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22nd Guards Tank Division

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Active
  
1957–1990

Branch
  
Soviet Army

Part of
  
6th Guards Tank Army

Country
  
Soviet Union

Type
  
Armor

Garrison/HQ
  
Cherkaske

The 22nd Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army. The division traced its lineage back to the World War II 7th Guards Airborne Division (First formation), which became the 115th Guards Rifle Division after the end of the war. In 1957, the 115th became the 22nd Guards Tank Division.

During the Cold War, it was based at Cherkaske, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, as part of the 6th Guards Tank Army. It was disbanded in 1990 to make room for the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, which had been withdrawn from Hungary.

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22nd Guards Tank Division Wikipedia