174th Rifle Division
| 17th Tank Brigade (2016–present) 17th Guards Tank Brigade 17th Guards Tank Division 37th Guards Tank Division 25th Guards Mechanized Division 20th Guards Rifle Division 174th Rifle Division (1940–1942) |
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| Ukrainian: 17-та окрема танкова Криворізька бригада | |
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17th Tank Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
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| Active | 1940–present |
| Country |
 Soviet Union(1940–1991)  Ukraine(1991–present) |
| Branch |
 Ground Forces
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| Type |
 Armoured Forces
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| Role | Armoured |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | Operation Command East |
| Garrison/HQ |
Kryvyi Rih MUN А3283 |
| Engagements |
World War II War in Donbass |
| Decorations |
 Order of Suvorov (removed) |
| Battle honours | Kryvyi Rih |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Lt.Col. Oleksandr Tarnavskiy |
17th Guards Tank Brigade
(Sep 2003–2016)
17th Guards Tank Division
(1965–Sep 2003)
37th Guards Tank Division
(1957–1965)
25th Guards Mechanized Division
(1945–1957)
20th Guards Rifle Division
(1942–1945)
Order of the Red Banner (removed)
The 17th Tank Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 17th Separate Kryvyi Rih Tank Brigade. It was formerly known as 17th Guards Tank Division. The Brigade is located in Kryvyi Rih.
The current unit's history stems from the 174th Rifle Division, which became the 20th Guards Rifle Division in 1942. The 20th Guards Rifle Division fought at the Battle of Stalingrad, Krivoi Rog, Odessa, Budapest, and Vienna. It was with the 57th Army of the 3rd Ukrainian Front in May 1945. The history of the postwar 17th Guards Tank Division traces back to the 20th Guards Rifle Division which was active in 1945.
It became the 25th Guards Mechanized Division in 1945, and in 1957 37th Guards Tank Division at Constanza with the 1st Guards Army. The division moved to Kryvyi Rih in 1958 and was subordinated to the 6th Guards Army. In 1960, its 69th Separate Tank Training Battalion was disbanded. On 19 February 1962 the Missile Battalion and the 129th Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion was activated. On 11 January 1965 the 37th became the 17th Guards Tank Division, a designation it would retain until the fall of the Soviet Union. In 1968 the 26th Separate Guards Sapper Battalion became an engineer-sapper battalion. The 44th Separate Chemical Defence Battalion was activated from the chemical defence company in 1972. The 1055th Separate Material Supply Battalion was formed from the separate motor transport battalion. In June 1989, the 1158th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment was transferred to East Germany, and was replaced by the 1069th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of the 47th Guards Tank Division. The 25th and 92nd Tank Regiments of the mobilization 58th Tank Division replaced the division's 216th Guards and 224th Tank Regiments in June 1990. During the Cold War, the division was maintained at 60% strength.
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