90th Guards Tank Division (2016–present)

90th Guards Tank Division
90-я гвардейская танковая дивизия
A T-34 tank at the entrance to the division's base in Chebarkul
Active 2016–present[1]
Country  Russia
Branch Russian Ground Forces (2016)
Type division
Role armoured warfare
Garrison/HQ Chebarkul
Equipment T-72A/B/BA/B3, BMP-2, BTR-82A, Grad MLRS, TOS-1,[2][3] 2S12, 2S3.[4]
Decorations  Order of the Red Banner (2)
Battle honours Vitebsk
Novgorod
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major General Denis Lyamin

90th Guards Tank Vitebsk-Novgorod Twice Red Banner Division (Russian: 90-я гвардейская танковая Витебско-Новгородская дважды Краснознамённая дивизия; Military Unit Number 86274) is a Russian armoured division. The division was formed by December 2016 in the Central Military District.[5]

History

The division inherits the awards and history of the 6th Guards Motor Rifle Division, the former 90th Guards Rifle Division.

The formation was founded in accordance to the order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces and regulation of the Russian Defence Minister dated September 13, 2016. The division is based in the Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk Regions.[6]

On June 30, 2018, an ukaz of President Vladimir Putin officially conferred the honorifics Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod upon the division, while the 6th Tank Regiment became the 6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment and the 400th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment received the honorific Transylvania.[7][8]

Composition

  • Headquarters[9]
  • 6th Guards Lvov Tank Regiment[8][10]
  • 80th Tank Regiment
  • 239th Guards Tank Regiment
  • 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment
  • 400th Transylvania Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment[8][11]
  • Anti-Aircraft Regiment
  • 30th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 351st Separate Engineer Sapper Battalion
  • 33rd Separate Signal Battalion
  • 1122nd Separate Supply Battalion
  • 26th Separate Medical Battalion

Notes

  1. ↑ Более 5 000 военных с семьями едут на Южный Урал
  2. ↑ "Более 1,5 тыс. военных применили новые формы ведения боя в ходе учений на Урале". TASS (in Russian). 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ↑ "На Урале около 10 тыс. военнослужащих ЦВО приступили к занятиям на полигонах". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Полупрямые "карусели" Чебаркуля". Red Star (in Russian). 2016-03-29. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
  5. ↑ "Танковая дивизия на Урале будет сформирована до 1 декабря этого года" [Tank division in the Urals will be formed by 1 December this year]. TASS (in Russian). 11 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "90th Vitebskaya-Novgorodskaya tank division of the Red Banner of the Central MD started combat training". Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "In Provocative Move, Putin Names Regiments After Ukrainian Cities, Warsaw, Berlin". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  8. 1 2 3 "Путин присвоил военным частям имена украинских городов" [Putin gives military units honorifics after Ukrainian cities]. lenta.ru. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Центральный военный округ". Milkavkaz (in русский). 22 Mar 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  10. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 382 'О присвоении 6 танковому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  11. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.06.2018 № 383 'О присвоении 400 самоходному артиллерийскому полку почетного наименования'". publication.pravo.gov.ru. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
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