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The 172nd Rifle Division (Russian : 172-я стрелковая дивизия ) was an infantry division of the Red Army during World War II , formed thrice.
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172nd Rifle Division (First formation) (1941)
Components
388th Rifle Regiment
514th Rifle Regiment
747th Rifle Regiment
340th Light Artillery Regiment
493rd Howitzer Artillery Regiment
174th Separate Anti-Tank (Tank Destroyer) Artillery Battalion
341st Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
157th Reconnaissance Battalion
222nd Separate Communications Battalion
275th Sapper Battalion
224th Medical-Sanitary Battalion
7th Separate Chemical Defense Company
227th Auto Transport Battalion
298th Field Bakery
106th Field Post Office
369th Field Cash Office of the State Bank
On 22 June 1941 it was part of the 61st Rifle Corps of the 20th Army in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command . By 10 July the division transferred to the 13th Army of the Western Front with the corps.
It was officially disbanded on 19 September.
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172nd Rifle Division (Second formation) (1941–1942)
Components
31st Rifle Regiment (10 November 1941 to 14 March 1942)
161st Rifle Regiment (10 November to 30 December 1941)
388th Rifle Regiment
514th Rifle Regiment
747th Rifle Regiment
340th Light Artillery Regiment
134th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (from 15 November 1941)
174th Separate Anti-Tank (Tank Destroyer) Artillery Battalion (from 4 March 1942)
341st Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
151st Reconnaissance Company
247th (later 270th) Sapper Battalion
222nd Separate Communications Battalion
224th Medical-Sanitary Battalion
7th Separate Chemical Defense Company
137th Auto Transport Company
339th Field Bakery
988th Divisional Veterinary Hospital
484th Field Post Office
It was formed on 10 October 1941 from the 3rd Crimean Motorized Division as part of the 51st Army . By 1 November it transferred to the Coastal Army . It was officially disbanded on 25 June 1942.
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The division was reformed again on 9 September in the area of the Dorokhovo railway station, part of the Moscow Defense Zone , under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kostitsyn . The latter transferred to command the 183rd Rifle Division on 30 September.
At the end of the war, it was part of the 102nd Rifle Corps of the 13th Army .
172nd Rifle Division (Third formation) (1943–1945)
Components
388th Rifle Regiment
514th Rifle Regiment
747th Rifle Regiment
134th Artillery Regiment
174th Separate Anti-Tank (Tank Destroyer) Artillery Battalion (from 4 March 1942)
157th Reconnaissance Company
275th Sapper Battalion
222nd Separate Communications Battalion (later 276th Separate Communications Company)
224th Medical-Sanitary Battalion
7th Separate Chemical Defense Company
137th Auto Transport Company
339th Field Bakery
988th Divisional Veterinary Hospital
2252nd Field Post Office
924th Field Cash Office of the State Bank
In mid-1945 it was withdrawn to Korosten in the Carpathian Military District with the army's 27th Rifle Corps . The division was disbanded in 1946.
Commanders
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The division's first formation was commanded by the following officers:
The division's second formation was commanded by the following officer:[8]
The division's third formation was commanded by the following officers:[8]
References
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^ a b c Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union 1964 , p. 187: Dates are of orders and may not reflect actual conditions
Sources
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Grylev, A. N. (1970). "Перечень № 5. I. Стрелковые и горнострелковые дивизии" [List (Perechen) No. 5 Part I. Rifle and Mountain Rifle Divisions] (in Russian). Moscow: Voenizdat. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017 .
Gurkin, V.V.; Malanin, K.A. (1963). Боевой состав Советской армии: Часть I (июнь-декабрь 1941 года) Combat Composition of the Soviet Army, Part I (June–December 1941) ] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Military Historical Department of the Military Scientific Directorate of the General Staff.
Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union (1964). Командование корпусного и дивизионного звена советских вооруженных сил периода Великой Отечественной войны 1941 – 1945 гг Commanders of Corps and Divisions in the Great Patriotic War, 1941–1945 ] (in Russian). Moscow: Frunze Military Academy.
Sharp, Charles C. (1995). The Soviet Order of Battle World War II: An Organizational History of the Major Combat Units of the Soviet Army . Vol. 8: "Red Legions", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed Before June 1941. West Chester, Ohio: George F. Nafziger. OCLC 258366685 .
Sharp, Charles C. (1996). The Soviet Order of Battle World War II: An Organizational History of the Major Combat Units of the Soviet Army . Vol. 10: "Red Swarm", Soviet Rifle Divisions Formed From 1942 to 1945. West Chester, Ohio: George F. Nafziger. OCLC 39214254 .
Shkadov, Ivan, ed. (1987). Герои Советского Союза: краткий биографический словарь Heroes of the Soviet Union: A Brief Biographical Dictionary ] (in Russian). Vol. 1. Moscow: Voenizdat.
Tsapayev, D.A.; et al. (2014a). Goremykin, V.P. (ed.). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary ] (in Russian). Vol. 3. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0382-3
Tsapayev, D. A.; et al. (2014b). Великая Отечественная: Комдивы. Военный биографический словарь [The Great Patriotic War: Division Commanders. Military Biographical Dictionary ] (in Russian). Vol. 5. Moscow: Kuchkovo Pole. ISBN 978-5-9950-0457-8
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Order of Suvorov 2nd class (3rd formation)
