	01/28/1943 - 07/26/1943 08/16/1943 - 04/30/1944 06/19/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
5th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 22nd Motorized Rifle Brigade 01/16/1943	01/16/1943 - 02/02/1944	reorganized into the 32nd Guards Mechanized Brigade	-
6th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 4th motorized rifle brigade 02/07/1943	02/07/1943 - 05/11/1945 08/09/1945 - 09/03/1945	-	-
7th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 38th motorized rifle brigade 03/01/1943	03/01/1943 - 04/26/1943 07/08/1943 - 08/06/1943 09/14/1943 - 04/19/1944 03/17/1945 - 05/09/1945	-	-
22nd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 13th motorized rifle brigade 07/07/1943	07/17/1943 - 08/14/1943 09/10/1943 - 09/06/1944 10/28/1944 - 05/11/1945	-	-
23rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 52nd motorized rifle brigade 07/26/1943	07/26/1943 - 08/14/1943 09/10/1943 - 09/06/1944 10/28/1944 - 05/11/1945	-	-
27th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 6th motorized rifle brigade 10/25/1943	11/30/1943 - 09/06/1944 11/22/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
28th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	transformed from the 58th motorized rifle brigade 09/19/1943 from 10.10.1943 to 12.24.1943 the 78th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade was named	09/19/1943 - 11/28/1943 05/10/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
29th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 30th motorized rifle brigade 10/23/1943	02/27/1944 - 05/11/1945	-	-
33rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	transformed from the 57th motorized rifle brigade 12/01/1944	01/01/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-
34th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade	converted from the 15th motorized rifle brigade 12/01/1944	01/01/1944 - 05/09/1945	-	-

Notes

↑ Lists of the entry of formations and units of the Red Army into the army in 1939-45. on the website soldat.ru

[1] Lists of the entry of formations and units of the Red Army into the army in 1939-45. on the website soldat.ru

List of motorized rifle and guard motorized rifle brigades during the Great Patriotic War

Motor Rifle Brigades

Guards Motorized Rifle Brigades

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