| 93rd Mechanized Brigade | |
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Sleeve patch for the 93rd Mechanized Brigade |
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| Active | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Ground Forces |
| Type | Mechanized Brigade |
| Part of | 6th Army Corps (formerly Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army) |
| Garrison/HQ | Cherkaske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast[1] Ukraine |
| Decorations | Order of the Red Banner(2) Order of Suvorov Order of Kutuzov |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Ihor Bocharov[2] |
The 93rd Guards Mechanized Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the Brigade is the 93rd Separate Guards Mechanized Kharkiv twice Order of the Red Banner, Suvorov's and Kutuzov's awards Brigade.[3]
The Brigade traces its history back to the 93rd Guards Rifle Division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed at Valuki in April 1943 from 13th Guards and 92nd Rifle Brigades. The Division fought at Kursk, Kharkov, Budapest, and Prague, and was serving with the 53rd Army of the 2nd Ukrainian Front in May 1945.[4] After several redesignations and a period as a Mechanized Division, the Division appears to have been redesignated as the 93rd Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965. It served with the Southern Group of Forces in Hungary during the last years of the Cold War,[5] and after the fall of the Berlin Wall was withdrawn to Ukraine, downsized to the size of a brigade, and became part of the Ukrainian military.
Throughout 1999, the Brigade conducted a series of small unit and staff officer exchanges with the 40th Infantry Division of the US.[6]
On December 10, 2007 the Brigade received its Colour by the order of the President of Ukraine.
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