• Source: 1st Tank Division (Soviet Union)

The 1st Tank Division was a Division sized unit of the Red Army that existed from 1940–42. It was later reformed, from a separate formation, with a different lineage. Within the Soviet Ground Forces it existed as a second line ready division from 1945–2008, at Kaliningrad in the Baltic Military District.




First formation


The division was first formed in July 1940 and had the following structure:

Headquarters under Colonel Vasiliy Ivanovich Ivanov
1st Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Motorized Rifle Regiment
1st Motorized Howitzer Regiment
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Motorized Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
1st Motorized Pontoon Battalion
63rd Field Post Office
204th State Bank Field Officer
When under the control of the Leningrad Military District the division was assigned to the 1st Mechanized Corps where it remained until its disbandment. When the division was disbanded the division was broken up and used to create the new 122nd, 123rd, and 124th Tank Brigades. Before disbandment the division contained the following units:

Headquarters under Major General Yakov Grigorevich Kreizer
1st Tank Regiment
2nd Tank Regiment
1st Howitzer Artillery Regiment
1st Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Pontoon Battalion
1st Signals Battalion
1st Field Hospital Battalion
1st Motor Transport Battalion
1st Maintenance (Repair and Recovery) Battalion
1st Chemical Defense Company
1st Field Bakery
63rd Field Post Station
204th Field Ticket Officer of the State Bank




Second formation


The Division was re-formed for its second time on 18 August 1941 from the 1st Motor Rifle Division. The division had the following formation upon creation:

Headquarters
12th Tank Regiment
6th Motorized Rifle Regiment
175th Motorized Rifle Regiment
13th Artillery Regiment
300th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
Mortar Battalion
93rd Reconnaissance Battalion
28th Separate Signals Battalion
87th Medical Battalion
45th Motor Transport Battalion
54th Repair and Recovery Company
22nd Engineer Company
30th Field Bakery
218th Field Post Station
63rd Field Ticket Officer of the State Bank




Insterburgskaya Tank Division


The division was established 4 July 1945 in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, from the 1st Tank Corps.
After the end of the war the division was stationed in Kaliningrad and had the following structure:

Headquarters
89th Tank Regiment
117th Tank Regiment
159th Tank Regiment
44th Motorized Rifle Regiment
98th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
108th Mortar Regiment
1720th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
Independent Howitzer Artillery Battalion
10th Independent Guards Mortar Battalion
86th Independent Motorcycle Battalion
183rd Independent Sapper Battalion
767th Independent Signals Battalion
190th Independent Medical Battalion
Independent Auto-Transport Battalion
72nd Independent Tank Training Battalion




Early 1950s


After force reductions in early 1953, Soviet divisions were re-organized and most were drawn down to just cadre brigades, including the 1st Tank Division. The reforms mostly were because of the draw-down after the end of the Second World War and the changes were mostly organized by Nikita Khrushchev and his cabinet. The "division" had the following structure after the re-forms:

Headquarters at Kaliningrad
89th Tank Regiment
117th Tank Regiment
159th Tank Regiment
127th Mechanized Rifle Regiment
886th Artillery Regiment
98th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment
1720th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (1955 re-named to 1043rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment)
10th Independent Guards Mortar Battalion
86th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion
183rd Independent Sapper Battalion
767th Independent Signals Battalion
190th Independent Medical Battalion
Independent Auto-Transport Battalion
Independent Chemical Defense Company
72nd Independent Tank Training Battalion
Later in June 1957 the division was re-organized yet again including:

159th Tank Regiment - disbanded
98th Guards Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment – re-named 98th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment
127th Mechanized Rifle Regiment – renamed to 290th Motorized Rifle Regiment
Just three years later in 1960, the 72nd Independent Tank Training Battalion was disbanded.




Structure in 1990


After many years the Soviet Ground Forces had a major re-fit under Dmitry Yazov including the 1st Tank Division. In 1990 the division consisted of the following just before its major re-organization:

Headquarters - Kaliningrad
89th Tank Regiment - Kornevo
117th Tank Regiment - Kornevo
501st Independent Guard and Service Battalion - Mamonovo
79th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment - Kaliningrad
886th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment - Kaliningrad
1043rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment - Kaliningrad
79th Independent Reconnaissance Battalion - Kornevo
218th Independent Missile Battalion - Kaliningrad
183rd Independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion - Kaliningrad
767th Independent Communications Battalion - Kaliningrad
140th Independent Maintenance Battalion - Kaliningrad
Independent Chemical Defense Company - Kaliningrad
190th Independent Medical Battalion - Kaliningrad
1037th Independent Supply Battalion - Kaliningrad
In 1993 the 1st Tank Division was reduced in status to the 2nd Independent Tank Brigade. Finally, in 1998 the brigade was re-organized and became the 385th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base. The base was finally disbanded in 2008 as a result of the 2008 Russian military reform.




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