Draft:The Third Iron Wolf Dragoon Regiment
Third Iron Wolf Dragoon Regiment, Dragoon Regiment, Iron Wolf Regiment - 1920-1940 Light cavalry military unit of the Lithuanian army.
History[edit]
The regiment began with the formation of the volunteer rider's company "Iron Wolf" in October 1920. In November 1920, it was transformed into the Third Regiment of Iron Wolf Riders. From January 1921 to March 1923 the regiment guarded the demarcation line with Poland. In 1922 April 1, it received the official name "Third Regiment of Iron Wolf Dragoons". Kazys Binkis, who served in the regiment, wrote poems for the popular "Iron Wolf March".
The cavalrymen were named Dragoons to commemorate the honourable history of Lithuanian Dragoon regiments and squadrons. The regiment was disbanded in January 1924, but in May 1935 it was reconstituted from some squadrons of the First and Second Cavalry Regiments and renamed the Third Cavalry Regiment.
On 4 June 1936, the official name was restored. On 15 August 1937, on the day of the regimental celebration, the regiment was presented with a flag with the inscription "Fighting for the freedom and honour of Lithuania. In 1939 the regiment took part in the Lithuanian army's march to Vilnius and later belonged to the Vilnius garrison. At that time, the regiment had 4 squadrons of horsemen, 1 squadron of machine guns, 1 squadron of equipment and a platoon of armoured vehicles.
The locations of the regiment's deployments changed, they have been: Aukštoji Panemunė (Kaunas), Raudondvaris, Utena, Vilkaviskis, Anykščiai, Tauragė (the longest), Klaipėda region, Vilnius.
After the Soviet occupation of Lithuania, the regiment was renamed the Third Dragoon Regiment on 25 July 1940 and disbanded in August 1940.