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15th Guards Tank Division

15th Guards Tank Division

The 15th Guards Mozyr Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Division (15 gv. td) (Russian: 15-я гвардейская танковая Мозырская Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия (15 гв. тд)) was a tank division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War that became part of the Russian Ground Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

The division was initially stationed in Belarus postwar, but remained as part of the permanent Soviet garrison in Czechoslovakia after its participation in the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The division was withdrawn to Chebarkul when Soviet forces departed Czechoslovakia and disbanded the during force reductions of the 1990s.

From 1968 the division headquarters Military Unit Number (V/Ch) was 58539.