The 3rd motorized rifle Vistula Red Banner, the orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov’s division is a motorized rifle formation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation , created in the post-Soviet era as a “new model” division. The division headquarters was located in Novy Nizhny Novgorod , since 2016 in Boguchar [7] .
| 3rd Motorized Rifle Wislen Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | 1997—2010 2016 - n. at. |
| A country |  Russia |
| Subordination | Western Military District |
| Included in | 20th Guards Combined Arms Army |
| Type of | motorized rifle division |
| Function | motorized rifle troops |
| Dislocation | Boguchar , Valuyki (Voronezh and Belgorod regions) (since 2016) |
| Equipment | T-72B [1] , T-72B3 , BMP-2 , BTR-82A [2] , Msta-B , 2S12 [3] , 2S23 , 2S19 , 2S3 , Tornado-G [4] , Strela-10 , Tunguska [ 5] , UAV " Pear-3 " [6] |
| Participation in | Second Chechen War |
| Marks of Excellence | honorary name " Wislenskaya "    |
| Predecessor | 31st Panzer Corps (1943) → 31st Panzer Division (1945) → 3rd Motorized Rifle Division (1997) → 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade (2009—2016) |
Conditional name - Military unit No. 54046 (military unit 54046). Abbreviated name - 3rd msd .
The compound is part of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Western Military District .
Formation History
The historical predecessor of the unit is the 31st Panzer Corps , formed on May 28, 1943 on the eve of the Battle of Kursk . The corps included the 100th, 242nd and 237th tank brigades, the 367th Guards heavy self-propelled artillery regiment. The corps received baptism of fire in the morning of July 6, 1943 during a defensive operation in the Oboyaninsky direction during the Battle of Kursk.
The new formations included two tank battalions: the first two-armed and the second three-armed personnel, as well as a motorized rifle battalion (a company of machine gunners and a company of shooters), an anti-aircraft battery, an anti-tank artillery battery, a control company, a technical support company and a medical platoon. The new brigades each had 43 T-34 tanks, and 12-17 T-70 and T-60 tanks each. [eight]
The soldiers were especially proud of the fact that part of the combat vehicles of the 237th and 242nd tank brigades were donations. On the towers of the tank brigades was written "Tambov collective farmer" and "Vologda collective farmer." Fighting vehicles were built at their own expense by collective farmers - the founders of the patriotic movement of fundraising for the construction of tank columns and air squadrons. [eight]
Among the operations in which the corps participated were the Battle of Kursk , Korsun-Shevchenkovskaya , Lviv-Sandomierz , Karpatsk-Duklinsk , Vistula-Oder , Lower and Upper Silesian , Moravian-Ostrava offensive operations , as well as the liberation of cities and villages of eastern and western Ukraine , Poland , Czechoslovakia , such as Kharkov , Vinnitsa , Sandomierz , Breslau , Olomouc , Prague .
For crossing the Vistula River and the military unit was awarded the honorary title "Wislen", for the possession of the German fortress Breslau awarded the Order of the Red Banner, for the capture of the city of Hindenburg - the Order of Suvorov II degree, and the cities of Ratibor , Bislau - the Order of Kutuzov II degree [9] .
At the end of the war, the corps was reorganized into the 31st Panzer Division, with the preservation of its conditional and honorary titles. From July 1946 to August 1968 the division was stationed in the city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky ) of the Carpathian Military District , where it was part of the 38th combined arms army of the district. In the fall of 1956, the 100th Tank Regiment of the division was sent to Hungary to strengthen the Special Corps , where it took an active part in the battles in Budapest .
In August 1968, the 31st Panzer Division, under the command of Major General A.P. Yurkov, was introduced to Czechoslovakia , where it remained part of the newly formed Central Group of Forces , joining the 28th Army Corps. The location of the division of Bruntal [10] .
In 1990, the division was one of the first to be withdrawn to the Soviet Union and deployed on the territory of the Moscow Military District (MBO) with a deployment in the cities of the Nizhny Novgorod Region : Nizhny Novgorod , Dzerzhinsk , Bor and Mulino. At the time of the division’s withdrawal, it had a state-owned tank fleet, and the 752nd motorized rifle regiment had only headquarters, and therefore the 47th Guards Tank Division , withdrawn from the GSVG , was merged with the division in a new location and therefore by July 1997 year . the division was reorganized into the 3rd motorized rifle. Historically, the division inherits awards and honorary titles of the 31st Panzer Corps .
Most of the units of the newly formed division as part of the group of MBO troops in the North Caucasus took an active part in the hostilities in the Second Chechen Campaign from 1999-2001. and successfully completed all the tasks. For courage and bravery shown during the elimination of illegal armed groups, orders and medals were awarded to more than 3,000 military personnel. Eight of them were awarded the high title of Hero of Russia. This is Colonel A. Korolkov and Colonel S. Morozov , Lieutenant Colonel V. Vasiliev (posthumously), Major S. Taranets (posthumous), Captain O. Tibekin (posthumous), Captain V. Zavraisky , Captain A. Khamitov , Senior Lieutenant P. Zakharov (posthumously). [eight]
By the end of the 1990s. the division was one of the most equipped and combat-ready formations of the Russian Ground Forces.
According to the results of 2004, the division was recognized as one of the best formations of the Moscow Military District.
During the period of the military reform of 2008-2010. The 752nd motorized rifle regiment of the division was reorganized into the 9th separate motorized rifle brigade, which inherited all the awards and honorary names of the 3rd motorized infantry division, the 100th tank regiment was reorganized into the 6th separate tank regiment of the Czestochowa Red Banner, the order of Kutuzov’s divisional brigade .
The division was recreated by reforming the 9th separate motorized rifle of the Vistula, Red Banner, orders of the Suvorov and Kutuzov brigades and the 23rd separate guard Petrokovskaya twice of the Red Banner, the orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan of the Khmelnitsky Volga Cossack brigade . The division was formed on December 1, 2016. [eleven]
Composition
2000
The division had a different composition of regiments from the Soviet and Russian models: two tank and two motorized rifle and there was no 122 mm barrel artillery [12] :
- 100th Tank Czestochowski Red Banner, Order of the Kutuzov Regiment ( Dzerzhinsk ): 91 T-80BV ; 16 BMP (12 BMP-2, 4 BRM-1K ); 1 BTR (BTR-70 ); 21 - 2СЗ "Acacia" ; 2 BMP-1KSH , 2 PRP-4 , 1 PU-12 , 3 RCM ; 1 MT-55A ; 1141 people;
- 237th Tank Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov and Bogdan of the Khmelnytsky Regiment (Dzerzhinsk): 92 T-80; 18 BMP (15 BMP-2, 3 BRM-1K); 2 BTR (BTR-70); 22 - 2СЗ "Acacia"; 2 BMP-1KSH; 1 PRP-4, 3 PU-12, 1 R-145BM , 3 RCM; 1 MT-55A; 1141 people;
- 245th Guards Motorized Rifle Gneznensky Red Banner, Order of the Suvorov Regiment (p. Mulino ): 31 T-80; 137 BMP (131 BMP-2, 6 BRM-1K); 4 armored personnel carriers (2 armored personnel carriers-80, 2 armored personnel carriers-70); 22 - 2СЗ "Acacia"; 15 BMP-1KSH, 1 PRP-4, 1 PU-12, 3 RCM; 3 ARV-4 ; 2204 people;
- 752nd Motor Rifle Regiment (Novy, Nizhny Novgorod): 30 T-80; 133 BMP (127 BMP-2, 6 BRM-1K); 8 armored personnel carriers (3 armored personnel carriers-80, 5 armored personnel carriers-70); 31 - 2СЗ "Acacia"; 10 BMP-1KSH, 2 PRP-4; 2204 people;
- 99th Guards Self-propelled Artillery Pomeranian Red Banner, Orders of the Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment (Mulino settlement): 36 - 2C19 Msta-S, 16 BM-21 Grad; 5 PRP-4, 6 - 1V18, 2 −1V19, 2 BMP-1KSH, 1 R-156BTR; 2 MT-LBT; 1077 people;
- 1143th Oder Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Novy settlement): Tor air defense system; 2 R-156BTR; 416 people;
- 159th separate anti-tank artillery division (Mulino settlement): 1 PRP-4, 1 R-145BM, 13 MT-LBT; 193 people;
- 84th separate reconnaissance battalion (Nizhny Novgorod): 28 BMP (15 BMP-2, 13 BRM-1K); 16 armored personnel carriers (8 armored personnel carriers-80, 6 armored personnel carriers-70); 2 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR; 375 people;
- 145th separate engineer-engineer battalion ( Seym station ): 1 UR-67; 357 people;
- 692nd separate communications battalion (Novy settlement): 14 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR; 275 people;
- 9th Separate EW Battalion ( Boron ): 4 SPR-2 , 2 R-145BM; 171 people
In addition, the division included the 625th separate battalion of the RCB of defense, the 152nd separate repair and restoration battalion, the 911th separate battalion of material support and the 231st separate medical battalion.
In total, on 1.01.2000, the 3rd motorized rifle division, having a personnel of 10,850 people, had:
- 244 tanks (T-80);
- 361 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers (including BRM-1K);
- 132 self-propelled guns (36 - 2С19 "Msta-S", 96 - 2СЗ "Acacia");
- 16 MLRS (BM-21 Grad).
2016
- division headquarters (military unit 54046, Valuyki) [13]
- 237th Tank Red Banner Order of the Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnytsky Regiment (military unit 91726, Soloti)
- 252nd Guards Motorized Rifle Orders of Suvorov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment (military unit 91711, Boguchar)
- 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment (military unit 34670, Valuyki and Soloti)
- 99th Guards Self-propelled Artillery Pomeranian Red Banner, Orders of the Suvorov and Kutuzov Regiment (military unit 91727, Boguchar)
- 1143rd separate anti-aircraft missile division (Boguchar)
- 84th separate reconnaissance battalion (military unit 22263, Valuyki)
- 159th separate anti-tank artillery division
- 692nd Separate Communications Battalion (military unit 22463, Valuyki)
- 337th separate engineer-engineer battalion (military unit 91717, Boguchar)
- 911th separate material support battalion (military unit 54366, Soloti)
- 231st separate medical battalion (military unit 83833, Boguchar)
- separate UAV company
- separate company of electronic warfare (Valuyki)
- separate company rhb protection
Commanders
- 01/12/2019 - n. at. - Colonel Alexei Avdeev; [14]
Notes
- ↑ Gathering with the commanders of battalions and divisions . Date of treatment July 24, 2018.
- ↑ The motorized rifle compound of the Western Military District Created last year in the Belgorod Region . Press Service of the Western Military District (10/05/2017). Date of treatment July 24, 2018.
- ↑ In the Voronezh region, military intelligence of the Western Military District helped artillery to hit a conditional enemy with massive fire . Press Service of the Western Military District (09/09/2016). Date of treatment July 24, 2018.
- ↑ More than 2000 fire tasks were performed by artillerymen of the combined arms army of the Western Military District . Press Service of the Western Military District (04/05/2018). Date of treatment July 24, 2018.
- ↑ Anti-aircraft gunners of the interspecific grouping of troops of the Western Military District repulsed the attack of the airborne assault assets of the conditional enemy Press Service of the Western Military District (09/05/2016). Date of treatment July 24, 2018.
- ↑ ZVO gunners will work out a new tactics of detection and suppression . Press Service of the Western Military District (09/02/2016). Date of treatment July 24, 2018.
- ↑ Two new divisions of the Western Military District and Southern Military District will be fully equipped in May 2017 . RIA Novosti (11.11.2016). Date of treatment November 30, 2017.
- ↑ 1 2 3 3rd Red Banner Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding . function.mil.ru (06/06/2018). Date of treatment December 15, 2018.
- ↑ 3rd motorized rifle Vistula Red Banner, orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov 2nd degree division
- ↑ Tank and motorized rifle divisions
- ↑ New divisions of the Russian Armed Forces will appear in Yelnya, Voronezh and Rostov-on-Don
- ↑ 100th Czestochowa Regiment
- ↑ Western Military District . Milkavkaz (Feb 6, 2016). Date of treatment May 3, 2017. Archived on April 18, 2017.
- ↑ Colonel Aleksey Avdeev appointed commander of the Vistula Motorized Rifle Division . Press Service of the Western Military District (01/12/2019). Date of treatment July 22, 2019.