199th Motor Rifle Division

199th Motor Rifle Division
199th Motor Rifle Division
Active	1970–1989
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Motorized infantry
Garrison/HQ	Krasny Kut

The 199th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army from 1970 to 1989. The division was based in Krasny Kut, Primorsky Krai and became a storage base in 1989.^[1]

History

The division was formed in January 1970 in Krasny Kut, Primorsky Krai. It was subordinated to the

5th Red Banner Army. During the Cold War, the division was maintained at 70% strength. On 1 October 1989, it became the 5506th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.^[1]^[2]

Composition

In 1988, the division included the following units. All units were based at Krasny Kut unless noted.[1]

526th Motorized Rifle Regiment
594th Motorized Rifle Regiment
610th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Spassk-Dalny)
71st Tank Regiment
2183rd Artillery Regiment (Spassk-Dalnyy)
426th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
Separate Missile Battalion
Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion
1059th Separate Communications Battalion
Separate Chemical Defence Company
Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion
365th Separate Medical Battalion
Separate Material Supply Battalion

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Holm, Michael. "199th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
^ Feskov et al 2013, p. 589

Feskov, V.I.; Golikov, V.I.; Kalashnikov, K.A.; Slugin, S.A. (2013). Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской [The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II: From the Red Army to the Soviet: Part 1 Land Forces] (in Russian). Tomsk: Scientific and Technical Literature Publishing.
ISBN 9785895035306
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[:0-1] Holm, Michael. "199th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-13.

[2] Feskov et al 2013, p. 589

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