37th Guards Rechitskaya twice Red Banner orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Tank Division

37-я гвардейская танковая Речицкая дважды Краснознамённая орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия

Military Unit: 49510

Activated 20.5.57 in Polotsk (Borovukha), Vitebsk Oblast, as the 39th Guards Tank Division, from the 27th Guards Mechanised Division.

In 1960 the 99th independent Tank Training Battalion was disbanded.

Organisation 1960:

19.2.62 the 199th independent Missile Battalion and the 107th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion was activated.

11.1.65 renamed 37th Guards Tank Division.

In 1968 the 359th independent Guards Sapper Battalion was renamed 359th independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion.

Organisation 1970:

In 1980 the 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion was renamed 1020th independent Material Supply Battalion.

Organisation 1980:

Organisation 1988:

In 11.89 the 261st Tank Regiment was replaced by the 38th Guards Tank Regiment, from the 34th Tank Division, while the 936th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment was replaced by the 740th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment, from the 3rd Guards Tank Division.

3.92 taken over by Belarus.

Headquarters:

Subordination:

Equipment 12.85:

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

Divisional coordinates:

The division was maintained as a Not Ready Division - High-Strength Cadre (US terms: Category III).