4th Guards Tank Division
The 4th Guards Kantemirovskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Tank Division (Kantemirovites, Kantemirovskaya Division, or Kantemir Division), (Russian: 4-я гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия имени Ю. В. Андропова, romanized: 4-ya gvardeyskaya tankovaya Kantemirovskaya diviziya imeni Yu. V. Andropova), is a Guards armoured division of the Russian Ground Forces. It is named after Yuri Andropov.
| 4th Guards Tank Division | |
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| 4-я гвардейская танковая Кантемировская дивизия имени Ю. В. Андропова | |
Great emblem of the 4th Guards Tank Division | |
| Active | 1942–2010 2013–present |
| Country | Russia |
| Branch | Russian Ground Forces |
| Type | Armored |
| Size | 12-14,000 soldiers |
| Part of | 1st Guards Tank Army Western Military District |
| Garrison/HQ | Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast |
| Nickname(s) | Kantemirovskaya |
| Patron | Yuri Andropov |
| Motto(s) | Honour and glory |
| Equipment | T-80U, T-80UYe-1, 2S1M1, 2B11, Msta-S, BMP-2, BTR-82А, Uragan, Grad, Tornado-G, Strela-10, Tor, Tiger, BREM-1, P-240TMN, R-142N, R-166 |
| Engagements | World War II 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt 1993 Russian constitutional crisis First Chechen War South Ossetia – 1997 Second Chechen War Kosovo War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Decorations | |
| Honorifics | Kantemirovka |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Colonel Yevgeny Nikolayevich Zhuravlyov |
| Insignia | |
| Sleeve patch | |
It has Military Unit Number 19612 and is one of the key formations of the Western Military District. All of its units, as well as headquarters, are based in Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Oblast, 70 kilometers (43 mi) southwest of Moscow.
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