| 22nd Tank Corps (1942) 5th Mechanized Corps (1942–1944) 9th Guards Mechanized Corps (1944–1945) 9th Guards Mechanized Division (1945–1957) 9th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1958) | |
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| Active | 1942–1958 |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Branch | Soviet Ground Forces |
| Type | Mechanized infantry |
| Role | Armored warfare |
| Size | Division,Mechanized Corps |
| Engagements | World War II Cold War |
| Decorations |  Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov |
| Battle honours | Dniester Rymnik |
 9th GMR Division[1] (1957) | |
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| Parent unit | |
| Components | 18th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment 375th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment378th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment 46th Guards Tank Regiment |
The9th Guards Dniester-Rymnik Red Banner Order of Kutuzov Motor Rifle Division was a Soviet Army unit initially formed as a tank corps in April 1942. In the same year, it was then formed as amechanized corps in November 1942.[2] This unit then became a Guards mechanized corps in September 1944. FollowingWorld War II, the corps were reorganized as a mechanized division in 1945 and then a motor rifle division in 1957 before being disbanded in 1958.
The unit formed as the22nd Tank Corps on 3 April 1942 and was subordinated to the38th and4th Tank Armies of theSouthwestern and Stalingrad Fronts. In September 1942, following heavy losses aroundKalach,[3] the corps moved into theReserve of the Supreme High Command (Stavka reserve) and was reorganized as the second instance (formation) of the5th Mechanized Corps. During 1943, the 5th Mechanized Corps was mainly assigned as a Stavka reserve asset or as a reserve of the Western Front. The corps was assigned to the6th Tank Army in February 1944 and achieved Guards status on 12 September 1944,[4] being retitled as the9th Guards Mechanized Corps. As such, the corps remained with the 6th Guards Tank Army for the remainder of the war in Europe, and was then transferred with its parent army to the far east, seeing action against Japanese forces under the direction of theTransbaikal Front.
The corps was in combat near Kalach in 1942,Smolensk andLenino in 1943,Korsun andIasi-Kishinev in 1944, and atBudapest andVienna in 1945, as well as fighting in theManchurian Operation in September 1945.[5]
The 9th Guards Mechanized Corps was notable for its use of U.S.Lend-Lease M4A2-76 diesel-engined Sherman tanks during 1944-45.[6]
In October 1945, the corps, like all Soviet mechanized corps, was reorganized into a division, the 9th Guards Mechanized Division. It was stationed atYasnaya, part of theTransbaikal Military District's6th Guards Tank Army.[7] The division included the 18th, 30th, and 31st Guards Mechanized Regiments, and the 46th and 111th Guards Tank Regiments.[1] On 4 June 1957, the division became the 9th Guards Motor Rifle Division atSainshand, Mongolia.[8][9] The division was disbanded on 1 November 1958.[10]
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