8th Guards Rezhitskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order
of Suvorov Motorised Rifle
Division imeni Major-General I.V. Panfilov
8-я гвардейская мотострелковая Режицкая
ордена Ленина Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия имени генерал-майора И. В.
Панфилова
Military Unit: 95926
Activated 25.6.57 in Haapsalu, Estonian SSR, from the 8th Guards
Rifle Division.
Organisation 1960:
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19th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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23rd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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30th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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50th Guards Tank Regiment (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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000 Guards Artillery Regiment (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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1059th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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2nd independent Guards Sapper Battalion (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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55th independent Guards Communications Battalion (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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00 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
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000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Haapsalu, Estonian SSR)
Disbanded 18.3.60, but the 23rd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment,
50th Guards Tank Regiment and probably 1059th Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Regiment were transferred to the 36th Guards Motorised
Rifle Division.
23.5.60 the traditions, honours and awards were transferred to
the 36th Guards Motorised Rifle Division, which was
renamed 8th Guards Motorised Rifle Division.
Headquarters:
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Haapsalu, Estonian SSR, 6.57 - 3.60
Subordination: