Armoured Forces (Ukraine)

Armoured Troops (Ukrainian: Танкові війська, romanized: Tankovi viys’ka) are the corps in the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the main striking force of ground troops. They are used primarily in conjunction with mechanized forces in key areas and perform the following tasks:

  • in defense - support of mechanized troops in repelling the enemy attack and developing counterattacks;
  • in the attack - the application of powerful strokes to dissect enemy lines in greater depth, development of success, and defeat the enemy in counter-battles and battles.
Armoured Troops
Танкові війська
Active1992 — present
CountryUkraine
BranchUkrainian Ground Forces
TypeArmored forces
Insignia
Armoured Forces branch insignia
Shoulder sleeve insignia

Duties and tasks

The basis of the Armoured Forces are tank brigades and tank battalions of the infantry brigades (mechanized, light infantry and mountain), which have great resistance to the striking factors of both conventional and nuclear weapons, firepower, high mobility and maneuverability. They are able to make the most complete use of the results of fire (nuclear) damage to the enemy and in a short time to achieve the final goals of combat operations.

The combat capabilities of tank formations allow them to conduct active combat operations day and night, at a considerable distance from other troops, to crush the enemy in counter-attacks and battles, to overcome large areas of radioactive contamination on the move, crossing water obstacles, and also to quickly create a strong defense and successfully resist the onslaught of overwhelming enemy forces.

Current Structure

Disbanded Formations

Equipment

References
  1. (in Ukrainian) Brigade in Honcharivske receives new tanks Archived 2012-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "4 армійський корпус резерву". mil.in.ua. Український мілітарний портал. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  3. "Військові частини, ВНЗ, установи, що не належать до видів ЗС України". www.ukrmilitary.com. Ukrainian Military Pages. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  4. Харченко Микола (2018-07-09). "4 отдельная танковая бригада". mil.in.ua. Ukrainian Military Portal. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  5. "Масштабні військові навчання відбулись на Херсонщині". www.unn.com.ua. Ukrainian national news. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  6. (in Ukrainian) Training in the 17th Armored Brigade
  7. "У Гончарівську створюють 12-й окремий танковий батальйон" [The 12th separate tank battalion is being created in Honcharivske]. ВЕЧІРНЯ УМАНЬ (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  8. David Axe (17 January 2023). "The Ukrainian Army Could Form Three New Heavy Brigades With All These Tanks And Fighting Vehicles It's Getting". Forbes. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  9. Lenskiy
  10. Feskov, p.106

Additional reading
  • (in Russian) Feskov – V.I. Feskov, K.A. Kalashnikov, V.I. Golikov, The Soviet Army in the Years of the Cold War 1945–91, Tomsk University Publishing House, Tomsk, 2004
  • (in Russian) Lenskiy – А. Г. Ленский, Сухопутные силы РККА в предвоенные годы. Справочник. — Санкт-Петербург Б&К, 2000
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