- Service ensign · official · carried by Ground Forces
- State affiliation · Russia
- Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance
Service ensign: Flag of the Russian Ground Forces — carried by Ground Forces, not issued to this record. The service flag of the Ground Forces, adopted 2004. The design itself is not an object of copyright: Article 1259(6) of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation excludes official symbols and signs. The file shipped is the Wikimedia Commons SVG "Flag of the Russian Ground Forces.svg", released under PD-RU-exempt on that basis, so no attribution or share-alike obligation attaches. Optimised for web display; geometry unaltered.
State affiliation: Russia.
The smaller square mark is a Vigil category device, drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role — not an official insignia.
In brief
The premier tank army, built for high-intensity manoeuvre war; mauled in the 2022 Kharkiv fighting and reconstituted since.
- Scope
- Structure, role, lineage and links. 2 subordinate records published.
- Subordination
- Subordination reported
- Sources
- 5 on the record
- Record state
- Partial
Broad area of activity
The Kharkiv axis in 2022; the northeastern axes since.
Notable history
Rebuilt from 2014 as the spearhead formation for high-intensity war with NATO, it instead suffered documented heavy losses in the 2022 Kharkiv fighting and subsequent counteroffensive, and was reconstituted with mobilised personnel and reactivated armour.
Strengths
Priority claim on modern armour and reconstitution resources; the institutional core survives its losses.
Limitations
The professional core of 2022 is gone and publicly documented equipment losses forced reliance on older storage stock; its performance against its pre-war reputation is the war's clearest capability data point.
Subordinate formations
4th Guards Tank Division "Kantemirovskaya"Division · subordination reported2nd Guards Motor Rifle Division "Tamanskaya"Division · subordination reportedRows are layout only — position and order carry no hierarchy, importance, sequence or strength. Every record shown is an immediate subordinate of the selected organisation.
Related locations
Kharkiv: The 2022 Kharkiv-axis fighting and September rout are the army's publicly documented episode.
Key events
Kharkiv and Kherson counteroffensives
Ukraine retakes thousands of square kilometres in the northeast, then forces Russian withdrawal from Kherson city — the only regional capital Russia captured.
Quick actions
System access
Where this record connects into the rest of Vigil. Each row is here because this organisation actually reaches it.
Assessed as of2026-07Last reviewed2026-07
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