99th Guards Svirskaya order of Kutuzov Airborne Division

99-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная Свирская ордена Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 7.6.46 in Manzovka, Primorskiy Kray, from the 99th Guards Rifle Division.

Organisation 1947:

• 297th Guards Air-Landing Regiment (Manzovka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 300th Guards Parachute Regiment (Muchnaya, Primorskiy Kray)
• 74th Guards Artillery Regiment (Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 577th independent Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
• 101st independent Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
• 106th independent Guards Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
• 102nd independent Guards Reconnaissance Company
• 189th independent Guards Communications Company
• 113th independent Guards Engineering Battalion
• 286th independent Supply Truck Battalion
• 00 independent Air-Landing Security Company
• 000 independent Medical & Sanitary Company
• 000 independent Training Battalion

In 1949 the 297th Guards Air Landing Regiment were converted and renamed 297th Guards Parachute Regiment.

1949 the independent Landing Security Company was disbanded.

15.11.53 re-organized:

• 189th independent Guards Communications Company became 000 independent Guards Communications Battalion
• 000 independent Medical & Sanitary Company became 000 independent Medical & Sanitary Battalion
• 106th independent Guards Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion was disbanded
• 102nd independent Guards Reconnaissance Company was disbanded

The new 196th Guards Parachute Regiment joined the division in 1953.

Organization 1953:

• 196th Guards Parachute Regiment (Manzovka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 297th Guards Parachute Regiment (Manzovka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 300th Guards Parachute Regiment (Muchnaya, Primorskiy Kray)
• 74th Guards Artillery Regiment (Shimanovsk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 577th independent Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion
• 101st independent Guards Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
• 689th independent Guards Communications Battalion
• 113th independent Guards Engineering Battalion
• 286th independent Supply Truck Battalion
• 000 independent Medical & Sanitary Battalion

30.4.55 an independent Tank Destroyer Battalion was activated and the 577th independent Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion became the 68th independent Guards Self-Propelled Artillery Battalion.

Disbanded 4.5.56, except:

• 300th Guards Parachute Regiment was transferred to the 98th Guards Airborne Division
• 74th Guards Artillery Regiment was transferred to the 98th Guards Airborne Division

Bases:

• Manzovka, Primorskiy Kray, 6.46 - 5.56

Subordination:

• 37th Guards Airborne Corps, 6.46 - 5.56