51st Guards Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)

51st Guards Motor Rifle Division (II Formation)(1965–1992)
51st Mechanized Division (c. 1992 – c. 2004)
51st Mechanized Brigade (c. 2004 – 2014)
51st Guards Motor Rifle Division (II Formation)(1965–1992)51st Mechanized Division (c. 1992 – c. 2004)51st Mechanized Brigade (c. 2004 – 2014)
	Sleeve patch for the 51st Mechanized Division
Active	1942–2014
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Brigade
Role	Mechanized
Size	active duty; 440 reserves
Part of	13th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	А-2331 Volodymyr Volyn Oblast Ukraine
Nickname(s)	Volynska
Anniversaries	September 7
Equipment	BMP-2
Engagements	World War II; War in Donbas
Decorations	Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner (2); Order of Suvorov; Order of Kutuzov
Commanders
Current; commander	Colonel Volodymyr Kravchenko

The 51st Guards Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian: 51-ша гвардійська механізована бригада, romanized: 51-sha hvardiys'ka mekhanizovana bryhada) was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, stationed at Volodymyr in Volyn Oblast, on the border with Poland. The Brigade drew its history from the 15th Guards Rifle Division of World War II, which was converted into the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1957. The division was renumbered as the 51st Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1965 and awarded the honorific Perekop in honor of the 51st Rifle Division of the Russian Civil War.

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