300th Mechanized Regiment (Ukraine)

The 300th Guards Mechanized Regiment 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
Regiment Insignia
Active	1992–2013
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Mechanized
Part of	13th Army Corps
Garrison/HQ	Chernivtsi,[1] Chernivtsi Oblast
Engagements	Battle of Budapest
Battle honours	Budapest
Commanders
Current commander	Lieutenant Colonel Oleksandr Bida[1]
Insignia
Soviet Guards badge
Ukrainian Guards badge
Mechanized branch insignia

History

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 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]

References

1. (in Ukrainian) New Platoon commander training
2. (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

• Information about one of 66th Guards Rifle Division's regiments
• Slobodianiuk, M. V. (2005). Military Symbols of Ukraine, Rebirth from ashes. Lviv. pp. 54–101. ISBN 966-96313-2-2.