34th Artillery Division

34-я артиллерийская дивизия

Military Unit: 55872

Activated 10.45 in Potsdam, East Germany.

Organisation 1950:

• 30th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 38th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 148th Cannon Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany)

In 1958 the 38th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade was renamed 243rd Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment.

Re-organised in 1960:

• 30th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade was renamed 248th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment
• 148th Cannon Artillery Brigade returned to the Soviet Union together with the 6th Artillery Division
• 17th Cannon Artillery Regiment was transferred in, from the 6th Artillery Division - former 2nd Mortar Brigade
• 245th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment was transferred in, from the 6th Artillery Division - former 10th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade

Organisation 1960:

• 17th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Chemnitz, East Germany)
• 243rd Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment (Altengrabow, East Germany)
• 245th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Chemnitz, East Germany)
• 248th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment (Potsdam, East Germany)

Organisation 1970:

• 17th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 130mm M-46
• 243rd Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment (Altengrabow, East Germany) - equipped with 72 130mm M-46
• 245th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 152mm D-1
• 248th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment (Potsdam, East Germany) - equipped with 72 130mm M-46

In 1970 the 245th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment was renamed 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade, and the 248th Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment was renamed 286th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade.

In 1974 the 243rd Guards Cannon Artillery Regiment was renamed 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade, and the 17th Cannon Artillery Regiment was renamed 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade.

Organisation 1975:

• 286th Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany) - equipped with 72 130mm M-46 - first 152mm 2s3 Akatsiya was delivered 1975, completed 1979
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 152mm D-20
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany) - equipped with 72 130mm M-46
• 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 BM-21 Grad - 1978 received 36 9P140 Uragan

Organisation 1980:

• 286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany) - equipped with 72 152mm 2s3 Akatsiya
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 152mm D-20
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany) - equipped with 72 130mm M-46 (36 152mm 2s5 Giatsint-B delivered 1981, followed by another 36 in 1982) - 1981 moved to Altengrabow
• 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 36 BM-21 Grad and 36 9P140 Uragan (from 1982 72 9P140 Uragan)

In 1982 the 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade gave up it's 72 152mm 2s5 Giatsint-B, and was rearmed with 48 203mm 2s7 Pion.

Organisation 1988:

• 286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Potsdam, East Germany) - equipped with 72 152mm 2s3 Akatsiya
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 152mm 2A65 Msta-B
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Altengrabow, East Germany) - equipped with 48 203mm 2s7 Pion - 1989 again rearmed with the 152mm 2s5 Giatsint-B
• 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade (Chemnitz, East Germany) - equipped with 72 9P140 Uragan
• 1249th independent Material Supply Battalion (Potsdam, East Germany)
• 199th independent Medical Battalion (Potsdam, East Germany)

In 1.89 the 122nd Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade arrived in East Germany, and joined the brigade.

1993 inherited the traditions, honors and awards from the 2nd Guards Artillery Division, and was renamed 34th Guards Perekopskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Artillery Division.

Organisation 2000:

• 236th Cannon Artillery Brigade (Tambov, Tambov Oblast)
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Tambov, Tambov Oblast)
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade (Mulino, Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast)
• 355th Cannon Artillery Brigade (Inzhenernyy, Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast)

Disbanded 2009.

Headquarters:

• Potsdam, East Germany, 10.45 - 5.94
• Mulino, Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast, 5.94 - 2009

Subordination:

• 4th Artillery Corps, 10.45 - 1953
• Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany, 1953 - 3.54
• Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, 3.54 - 6.89
• Western Group of Forces, 6.89 - 5.94
• Moscow Military District, 5.94 - 2009

Equipment 1979:

• 286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2s3
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm D-20
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade: 69 130mm M-46
• 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade: 28 BM-21 and 34 9P140 Uragan

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• Divisional HQ: 1 PRP-3 and 1 R-145BM
• 286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2s3 Akatsiya, 4 PRP-4/4 and 1 R-145BM
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2A65 Msta-B, 4 PRP-3/4, 12 1V18, 4 1V19 and 1 R-145BM
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2s5 Giatsint, 5 PRP-3/4, 6 1V18, 2 1V19 and 1 R-145BM
• 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade: 72 9P140 Uragan, 3 PRP-3, 12 1V18, 4 1V19 and 1 R-145BM
• 122nd Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade: 72 100mm MT-12 and 36 MT-LBT with mounted anti-tank missiles

Equipment 1.1.2000 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 236th Cannon Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B
• 288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2A65 Msta-B
• 303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2s5 Giatsint-C
• 355th Cannon Artillery Brigade: 72 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B, 5 PRP-4, 6 1V18, 2 1V19 and 1 R-145BM

Divisional coordinates:

• Potsdam barracks (Delius Kaserne) [US designation: Potsdam Army Barracks 289]: 52 25 27N, 13 03 18E (Divisional HQ and 286th Guards Howitzer Artillery Brigade)
• Potsdam barracks (Ludendorff Kaserne) [US designation: Potsdam Army Barracks 292]: 52 25 55N, 13 03 24E (303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade and divisional support units)
• Karl-Marx Stadt barracks (Infanterie Kaserne/Artillerie Kaserne) [US designation: Karl-Marx Stadt Army Barracks 241/242]: 50 50 25N, 12 57 23E (288th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade and 307th Reactive Artillery Brigade)
• Altengrabow barracks [US designation: Altengrabow Army Barracks 204]: 52 11 43N, 12 11 18 (303rd Guards Cannon Artillery Brigade)
• Königsbrück barracks: 51 16 36N, 13 53 25E (122nd Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade)
• Mulino barracks: 56 18 34N, 42 56 57E
• Tambov barracks: 52 40 44N, 41 28 17E
• Inzhenernyy barracks: 56 15 49N, 42 48 32E