Old Bolt stuff

[Aaron]

The 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division can trace its history back to 8 September 1941 when the 325th Rifle Division
(I Formation) was formed in the Orel Military District. It took part in the battles around Moscow, both defensive and offensive, then the summer battles in front Moscow. On 18 April 1943, it was awarded ‘Guards’ status and re-designated the 90th Guards Rifle Division. The 90th GRD fought in the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943, then the offensives into the Baltic region and East Prussia, ending the war along the Baltic coast. In May 1945, it was designated as part of the occupation forces for the German portion of Poland. In the summer of 1946, it was tapped to become one of the new Mechanized Division Divisions and was the designated the 26th Guards Mechanized Division. In 1957, it against was re-designated, this time to the 38th Guards Tank Division, which held until 1965 when it went back to the 90th Guards Tank Division. In an exchange of numbers, the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division in Germany in 1982 became the 90th Guards Tank Division, while the 90th Guards Tank Division became the 6th Guards Motorized Rifle Division. This remained until the Division withdrew form Poland in 1992 and was moved to T’ver in the Moscow Military District where it became the 166th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade. Later, it was disbanded and converted into the 70th Weapons & Equipment Storage Base.


It is as it should be, that is the 6th from Poland, the 90th is in the 20th Army.

Aaron