5th Dvinskaya Tank Division

5-я танковая Двинская дивизия

Military Unit: 08609

Activated 5.7.45 in Belostok, Poland, from the 5th Tank Corps.

Organisation 1946:

• 24th Tank Regiment
• 41st Tank Regiment
• 70th Tank Regiment
• 5th Motorised Rifle Regiment
• 75th Guards Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment
• 277th Mortar Regiment
• 1708th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
• 000 independent Howitzer Artillery Battalion
• 47th independent Guards Mortar Battalion
• 92nd independent Motorcycle Battalion
• 188th independent Sapper Battalion
• 704th independent Communications Battalion
• 194th independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion
• 679th independent Auto-Transport Battalion
• 00 independent Tank Training Battalion

Disbanded 2.47:

• 24th Tank Regiment transferred to the 27th Rifle Division
• 41st Tank Regiment transferred to the 26th Rifle Division
• 70th Tank Regiment transferred to the 367th Rifle Division
• 75th Guards Heavy Tank Self-Propelled Regiment transferred to the 45th Guards Rifle Division

Headquarters:

• Belostok, Poland, 7.45 - 2.47

Subordination:

• Northern Group of Forces, 7.45 - 2.47