The 5th Guards Zimovnikovskaya Red Banner, Order of Kutuzov 60th Anniversary of the USSR Motor Rifle Division, was a military formation of the Soviet Ground Forces. It was formed from the 6th Mechaniz
A destroyed KV-1 is inspected by German Troops in Russia in 1941
A column of weapons and military equipment of the 24th Tank Regiment of the 5th Division, during the partial withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, October 1986
The 70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade was a Soviet Ground Forces mechanized infantry brigade of the Soviet–Afghan War. During the war, it was based in Kandahar.
5th Guards Motor Rifle Division
…had formed part of the division on its arrival in the country. It had been stationed in Adraskan. On 1 March 1980, the regiment was reorganized as the 70th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, by reorganizing the staffing structure of departments and integrating the 2nd Battalion of the 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade. After the reorganization…
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