300th Mechanized Regiment (Ukraine)

The 300th Guards Mechanized Regiment (Ukrainian: 300-й окремий гвардійський Будапештський механізований полк, romanized300-y hvardiys'kyi Budapeshts'kyi mekhanizovanyi polk) was a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The full name of the regiment is the 300th Separate Guards Mechanized Budapest Regiment.[2]

300th Mechanized Regiment
300 механізований полк
300-й окремий гвардійський Будапештський механізований полк
Regiment Insignia
Active1992–2013
Country Ukraine
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
TypeMechanized
Part of13th Army Corps
Garrison/HQChernivtsi,[1] Chernivtsi Oblast
EngagementsBattle of Budapest
Battle honoursBudapest
Commanders
Current
commander
Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Bida[1]
Insignia
Soviet Guards badge
Ukrainian Guards badge
Mechanized branch insignia

History edit

The Regiment was formed as 145th Guards Training Motor-Rifle Budapest Regiment. 145 Guards TMRR was previously 145th Guards Rifle Regiment, part of 66th Guards Motor Rifle Training Division, the former 66th Guards Rifle Division. After October 30, 2000, by the order of the President of Ukraine, the name of the Regiment was changed to 300th Separate Guards Mechanized Budapest Regiment.[2][3]

The regiment was disbanded on 30 October 2013.[4] The 87th Air Assault Battalion [uk] of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade was later established on the remains of the regiment.

Traditions edit

 
Arm badge

Past Commanders edit

  • (2001 – 2005) Lieutenant Colonel Ruslan Khomchak
  • (2005) Lieutenant Colonel Supryhan Valery Anatoliyovych
  • (2005 – 2007) Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Yuriyovych Trunovsky
  • (2007 – 2008) Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Mykolayovych Bida
  • (2008 – 2013) Lieutenant Colonel Zabolotny Viktor
  • (2013) Colonel Serhiy Shaptala

References edit

  1. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) New Platoon commander training
  2. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) List of full names of the Ukrainian Military unit Archived August 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Ukrainian Land Forces Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Velichko, Nadya (4 December 2013). Наближається 6 грудня – День збройних сил України – Телеканал Чернівці [Approaching December 6 – Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine]. mtrk.com.ua (in Ukrainian). Chernivtsi TV. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-04.

Further reading edit