42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division

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173rd Guards District Training Centre (1987–present) 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division (1960–1987) 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1960) 24th Guards Rifle Division (1942–1957) 111th Rifle Division (1940–1942)
Russian: 42-я гвардейская мотострелковая дивизия
Shoulder sleeve patch
Active	1940—2009 2016—present
Country	Russia
Branch	Russian Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized infantry
Size	Division
Part of	58th Combined Arms Army
Garrison/HQ	Khankala, Chechnya
Anniversaries	July 16, 1940
Engagements	World War II Second Chechen War Russo-Ukrainian War 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive[1]
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Battle honours	Yevpatoria

The 42nd Guards "Evpatoriyskaya Red Banner" Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 27777, until 1987 MUN 29410; until 2009 MUN 28320)^[2] is a Russian military unit.

The division was formed as the 111th Rifle Division in Vologda in 1940, and became the 24th Guards Rifle Division in March 1942. It was based in the North Caucasus following World War II; it became 42nd Guards MRD on 10 June 1957, while at Grozny.^[2] It became 42nd Guards Training Motor Rifle Division, part of the 12th Army Corps, on 18 October 1960.