The 1st Guards Tank Army was formed in the Soviet Union, during the Second World War, in 1943. It was disbanded in 1999, but re-established in 2015. As more details about this reborn heavy military unit come to light, worries increase about the threat it may specifically pose to the Baltic region.
This past May, the military-focused news outlet Zvezda, established by the Russian Ministry of Defense, reported that the 1st Guards Tank Army is to include the famous Kantemirovskaya and Tamanskaya Divisions. The article did not mince words, openly declaring: “The new Army is able to neutralize the threat …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
