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The 7th Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War.. The division traced its heritage back to the 7th Guards Tank Corps, formed during World War II in July 1943 from the 15th Tank Corps for its performance in Operation Kutuzov, the Soviet counteroffensive after the Battle of Kursk.
6th Guards Tank Brigade "A" – Converted from 5th Tank Brigade 5 March 1942, redesignated 23rd Guards Tank Brigade 22 February 1943 [10] 7th Guards Tank Brigade – Converted from 46th Tank Brigade 16 February 1942 [10] /Reserve Front HQ/RVGK; 8th Guards Tank Brigade – Converted from 105th Tank Brigade 23 October 1942 [10]
7th Guards Antitank Battalion; 57th Guards Mortar Battalion (rockets) 7th Guards Mortar Regiment; 9th Tank Corps. 23rd Tank Brigade (T-34/85) 95th Tank Brigade (T-34/85) 108th Tank Brigade (T-34/85) 8th Motorized Rifle Brigade; 36th Guards Heavy Tanks Regiment (IS-IIs) 1445th SU Regiment; 1508th SU Regiment; 868th Light Artillery Regiment ...
15th Tank Corps – Formed May 1942, became 7th Guards Tank Corps July 1943. 16th Tank Corps – was part of 2nd Tank Army on formation. Became 12th Guards Tank Corps (1943) and 12th Guards Tank Division (1946). [10] 17th Tank Corps – became 4th Guards Tank Corps after Operation Little Saturn. 18th Tank Corps; 19th Tank Corps
IS-2s of the 7th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Brigade by the Reichstag, 2 May 1945. The IS-2 tank first saw combat in early 1944, equipping elite Guards Heavy Tank Regiments of the Red Army. A regiment had 21 IS-2 tanks in four companies of five tanks each and one being used by the regimental commander. [28]
7th Separate Guards "Orenburg Cossack"' Tank Brigade; 8th Separate Guards "Kramatorsk" Motor Rifle Brigade; 8th Guards "Chertkovsky" Mountain Motor Rifle Brigade; 17th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade; 18th Separate Guards "Yevpatoriya" Motor Rifle Brigade; 23rd Separate Guards "Petrokovskaya" Motor Rifle Brigade
The 15th Guards Tank Division was disbanded in 2004 and the regiment transferred to the 34th Motor Rifle Division. [5] [6] On 1 March 2009, the regiment was reorganized as the 7th Separate Guards Tank Brigade. [3] [1] Elements of the brigade participated in the war in Donbas in late 2014 and early 2015.
67th Guards Heavy Tank Brigade. Eighth Guards Army. Colonel Generall Vasily Chuikov. 4th Guards Rifle Corps ... 53rd Guards Tank Brigade 7th Guards Tank Corps