The 12th Motor Rifle Division is a military unit of the Ground Forces of the Soviet Army . It was part of the 33rd combined arms army of the Trans-Baikal Military District .
| 12th Motor Rifle Division | |
|---|---|
| Years of existence | 1960-1990 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Subordination | Transbaikal Military District |
| Included in | 39th Combined Arms Army |
| Type of | motorized rifle division |
| Function | motorized rifle troops |
| Dislocation | Baganuur , Ulan Bator ( MPR ) |
| Successor | 5517th BHVT (1990) |
Conditional name - Military unit No. 29403 (military unit 29403). The abbreviated name is 12 msd .
The division was stationed in the city of Ulaanbaatar and Baganuur of the Mongolian People's Republic .
History
The 12th motorized rifle division was formed on June 12, 1960 in the city of Abakan [1] [2] . Its creation was associated with a general increase in the defense capability of the Siberian Military District, where at that time only two motorized rifle divisions remained: the 67th and 85th . [one]
The division was expanded to full staff in 1984. [1] [2]
In 1984, the 12th division was introduced to Mongolia. [3]
In 1990, the division was withdrawn to Ulan-Ude and reorganized into the 5517th BHVT. [3]
Composition
- management ( Baganuur );
- 523rd Motor Rifle Regiment (Baganuur);
- 592nd Motorized Rifle Regiment ( Ulan Bator );
- 598th Motor Rifle Regiment (Baganuur);
- 365th tank regiment (Baganuur);
- artillery regiment (Baganuur);
- 1178th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Baganuur);
- 34th separate tank battalion (Baganuur);
- 636th Separate Missile Division (Baganuur);
- 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Baganuur);
- separate anti-tank division (Baganuur);
- 1156th separate engineer-engineer battalion (Baganuur);
- separate repair and restoration battalion (Baganuur);
- 1041st Separate Battalion of Communications (Baganuur);
- 1161st separate battalion of material support (Baganuur);
- 636th separate medical battalion (Baganuur);
- separate chemical protection company (Baganuur);
- OVKR (Baganuur). [four]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Feskov, 2013 , p. 559.
- ↑ 1 2 Feskov, 2013 , p. 167.
- ↑ 1 2 Feskov, 2013 , p. 574.
- ↑ Feskov, 2013 , p. 576.
Literature
- Feskov V.I., Golikov V.I., Kalashnikov K.A., Slugin S.A. Armed Forces of the USSR after the Second World War: from the Red Army to the Soviet. Part 1: Ground Forces. - T .: Tomsk University Press, 2013. - 640 p. - ISBN 978-5-89503-530-6 .