3rd Kharbinskaya Tank Division

3-я танковая Харбинская дивизия

Military Unit: 24255

Activated 14.4.46 in Pokrovka, Primorskiy Kray, as the 3rd Tank Division, from the 300th Rifle Division.

Organisation 1946:

• 72nd Tank Regiment
• 125th Tank Regiment
• 208th Tank Regiment
• 36th Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 259th Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment
• 000 Mortar Regiment
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
• 000 independent Howitzer Artillery Battalion
• 00 independent Guards Mortar Battalion
• 102nd independent Motorcycle Battalion
• 591st independent Sapper Battalion
• 756th independent Communications Battalion
• 340th independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion
• 000 independent Auto-Transport Battalion
• 97th independent Tank Training Battalion

23.5.53 re-organised:

• 36th Motorised Rifle Regiment was renamed 126th Mechanised Regiment
• 000 Artillery Regiment was activated from the 000 Mortar Regiment and the 000 independent Howitzer Artillery Battalion
• 102nd independent Motorcycle Battalion was renamed 102nd independent Reconnaissance Battalion
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company was activated

30.4.57 renamed 46th Tank Division.

In 6.57 reorganised (ordered 12.3.57):

• 208th Tank Regiment was disbanded
• 259th Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment became 259th Heavy Tank Regiment
• 126th Mechanized Regiment was renamed 402nd Motorised Rifle Regiment

Disbanded 11.59.

Headquarters:

• Pokrovka, Primorskiy Kray, 4.46 - 11.59 [43 56 29N, 131 39 47E]

Subordination:

• 25th Combined Arms Army, 4.46 - 12.57
• 5th Combined Arms Army, 12.57 - 11.59