List of guards units of Russia

Summary

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation has a large number of Guards units.

The 4th Guards Tank Division at the 2019 Minsk Independence Day Parade.

Ground Forces edit

Guards Armies edit

Guards Divisions edit

Motor Rifle edit

Tank edit

Guards Brigades edit

Motor Rifles edit

Tank edit

Engineering edit

  • 1st Guards Brest-Berlin Engineering Brigade
  • 11th Separate Guards Kingisepp Engineering Brigade
  • 12th Separate Guards Koenigsberg-Gorodok Engineering Brigade
  • 14th Separate Guards Baranovichi Engineering Brigade
  • 45th Guards Berlin Engineering Brigade

Artillery edit

Other Guards units edit

Disbanded Guards units edit

Air Force edit

  • Guards formations of the Air Force
    • 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
    • 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
    • 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
    • 120th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Domna, 27 km southwest of Chita (MiG-29)
    • 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
    • 98th Separate Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment
    • 42nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment (42 Gv BAP) (Su-24) (Verino - Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Kray) (to disband(?))
    • 18th Guards Attack Aviation Regiment
    • 6950th Guards Air Base
    • 6980th Guards Air Base
    • 1st Guards Mixed Aviation Division
    • 303rd Guards Mixed Aviation Division

Disbanded Guards units edit

  • 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 18th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 19th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (PVO)
  • 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 73rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 458th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
  • 627th Guards Fighter Aviation Training Regiment
  • 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (VVS Baltic Fleet)
  • 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment
  • 899th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment[3]

Airborne Forces edit

Navy edit

Guards formations of the Coastal Troops and Naval Infantry edit

Guards ships of the Navy (Cyrillic: гвардейские корабли) edit

    • submarine D-3 (1929), NF, I series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • Soviet submarine K-22 (1938), NF, XIV series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • Soviet submarine M-171 (1937), NF, XII series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • submarine M-174 (1937), NF, XII series. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • destroyer Stoykiy (1938), BF, project 7U. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • minelayer Marti, ex-Imperial yacht Shtandart (1895), BF. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • base minesweeper T-205 (Gafel`) (1938), BF, project 53U. Awarded on April 3, 1942.
    • submarine Shch-205 (1934), BSF, V-bis-2 series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-303 (1931), BF, III series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-309 (1935), BF, V-bis-2 series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • submarine minelayer L-3 (1931), BF, II series. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • destroyer Gremiashchiy (1937), NF, project 7. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • destroyer Soobrazitel`nyi (1939), BSF, project 7U. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • base minesweeper T-411 (Zashchitnik) (1937), BSF, project 53. Awarded on March 1, 1943.
    • Soviet submarine M-35 (1940), BSF, XII series. Awarded on May 31, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-402 (1935), NF, X series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • submarine Shch-422, ex-Shch-314 (1935), NF, X series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • Soviet submarine M-172 (1937), NF, XII series. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • patrol boat № 065 (1938), BSF, MO-IV class. Awarded on July 25, 1943.
    • Soviet submarine S-33 (1939), BSF, IX-bis series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
    • submarine Shch-215 (1937), BSF, X series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
    • Soviet submarine M-62 (1939), BSF, XII series. Awarded on July 22, 1944.
    • Soviet submarine S-56 (1939), NF, IX-bis-2 series. Awarded on February 23, 1945.
    • patrol ship EK-2, ex-USS Long Beach (PF-34) (1943), PF, Tacoma-class. Awarded on August 22, 1945.
    • patrol ship Metel` (1934), PF, project 4. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • minelayer Okhotsk (1935), PF, Okean-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • minesweeper T-278, ex-USS Nucleus (AM-268) (1943), PF, Admirable-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • minesweeper T-281, ex-USS Peril (AM-272) (1943), PF, Admirable-class. Awarded on August 26, 1945.
    • Sverdlov, ex-Vyuga (1909), AMF, Shkval-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • monitor Sun Yat-sen, ex-Shkval (1909), AMF, Shkval-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • gunboat Krasnaya Zvezda, ex-Vogul (1907), AMF, Vogul-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • gunboat Proletariy, ex-Votyak (1907), AMF, Vogul-class. Awarded on August 30, 1945.
    • large guided missile ship Gremiashchiy (1959), NF, project 57bis. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1937).
    • large anti-submarine ship Soobrazitel`nyi (1961), BSF, project 61. Succeeded Soobrazitel`nyi (1939).
    • Kynda class cruiser Varyag, ex-Soobrazitel`nyi (1963), PF, project 58. Succeeded Soobrazitel`nyi (1939) too.
    • seagoing minesweeper MT-205 (Gafel`) (1964), BF, project 266. Succeeded T-205 Gafel` (1938).
    • Soviet submarine K-22 (Krasnogvardeets) (1964), NF, project 675. Succeeded K-22 (1938).
    • Kashin class destroyer Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966), BSF, project 61. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1916).
    • Kashin class destroyer Krasnyi Krym (1969), BSF, project 61. Succeeded Krasnyi Krym (1915).
    • destroyer Gremiashchiy (1987), NF, project 956. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1959).
    • Russian cruiser Varyag, ex-Chervona Ukraina (1983), PF, project 1164. Succeeded Varyag (1963) in 1996.
    • guided missile cruiser Moskva, ex-Slava (1979), BSF, project 1164. Succeeded Krasnyi Kavkaz (1966) in 1998.
    • destroyer Gremiashchiy, ex-Bezuderzhnyi (1990), NF, project 956A. Succeeded Gremiashchiy (1987) in 2007.
Soviet ships

Strategic Rocket Forces edit

Guards Rocket Armies edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 26, 2023".
  2. ^ "Командованию и личному составу 64 отдельной гвардейской мотострелковой бригады". 18 April 2022.
  3. ^ Holm, Michael. "899th Orshanskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment im. F.E. Dzerzhinskiy". ww2.dk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.