The 6th Combined Arms Army (fifth formation: 1952-98) and 2nd Guards Tank Army (1990)

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Overview

These are 2 of the many Soviet units which NATO may have met in a Cold War era European ground war. They are not the only units, nor were they all the same as these 2, but it dose say roughly what the Soviets had available in Russia and the GDR at this military level at the time.

2nd Guards Tank Army (1990)

Formation

It was formed during January and February 1943 from the 3rd Reserve Army of the Belorussian Front.

Originally the Army comprised 11th and 16th Tank Corps, 60th, 112th and 194th Rifle Divisions, the 11th Guards Separate tank brigade, 115th Rifle Brigade, the 28th ski brigade and other units.

Strength and units

In 1990 it consisted of:

16th Guards Tank Division (Neustrelitz)
21st Motor Rifle Division (Perleberg)
94th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Schwerin)
207th Motor Rifle Division (Stendal)
112th Guards Rocket Brigade (Genzrode) (12 9K72 Elbrus)
458th Rocket Brigade (Neustrelitz)
61st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade (Staats)
290th Artillery Brigade (Schweinrich)
118th Logistic Support Brigade (Ravensbrück)
172nd Helicopter Regiment (Parchim)
439th Helicopter Regiment (Parchim)
9th Helicopter Squadron (Neuruppin)

6th Combined Arms Army (fifth formation: 1952-98)

Formation

Its fifth formation was (re)formed from 31st Rifle Corps on 2 April 1952 in Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast. That year it comprised the 45th Rifle Division (Pechenga, Murmansk Oblast); the 67th Rifle Division (Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast); the 341st Rifle Division (Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast); and the 367th Rifle Division (Sortavala, Karelian ASSR). The army was disbanded at Murmansk in early 1960.

The army was reformed again from Headquarters Northern Military District in May–June 1960 with headquarters at Petrozavodsk. On 15 January 1974, it was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Strength and units

In 1988 it consisted of:

16th Motor Rifle Division (Petrozavodsk) (mobilisation)
109th Motor Rifle Division (Alakurtti) (mobilisation)
116th Motor Rifle Division (Nagorniy/Нагорный) (Murmansk) (mobilisation)
54th Motor Rifle Division (Alakurtti) Established on 4 June 1957 in Alakurtti from the 54th Rifle Division. Composed of 338th Guards Tank Regiment, 221st Guards и 251 (Кандалакша), 281st Motor Rifle Regiments, 441st Artillery Regiment, 454 зрап. In 1987 the 338th Guards Tank Regiment was reduced and renamed 82nd independent Tank Battalion.
111th Motor Rifle Division (Sortavala), 379th Tank Regiment (Lakhdenpokhya, Karelian ASSR) 182* и 185 (Лахденпохья), 184 109 ап, 1037 зрап. In 1987 the tank regiment was reduced to a battalion.
131st Motor Rifle Division (Pechenga)
88th Independent Helicopter Squadron (Apatity, Murmansk Oblast, from 1977) Disbanded 1991 or 1994. (Kirovsk-Apatity Airport)
840th Independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion
6th Missile Brigade (Pinozero)
and several other independent brigades, regiments, and battalions

Other attached units

One of the other listed brigades was the 6th Rocket Brigade at Pinozero in Murmansk Oblast. Up until 1991 it had been equipped with the Scud. From 1991 it was reequipped with the Tochka. It was disbanded in 1998.

In 1989 the 16th Motor Rifle Division (mobilisation) became the 5186th Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment (БХВТ) (30th мотострелковая бригада), and the 37th similarly became a weapons and equipment storage base (VKhVT). In 1994-95 the 111th Motor Rifle Division (Sortavala) became the 20th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade and shifted into the 30th Guards Army Corps.

In January 1996 it consisted of the 161st Artillery Brigade, the 182nd MRL Regiment, the 485th Separate Helicopter Regiment, the 54th Motor Rifle Division (Allakurtti), and the 131st Motor Rifle Division (Pechenga). It finally disbanded after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1997–98.

The 6th Combined Arms Army (fifth formation: 1952-98) and 2nd Guards Tank Army (1990)

Contents

Overview

2nd Guards Tank Army (1990)

Formation

Strength and units

6th Combined Arms Army (fifth formation: 1952-98)

Formation

Strength and units

Other attached units

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