Armoured Forces (Ukraine)

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Active 1992 — present Type Armored forces		Country Ukraine

Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces

Armoured Troops (Ukrainian: Танкові війська, Tankovi Viys’ka) are the corps in the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the main striking force of ground troops. They are used primarily in conjunction with mechanized forces in key areas and perform the following tasks:

in defense - support of mechanized troops in repelling the enemy attack and causing counterattacks;

in the attack - the application of powerful strokes to dissect enemy lines in greater depth, development of success, defeat the enemy in counter-battles and battles.

Current Structure

1st Armored Brigade – Honcharivske Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine

5th Armored Brigade – formed 2016

17th Armored Brigade – Kryvyi Rih Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Disbanded Formations

17th Guards Tank Division – 17th Armored Brigade – reformed into brigade by 2003

23rd Training Tank Division – 6065th Storage Base since 1987

30th Guards Tank Division – 30th Tank Brigade – July 30, 2004 reformed into 30th Mechanised Brigade

41st Guards Tank Division – 5193rd Storage Base since 1989

42nd Guards Tank Division – 5359th Storage Base since 1990

48th Guards Training Tank Division – 169th District Training Centre

117th Guards Tank Division – 119th District Training Centre

References

Armoured Forces (Ukraine) Wikipedia

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Current Structure

Disbanded Formations

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