The 47th Guards Tank Division (Russian: 47-я гвардейская танковая дивизия, romanized: 47-ya gvardeyskaya tankovaya diviziya) is a tank division of the Russian Ground Forces. It was formed in October 1942, during World War II from the first formation of the as the 47th Guards Rifle Division. It served with the 8th Guards Army from late 1943. In late 1945, the division was converted into the 19th Guards Mechanized Division as part of the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. It was ultimately relocated to Hillersleben as part of the 3rd Shock Army (later the 3rd Army) and served there with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany for the rest of the Cold War, being converted to the 26th Guards Tank Division in 1957 and renumbered to restore its original number in 1965. Disbanded in 199