The 213th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army. The division was based in Totskoye and existed from 1968 to 1991. In 1991, the division merged with the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division.
History
A T-72 tank of the type used by the division
In April 1968, the division was activated in Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast, from the
29th Motor Rifle Division
's 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment, left behind when the 29th transferred to the Far East.
Volga–Urals Military District.[2] On 1 June 1990, the 1049th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment was disbanded and replaced by the 838th Antiaircraft Missile Regiment, transferred from the 28th Tank Division.[3]
During the
BMP-1K infantry fighting vehicles, 12 2S1 Gvozdika and 36 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns, and 12 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems.[4] On 17 April 1991, the division was merged with the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division, which had arrived from Germany.[2] The 680th and 691st Motor Rifle Regiments, the 34th Tank Regiment, and the 1283rd Artillery Regiment were merged with regiments of the 27th to create new units, which inherited the lineage of the 27th Division unit. The 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the 27th intact, replacing its disbanded 244th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment.[5]
Composition
In 1988, the division included the following units.[2][6]
433rd Motor Rifle Regiment
680th Motor Rifle Regiment
691st Motor Rifle Regiment
34th Tank Regiment
1283rd Artillery Regiment
1049th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment
182nd Separate Rocket Battalion
1034th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
907th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
883rd Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion
973rd Separate Communications Battalion
Separate Chemical Defense Company
481st Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion
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Soviet Union
Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989