The 18th Guards

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Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division (), is an active division of the

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History

The 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division was formed originally as the 133rd Rifle Division at

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in 1939. The division was part of

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on 1 December 1941 during the

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. It was redesignated as the 18th Guards Rifle Division in March 1942 with the 51st, 53rd, 58th Guards Rifle Regiments and 52nd Guards Artillery Regiment. The division fought in the East Prussian Offensive. The unit became 30th Guards Mechanised Division in 1945 as part of the

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. In 1965 it was renumbered as 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division. It was stationed in the

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enclave with 11th Guards Army before entering

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in 1968, joining the

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. In 1991 the division was withdrawn back to Gusev,

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. The division was reorganised as a cadre strength formation, as part of the third-line reserves of the

. In 2002, it became the 79th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade (). The division was reformed from the 79th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade in Kaliningrad in December 2020 as part of the 11th Army Corps. In 2022, elements of the division were reportedly heavily engaged in combat in from the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

Structure (1990s)

*210th Motor Rifle Regiment; *275th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment; *278th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment; *280th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment; *52nd Guards Artillery Regiment Honorifics are

skaya Krasnoznamennaya and

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Structure (2020/21)

* 275th Motor Rifle Regiment * 280th Motor Rifle Regiment * 79th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (former 79th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade re-formed as a regiment) * 11th Separate Tank Regiment (

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) (

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V/Ch (в/ч) 41611) (Equipped with

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B Main Battle Tanks (upgrades of T-72s to B3M-standard underway as of 2019/20) * 20th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (forming 2020/21;

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UAVs and "Sobolyatnik" and "Fara-VR" reconnaissance radars) * 22nd Guards Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment ( Tor M1/M2), in Kaliningrad

References

External links

*http://wikimapia.org/7820871/79th-Separate-Guards-Motor-Rifle-Brigade {{Russian divisions

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History

Structure (1990s)

Structure (2020/21)

References

Further reading

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