26th Artillery Brigade (Ukraine)

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117th Guards Rifle Division 32nd Guards Mechanized Division (? – 4 Jun 1957) 41st Guards Tank Division (4 Jun 1957 – 1 Nov 1965) 117th Guards Tank Division (1 Nov 1965 – 11 Jan 1968) 117th Guards Tank Training Division (11 Jan 1968 – 1 Sep 1987) 119th Guards District Training Center (1 Sep 1987 – 2000 (?)) 62nd Mechanized Brigade (2000–2004) 26th Artillery Brigade
Active	1942–present
Country	Ukraine (from 1992)
Branch	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type	Artillery
Size	Brigade
Part of	Operational Command North
Garrison/HQ	Berdychiv
Engagements	War in Donbas Russian Invasion of Ukraine Battle of Bakhmut Battle of Chasiv Yar
Decorations	For Courage and Bravery
Commanders
Current commander	Lt Col Andranyk Hasparyan[1]

The 26th Artillery Brigade is an artillery formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based in Berdychiv. It traces its history to the 117th Guards Rifle Division of the Second World War.^[2]

After the war, and several redesignations, the 117th Guards Rifle Division became the 117th Guards Tank Training Division. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the 117th Guards Tank Training Division was succeeded by the 62nd Mechanized Brigade, which, in turn, was created 26th Artillery Brigade (based on the Directive of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine from 18.06.2004 № 312/1/014).

The brigade is operating Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers gifted by Germany and the Netherlands during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, artillery used in the Battle of Bakhmut.^[3]