20th Guards Combined Arms Army (1960–present)4th Guards Mechanized Army (1946–1960)4th Guards Tank Army (1945–1946)4th Tank Army (1942–1945)
Active
1942–present
Country
Soviet Union (1942–1991) Russia (1991–present)
Branch
Red Army (1942–1945) Soviet Ground Forces (1945-1991) Russian Ground Forces (1991–present)
Type
Armoured
Size
currently 2 motor rifle divisions, 2 artillery/missile brigades + several other auxiliary regiments
Part of
Moscow Military District (1992–2010) Western Military District (2010 – present)
Garrison/HQ
Voronezh
Engagements
World War II
Russo-Ukrainian War[1]
Second Battle of Lyman[2]
Battle of the Svatove-Kreminna line[3]
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[4]
Commanders
Current commander
Major general Sukhrab Akhmedov
Notable commanders
Vasily Badanov
Dmitry Lelyushenko
Military unit
The 20th Guards Combined Arms Army (originally designated as the 4th Tank Army, 4th Guards Tank Army in 1945, 4th Guards Mechanised Army in 1946, and the 20th Guards Army in 1960 within the Soviet Ground Forces) is a field army. In 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the army became part of the Russian Ground Forces. Military Unit Number в/ч 89425.
^"Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 23, 2023".
^"New AFU Victory May be in the Works: Russian Forces in Lyman Are "Effectively Surrounded"". 30 September 2022.
^Bailey, Riley; Hird, Karolina; Wolkov, Nicole; Clark, Mason. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 14, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
^"Russia tries to strengthen offensive operations in Bakhmut area – ISW". 17 May 2023.
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