The 5th Separate Guards Tatsin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Brigade (Russian: 5-я отдельная гвардейская танковая Тацинская Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова бригада) is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces. It is subordinate to the 36th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District and is garrisoned in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia. Its military unit number is 46108.[1][2]

History

Formed in 2009, the 5th Tank Brigade is the successor formation to the 2nd Guards Tank Corps.[3][2]

In 2015 the 5th Tank Brigade was shown to be one of the Russian army units actively participating in the war in Donbas, having been present in the Battle of Debaltseve.[4]

On December 5, 2016, the brigade commander Colonel Ruslan Galitsky was killed in action as the unit was deployed to Syria.[5]

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