300th Mechanized Regiment (Ukraine)

300th Mechanized Regiment
300 механізований полк
Regiment Insignia
Active 1992–2013
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type Mechanized
Part of 13th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ Chernivtsi,[1] Chernivtsi Oblast
Engagements Battle of Budapest
Battle honours Budapest
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Bida[1]
Insignia
Soviet Guards badge
Ukrainian Guards badge
Mechanized branch insignia

The 300th Guards Mechanized Regiment was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the regiment is the 300th Separate Guards Mechanized Budapest Regiment.[2]

History

The Regiment was formed as 145th Guards Training Motor-Rifle Budapest Regiment. 145 Guards TMRR was previously 145th Guards Rifle Regiment, part of 66th Guards Motor Rifle Training Division, the former 66th Guards Rifle Division. After October 30, 2000 by the order of President of Ukraine the name of the Regiment was changed to 300th Separate Guards Mechanized Budapest Regiment.[2] [3]

The regiment was disbanded on 30 October 2013.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) New Platoon commander training
  2. 1 2 (in Ukrainian) List of full names of the Ukrainian Military unit Archived August 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Ukrainian Land Forces Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Velichko, Nadya (4 December 2013). "Наближається 6 грудня – День збройних сил України – Телеканал Чернівці" [Approaching December 6 – Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]. mtrk.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Chernivtsi TV. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-04.

Further reading

  • Information about one of 66th Guards Rifle Division's regiments
  • Slobodianiuk, M. V. (2005). Military Symbols of Ukraine, Rebirth from ashes. Lviv. pp. 54–101. ISBN 966-96313-2-2.
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