24th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
24th Rifle Division can refer to: * 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, formerly the 24th Guards Rifle Division * 24th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine) , image = 24 ОМБр.svg , caption = 24th Mechanized Brigade shoulder sleeve patch , dates = 26 July 1918 – present , country = Soviet Russia (1918–1928)(1928–1991)(1991present) , allegiance ...

42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 42nd Guards "Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 27777, until 1987 MUN 29410; until 2009 MUN 28320)Michael Holm42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division accessed February 2015. is a Russian military unit. The division was formed originally as the 111th Rifle Division in Vologda in 1940, and became the 24th Guards Rifle Division in March 1942. It was based in the North Caucasus following World War II; it became 42nd Guards MRD on 10 June 1957, while at Grozny. It became 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division, part of the 12th Army Corps, on 18 October 1960. Second World War The division was formed in July 1940 in Vologda as the 111th Rifle Division on the basis of the 29th Reserve Brigade of the Arkhangelsk Military District. In the active army from June 22, 1941 to March 17, 1942. On July 16, 1940, the division was fully formed (which became the division's anniversary). Until March 1941, the 111th Rifle Division only held 3,000 personn ...
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