27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division
The 27th Guards draws its history from the 75th Naval Rifle Brigade formed in the end of 1941. As part of the 3rd Shock Army, Kalinin Front in 1942 the brigade participated in the Demiansk operations - the Moscow counteroffensive. For its fighting performance it became the 3rd Guards Rifle Brigade in March 1942, and was subsequently designated the 27th Guards Rifle Division in April-May 1942.
During World War II the division was part of the 4th Tank Army, 1st Guards Army, the 24th Army, the 66th Army, the 65th Army and finally the 62nd Army. In April 1942 the 62nd Army became the Eighth Guards Army. In July 1942 the Division was part of Kalinin Front's 58th Army, alongside 16th Guards Rifle Division and two other rifle divisions.[1] The Division was back with the 8th Guards Army of the 1st Belorussian Front in May 1945.
The Division participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, Izyum-Barvenkovo, Donbass, Zaporozhye, Nikopol-Krivoi Rog, Bereznegova-Snigirovka, Odessa, Lublin - Brest, Poznań, Küstrin, Варшавско - Познанской and the Berlin offensive operation. For services in battle the Division was awarded the honourable name "Novobug" (March 1944), then awarded the Order of the Red Banner and Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd degrees. Over 10 thousand of its soldiers were awarded awards and medals, and 7 were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union.
At the end of the Great War in 1945 the Division remained as part of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany where it became a Motor Rifle Division in 1957. It remained in Germany until after the fall of the Soviet Union, when it was withdrawn to Totskoye in the Volga-Ural Military District. It has contributed many personnel for peacekeeping operations.
During Fulda Gap 2009, 27th Guards will be lead by Boss Company the field team at Boss Paintball (also known as Gold Diggers) located in Locust, NC. While Boss company is a newly formed team, many of their troopers have been involved in Fulda Gap as members of E.P.I.C Unit which was the core team for 117th Guards the last 2 years.
Boss Paintball is an aggressive assualt style team that plays hard on the field but are a great bunch of guys in the camping area! For more information about Boss Paintball check out their web site by clicking on the following link: Boss Paintball
