18th Guards Motor Rifle Division

133rd Rifle Division (I Formation)
(1939–1942)

18th Guards Rifle Division
(1942–1945)

30th Guards Mechanised Division
(1945–1965)

18th Guards Motor Rifle Division
(1965 – c. 2001, 2020 – present)
133rd Rifle Division (I Formation); (1939–1942) 18th Guards Rifle Division; (1942–1945) 30th Guards Mechanised Division; (1945–1965) 18th Guards Motor Rifle Division; (1965 – c. 2001, 2020 – present)
18-я гвардейская мотострелковая Инстербургская Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова дивизия
Active	1939–present
Country	Soviet Union (until 1991); Russia
Branch	Soviet Army (until 1991); Russian Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized infantry
Size	Division
Part of	11th Army Corps, Baltic Fleet
Garrison/HQ	Gusev and Sovetsk
Engagements	East Prussian Offensive
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner; Order of Suvorov 2nd class;
Battle honours	Insterburg
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Grigory Karizhsky

The 18th Guards Insterburg Red Banner Order of Suvorov Motor Rifle Division (Russian: 18-я гвардейская мотострелковая Инстербургская Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова дивизия, romanized: 18-ya gvardeyskaya motostrelkovaya Insterburgskaya Krasnoznamonnaya, ordena Suvorova diviziya), is an active division of the Russian Ground Forces.

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