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The 51st Tank Division was a division of the Soviet Armed Forces during World War II. It was designated as Military Unit Number 4865.

51st Tank Division
51-я танковая дивизия
ActiveMarch 1941
DisbandedJuly 15, 1941
Country Soviet Union
Branch Red Army
TypeArmored
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel Pyotr Grigoryevich Chernov

History of the Division

Formed in March 1941 on the basis of the 5th Light Tank Brigade in the Ural Military District.

In the active army from June 1941 to July 1941.

The division's management was stationed in Bryansk by June 22. With the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, the unit was subordinated to the corps of the 24th Army, but as of 01.07.1941 it was re-subordinated to the 19th Army. At the same time, most of the division's units remained in peacetime states, as the division was undersupplied. For this reason, it remained under completion in the area of Rzhev, with the exception of the 102nd Tank Regiment, which was sent to Vitebsk by the command of the 23rd Mechanized Corps, where on July 10, 1941, it participated in several attempts to knock the enemy out the bridgehead in the eastern part of the city together with the 220th Motorized Division. She took part in the preparation of defensive lines (Selizharovo, Olenino, Vasilyevo).

On July 13, 1941, it was renamed the 110th Tank Division and in July 15 it was transferred to the 31st Army.

Composition

Division Command

Division commander

Deputy commander for the combat unit

Military commissar of the division

Chief of Division Staff

References

  1. ^ Drig, E. F. (2005). Mechanized corps of the Red Army in battle. History of the armored troops of the Red Army in 1940-1941. Unknown Wars (in Russian). Moscow: AST. ISBN 5-17-024760-5.

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