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The regiment was formed in Echmiatsin, Armenian SSR in January 1943 and was funded entirely by diaspora Armenians living, among other countries, in Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the United States. Under the auspices of the Archbishop Gevorg VI Chorekjian, US$115,000 were raised in the United States; C$37,000 in Canada; £L185,000 in Lebanon; £Syr276,000 in Syria; £E14,000 in Egypt; and 2.5 million rials in Iran. The Armenian Apostolic Church itself donated gifts in the area totaling around 800,000 rubles, 1,000 British sterling, and 50,000 in Soviet rubles. Various fund raising committees were established, including the first, on March 7, 1943, in New York City.

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  • Sassuntsi-Davit Tank Regiment
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  • The regiment was formed in Echmiatsin, Armenian SSR in January 1943 and was funded entirely by diaspora Armenians living, among other countries, in Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the United States. Under the auspices of the Archbishop Gevorg VI Chorekjian, US$115,000 were raised in the United States; C$37,000 in Canada; £L185,000 in Lebanon; £Syr276,000 in Syria; £E14,000 in Egypt; and 2.5 million rials in Iran. The Armenian Apostolic Church itself donated gifts in the area totaling around 800,000 rubles, 1,000 British sterling, and 50,000 in Soviet rubles. Various fund raising committees were established, including the first, on March 7, 1943, in New York City.
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Garrison
Branch
Role
  • Tactical attack
Country
Type
  • Tank regiment
Caption
  • Tankers and mechanized infantry from the Sassuntsi-Davit regiment stand next to their T-34/85 tanks. The name of the regument can be seen inscribed on the turret of the tanks in the Armenian script.
Dates
  • January, 1943–1945
Unit Name
  • Sassuntsi-Davit Tank Regiment
Allegiance
  • Soviet Union
Battles
decorations
Size
  • ca. 5-7,000 men
abstract
  • The regiment was formed in Echmiatsin, Armenian SSR in January 1943 and was funded entirely by diaspora Armenians living, among other countries, in Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the United States. Under the auspices of the Archbishop Gevorg VI Chorekjian, US$115,000 were raised in the United States; C$37,000 in Canada; £L185,000 in Lebanon; £Syr276,000 in Syria; £E14,000 in Egypt; and 2.5 million rials in Iran. The Armenian Apostolic Church itself donated gifts in the area totaling around 800,000 rubles, 1,000 British sterling, and 50,000 in Soviet rubles. Various fund raising committees were established, including the first, on March 7, 1943, in New York City. The funds were finally distributed under the auspices of the Armenian Apostolic Church residing in Echmiatsin which raised enough money to outfit the regiment with 21 tanks by February 1944. The regiment was exclusively equipped with the newer generation T-34-85 tanks, armed with the new D-5T 85mm cannons. In February 1944, the 119th Tank Regiment's turrets were inscribed with "Սասունցի Դավիթ" (Sasuntsi Davit) upon them in Armenian script.
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