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The 5th Guards ''Zimovnikovskaya'' order Kutuzov II degree Motor Rifle Division, named on the 60th anniversary of the USSR, was a military formation of the Soviet Ground Forces. It traces back to the 6th Mechanized Corps created in 1940 that was destroyed in 1941 in the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. The corps was reformed on November 1942 under the same name, but with a different organizational structure. In early 1943 the 6th Mechanized Corps was granted "Guards" status and became the 5th Guards Mechanized Corps. It became the 5th Guards Mechanized Division in 1945, and subsequently a 5th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965. == Creation of 6th Mechanized Corps == The 6th Mechanised Corps began to form on 15 July 1940 at Bialystok in the Western Special Military District. It was attached to the 10th Army in the Bialystok area.〔David Porter, (2009), 'Soviet Tank Units 1939-1945', Amber Books, ISBN 978-1-906626-21-1, p.34, and see Glantz, Stumbling Colossus, 120, for map of mechanised corps dispositions on 22 June 1941.〕 It was under the command of Major General M.G. Khatskilevich when the German Operation Barbarossa began in June 1941.〔David Glantz, Before Stalingrad Barbarossa - Hitler's Invasion of Russia 1941, 2003, p32〕 The Corps initially comprised the 4th and 7th Tank Divisions and the 29th Mechanized Division, as well as smaller units.〔David Glantz, Stumbling Colossus, 1998, p 155 and p229〕 On 22 June 1941, 6th Mechanized Corps consisted 32,382 men, 1131 tanks, 242 armored cars, 162 artillery pieces, 187 mortars, 4779 vehicles, 294 Tractors & 1042 Motorcycles including lighter models T-26, Bt-7 & Bt-5's, & T-28's & 201 of the newer T-34 & KV-1 models in the 7th Tank Division & 151 in the 4th Tank Division. A report by Major General B.S. Vasil'evich, commander of 7th Tank Division, on 4 August 1941 said that the division had been at 98% enlisted strength and 60-80% officer strength, and included 348 tanks, of which 51 were KVs and 150 T-34s.〔Glantz, Stumbling Colossus, 134.〕 However, a major weakness was lack of supplies. It possessed only one to one and a half loads of 76mm ammunition when it entered battle, no armor-piercing ammunition for its tanks, three refills of gasoline, and a single fill of diesel fuel. The fuel ran out quickly, partially because unclear orders meant the division had to move to three new assembly areas within the first two days of the war. Due to these movements, the fuel ran out quickly, and Glantz says 'the division was soon immobilized south of Grodno.' Just like the 4th Mechanized Corps (Soviet Union), the 6th Mechanized Corps stood out of the remaining mechanized corps of the Red Army.〔 (the only English translations of Solonin's works seem to be, as of June 2011, (these online chapters ))〕 On 22 June 1941 it was fully formed, and stationed no further than 100-150 kilometers from the border.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「5th Guards Motor Rifle Division」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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