19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Belarus)

2nd Guards Mechanized Corps (1942–1945) 2nd Guards Mechanized Division (1945–1957) 19th Guards Tank Division (1957–1990s) 19th Guards Storage Base (?–2008) 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade (2008–present)
Active	1942–present
Country	Soviet Union  Belarus
Branch	Belarusian Ground Forces
Type	Tank and Mechanized Infantry
Role	Armored warfare
Size	Division, Mechanized Corps, Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Zaslonovo
Engagements	World War II Cold War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Karp Sviridov

Tambov
Formation

Esztergom
Cold War

Zaslonovo
At present

Benešov
9 May 1945

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Key unit locations

The 19th Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Armed Forces of Belarus based in Zaslonovo [be], a few kilometers east of Lepiel. The brigade traces its history back to the 1942 formation of the 2nd Guards Mechanized Corps of the Soviet Army during World War II. Subsequent designations during the Cold War included 2nd Guards Mechanized Division and 19th Guards Tank Division. Following the Cold War, the 19th Guards Tank Division was relocated to Belarus and became part of their armed forces in 1992. Thereafter, the unit was reduced to a personnel and equipment cadre unit and titled the 19th Guards Base for Storage of Weapons and Equipment^[1] before being upgraded to a mechanized brigade in 2008.