5th Guards Stalingradsko-Kievskaya order of Lenin Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Tank Division

5-я гвардейская танковая Сталинградско-Киевская ордена Ленина Краснознамённая орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 41659

Activated 14.9.45 in Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, from the 5th Guards Tank Corps.

Organisation 1946:

• 20st Guards Tank Regiment
• 21st Guards Tank Regiment
• 22nd Guards Tank Regiment
• 6th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 110th Guards Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment
• 454th Guards Mortar Regiment
• 392nd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
• 000 independent Howitzer Artillery Battalion
• 127th independent Guards Mortar Battalion
• 15th independent Guards Motorcycle Battalion
• 21st independent Guards Sapper Battalion
• 4th independent Guards Communications Battalion
• 169th independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion
• 000 independent Auto-Transport Battalion
• 00 independent Tank Training Battalion

23.5.53 re-organised:

• 6th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment was renamed 76th Guards Mechanized Regiment
• 599th Guards Artillery Regiment was activated from the 454th Mortar Regiment and the 000 independent Howitzer Artillery Battalion
• 15th independent Motorcycle Battalion was renamed 128th independent Reconnaissance Battalion
• 14th independent Chemical Defence Company was activated

In 4.55 the 1697th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment was renamed 1046th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

In 6.57 reorganised (ordered 12.3.57):

• 129th Mechanised Regiment was renamed 321st Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 3rd Tank Regiment was disbanded
• 110th Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment was renamed 110th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment

In 4.55 the 392nd Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment was renamed 1174th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

29.6.57 renamed 122nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division:

• 20th Guards Tank Regiment was renamed 380th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 22nd Guards Tank Regiment was renamed 382nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 76th Guards Mechanized Regiment was renamed 76th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 110th Guards Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment was transferred to the 22nd Guards Tank Division

Headquarters:

•  Sherlovaya Gora, Chita Oblast, 9.45 - 6.57

Subordination:

• 6th Guards Tank Army, 9.45 - 4.7.46
• 6th Guards Mechanized Army, 4.7.46 - 29.4.57
• 6th Guards Tank Army, 29.4.57 - 29.6.57