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423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment

Field	Value
unit_name	423rd Guards, Order of Suvorov 2nd class and Order of Kutuzov 2nd class, Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment
native_name	423-й гвардейский мотострелковый Ямпольский Краснознамённый, орденов Суворова и Кутузова полк
image	Sleeve patch of the 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment.svg
image_size	200
caption	Sleeve patch of the 423rd Guards MR Regiment
dates	1942–2009
2013–present
country	Russia
branch
type	Mechanized infantry
size	Regiment
command_structure	[4th Guards Tank Division](4th-guards-tank-division)
garrison	Naro-Fominsk, 70km south-west of Moscow.
nickname	Yampolsky
motto	"Duty and honour"
battles	World War II
Second Chechen War
Russo–Ukrainian War
battle_honours	Yampol
battle_honours_label	Honorifics

2013–present Second Chechen War Russo–Ukrainian War

Northern front
- Russian invasion of Sumy Oblast
Eastern front
- 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive
- Kharkiv Oblast–Luhansk Oblast border front
2nd Class
2nd Class The 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment is a regiment of the Soviet Army and Russian Ground Forces. For most of the post-war period, it has been a part of the 4th Guards Tank Division.

History

Medal of 60 years to The Yampolsky regiment

The 31st Motorised Brigade was formed in June 1942 under the 17th Tank Corps. On 2 January 1943, the brigade was renamed as the 3rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle of Suvorov and Kutuzov.

Within three years of participation in the German-Soviet War, the brigade fought from the Don to Elbe rivers, from the city of Voronezh to the walls of Prague, inflicting heavy damage against enemy forces. For their actions, 19 members of the brigade received distinctions as Hero of Soviet Union.

Since 11 September 1945, the place of permanent deployment of the regiment has been Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region.

On 5 May 1957 the regiment was renamed as the 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle of Suvorov and Kutuzov's awards of II degree a regiment. The regiment has grown up 12 commanders of divisions, 2 deputy ministers of defence.

Since 11 September 1999 - 28 March 2000 The regimental tactical group 423rd regiment carried out a problem on constitutional order prompting in territory to the Chechen republic.

The regiment participated in the assault of the city of Grozny, the battle for the village of Komsomolskoye. The regiment lost 27 people.

In 2000, 2001, 2002 the regiment admitted the best regiment in Moscow Military District.

On 21 June the part celebrates an annual holiday of formation of a regiment. The regiment was disbanded in April 2009 when the division became a brigade.

Two members of the regiment were captured by Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 1 March, soldiers from the regiment were captured in the village of , near Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast.

On 10 September 2022, during a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kharkiv Oblast, members of the regiment were taken prisoner in the village of , south of Izium, by Ukraine's Carpathian Sich Battalion.

In December 2022, the regiment was reportedly deployed to the Luhansk Oblast front. In June 2024, Russian sources reported that the unit had engaged in combat within the Luhansk Oblast village of Stelmakhivka. By December 2024, the 423rd Regiment had reportedly reached Zelenyi Hai of Kharkiv Oblast.

Last structure

As of 2007, the Yampolsky Regiment consisted of the following units:

1st Motorised Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
2nd Motorised Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
3rd Motorised Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
Independent Military Intelligence Company, Naro-Fominsk
Independent Signal Company, Naro-Fominsk
Support Company, Naro-Fominsk
Engineer Company, Naro-Fominsk
Tank Company, Naro-Fominsk
Artillery Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
Artillery Battalion, Naro-Fominsk
Air Defence Battalion, Naro-Fominsk

Personnel and equipment

The 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment had approximately 1692 personnel in active service.

Equipment Summary

BMP-2 — 85
BRM-1K — 5
BTR-80 — 6
2S3 Akatsiya — 27
MTLB- 3
BMP-1KSh-8
T-80- 17

References

Notes

References

Uliana, Hentosh. (2023-11-08). ""New fire from Kholodnyi Yar." How the 93rd Brigade fights • Ukraїner".
Рогальская, Надежда. (27 December 2022). "Подмосковные мотострелки потеряли боеспособность под Сватово на Луганщине: треть подразделения - "200-е" и "300-е"".
(2022-02-24). "Путін атакував Україну: всі подробиці про нове російське вторгнення".
Uliana, Hentosh. (2023-11-08). ""New fire from Kholodnyi Yar." How the 93rd Brigade fights • Ukraїner".
Члек, Крістіна. (1 March 2022). ""Що ти скажеш українському народу?". У селі Грунь на Сумщині затримали російських військових".
Trofimov, Yaroslav. (2024). "Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian invasion and Ukraine's war of independence". Random House.
(25 June 2024). "Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 25, 2024". Institute for the Study of War.
"Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2024".

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