9th Guards Airborne Division (15 December 1942 – 19 June 1945)
116th Guards Rifle Division (19 June 1945 – 1946)
14th Guards Mechanized Division (1946–1957)
14th Guards Motorized Rifle Division (1957–1982)
32nd Guards Tank Division (1982–1989)
Active
1942–1989
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Type
Airborne, Infantry, Mechanized, Tank
Size
Division
Engagements
World War II
Battle of Kursk
Chernigov-Poltava Offensive
Kirovograd Operation
Uman–Botoșani Offensive
Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive
Sandomierz-Silesian Offensive
Lower Silesian Offensive
Upper Silesian Offensive
Battle of Berlin
Prague Offensive
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Kutuzov 2nd class
Order of Suvorov 2nd class
Battle honours
Poltava
Military unit
The 32nd Guards Tank Division was a tank formation of the Soviet Army/Soviet Ground Forces. Its predecessor, the 9th Guards Airborne Division, was a Red Army Airborne division of World War II.[1] On 19 June 1945, it became the 116th Guards Rifle Division.[2] In 1946, it became the 14th Guards Mechanized Division. In 1957, it became the 14th Guards Motorized Rifle Division. In 1982, it became the 32nd Guards Tank Division, which was disbanded in June 1989.[3]
^Pettibone, Charles D. (2009-11-18). The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: Volume V – Book B Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 9781426978159.
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reorganised as the 228th Motor Rifle Regiment of the 90th GuardsTankDivision. The division was originally formed in 1931 in the Ural MD, seemingly at...
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