22nd Guards Tank Division

The 22nd Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army. The division traced its lineage back to the World War II 7th Guards Airborne Division (First formation), which became the 115th Guards Rifle Division after the end of the war. In 1957, the 115th became the 22nd Guards Tank Division. The division was based in the small military town of Novoye, which was quickly renamed Cherkaske after the Cherkassy honorific title of the division.[1] From May 1957, it was part of the 6th Guards Tank Army, relocated from the Transbaikal. The division's 223rd Tank Regiment was transferred from the 16th Tank Division of the 6th Guards Tank Army, formerly stationed in Mongolia.[2] The division was maintained as a high strength cadre division, not ready for combat. December 1985 data recorded the division as totalling 2,550 men with 322 T-64A, twelve BMP-1, three BTR-60, and 108 122mm M-30. It was disbanded in 1990 to make room for the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, which had been withdrawn from Hungary.[2][3]

22nd Guards Tank Division
Active1957–1990
Country Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Army
TypeArmor
Part of6th Guards Tank Army
Garrison/HQCherkaske
Decorations
Battle honoursCherkasy

Future Army General Yury Yakubov commanded the division's 317th Guards Tank Regiment between 1979 and 1982, then served as deputy division commander until 1984.[4]

1989 Structure

All units were at Cherkaske. Military Unit Number in parentheses.[3]

  • 360th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (32093)
  • 223rd Tank Regiment (38121)
  • 302nd Guards Tank Regiment (55363)
  • 317th Guards Tank Regiment (41437)
  • 871st Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (89529)
  • 1069th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (63741)
  • Separate Rocket Battalion (61528)
  • Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 277th Separate Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion
  • 566th Separate Guards Signal Battalion (62802)
  • Separate Chemical Defense Company
  • Separate Repair and Recovery Battalion
  • Separate Medical Battalion
  • Separate Material Support Battalion (87024)
  • Military Counterintelligence Department

Notes
  1. "Історична довідка". cherk.otg.dp.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  2. Holm, Michael. "22nd Guards Tank Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
  3. Feskov et al 2013, p. 486
  4. "ЯКУБОВ ЮРИЙ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ". 10otb.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

References
  • Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing. ISBN 9785895035306.
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