Role Armoured | ||
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Active 12 December 1942–present Country Soviet Union(1942–1991) Ukraine(1991–present) Similar 17th Tank Brigade (Ukraine), 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade (Ukraine), 10th Mountain Assault Brigade (Ukraine) | ||
The 1st Tank Brigade (Ukrainian: 1-ша окрема танкова бригада) is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Brigade is located in Honcharivske.
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History
The Brigade was formed from the 292nd Guards Armored Novohrad Orders of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Alexander Nevsky and Red Star Regiment of the 72nd Mechanized Division and 280th Armored Regiment of the 25th Mechanized Division.
On 18 November 2015 the Soviet decorations of brigade's full name (1st Separate Guards Tank Novohrad Orders of the Red Banner, Kutuzov, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Alexander Nevsky and Red Star Brigade, (Ukrainian: 1-а окрема гвардійська танкова Новгородська орденів Червоного Прапора, Кутузова, Богдана Хмельницького, Олександра Невського і Червоної Зірки бригада) were removed, leaving the full name of 1st Guards Tank Brigade (Ukrainian: 1-ша окрема гвардійська танкова бригада). On 22 August 2016, its Guards title was also removed.