5th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya order Kutuzov II degree Motor Rifle Division, (Military Unit Number (V/Ch) 51852 from 1979) named on the 60th anniversary of the USSR, was a military formation of the Soviet Ground Forces. It traces back to the 6th Mechanized Corps created in 1940 that was destroyed in 1941 in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The corps was reformed in November 1942 under the same name, but with a different organizational structure. In early 1943, the 6th Mechanized Corps was granted "Guards" status and became the 5th Guards Mechanized Corps.
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5th Guards Motor Rifle Division
The 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya order Kutuzov II degree Motor Rifle Division, (Military Unit Number (V/Ch) 51852 from 1979) named on the 60th anniversary of the USSR, was a military formation of the Soviet Ground Forces. It traces back to the 6th Mechanized Corps created in 1940 that was destroyed in 1941 in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The corps was reformed in November 1942 under the same name, but with a different organizational structure. In early 1943, the 6th Mechanized Corps was granted "Guards" status and became the 5th Guards Mechanized Corps.
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5-я гвардейская мотострелковая ...... Р и Вооружённых сил Туркмении.
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The 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya ...... Motor Rifle Division in 1965.
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Zimovnikovskaya
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Order of Kutuzov II Degree
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5-я гвардейская мотострелковая ...... Р и Вооружённых сил Туркмении.
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The 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya ...... e 5th Guards Mechanized Corps.
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5-я гвардейская мотострелковая дивизия
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5th Guards Motor Rifle Division
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53rd Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957-65)
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5th Guards Mechanized Corps (1943-1945)
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5th Guards Mechanized Division (1945-1957)
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5th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1965-1989)
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6th Mechanized Corps (1940-1941) (1942-1943)
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