The Northwestern Operational Command is a command of the Belarus Ground Forces. It is headquartered at Borisov and is commanded by Major General Alyaksandr Bas. The command includes a mechanized briga
Postwar photo of Colonel-General Pavel Batov
193rd Tank Division
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The 193rd Tank Division was originally a Red Army infantry division that was reorganised after World War II as a mechanised and then a tank division of the Soviet Army.
Northwestern Operational Command
…18th Rifle Corps (69th, 149th and 246th Rifle Divisions) 27th Rifle Corps (60th and 193rd Rifle Divisions and 115th Rifle Brigade) 37th Guards, 181st, 194th and 354th Rifle Divisions…
Squad leader Vasily Matasov of the 883rd Rifle Regiment, made a Hero of the Soviet Union for his bravery during the crossing of the Dnieper