6th Army Corps (Ukraine)

The 6th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It's units are spread across Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, and Kirovohrad Oblast The Corps was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union from a redesignation of the former Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army.

6th Guards Tank Army had incorporated three tank divisions, the 17th, 42nd, and 75th. However the later two were disbanded by 1991-92. In 1992 Zaloga listed the 17th Guards TD and 93rd MRD as being part of the army. However in 1991-1993 the 254th Motor Rifle Division, was withdrawn from the Southern Group of Forces and joined the 6th Army Corps, garrisoned at Artemivsk. It later became the 254th Mechanised Division.

In Decree of the President of Ukraine No 350/93, 21.08.1993, 'On conferring military ranks', Colonel СВІДІ Івану Юрійовичу, named as commander of the 17th Tank Division of the 6th Army Corps (Odessa MD), was promoted to Major-General. Thus b y August 1993 the Corps had been shifted to the Odessa MD. On December 3, 1993 Colonel Vladimir Polivoda, Commander 254th Mechanized Division, 6th Army Corps, Odessa Military District was promoted to Major General It later became the 52nd Mechanised Brigade.

In 2004, the Corps disbanded 2 brigades (among them, the 52nd Mechanised Brigade in October 2004) and 3 regiments. One brigade and one regiment were added. In 2006, the Corps almost doubled in size.

Structure

 * HQ 6th Army Corps
 * 25 Airborne Brigade.jpg 25th Airborne Brigade (Cherkaske)
 * 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade - (Chornomorske)
 * 92mb.jpg 92nd Mechanized Brigade - (Chuhuiv)
 * Ukr mech 93div.gif 93rd Mechanized Brigade - (Cherkaske)
 * 17th Guards Tank Brigade - (Kryvyi Rih)
 * 55th Artillery Brigade - (Zaporizhia)
 * 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment - (Kremenchuk)
 * 11aar.jpg 11th Army Aviation Regiment - (Chornobaivka)
 * 73rd Engineer Regiment - (Dniprodzerzhynsk)
 * 534th Combat Engineer Regiment
 * 1039th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
 * 121st Signal Battalion
 * 150th Signal Battalion
 * 502nd Counter Intelligence Battalion

Disbanded Units

 * 52omb.jpg 52nd Mechanised Brigade