97th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine)
| 343rd Rifle Division (1941–43) 97th Guards Rifle Division (1943–57) 97th Guards Motor Rifle Division (1957–1992) 97th Mechanized Brigade (1992–2004) | |
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Brigade Insignia | |
| Active | August 1941 – November 2004 |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Army |
| Type | Mechanized Brigade |
| Part of | 13th Army Corps |
| Garrison/HQ | А-1766 Slavuta, Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
| Equipment | T-64 BMP-2 ZSU-23-4 2S3 Akatsiya 2S1 |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Decorations | Order of the Red Banner Order of Suvorov Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky |
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The 97th Guards Mechanized Brigade (Ukrainian: 97-ма гвардійська мотострілецька дивізія, romanized: 97-ma hvardiys'ka motostrilets'ka dyviziya) was a rifle, and then a motor-rifle division of the Soviet Union's Army, before becoming a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based in Slavuta in western Ukraine.
The full name of the division was the "97th Guards Poltava Motor-Rifle Division, Red Banner, Suvorov's, Bogdan Khmelnitsky". After the division became part of Ukrainian Armed Forces it was known as the "97th Separate Mechanized Brigade" (97-ma okrema mekhanizovana bryhada).