24th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

24th Mechanized Brigade (2003–present) 24th Mechanized Division (c.1992–2003) 24th Motor Rifle Division (1957–c.1992) 24th Rifle Division (Nov 1918–1957) 1st Simbirsk Infantry Division (26 Jul 1918–Nov 1918)
Ukrainian: 24-та окрема механізована Бердичівська Залізна бригада імені Князя Данила Галицького
24th Mechanized Brigade shoulder sleeve patch
Active	26 July 1918–present
Country	Soviet Union (1928-1991)  Ukraine (1991–present)
Branch	Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operation Command West (1 July 2006-present) 13th Army Corps (before 1 July 2006) (formerly Soviet 13th Army)
Garrison/HQ	Yavoriv MUN A0998
Nickname(s)	Iron Brigade Iron Division
Motto(s)	"In Iron Division - iron soul, iron will and iron step."
Equipment	BMP-2, T-64
Engagements	Russian Civil War Winter war World War II War in Donbas
Decorations	Order of the October Revolution (removed)  Order of the Red Banner(3) (removed)  Order of Suvorov (removed)  Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (removed)
Battle honours	Berdichev Iron Prince Danylo of Halych Samara (removed) Ulyanovsk (removed)
Commanders
Current commander	Colonel Anatoly Shevchenko

24th Mechanized Division
(c.1992–2003)

24th Motor Rifle Division
(1957–c.1992)

24th Rifle Division
(Nov 1918–1957)

The 24th Mechanized Brigade is a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based at Yavoriv in the west of Ukraine. The brigade traces its origins back to the 1st Simbirsk Infantry Division, formed in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. The unit was soon renamed the 24th Rifle Division. It fought in the Winter War and World War II. The division became a motor rifle division in 1957. The full name of the division was the 24th Samaro-Ulyanovsk Motor Rifle Berdychivska, Iron, Awards of October Revolution, three times Red Banner, Suvorov's, Bogdan Khmelnytsky division. In 1992, it was taken over by Ukraine and became the 24th Mechanized Division. In 2003, it was downsized to a brigade.

The division was formed on the order of the Revolutionary Military Council on July 26, 1918 from voluntary groups under the name 1st Simbirsk Infantry Division. In November 1918 it was renamed as the 24th Simbirsk Rifle Division. It actively participated in the Russian Civil War in the Volga region, in the Southern Urals Mountains, and in Polissya and Volhynia. At this time one of its regimental commanders was a future Army General Maksim Purkayev.

In 1922 it was renamed as the 24th Samaro-Simbirsk Iron Rifle Division. In 1924 it was again renamed as the 24th Samaro-Ulyanovsk Iron Rifle Division. In 1939-1940, during the Russo-Finnish War the division distinguished itself during the breaking of the Mannerheim Line on the Karelian isthmus.