9th Tank Division
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The 9th Tank Division was a division of the Red Army
that saw action briefly in 1941. It was formed in the Central Asian Military District in the summer of 1940. In April 1941 the Division joined the newly formed 27th Mechanised Corps. However on 28 June 1941 the Division was separated from the 27th Mechanised Corps and re-designated the 104th Tank Division (:ru:104-я танковая дивизия (СССР)). The 9th Tank Corps was then formed on 12 May 1942 in the Moscow Military District
. It fought in Europe until 1945. In 1945 the 9th Tank Corps was redesignated the 9th Tank Division. The 9th Tank Division served with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
from 1945 until about 1991, when it was disbanded.
), Kochukovo and Sukhoy Sot (east of Kirov
). On the orders of the commander of the army, the corps had the task by the end of 6 July 1942 to enter into the breach Black on site flow, Polycom to develop success in the direction of Oslinka, Zhizdra, Orla. It was put into action only in the evening of 7 July 1942. Due to poor reconnaissance and the direction of the first echelons, the corps became mired in a swamp. The night of 7/8 July left on the drawing machines. The corps suffered heavy losses, one of the teams/brigades lost 50% of its tanks, and in general, the commissioning of housing/corps headquarters did not affect the situation. On 14 July, the corps moved onto the defence.
In August 1942 he participated in the drawing for the counterattack against enemy troops in the area of Sukhinichi
and Kozelsk
as well.
Have been loaded on stations Voymirovo and Probuzhdenie to 11.03.1943 on 14.03.1943 year.
In early April 1943 from Sukhinichi Corps arrived in Kursk
.
In the battle of Kursk
, being in reserve, the front concentrated in the area Arseniyevsky, Trubitsyn, Sergeevskie on 7 May 1943. By the end of the year 07.07.1943 was sent to the front. On the afternoon of 8 July 1943 the corps entered combat. On 15 July 1943, the leading fighting in the Busuluk and not far from Maloarhangelsk and in the same day, broke into the Maloarhangelsk. 01/08/1943, the housing led the offensive fighting 14 kilometers south of In in the area of Gostoml and Highways. 2 August 1943 went to the line pair, 9 kilometers south of Kromah. By the end of 3 August, the battles waged at the turn of the Kolka-Sharikino. 4 August, the Corps crossed the river In and led the fight for a greater foothold in the Glinka-Leszno area 11 km southwest of Kromah.
During the Chernigov-Pripyat operation introduced into the battle, the south 27 August Sevsk
and a surprise attack, took part in the liberation of Glukhov and 30 August, then continued the offensive in a south-westerly direction until 7 September, he resigned to Desna
.
On 24 June 1944 has been taking part in the Belorussian strategic offensive operation, stepping on the direction of Bobruisk district Rogachev Zhlobin
. On 26 June, the hull broke forward and went to the Bobruisk in the east, went on the east bank of the Berezina river near Titovka, and by the next morning, he grabbed all the roads and crossing the north-east of the city. On 1 July is on the march from the vicinity of Osipovichi (8th infantry brigade in the area of settlement Shishchiny, The 95th Tank Brigade near the village of Lev, 23rd Tank Brigade - at the crossing in the village Zhitniy). On 4 July, the corps was included in the Cavalry-Mechanised Group
of General Issa Pliyev
and launched an attack on Baranavichy, which was taken on 8 July. Then was sent to Minsk
, but was redirected to the southwest napravoenii, participated by the 23rd Armoured Brigade in the release of Berezino participated in the liberation of Slonim
a, Novogrudok and during the Lublin-Brest Operation Brest.
On 14 January 1945 the corps took part in the offensive with Pulavskogo bridgehead on the west coast of the Vistula River, south of Warsaw
. On 23 January it participated in the capture of Bydgoszcz and
During the East Pomeranian Offensive
the Corps was given the 3rd Shock Army and 3 March, the pobrigadno used to support infantry formations, attacking in the direction of
During the Battle of Berlin
the corps again was given the 3rd Shock Army as the mobile group and 16 April 1945 has been introduced in the fight at 10-00, advancing on Seelow Heights
, but a significant impact on the offensive was not. 18/4/1945, supporting 79th Rifle Corps crossed the Frilandershtrom, 23rd and 95th Tank Brigade in conjunction with 150th Rifle Division captured Kunersdorf and at the end of April 1945 stormed the Reichstag building too.
It took part in the Battle of Kursk, then fought across Ukraine with the Central, Belorussian, and 1st Belorussian Fronts.
.
9th Tank Bobruisk-Berlin Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division
At the beginning of 1991 it was based were two tank and two mechanized infantry (both - to BMP) Regiment. The division was fully equipped with tanks T-80.
* 1st Guards Tank Chertkovsky double Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov. Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment them. Marshal of Armored Forces MEKatvkova (Zeithain): 89 T-80, 60 BMP (33 BMP-2, 23 BMP-1, 4 BRM-1K), 18-2S1 "Carnation", 6 BMP-1KSH, 2 PRP-3, 4, 3 RHM, 1 BREM-2, 2 PU-12, 3 MT-55A
* 70th Guards Tank Proskurov-Berlin Red Banner Order of Lenin Order of Kutuzov regiment im.G.I.Kotovskogo (Zeithain): 90 T-80, 60 BMP (32 BMP-2, 24 BMP-1, 4 BRM-1K), 18 - 2S1 "Carnation", 6 BMP-1KSH, 2 PRP-3, 4, N RHM, 1 BREM-2, 2 PU-12, 1 R-145BM, 2 MT-55A
* 302nd Motor Rifle Regiment (Reese) 30 T-80, 147 BMP (95 BMP-2, 45 BMP-1, 7BMP-1K), 24 armored personnel carriers (10 BTR-70, 14 BTR-60), 18 - 2S1 " Carnation ", 18 - 2S12" Sunny ", 9 BMP-1KSH, 3 PRP-3, 4, 3 RHM, 2 BREM-2, 2 PU-12, 6 MT-LBT (for 100-mm PTI)
* 1321st Motor Rifle Glukhovskoy-Rechitsa Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Regiment (Yuterbog): 29 T-80, 152 BMP (94 BMP-2, 51 BMP-1, 7 BRM-1K), 18 - 2S1 "Carnation", 18 - 2S12 "Sunny", 9 BMP-1KSH, 3 PRP-3, 4, 3 RHM, 2 BREM-2, 3 PU-12, 6 MT-LBT (for 100-mm PTI)
* 96th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (Born) 54 2SZ "Acacia", 18 BM-21 "Grad";
5 PRP-3, 4, 3 - 1V18, 1 - 1V19, 2 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR
* 216th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Zeithain): in addition to a SAM P-145BM, 1 P-156 armored personnel carrier
As part of the 9th etc. were also available:
* 13th separate battalion reconnaissance and electronic warfare (Zeithain): 17 BMP-2, 7 BRM-1K;
1BMP 1KSH-2 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR
* 696 th Separate Battalion (Riza): 10 R-145BM, 1 P-156 armored personnel carriers, 2 P-2AM
* 109th separate engineering battalion (Oschatz): 2 IWW, 2 MT-55A
* 112th Battalion separate chemical protection
* 1071-D independent battalion of material support
* 68-th separate repair battalion-reduction
* 200th Medical Battalion separate
A total of 19.XI.90 9th disposal etc.:
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
that saw action briefly in 1941. It was formed in the Central Asian Military District in the summer of 1940. In April 1941 the Division joined the newly formed 27th Mechanised Corps. However on 28 June 1941 the Division was separated from the 27th Mechanised Corps and re-designated the 104th Tank Division (:ru:104-я танковая дивизия (СССР)). The 9th Tank Corps was then formed on 12 May 1942 in the Moscow Military District
Moscow Military District
The Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District.-History:In the beginning of...
. It fought in Europe until 1945. In 1945 the 9th Tank Corps was redesignated the 9th Tank Division. The 9th Tank Division served with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany , also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany and the Western Group of Forces were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany....
from 1945 until about 1991, when it was disbanded.
1942-45
The 9th Tank Corps participated in the offensive of the left wing of the Western Front in the summer of 1942. On 7 June the corps was stationed in the area of Voymirovo, Barankovo (Kaluga OblastKaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.-Geography:Kaluga Oblast is located in the central part of the East European Plain. The Smolensk Highland lays in the western and north-western part of the oblast, while the Central Russian Highland -...
), Kochukovo and Sukhoy Sot (east of Kirov
Kirov
-People:*Nikolay Kirov , Soviet track and field athlete*Sergey Kirov , Bolshevik revolutionary and a Soviet communist-Things named after Sergey Kirov:*Kirov Plant, St. Petersburg, Russia...
). On the orders of the commander of the army, the corps had the task by the end of 6 July 1942 to enter into the breach Black on site flow, Polycom to develop success in the direction of Oslinka, Zhizdra, Orla. It was put into action only in the evening of 7 July 1942. Due to poor reconnaissance and the direction of the first echelons, the corps became mired in a swamp. The night of 7/8 July left on the drawing machines. The corps suffered heavy losses, one of the teams/brigades lost 50% of its tanks, and in general, the commissioning of housing/corps headquarters did not affect the situation. On 14 July, the corps moved onto the defence.
In August 1942 he participated in the drawing for the counterattack against enemy troops in the area of Sukhinichi
Sukhinichi
Sukhinichi is a town and the administrative center of Sukhinichsky District of Kaluga Oblast, Russia, a large railway junction on the Moscow–Bryansk line, situated southwest of Kaluga. The town is located on the Bryn River. Population:...
and Kozelsk
Kozelsk
Kozelsk is a town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Zhizdra River , southwest of Kaluga. Population: -History:The town of Kozelsk was first mentioned in a chronicle under the year of 1146 as a part of Principality of Chernigov...
as well.
Have been loaded on stations Voymirovo and Probuzhdenie to 11.03.1943 on 14.03.1943 year.
In early April 1943 from Sukhinichi Corps arrived in Kursk
Kursk
Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...
.
In the battle of Kursk
Kursk
Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...
, being in reserve, the front concentrated in the area Arseniyevsky, Trubitsyn, Sergeevskie on 7 May 1943. By the end of the year 07.07.1943 was sent to the front. On the afternoon of 8 July 1943 the corps entered combat. On 15 July 1943, the leading fighting in the Busuluk and not far from Maloarhangelsk and in the same day, broke into the Maloarhangelsk. 01/08/1943, the housing led the offensive fighting 14 kilometers south of In in the area of Gostoml and Highways. 2 August 1943 went to the line pair, 9 kilometers south of Kromah. By the end of 3 August, the battles waged at the turn of the Kolka-Sharikino. 4 August, the Corps crossed the river In and led the fight for a greater foothold in the Glinka-Leszno area 11 km southwest of Kromah.
During the Chernigov-Pripyat operation introduced into the battle, the south 27 August Sevsk
Sevsk
Sevsk is a town in Sevsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sev River , away from Bryansk. Population: -History:...
and a surprise attack, took part in the liberation of Glukhov and 30 August, then continued the offensive in a south-westerly direction until 7 September, he resigned to Desna
Desna
-Towns and villages:* Dešná , a village in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic * Dešná , a village in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic...
.
On 24 June 1944 has been taking part in the Belorussian strategic offensive operation, stepping on the direction of Bobruisk district Rogachev Zhlobin
Zhlobin
Zhlobin is a city in the Homiel Voblast of Belarus, on the Dnieper river. As of 2005, the population is 75.866. The town was first mentioned in writing in 1492....
. On 26 June, the hull broke forward and went to the Bobruisk in the east, went on the east bank of the Berezina river near Titovka, and by the next morning, he grabbed all the roads and crossing the north-east of the city. On 1 July is on the march from the vicinity of Osipovichi (8th infantry brigade in the area of settlement Shishchiny, The 95th Tank Brigade near the village of Lev, 23rd Tank Brigade - at the crossing in the village Zhitniy). On 4 July, the corps was included in the Cavalry-Mechanised Group
Cavalry Mechanized Group
A cavalry-mechanized group was a type of military formation used in the Red Army during World War II against Germany and Japan.- Organization :...
of General Issa Pliyev
Issa Pliyev
Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev was a Soviet military commander, Army General , twice Hero of the Soviet Union , Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic . Member of the CPSU since 1926. He was an ethnic Ossetian....
and launched an attack on Baranavichy, which was taken on 8 July. Then was sent to Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
, but was redirected to the southwest napravoenii, participated by the 23rd Armoured Brigade in the release of Berezino participated in the liberation of Slonim
Slonim
Slonim is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. The population in 2008 was 50,800.-Etymology and historical names:...
a, Novogrudok and during the Lublin-Brest Operation Brest.
On 14 January 1945 the corps took part in the offensive with Pulavskogo bridgehead on the west coast of the Vistula River, south of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. On 23 January it participated in the capture of Bydgoszcz and
During the East Pomeranian Offensive
East Pomeranian Offensive
The East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive operation was an offensive by the Red Army in its fight against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front...
the Corps was given the 3rd Shock Army and 3 March, the pobrigadno used to support infantry formations, attacking in the direction of
During the Battle of Berlin
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, was the final major offensive of the European Theatre of World War II....
the corps again was given the 3rd Shock Army as the mobile group and 16 April 1945 has been introduced in the fight at 10-00, advancing on Seelow Heights
Seelow Heights
The Seelow Heights are situated around the town Seelow, about 90 kilometres east of Berlin and overlook the Oderbruch, the western flood plain of the River Oder which is a further 20 km to the east....
, but a significant impact on the offensive was not. 18/4/1945, supporting 79th Rifle Corps crossed the Frilandershtrom, 23rd and 95th Tank Brigade in conjunction with 150th Rifle Division captured Kunersdorf and at the end of April 1945 stormed the Reichstag building too.
It took part in the Battle of Kursk, then fought across Ukraine with the Central, Belorussian, and 1st Belorussian Fronts.
Cold War
In common with all other Soviet tanks corps, the 9th Tank Corps was reorganised as the 9th Tank Division in mid-late 1945. As part of the occupation forces, the 9th Tank Division was assigned to the 1st Guards Tank Army (also 1st Guards Mechanized Army). In 1957, it was reorganized into a Heavy Tank Division and re-designated the 13th Heavy Tank Division. This lasted until 1965, when it was returned to its original 9th Tank Division designation. This it retained until its withdrawal from the GDR in 1991 when it was disbanded. Its divisional headquarters was at RiesaRiesa
Riesa is a town in the district of Meißen in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is located at the river Elbe, approx. 40 km northwest of Dresden.The world's first 110 kV power line was inaugurated between Riesa and Lauchhammer in 1912....
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9th Tank Bobruisk-Berlin Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division
At the beginning of 1991 it was based were two tank and two mechanized infantry (both - to BMP) Regiment. The division was fully equipped with tanks T-80.
* 1st Guards Tank Chertkovsky double Order of Lenin Red Banner Orders of Suvorov. Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment them. Marshal of Armored Forces MEKatvkova (Zeithain): 89 T-80, 60 BMP (33 BMP-2, 23 BMP-1, 4 BRM-1K), 18-2S1 "Carnation", 6 BMP-1KSH, 2 PRP-3, 4, 3 RHM, 1 BREM-2, 2 PU-12, 3 MT-55A
* 70th Guards Tank Proskurov-Berlin Red Banner Order of Lenin Order of Kutuzov regiment im.G.I.Kotovskogo (Zeithain): 90 T-80, 60 BMP (32 BMP-2, 24 BMP-1, 4 BRM-1K), 18 - 2S1 "Carnation", 6 BMP-1KSH, 2 PRP-3, 4, N RHM, 1 BREM-2, 2 PU-12, 1 R-145BM, 2 MT-55A
* 302nd Motor Rifle Regiment (Reese) 30 T-80, 147 BMP (95 BMP-2, 45 BMP-1, 7BMP-1K), 24 armored personnel carriers (10 BTR-70, 14 BTR-60), 18 - 2S1 " Carnation ", 18 - 2S12" Sunny ", 9 BMP-1KSH, 3 PRP-3, 4, 3 RHM, 2 BREM-2, 2 PU-12, 6 MT-LBT (for 100-mm PTI)
* 1321st Motor Rifle Glukhovskoy-Rechitsa Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Regiment (Yuterbog): 29 T-80, 152 BMP (94 BMP-2, 51 BMP-1, 7 BRM-1K), 18 - 2S1 "Carnation", 18 - 2S12 "Sunny", 9 BMP-1KSH, 3 PRP-3, 4, 3 RHM, 2 BREM-2, 3 PU-12, 6 MT-LBT (for 100-mm PTI)
* 96th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment (Born) 54 2SZ "Acacia", 18 BM-21 "Grad";
5 PRP-3, 4, 3 - 1V18, 1 - 1V19, 2 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR
* 216th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Zeithain): in addition to a SAM P-145BM, 1 P-156 armored personnel carrier
As part of the 9th etc. were also available:
* 13th separate battalion reconnaissance and electronic warfare (Zeithain): 17 BMP-2, 7 BRM-1K;
1BMP 1KSH-2 R-145BM, 1 R-156BTR
* 696 th Separate Battalion (Riza): 10 R-145BM, 1 P-156 armored personnel carriers, 2 P-2AM
* 109th separate engineering battalion (Oschatz): 2 IWW, 2 MT-55A
* 112th Battalion separate chemical protection
* 1071-D independent battalion of material support
* 68-th separate repair battalion-reduction
* 200th Medical Battalion separate
A total of 19.XI.90 9th disposal etc.:
- 238 tanks (T-80);
- 343 BMP (271 BMP-2, 143 BMP-1, 29 BRM-1K);
- 24 APCs (10 BTR-70, 14 BTR-60);
- 126 self-propelled guns (72-2C-1.54 2SZ)
- 36 mortars 2C2 "Sunny" (120 mm)
- 18 MLRS BM-21 "Grad"