1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division | |
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Active | March 1943 – 1960 |
Country | Soviet Union |
Branch | Red Army |
Type | Artillery |
Size | Division |
Engagements | World War II |
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Battle honours | Glukhov |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Grigory Godin Ivan Kupin |
The 1st Guards Glukhov Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov, and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Breakthrough Artillery Division was the formal name of the 1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская артиллерийская дивизия прорыва), a division of the Red Army (the Soviet Army from 1946) that existed during World War II and the early period of the Cold War. The division was formed under the reorganisation of the Soviet artillery forces in 1943, becoming an active heavy artillery formation during the Second World War. However, following cuts to the army in the later 50s, the division was disbanded.