40th guards cannon artillery brigade

The formation of the 40th guards cannon artillery brigade (40th guards brigade) began in May 1944 in the village of Gorodynya (30 km north-west of Lutsk ), on the basis of the order of the USSR Non-Profit Organization dated May 15, 1944, “On Strengthening Artillery Armies by means of counter-battery fighting ”and the order of the Commander of the Forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front (1st UkrF) No. 0051 of May 21, 1944. Based on the 69th Guards. The AP was formed 40th guards cannon artillery Novorossiysk Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Brigade ^[2] .

The formation of the team were addressed:

• 69th Guards Artillery Novorossiysk Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Regiment;
• 76th Guards Artillery Red Banner Regiment;
• 621st separate reconnaissance artillery division.

As part of the brigade were formed:

• two divisions of 152 mm howitzer guns (24 guns)
• one division of 122 mm cannons (12 guns)
• reconnaissance artillery division.

The total number of brigades established in 1381 people.

Background of the 6th Captbm / 56th Ap / 229th Cap / 69th Guards. dad

“On March 31, 1936, by order of the NPO of the USSR in Odessa, the headquarters of the 6th Rifle Corps, on the basis of the training division of the 137th Artillery Regiment of the ARGK that arrived on June 16, 1936” ^{[3] [4]} , arrived from Chuguev of the Kharkov Military District and graduates of the Odessa Artillery School named after M.V. Frunze, the 6th corps heavy artillery regiment of high power (6th unit) was formed in the state 04/804. Arefiev Valentin Pavlovich became the commander of the regiment ^[5] .

“By order of the USSR NCO No. 0158 dated November 10, 1936, the regiment was renamed the 56th corps heavy artillery regiment (56th ktap) as part of the 6th rifle corps” ^[4] .

May 1, 1937 on the Kulikovo field in Odessa, the regiment was first sworn.

“From September 7 to September 14, 1939, the regiment was reorganized according to the state of wartime No. 04/804 and renamed the 229th corps heavy artillery regiment (229th ktap) and, as part of 10 echelons, was sent on a campaign from the railway station. Odessa ” ^[4] . The regiment consisted of three divisions: the 1st - 122 mm howitzer , the 2nd - 152 mm howitzer gun and the 3rd - 203 mm howitzer , towed by tractors CTZ- 60 and CTZ- 65 .

“Since October 17, 1939, after the combat march through the territory of Western Ukraine as part of 6 SK KOVO ^{[6], the} regiment is deployed in s. Grushev of Yavorivsky district of Lviv region ” ^[4] .

In December 1939, 500 fighters and commanders of the 2nd division regiment were allocated to participate in battles with the White Finns.

June 22, 1941, already as the 229th corps artillery regiment (229th cap), the regiment was in Lviv special camps and was engaged in combat training. From June 22 to 30, the regiment conducted military operations on the Lviv ledge as part of the 6th Army ^{[7] of the} South-Western Front. In the Nagachev region, the regiment fought against the 1st Mountain Rifle Division (German 1.Gcb.) Of the Wehrmacht ^[8] . In mid-August, the regiment with the battles, having lost all the material, retreated to the left bank of the Dnieper River.

On August 16, 1941, the regiment left for reorganization in the village. Meadow of the Kursk region, now it became known as the 69th artillery regiment (69th ap), armed with 107-mm guns .

In October 1941, the regiment again engages in battle with the German invaders.

At the end of 1941, the 69th up took up defense at the turn of the North Donets River , where a task of great importance was successfully solved - the enemy could not force the river and was stopped.

For skillful actions during the offensive operation near Izum in early 1942, the regiment was awarded the title " Guards " ^[9] .

On June 28, 1942, the Guards Banner was presented to the regiment, and the regiment became known as the 69th Guards Artillery Regiment (69th Guards Ap). All year the regiment fought fierce defensive battles in the Caucasus. And in January 1943, the regiment was promoted to the area of ​​the city of Novorossiysk as part of the North Caucasus Front.

At the initiative of the collective farmers of the Tambov region to raise funds for the front, soldiers and commanders of the 69th Guards. APs contributed 365 thousand 753 rubles to the account of the field State Bank ^[10] . And on April 1, 1943, the Decree of the USSR PVS on awarding the regiment with the Order of the Red Banner ^[11] was transmitted by radio.

On September 16, 1943, during the fierce fighting, the city of Novorossiysk was liberated. The regiment, by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief (VGK) No. 13, was given the honorary name " Novorossiysk " ^[12] .

On October 9, 1943, the operation to liberate the Taman Peninsula ended and the regiment was transferred along the railway to the city of Zhitomir. In the second half of December 1943, the regiment breaking through the enemy’s defenses near Brusilov, conducted offensive battles in the direction of Berdichev - Komsomolsk as part of 18 A of the 1st UkrF.

For the assault and liberation of the city of Berdichev, the regiment, by order of the Supreme High Command No. 56 of January 6, 1944, was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd degree ^[13] .

In May 1944, the regiment departed for the formation of the 40th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade.

In the army 229 cap: 06/22/1941 - 04/28/1942.

In the army, 69 guards. dads: 04.24.1942 - 11/19/1943, 11/30/1943 - 05/25/1944.

Commanders 56 cap / 229 cap / 69 guards. dads:

• Regiment Arefiev Valentin Pavlovich (1936-1939),
• Colonel Romanov (1939),
• Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Vinarsky Theodosius Yakovlevich (since 1940, then commander of the artillery of the 273rd SD),
• Major / Lieutenant Colonel Petrunya Ivan Demyanovich (since 1943, from 1944 - commander of the 40th Guards Pabr);

Chiefs of Staff:

• Captain / Major Grigul Georgy Ivanovich (from 1941, 9.1942 - regiment commander),
• Major Molodets Mikhail Semenovich (1943);

Background to the 602nd Popes / 76th Guards. dad

The 76th guards cannon artillery Red Banner Regiment is the assignee of the 602nd cannon artillery regiment, which was formed from August 24 to September 28, 1941 in the town of Kosyachevo near the town of Shuya. At the base of the regiment were residents of the city of Shuya and the Ivanovo region, and the armament was a 107-mm cannon of the 1910/30 model .

On October 1, 1941, the regiment went to the front, joining the 38th Army of the Southwestern Front.

The regiment began its combat path on October 5, 1941, under the railway station Iskrovka and the village of Kolomak, Poltava region. He participated in the battles near Kharkov in 1941.

October 22, 1941 was withdrawn to the rear for further formation.

On December 1, the regiment completed the manning and, as part of the 40th Army of the Southwestern Front , under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Yurov, was sent to the right flank of the front, to the Yelets direction, for a counterattack of the Red Army near Moscow. Until July 1, 1942, the regiment participated in defensive battles west of the city of Tim, Kursk Region , in the defense of Voronezh, in January 1943 in offensive battles in the direction of Kharkov.

On July 25, 1942, re-reforming and re-arming itself with the 152-mm howitzer guns of the 1937 model, the 602nd popes, as part of the 40th Army of the Voronezh Front ^[14] , came out to smash the enemy near Voronezh, on the southern part of the Kursk Bulge , and then in the liberation of Kiev .

November 18, 1942 ^[15] issued a decree of the USSR NPO: “For the courage shown in battles for the Fatherland with the German invaders, for stamina, courage, discipline, for the heroism of the personnel CONVERT: 602 Cannon Artillery Regiment to 76 Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment , a converted regiment give the Guards Banner ";

December 9, 1942 to the 76th Guards. the letter was sent to the popes in that the workers (!) of the city of Shui, Ivanovo Region, awarded the regiment with the Order of the Red Banner ^[16] ;

On January 12, 1943, the regiment under the Red Banner of Guards went into battle to break through the enemy’s heavily fortified defense at Uryvo-Selyavinsky bridgehead.

On January 30, 1943, the guards participated in the capture of the village of Gorshechnoye, and from February 1 to 5 - the city of Stary Oskol . The regiment with its well-aimed fire ensured the capture of Koroch , and then Belgorod .

Our units, with massive support for artillery, were able to break the desperate resistance of the enemy and liberate the city of Kharkov . Further, the regiment acted in the direction of the city of Sumy .

In the summer of 1943, the regiment participated in defensive battles to repel enemy tank attacks on the Kursk Bulge in the area of ​​Trefilovka - Ivnya.

On November 8, 1943, the regiment was reassigned to 38 armies of the 1st Ukrainian Front . and on November 11, along with the infantry, it successfully crossed the Dnieper south of Kiev, and until the end of January 1944 held the bridgehead. On the night of February 1 to February 2, 1944, having lost all the materiel and 30% of the personnel, the regiment left the encirclement.

April 27, 1944, after the formation in Zhitomir , the 76th Guards. Pap was transferred by train to the area of ​​the town of Torchin , having joined the 3rd Guards Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front, until July led counter-battery combat with enemy artillery. And on July 5, 1944, it became part of the 40th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade.

There are 602 popes in the army: 4.10.1941 - 11.17.1942.

In the army, 76 guards. dads: 11.17.1942 - 01.06.1944.

Commanders of the 602nd Popes / 76th Guards dads:

• Major Volkov Sergey Vasilievich (1941, wounded on 8/10/1941),
• Art. Lieutenant / Captain Dymnich Ivan Grigorievich (from 8/10/1941, from 09/28/1941 - chief of staff, missing on July 6, 1942),
• Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Yurov Ivan Leontyevich (died July 3, 1942),
• Captain Chistyakov Vasily Egorovich (from July 3, 1942, chief of staff of the regiment),
• Guard Major / Lieutenant Colonel Kulikov Fedor Vasilyevich (from July 18, 1942, from 1944 - room 33 pabr),
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Malygin Nikolay Alexandrovich (1943, went missing in 2.1944),
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Belov Vasily Andreevich (1944, then chief of staff of the 40th guards pabr),
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Chistyakov Vasily Egorovich (from 3.1944);

Chiefs of Staff:

• Art. Lieutenant Morachevsky Vladimir Leontyevich (1941, missing on December 21, 1941),
• Captain Dymnich Ivan Grigoryevich (from 09.28.1941),
• Captain / Major Chistyakov Vasily Egorovich (1942, from 3.1944 - regiment commander),
• Guard Captain / Major Yushkovsky Mikhail Fedorovich (1943, died January 24, 1944),
• Guard Captain Mayev Nikolai Ivanovich (1944),
• Guard Major Bratchikov (3.1944),
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Molodets Mikhail Semenovich (6.1944);

As part of the 40th Guards. pubr

The brigade was formed without a cessation of hostilities and was formed on June 5 ^[17] .

On July 6, 1944, the formed brigade was deployed along the railway near Gorokhuv, and on July 13, as part of the 3rd Guards Army (3rd Guards A) of the 1st Ukrainian Front, it waged offensive battles in the direction of Gorokhóv - Sokal - The castle is Sandomierz and, having crossed the Vistula River, took possession of the city of Sandomierz (08/18/1944) ^[18] . On the Sandomierz bridgehead, it occupied the defense until January 1945.

In February 1945, during the offensive on the Kabensky bridgehead, she participated in the capture of the city of Glogau ^{[19] [20] [21]} .

On February 19, 1945, the brigade was awarded the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degree for taking the large industrial city of Poland Kielce .

April 5, 1945, for holding the crossing during the crossing of the Oder River - the Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree .

For the assault and capture of the Glogau fortress, on April 26, 1945, the brigade was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky .

April 16 parts of the 3rd Guards. the army successfully crossed the river. Neiss and reached the frontiers of the preparation of the offensive on Berlin . During this period, the brigade fought for the liberation of the cities of Forst, Cottbus, Luben, Halbe.

On May 2, the brigade’s first division, attached to the 3rd Guards Tank Army (3rd Guards TA) of the 1st Ukrainian Front, participated in the assault on Berlin and was the first to open fire on it ^[22] .

On May 6, parts of the brigade fought for the capture of Dresden , the Prague offensive operation began . Having captured the city, the brigade conducted offensive battles to take over the cities of Katek, Wilsdruf, Friedersdorf, Novemyasto, Teplice-Schap, Louny, Slany, and on May 9, 1945, the brigade took part in the battles for the liberation of the city of Prague .

On May 25, 1945, for the courage and valor in the battles for the capture of Berlin, the brigade was awarded the highest award - the Order of Lenin .

Over the years of the war, the brigade was 7 times noted in the orders of the Supreme High Command ^[23] .

At the end of the war, the brigade became known as the 40th Guards Cannon Artillery Novorossiysk Order of Lenin, twice the Red Banner, the Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Alexander Nevsky Brigade .

After the war, the 40th Guards. Pabr was stationed in the Central Military District , the Western Group of Forces .

In peacetime, the brigade was repeatedly encouraged by the country's leadership and command.

On October 14, 1953, a part was thanked by the USSR Minister of Defense for excellent actions in the exercises.

For services in defending the homeland in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Great October Revolution in 1967, part was awarded the Commemorative Anniversary Banner of the CPSU Central Committee, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Council of Ministers of the USSR.

For success in the competition in honor of the 110th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lenin, a part was awarded the Honorary Lenin Diploma.

In March 1960, the brigade was reorganized and became known as the 112th missile brigade. And in April 1961, the awards and the name of the 40th Guards were returned to her. pabr and it began to be called the 112th Guards Novorossiysk Order of Lenin, twice the Red Banner, the orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Alexander Nevsky missile brigade (112th guards brigade , military unit 14353).

In 1961 it became part of the 2nd Guards. TA Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSVG), brigade headquarters - Neuruppin (German Neuruppin), 1st Division - Genzrode (German Genzrode), 2nd Division - Wittstock (German Wittstock), 3rd Division - Rathenov (German: Rathenow) (military unit of sub-station 64563, call sign "Deli", in service - 9K72 " Point U ").

In July 1963, the 112th Guards Missile Brigade entered the 204th Separate Missile Division (204th Order, military unit 64569, in service - 8K14 )

Since 1991, it has been deployed in the city of Shuya, Ivanovo Region (military unit 03333, in service since July 8, 2014 - 12 launchers of the Republic of Kazakhstan 9K720 Iskander-M ^[24] ).

• brigade headquarters;
• 1st Division: 1st Battery, 2nd Battery, 3rd Battery;
• 2nd Division: 4th battery, 5th battery, 6th battery;
• 3rd division: 7th battery, 8th battery, 9th battery;
• intelligence division;
• In the army: 05/21/1944 - 05/11/1945;

From the moment of its formation, from 5.1944 to 6.1960, the 40th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade:

• Guard Major / Lieutenant Colonel / Colonel Petrunya, Ivan Demyanovich (from 5.1944 to 2.1946),
• Guard Colonel Gilman, Yakov Moiseevich (from 2.1946 to 8.1949),
• Guard Colonel Chapaev, Alexander Vasilievich (from 8.1949 to 12.1950),
• Guard Colonel Leusenko, Ilya Ilyich (from 12.1950 to 5.1952),
• Guard Colonel Poyarkov, Alexei Terentyevich (from 5.1952 to 9.1953),
• Guard Colonel Klepikov, Igor Borisovich (from 9.1953 to 11.1955),
• Guard Colonel Vagaev, Ivan Ivanovich (from 11.1955 to 8.1958),
• Guard Lieutenant Colonel Garashin, Nikifor Leontyevich (from 8.1958 to 5.1960)

Since 6.1960 - the 112th Guards Missile Brigade:

• Guard Colonel Deshko Alexei Afanasevich (from 5.1960 to 2.1961),
• Guard Colonel Oparin Ivan G. (from 2.1961 to 11.1962),
• Guard Colonel Kulikov Gennady Mikhailovich (from 11.1962 to 12.1968),
• Guard Colonel Zakharov Vadim Mikhailovich (from 12.1968 to 10.1970),
• Guard Colonel Grekov Boris Vladimirovich (from 10.1970 to 10.1973),
• Guard Colonel Zabolotny Victor Sergeevich (from 10.1973 to 9.1975),
• Guard Colonel Bogachev Vasily Ivanovich (from 9.1975 to 9.1978) ^[26] ,
• Guard Colonel Zhikharev Sergey Petrovich (from 9.1978 to 9.1983),
• Guard Colonel Igor Gormakov (from 9.1983 to 5.1988),
• Guard Colonel Blagoveshchensky Sergey Vasilievich (from 5.1988 to 5.1998),
• Guard Colonel Savinkin Alexander Ivanovich (from 5.1998 to 7.2003),
• Guard Colonel Meshkov Alexander Ivanovich (from 7.2003 to 4.2007),
• Guard Colonel Ovrashko Vladimir Ivanovich (from 4.2007 to present).

MARCH SONG

"GUARDIAN, NEW RUSSIAN"

Music of the Guard Captain Vashkevich G.N.

Words of the Guard Colonel Shilov A.A.

I) We are the grandchildren of those in the battles of the military

Defended our homeland,

Who is all the enemies of his sworn

He expelled him from his native land.

Chorus:

Guards, Novorossiysk,

The scarlet banner leads you to victories.

Flowering victorious, seven-bearing,

The guardsman will not step back a single step.

II) We serve in the Group of Soviet Forces

And thunder will strike us first in the battle!

In a soldier’s family we are friends

One with all - all with me!

Chorus:

III) On our Banner shine

Seven blood-won rewards.

And let the enemies of the Fatherland know -

We have a powerful charge.

Chorus:

• In Novorossiysk, 12 km of the Sukhumi highway is a monument in memory of the 69th Guards. AP with the inscription: "Here in the days of heroic defense and the liberation of the city of Novorossiysk in 1943 there was a center of battle formation of the 69th Guards Artillery Regiment";
• Inside the Memorial “Small Land” (Novorossiysk, Russia), on the wall of the Memory, there is a record of the “69th Guards Artillery Regiment”;
• By the decision of the director and the pedagogical council of secondary school No. 8 in Odessa (Ukraine), it was decided to restore the Museum of Military Glory (2011);
• In 1975, thanks to the joint work of the Council of Veterans of the 602nd PAP and the Search Club of Shuysky School No. 18, a commemorative sign was erected at the site of the formation of the military unit in Kosyachevo;
• June 28, 2015 at the initiative of the Shui Council of Veterans of Military Service and thanks to the support of the command of the 112th Guards. RBR, the administration of Shui and the Ostapovsky rural settlement, the opening of a new Monument of memory;

• Feskov V.I., Golikov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Slugin S.A. Ground Forces // Armed Forces of the USSR after the Second World War from the Red Army to the Soviet. - 1st. - Tomsk: NTL, 2013 .-- 640 p. - ISBN 978-5-89503-530-6 .
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