17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade

17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade
(2024–present)

17th Tank Brigade
(2016–2024)


17th Guards Tank Brigade
(Sep 2003–2016)


17th Guards Tank Division
(1965–Sep 2003)


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(1957–1965)


25th Guards Mechanized Division
(1945–1957)


20th Guards Rifle Division
(1942–1945)


174th Rifle Division
(1940–1942)
Ukrainian: 17-та окрема танкова Криворізька бригада
17th Tank Brigade shoulder sleeve insignia
Active1940–present
Country Soviet Union
(1940–1991)
 Ukraine
(1991–present)
Branch Ukrainian Ground Forces
Type Mechanized Infantry
SizeBrigade
Part ofOperational Command East
Garrison/HQKryvyi Rih
MUN А3283
PatronKostiantyn Pestushko
Engagements
Battle honoursKryvyi Rih
Commanders
Current
commander
Pavlo Zhytnyak
Notable
commanders
Lt. Col. Oleksandr Tarnavskiy

The 17th Heavy Mechanized Brigade is a brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces formed in 1940. The full name of the brigade is the 17th Separate Kryvyi Rih Heavy Mechanized Brigade named after Kostiantyn Pestushko.