6th Army Corps (Ukraine)

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6th Army Corps
Patch of the 6th Army Corps
Active	1991 -
Country	Ukraine
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Corps
Garrison/HQ	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast[1]
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Serhiy Bessarab[2]

The 6th Army Corps is one of three army corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The Corps is headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Contents 1 History 2 Structure 2.1 Disbanded Units 3 Commanders 4 References

[edit] History

Main article: 6th Guards Tank Army

The Corps was formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union from a redesignation of the former Soviet 6th Guards Tank Army. In 2004, the Corps disbanded 2 brigades and 3 regiments. 1 brigade and 1 regiments were added. In 2006, the Corps almost doubled in size.

[edit] Structure

• 6th Army Corps
  • 25th Airborne Brigade (Cherkaske)^[3]
  • 79th Airmobile Brigade - (Mykolaiv)^[4]
  • 28th Mechanized Brigade - (Chornomorske)^[5]
  • 92nd Mechanized Brigade - (Chuhuiv)^[6]
  • 93rd Mechanized Brigade - (Cherkaske)^[7]
  • 17th Armored Brigade - (Kryvyi Rih)^[8]
  • 55th Artillery Brigade - (Zaporizhia)^[9]
  • 107th Rocket Artillery Regiment - (Kremenchuk)^[10]
  • 11th Army Aviation Regiment - (Chernobaevka)^[6]
  • 73rd Engineer Regiment - (Dniprodzerzhynsk)
  • 534th Combat Engineer Regiment
  • 1039th Anti-Aircraft Artillery
  • 121st Signal Battalion ^[11]
  • 150th Signal Battalion
  • 502nd Counter Intelligence Battalion

[edit] Disbanded Units

• 52nd Mechanized Brigade - (Artemivsk)^[12] - October 2004

[edit] Commanders

• Major General Volodymur Bataliyk ^[13] 2001
• Major General Yurii Shapoval^[14] 2004 - July 11, 2005
• Major General Volodymur Zamana^[15] July 11, 2005- 2006
• Major General Serhiy Bessarab - 2007

[edit] References