30th Urals Volunteer Tank Corps (1943) 10th Guards Tank Corps (1943–1945) 10th Guards Tank Division (1945–2009) 10th Separate Guards Tank Brigade (2009–) | |
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Active | 1943–2009 |
Country | Russia |
Branch | Regular Army |
Type | Tank |
Size | Around 3,000 – 4,000 personnel (1990s) |
Garrison/HQ | Boguchar, Voronezh Oblast |
Nickname(s) | Ural Volunteer, Lvov |
Engagements | World War II East German uprising of 1953 |
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The 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Volunteer Tank Division, also known as the Ural-Lvov Tank Division, is a tank division of the Russian Ground Forces and part of the Moscow Military District's 20th Guards Army. The division traces its heritage back to 1943, during World War II. It is headquartered and based at Boguchar, 160 kilometres south of Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast.
Its complete formal designation is: "The 10th Guards Tank Ural-L'vov the Order of October Revolution Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov and the Order of Kutuzov Volunteer division in the name of Marshal of the Soviet Union R.A. Malinovsky" (Russian: 10 гвардейская танковая Уральско-Львовская ордена Октябрьской революции Краснознаменная орденов Суворова и Кутузова добровольческая дивизия имени Маршала Советского Союза Р. А. Малиновского).[1]
Reports indicate that the Division has been reduced in status to a mobilisable base for the storage of weapons and equipment, (which in wartime would become a tank brigade), during the 2009 Russian Ground Forces reorganisation.