The 242nd Rifle Division was the lowest-numbered infantry division of the Red Army to be formed from scratch following the German invasion of the USSR...

The 242nd Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army. The division existed from 1972 to 1988 and was based in Abakan. The...

the division was completely withdrawn from Chechnya. In 1999 key units included the 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment; 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment;...

The 178th Rifle Division was formed as an infantry division of the Red Army in the Siberian Military District, based on the shtat (table of organization...

began, as seen on the example of the 900th Rifle Regiment, which was part of the 242nd Rifle Division. Rifle Regiment attacking village of Svity was composed...

redesignated as the 242nd Rifle Division. 466th Rifle Division — became the 248th Rifle Division (II) January 1942 467th Rifle Division — began forming in...

Counties) Division (United Kingdom) 44th Infantry Division (United States) 44th Airborne Division (India) (British Indian Army during World War II) 242nd Training...

241st Division 241st Infantry Division (German Empire) 242nd Division 242nd Infantry Division (German Empire) 242nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 242nd Training...

for a new general offensive. On August 29 the division, in cooperation with 242nd and 250th Rifle Divisions, attacked but came up against heavy German fire...

The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова...

Assault Division is a division of the Russian Airborne Troops based in Pskov. The division traces its lineage back to the 76th Guards Rifle Division, formed...

The division first formed from July 1 to Aug. 28, 1940, at Mogilev in the Western Special Military District based on cadres from 143rd Rifle Division and...

former 20th Guards Brigade reportedly having expanded into a division-strength formation. 242nd Mechanized Regiment (Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast); 428th Separate...

The 69th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army and later the Soviet Army, formed twice. It was first formed in 1936 from the 3rd Kolkhoz...

Order of Battle, volume 2: 291st – 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole...

US Infantry Division, 45th US Infantry Division and 36th US Infantry Division against the positions of the German 242nd Infantry Division.: 37  As the...

The 242nd Training Centre of the Airborne Forces (242 TC VDV) is a brigade-sized training formation of the Russian Airborne Troops. In March 1959 the...

The 44th Kievskaya of the Red Banner Rifle Division of Nikolay Shchors, or 44th Kievskaya for short, was an elite military formation of the Soviet Union...

broken up into two separate rifle brigades, which were combined into the 1st Caucasian Rifle Division in 1922. The division was converted into a mountain...

Battalions attached) 919th Grenadier Regiment (transferred from the 242nd Infantry Division in October 1943) 1709th Artillery Regiment 709th Antitank Battalion...

joining the 242nd and 251st Rifle Divisions. On July 21 the commander of 30th Army, Maj. Gen. V. A. Khomenko, ordered each of his rifle divisions to receive...

War 400 'line' rifle divisions (infantry), 129 Soviet Guards rifle divisions, and over 50 cavalry divisions as well as many divisions of combat support...

follows: 242nd Guards Rifle Regiment (from 484th Rifle Regiment) 244th Guards Rifle Regiment (from 488th Rifle Regiment) 246th Guards Rifle Regiment (from...

258th Rifle Division first began forming in the Central Asian Military District as one of the Red Army's first ethnic or "national" rifle divisions after...

the 242nd Motor Rifle Division. 5351st Weaponry and Equipment Storage Base (5351-я БХВТ) in Biysk since 1989. Previously the 13th Motor Rifle Division 5352nd...

August was disbanded. Its remnants were used to reinforce the 242nd Rifle Division. The division was reformed on 16 July 1943 from training units in Georgia...

The 89th Taman Red Banner Orders of Kutuzov and the Red Star Rifle Division (Russian: 89-я стрелковая Таманская Краснознамённая орденов Кутузова и Красной...

Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая...

the 242nd Training Centre. A small number of its personnel were used to form the 180th Motor Rifle Brigade. On 4 March 1955, the 342nd Rifle Division was...

125th Rifle Corps 175th Rifle Division 76th Rifle Division 185th Rifle Division 60th Rifle Division 129th Rifle Corps 146th Rifle Division 82nd Rifle Division...