The 17th Guards Motorized Rifle Enakievo-Danube Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division (abbr. 17th Guards Motorized Rifle Division ) - a formation ( motorized, rifle, motorized rifle division ) of the infantry of the Red Army of the USSR AF , during the Great Patriotic War . After the war - a division in the PrikVO . She took part in operations "Whirlwind" and "Danube" .
| 17th Guards Motorized Rifle Enakievo-Danube Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division (abbr. 17th guards. msd;) | |
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| Years of existence | 1945 - 1992 |
| A country |  the USSR  Ukraine |
| Subordination |  Armed forces of the USSR |
| Included in | Carpathian Military District |
| Type of | motorized rifle division (until 1957 mechanized division) |
| Includes | regiments, separate battalions, divisions separate companies and platoons. |
| Function | motorized rifle troops |
| Number | 7,000 to 11,000 personnel. |
| Part | consists of management ( headquarters ), units and divisions . |
| Equipment | tank, small arms, missile, artillery, anti-aircraft, and other weapons |
| Participation in | Cold war Operation Whirlwind Operation Danube |
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| Predecessor | 40th Guards Rifle Division |
| Successor | 15th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade (1992-2004) |
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Formation History
The division completed the combat path of World War II as part of the 31st Guards. sk 4th guards. And in the region of the Austrian city of Tuln , with their regiments the 11th Vienna Rifle Regiment, the 116th Danube Rifle Regiment, the 119th Guards Rifle Regiment, and the 90th Guards Artillery Regiment.
17th Guards Mechanized Division
In October 1945, while remaining a unit of the Central Group of Forces (in Austria ), the division was reorganized into the 17th Guards Mechanized Enakievo-Danube Red Banner Division of the Order of Suvorov . The compound included the 56th Vienna, 57th Danube, 58th Guards mechanized regiments, 90th Guards artillery regiment, as well as the 83rd Guards Tank Regiment and the 27th Guards Heavy Tank Self-propelled Jassy Regiment included in the division named after the People's Commissariat of secondary engineering .
In 1955, Soviet formations of the Central Group of Forces left Austria, but on May 15 of the same year, Hungary joined the Warsaw Pact Organization , and the USSR troops remained in the country in a new capacity. In September 1955, at the proposal of Marshal Georgy Zhukov , at that time the Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union, they were called the Special Corps. It included the 2nd mechanized division and the 17th guards mechanized division, two air divisions (195th guards fighter and 177th guards bomber regiments), 20th pontoon-bridge regiment, anti-aircraft artillery units and rear agencies. [one]
In 1955, the Central Group of Forces was disbanded, and the 17th Guards Mechanized Division became part of the Special Corps (with command in Budapest ) and participated in the operations of Soviet troops against Hungarian rebels directly in the capital of Hungary in October-November 1956 ( Operation " Whirlwind " ).
17th Guards Motorized Rifle Division
On May 10, 1957, on the basis of the Directive of the Minister of Defense of the USSR No. org. / 3/62540 of 02.27.1957, the Directive of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces No. osh / 1/243665 of 12.3.1957, the division was renamed the 17th Guards Motorized Rifle Enakievo-Danube The red banner of the Order of Suvorov is a division and is redeployed to the territory of the USSR, in the city of Khmelnitsky .
Operation Danube
On August 20, 1968, the compound was preparing to enter Czechoslovakia . After receiving the signal, the division as part of it entered Czechoslovakia on August 21, 1968. [2]
By order of the USSR Minister of Defense of October 17, 1968 No. 242 for the exemplary fulfillment of the command and international duty to assist the working people of Czechoslovakia in the fight against counter-revolutionary elements and shown courage and courage to the entire personnel of the division, participants of the Danube operation, thanks .
15th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade
In 1992, the 17th Guards Motor Rifle Division was reorganized into the 15th Separate Guards Mechanized Brigade. In 2004, disbanded. In 2016, revived. Conditional name - Military unit No. A0610 (military unit A0610).
Composition
1990
- control
- 56th Guards Motorized Rifle Vienna Regiment (b. 111th Guards Sp. 40th Guards. SD), Tulchin (31 T-55 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 1 BTR-70 , 1 BTR-60 , 12 PM-38 , 4 R-145BM )
- 58th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment (used to be 119th guards sp40th guards regiment), Khmelnitsky) (27 T-55 , 4 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 9 BTR-70 , 20 PM-38 , 5 P -145BM )
- 318th motorized rifle regiment (part of which was previously part of the 161st motorized infantry division 13th A PrikVO (57th guards. Danube infantry regiment see 161st infantry regiment)), Khmelnitsky) (31 T-55 , 8 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 12 PM-38 , 5 R-145BM )
- 105th Tank Regiment, Khmelnitsky) (94 T-55 , 12 BMP-1 , 2 BRM-1K , 4 R-145BM , 1 BTR-50PU )
- 90th Guards Artillery Regiment (the unit retained the period number of the Second World War), Tulchin (12 BM-21 Grad, 3 PRP-3 )
- 1160th anti-aircraft missile regiment, Khmelnitsky)
- 1284th separate anti-tank artillery division, Tulchin
- 93rd separate reconnaissance battalion, Khmelnitsky) (10 BMP-1 , 7 BRM-1K , 2 R-145BM , 1 R-156BTR)
- 163rd separate communications battalion, Khmelnitsky) (8 R-145BM , 2 R-156BTR, 1 R-137B)
- 42nd separate engineer and combat engineer battalion, Khmelnitsky) (2 UR-67 )
- 166th Separate Material Support Battalion
- 25th Separate Reconstruction Battalion
- Total: 183 tanks, 53 infantry fighting vehicles, 11 armored personnel carriers, 44 mortars, 12 MLRS [3]
Awards and titles
The divisionβs awards were transferred to it by succession from the 40th Guards Rifle Division:
- 06/19/1943 was awarded the Order of the Red Banner .
- September 8, 1943 was given the name Enakievskaya .
- 01/06/1945, the name "Danube" was assigned.
- 05.17.1945 was awarded the Order of Suvorov, II degree .
Division Command
- Major General Sukharev, Nikolai Fedorovich (01.24.1946 - 06.11.1946)
- Major General Samsonov, Vasily Akimovich (06/11/1946 - June 1950)
- Colonel Kovalev, Efim Maksimovich (02/08/1950 - 05/18/1951)
- Colonel Shkel, Vladimir Ivanovich (August 1951 - 06/17/1952)
- Colonel, from 3.08.1953 major general of tank armored forces Burtsev, Yakov Aleksandrovich (09.29.1952 - 02.22.1954)
- Colonel, from May 31, 1954, Major General of Tank Panzer Forces Novikov, Nikolai Vasilievich (02/22/1954 - 03/15/1956)
- Major General of Tank Troops Krivosheev, Anton Vasilievich (03/15/1956 - 09/19/1960)
- Colonel, from 02.22.1963 Major General Budakovsky, Pyotr Danilovich ( 10.28.1960 - 05.08.1968)
- Major General Gorchakov, Vasily Alexandrovich (05/08/1968 -?)
- Colonel Emelianenko, Oleg Ippolitovich (? - 6/12/1971)
- Colonel, from May 8, 1974, Major General Hanamiryan, Stepan Akopovich (6/12/1971 - 02/22/1975)
See also
- 6th airborne corps
- 40th Guards Rifle Division
- 17th Guards Mechanized Division
Notes
- β Operation VORTEX Archived October 25, 2012 to Wayback Machine Archived October 25, 2012.
- β A. Mayorov βInvasion. Czechoslovakia. 1968. " M., 1998, p. 180
- β Lensky A.G., Tsybin M.M. Soviet ground forces in the last year of the USSR. - SPb. : B&K, 2001 .-- S. 141. - 294 p. - 500 copies.
Literature
- Prev Ch. ed. Commission N.V. Ogarkov. "Enakievo-Danube Rifle Division" // Soviet Military Encyclopedia. (In 8 volumes). - M .: Military Publishing, 1977. - T. 3. - S. 311. - 672 p. - 105,000 copies.
- Kalashnikov K.A., Dodonov I.Yu. High command staff of the USSR Armed Forces in the post-war period. References (1945-1975). Volume 4. The command staff of the Ground Forces (army and divisional units). Part one. - Ust-Kamenogorsk: Media Alliance, 2019. - 428 p. - ISBN 978-601-7887-31-5 . - S.114-116.
- Mayorov A. Invasion. Czechoslovakia. 1968. - M., 1998. - S. 180.
- Soviet airborne assault forces. VI, 1985. - S.154-155, 274-275.