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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Nick-D and Hawkeye7 look at Australian involvement on the Western Front in 1918 and in post-war New Guinea Op-ed: TomStar81 on the October Revolution Timeline: This month in World War I

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A barnstar for you!

	The Writer's Barnstar
	For your efforts in creating the article on Gary M. Rose, I would like to present to you this barnstar. Keep up the good work! RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 23:55, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! Kges1901 (talk) 00:42, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For the 40th and 67th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Divisions -- breaking new ground!! Buckshot06 (talk) 23:10, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	For your great start to 41 GRD. By carefully tracing the history all the way back to the GPW, you've covered an AA division at the same time!! Keep it up!! Buckshot06 (talk) 19:11, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

Would you consider placing all your new articles in Category:Artillery units and formations of the Soviet Union? New categories for AA or artillery divisions once the category is solidly on track for 20 articles. Cheers and thanks!! Buckshot06 (talk) 04:11, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks for your support,Kges1901 (talk) 11:05, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

October 2017 Military History Writers' Contest

		The Writer's Barnstar
		On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the October 2017 Military History Article Writing Contest with 70 points from 13 articles. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 00:42, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017

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Your GA nomination of 41st Guards Rocket Division

Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article 41st Guards Rocket Division you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 01:02, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

14th Air Army / 14th Air Corps

You're better at this than me; can you dive into the Russian/Ukrainian internet and find out when 14 VA became 14 AvK? Before 1996, I presume; I will add 14 VA to the right category in the meantime. Buckshot06 (talk) 05:56, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

• Done, it was around the same time as the 5th Air Army became a corps as well, although I was able to find the exact date in the evidence for a court case involving the Ukrainian Air Force's land use. Kges1901 (talk) 11:55, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Many thanks Kges1901 for your hard work on this. I expected it was about the same time, but to have the exact date is good. Also endorse heartily your split from 14 A PVO / 14 A VVS i PVO. When Eurocopter set them up many years ago, there was so much less data available. Now there is. But in line with Lineagegeek's work on the USAF, all the redirects should be set up, so while 2nd Comd VVS in that article would be a self-link, we should set up the redirect at some point.

2nd Army Corps

• • If you would like another possibly difficult job at some point, there was a 2nd Army Corps during the early 1990s (source Duncan JIR 1996). That one is not urgent at all. Buckshot06 (talk) 18:37, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

• Are any details provided by Duncan on this 2nd Army Corps? So far I've come up with nothing and wonder if this is erroneous. Kges1901 (talk) 11:41, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

• • Andrew Duncan, "Ukraine's forces find that change is good," JIR, April 1997. Seemingly drawn from CFE reporting. "The new Odessa MD commands four army corps - the 1st, 6th, 32nd, and 2nd - with its headquarters in Donetsk." In Jan 1996 2nd Army Corps had 191 tanks, 163 ACV, 192 arty and zero attack helicopters (page 163). Now, clearly 1st comes from 1st Guards Army, 6th is 6th Army Corps, 32nd is 32nd Army Corps, but which divisions did 2nd briefly control? Buckshot06 (talk) 04:08, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

• @Buckshot06: Apologies, but I was unable to find anything specific on the internet except one routine proof of existence in a General Staff directive calling out its units for training issues. Kges1901 (talk) 01:45, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

• • • That's a start; please do point me to the link. Cheers Buckshot06 (talk) 08:17, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

• @Buckshot06: Page 49 of this document. Kges1901 (talk) 11:16, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks. IISS MilBal 95-96, as of 1 June 1995, Ukr entry, says that in the Southern Op Command there were four corps: one with 2 mech bde, 1 arty, 1 SAM brigade, 1 ATK, 1 MRL regt (last four res) - believe that's 32 AK; 1 with 1 TD (trg), 1 MRD (res), 1 mech div, 1 SSM, 1 SAM, bde, 1 MRL regt, 1 ATK regt (res), 1 attack hel regt - believe that may be 1st Guards Army/Corps, one with 1 TD, 2 mech div, 1 SSM, 1 arty bde, 1 ATK, 1 MRL, 1 attack hel regt - possibly 6th Army Corps, and finally one corps with 1 mech div, 1 MRL regiment. That is possibly the 2AK. Page 100. Cheers and very many thanks, Buckshot06 (talk) 20:07, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

• Then if there was only one division with the corps it might be easy to find that division.Kges1901 (talk) 20:44, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

4th Harbin Rocket Division

If you wish to do more work on rocket divisions, there's a Polish article on this division which might help.. Buckshot06 (talk) 01:25, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 41st Guards Rocket Division

The article 41st Guards Rocket Division you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:41st Guards Rocket Division for things which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 15:21, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 41st Guards Rocket Division

The article 41st Guards Rocket Division you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:41st Guards Rocket Division for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Krishna Chaitanya Velaga -- Krishna Chaitanya Velaga (talk) 13:41, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	This is getting regular!! For creation of another great, missing article, Kharkov Military District. Buckshot06 (talk) 19:39, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Barnstar of European Merit

		The Barnstar of European Merit
		I, Vami_IV, award the Barnstar of European Merit to Kges1901 for their participation in the European 10,000 Challenge, no matter how minor. ...This is for the one article you threw onto the pile but could apply to all your work in Russian military history, really. –Vami_IV✠ 02:33, 20 November 2017 (UTC)
		this WikiAward was given to Kges1901 by Vami_IV✠ on 02:33, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Precioous anniversary

A year ago ...

regiments and heroes
... you were recipient no. 1515 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:43, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Hello ! Nice to meet you!

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Your GA nomination of 52nd Rocket Division

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Your GA nomination of 52nd Rocket Division

The article 52nd Rocket Division you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:52nd Rocket Division for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Sp33dyphil -- Sp33dyphil (talk) 06:42, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

Norman L. Paxton

Per your request at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norman L. Paxton, I've moved the article to User:Kges1901/Norman L. Paxton for you to work on. Good luck with the ILLs! – Joe (talk) 21:49, 30 November 2017 (UTC)

November 2017 Military History Writers' Contest

		The WikiChevrons
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the WikiChevrons, for placing first in the November 2017 Military History Article Writing Contest with a staggering 105 points from 17 articles. Well done and congratulations, AustralianRupert (talk) 08:09, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXL, December 2017

Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new featured and A-class content Book review: Recent external reviews Op-ed: TomStar81 on the Halifax Explosion of 1917 Timeline: This month in World War I

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Yak-25

If you're working on the Yak-25 with all those sources, are you able to add a list of regiments which operated the type? Buckshot06 (talk) 21:01, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Sure, I'll be able to add a list of regiments once I finish getting the main aircraft article to GA. The aircraft sources aren't really the best for this, as the sources focused on regiments are Bykov and Lenskii. Kges1901 (talk) 22:35, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

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DYK for 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

On 30 December 2017, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Soviet Air Defense Forces' 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment operated Lend-Lease Supermarine Spitfires as air defense for Moscow between 1944 and 1948? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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Military Historian of the Year 2017

		2017 Military Historian of the Year
		As voted by your peers within the Military history WikiProject, I hereby award you the Silver Wiki as the runner up for the 2017 Military Historian of the Year Award. Congratulations, and thank you for your efforts in 2017. AustralianRupert (talk) 02:00, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO

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New Years new page backlog drive

Hello Kges1901, thank you for your efforts reviewing new pages!

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Your GA nomination of Nikopol–Krivoi Rog Offensive

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December 2017 Military History Writers' Contest

		The Writer's Barnstar
		On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I hereby award you the Writer's Barnstar for placing second in the December 2017 Military History Article Writing Contest with a very creditable 133 points from 22 articles. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 08:09, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

2017 Military History Writers' Contest Cup

		The Military History Writers' Contest Cup
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, I hereby award you the Military History Writers' Contest Cup, for consistent performance during the 2017 Military History Article Writing Contest, accumulating a total of 932 points from 172 articles throughout the year. Congratulations and thank you for your efforts! AustralianRupert (talk) 08:23, 1 January 2018 (UTC)