79th Guards Mortar Regiment

Formed in early July 1942 in Moscow as the 79th Guards Mortar Regiment. It included the 114th (before 10.1942, the 332th instead), the 331st and 357th separate guards mortar divisions, which were armed with BM-13 reactive systems. After the formation, the regiment was sent to the Stalingrad (from September 28, 1942 Don ) front. For the first time he entered the battle on August 7, 1942 in the area of ​​the village of Vyoshenskaya , consisting of 63 armies during the Battle of Stalingrad . From August 9, he supported the formations of the 62nd Army, from August 12 the 4th Panzer Army in battles on the outskirts of Stalingrad . Since the end of August, he participated in battles directly outside the city. In January 1943 he was sent near Moscow and in February he was included in the 1st Panzer Army , as part of which he took part in the battles to liquidate the Demyan bridgehead of the Nazi forces. In May, he was quickly subordinated to the 6th Guards Army and supported its troops in defensive battles south of the city of Oboyan . In early July, he was reassigned to the 1st Panzer (from April 25, 1944 the 1st Guards Tank) army, in which he fought until the end of the war.

In July - August 1943, the regiment took part in the Battle of Kursk . In September, as part of the army, he was transferred to the reserve of the Supreme High Command Headquarters , and at the end of November he was included in the 1st Ukrainian Front . In December 1943 - January 1944 he participated in the Zhytomyr-Berdichev offensive operation . In March, during the Proskurov-Chernivtsi offensive operation, he supported army formations during the crossing of the Dniester River and the liberation of the cities of Trembovlya (Terebovlya), Chertkov (Chortkov), Gorodenka , Chernivtsi ( Chernivtsi ).

For the differences in the battles during the liberation of the city of Chernivtsi, the regiment was given the honorary name "Chernivtsi" (April 8, 1944). For exemplary performance of command tasks in battles in the foothills of the Carpathians and upon reaching the Soviet-Romanian state border, he was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree (April 18, 1944).

In the Lviv-Sandomierz offensive operation, the regiment supported the army with powerful salvos during the crossing of the Western Bug , San rivers and the liberation of the cities of Przemysl and Yaroslav (July 27).

For courage and high military skill shown by the personnel in the battles, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner (August 10, 1944). At the end of November 1944, the army was transferred to the 1st Belorussian Front , in which he acted with a short break until the end of the war.

In the Warsaw-Poznan offensive operation in January 1945, the regiment, with its fire attacks on enemy strongholds, created the conditions for a successful offensive of army formations during the development of a breakthrough and the liberation of the city of Gniezen ( Gniezno ) on January 22.

For skillful actions and valor of personnel he was awarded the Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree (February 19, 1945).

In March 1945, in the East Pomeranian offensive operation, he successfully supported the army in capturing the cities of Labes (Lobaz), Schiffelbein ( Svidwin ), Dramburg ( Dravsko-Pomeransk ), Regenwald ( Resko ), Karlin ( Karlino ).

For exemplary performance of command tasks in battles for these cities and during the breakthrough of enemy defenses east of the city of Stargard ( Stargard ), he was awarded the Order of Suvorov 3rd degree (April 26, 1945).

The combat path ended in the Berlin offensive operation . For the differences in the battles during the assault, the army of Berlin was awarded the honorary name "Berlin" (June 11, 1945).

During the war years, about 600 soldiers of the regiment were awarded orders and medals for the feats of arms.

• headquarters
• The 114th separate guards mortar division, was part of the regiment until 10. 1942, then it became part of 84 GMPs, and instead of it - 332 ogmdn from 3.08.1944 became the 2nd division;
• 331rd Separate Guards Mortar Division, from 3.08.1944 - 1st Division;
• 357th Separate Guard Mortar Division, from 3.08.1944 - 3rd Division;

In the army: 09/28/1942 - 02/02/1943; 04/28/1943 - 05/09/1945;

The regiment was commanded by: Lieutenant Colonel G.M. Fantalov (July - September 1942),

• Colonel I.I. Bondarenko (October 1942 - until the end of the war).

• Formation of rocket artillery of the Red Army (1941-1945)

• Order of the Supreme High Command Headquarters on monetary allowance of the personnel of the guards mortar units No. 066, dated January 25, 1942.
• N.V. Ogarkov. Chernivtsi-Berlin mortar regiment // Soviet Military Encyclopedia. - M .: Military Publishing, 1980. - T. 8. - S. 457. - 687 p. - 106,000 copies.

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