18th Machine Gun Artillery Division

184th Rifle Division (II) (1941–1946)
18th Machine Gun Artillery Division (1946–1949; 1978–present)
184th Rifle Division (II) (1941–1946); 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division (1946–1949; 1978–present)
Active	1941–1949; 1978–present
Country	Soviet Union (1941–1991); Russia (1991-present)
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Fortification Artillery
Part of	68th Army Corps, Eastern Military District
Garrison/HQ	Goryachiye Klyuchi, Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast
Nickname(s)	Dukhovshchinskaya (Духовщинская)
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front (World War II) Battle of Kursk; Battle of Stalingrad,; Battle of Smolensk,; Third Battle of Kharkov,; Dukhovshchina–Demidov Offensive; ; Soviet invasion of Manchuria; ; 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine offensive Battle of Siversk; ; ;

The 18th Machine Gun Artillery Division is a division of the Russian Ground Forces stationed in Sakhalin Oblast with administration over the Kuril Islands.

In 2022 the unit participated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.