270th Motor Rifle Division
270th Motor Rifle Division | |
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Active | 1970–2010 |
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Branch | |
Type | Motorized infantry |
Garrison/HQ | Krasnaya Rechka |
The 270th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army and later the Russian Ground Forces.
History
On 19 August 1967, the division was reformed in the
Far East Military District, without a formal designation or barracks location, and was linked for administration purposes to the 129th Motor Rifle Division.[citation needed] The division's Military Unit Number (Войсковая часть) was 61304.[1]
On 3 March 1970, the 270th Motor Rifle Division was formally re-formed, based in the city of Khabarovsk. The division was a part of 15th Army (Combined Arms) of the Far East Military District.
The division was based at
882nd Motor Rifle Regiments, as well as the 470th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment. In 2010, the division became the 243rd Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.[1]
Bibliography
Citations
- ^ a b Holm, Michael. "270th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
References
- 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.