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...
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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...
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the division was completely withdrawn from Chechnya. In 1999 key units included the 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment; 242nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment;...
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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...
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redesignated as the 242nd Rifle Division. 466th Rifle Division — became the 248th Rifle Division (II) January 1942 467th Rifle Division — began forming in...
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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...
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Counties) Division (United Kingdom) 44th Infantry Division (United States) 44th Airborne Division (India) (British Indian Army during World War II) 242nd Training...
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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...
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241st Division 241st Infantry Division (German Empire) 242nd Division 242nd Infantry Division (German Empire) 242nd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) 242nd Training...
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The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова...
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former 20th Guards Brigade reportedly having expanded into a division-strength formation. 242nd Mechanized Regiment (Kamyshin, Volgograd Oblast); 428th Separate...
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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...
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Order of Battle, volume 2: 291st – 999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, and Special Divisions in WWII. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole...
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US Infantry Division, 45th US Infantry Division and 36th US Infantry Division against the positions of the German 242nd Infantry Division.: 37 As the...
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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...
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Battalions attached) 919th Grenadier Regiment (transferred from the 242nd Infantry Division in October 1943) 1709th Artillery Regiment 709th Antitank Battalion...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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War 400 'line' rifle divisions (infantry), 129 Soviet Guards rifle divisions, and over 50 cavalry divisions as well as many divisions of combat support...
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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...
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The 89th Taman Red Banner Orders of Kutuzov and the Red Star Rifle Division (Russian: 89-я стрелковая Таманская Краснознамённая орденов Кутузова и Красной...
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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...
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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...
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Banner Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 29410 until September 1987; MUN 28320 thereafter) is a Russian military unit. The division was formed...
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Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Far East Military District, formed from the Red Army 31st Guards Rifle Division, an infantry division of World War...
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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...
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Voronezh-Shumlinskaya Red Banner Order of Suvorov and Red Banner of Labor Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 19-я мотострелковая Воронежско-Шумлинская Краснознамённая...
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33rd Army Corps (redirect from 119th Rifle Corps)
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...
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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...
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