Second Formation
The second formation ('Днепровская ордена Суворова') was a division of the Soviet Ground Forces from 1957 to the early 1990s. It descended from the 10th Tank Corps, a Soviet tank corps of the Red Army during World War II.
The 10th Tank Corps was part of Steppe Front for the Battle of Kursk. 10th Tank Corps was subsequently assigned to the 5th Guards Tank Army, but by April 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, the 10th Tank Corps was part of the Reserves of the Supreme High Command (RVGK). It comprised the 178th, 183rd, and 186th Tank Brigades, and the 11th Motor Rifle Brigade.
It should not be confused with the 30th Tank Corps, which became the 10th Guards Tanks Corps, and later the 10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division.
After the war ended it became 10th Tank Division, and then in 1957 34th Tank Division. 34th Tank Division was in the Belorussian Military District for many years, part of 7th Tank Army. In 1988 divisional headquarters was at Borisov and the division comprised the 38th Guards, 183rd, and 186th Tank Regiments, the 26th Motor Rifle Regiment (BMPs), the 409th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, and the 1138th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment.
After the dissolution of the Soviet Union the division became part of the Armed Forces of Belarus.
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