The 245th Motor Rifle Division (;

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46108) was a division of the

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and later the

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, active from 1967 to 1997 and later from 2001 to 2006.

History

On 31 August 1967 in the city of

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the 245th Motor Rifle Division was formed. The division consisted of the 39th, 153rd, and 376th Motor Rifle Regiments, the 507th Tank Regiment, the 820th Artillery Regiment, and an anti-aircraft rocket regiment of unknown designation which had fought in the

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. From 1971 the Division was deployed at Gusinoozyorsk in

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, as part of the

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. To replace the 245th Motor Rifle Division at

, the 196th Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 52299, including the 595th MRR) was formed. On 1 December 1987 the 196th MRD became a territorial training centre (ТУЦ), and then on 25 January 1989 the centre was disbanded. The 255th 'Spare' MRD also existed in outline form under the 196th MRD in Kursk. The 245th MRD was a part of the 29th Army, then the 57th Army Corps, and since 2003 a part of the 29th Army again. When the 205th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade of the

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was formed, one of its battalions was formed on the basis of the 245th MRD, having absorbed personnel from all over the

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. On 1 September 1997, as part of the bilateral agreement between Russia and China on reductions of armaments covering the area up to 200 km from their mutual border, the 245th MRD was reduced to the 6803rd Weapons and Equipment Storage Base (BKhVT), codenamed army unit . The 245th MRD was reformed from 6803rd VKhVT in 2001, and given the 'Combat Banner' of the disbanded 2nd Guards Tank Division. The reformed division included the 39th and 376th Motor Rifle Regiments and the 507th Tank Regiment. The 363rd Motor Rifle Regiment joined the 122nd Guards Motor Rifle Division in the city of

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, and the 376th Guards Motor Rifle Yassy-Mukden

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Regiment joined the division from the 122nd Guards MRD. In 2004 160th Guards Tank Regiment joined the division from the 5th Guards Tank Division, and the 507th Tank Regiment joined the 5th Guards Tank Division in its place. By 1 February 2006 245th Guards Motor Rifle Division was reorganised as 6th Guards Tatsinskaya (Тацинская)

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Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (Motor-Rifle forces).

References

Sources

*Soldat.ru forum, 6 Guards BXVT, Zhukov Andrey 6 гв бхвт (мсв) 27.02.2007 11:17 *Michael Holm
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Military units and formations established in 1967 Military units and formations disestablished in 2006