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173rd Guards District Training Centre (1987–present)42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (1960–1987)42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1960)24th Guards Rifle Division (1942–1957)111th Rifle Division (1940–1942)
Russian: 42-я гвардейская мотострелковая дивизия
Shoulder sleeve patch
Active
1940—2009
2016—present
Country
Russia
Branch
Russian Ground Forces
Type
Mechanized infantry
Size
Division
Part of
58th Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQ
Khankala, Chechnya
Anniversaries
July 16, 1940
Engagements
World War II
Second Chechen War
Russo-Ukrainian War
2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[1]
Decorations
Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours
Yevpatoria
Military unit
The 42nd Guards "Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 27777, until 1987 MUN 29410; until 2009 MUN 28320)[2] is a Russian military unit.
The division was formed as the 111th Rifle Division in Vologda in 1940, and became the 24th Guards Rifle Division in March 1942. It was based in the North Caucasus following World War II; it became 42nd Guards MRD on 10 June 1957, while at Grozny.[2] It became 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division, part of the 12th Army Corps, on 18 October 1960.
^Hird, Karolina; Barros, George; Mappes, Grace; Wolkov, Nicole; Clark, Mason; Kagan, Fredrick W. "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 8, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
^ abMichael Holm, 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division, accessed February 2015.
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