15th Guards Nemanskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Artillery Division

15-я гвардейская артиллерийская Неманская Краснознамённая орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия

Military Unit: 77148

Activated 1970 in Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray, from the 15th Guards Artillery Brigade.

Organisation 1975:

• 607th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 609th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 620th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 842nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 653rd Guards Reactive Artillery Regiment (Novosysoevka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 000 Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)

In 1976 the 669th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment was activated.

1978: 1 regiment with 152mm ML-20, 1 regiment with 152mm D-20, 2 regiments with 130mm M-46, 1 regiment with BM-21 & 9P140 Uragan and 1 regiment with 100mm T-12

Organisation 1980:

• 607th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 609th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 620th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 842nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)
• 653rd Guards Reactive Artillery Regiment (Novosysoevka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 669th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (Novosysoevka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 000 Reconnaissance Artillery Battalion (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray) - expanded to the 663rd Reconnaissance Artillery Regiment in 1980

Organisation 1988:

• 607th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray) - equipped with 152mm 2A36
• 609th Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray) - equipped with 122mm D-30
• 620th Cannon Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray) - equipped with 152mm 2A36
• 842nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray) - equipped with 152mm D-20
• 653rd Guards Reactive Artillery Regiment (Novosysoevka, Primorskiy Kray) - equipped with 9P140 Uragan
• 669th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment (Novosysoevka, Primorskiy Kray) - equipped with 100mm T-12
• 663rd Reconnaissance Artillery Regiment (Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray)

In 1991 the 653rd Guards Reactive Artillery Regiment was renamed 338th Guards Reactive Artillery Brigade.

In 2005 renamed 3257th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

Headquarters:

• Ussuriysk, Primorskiy Kray, 1970 - today

Subordination:

• Far Eastern Military District, 1970 - 9.2010
• Eastern Military District, 9.2010 - today

Divisional coordinates:

• Ussuriysk barracks [US designation: Ussuriysk Army Barracks North AL 2]: 43 49 47N, 131 56 13E (Divisional HQ, 607th Cannon Artillery Regiment, 609th Howitzer Artillery Regiment, 620th Cannon Artillery Regiment, 842nd Heavy Howitzer Artillery Regiment and 663rd Reconnaissance Artillery Regiment)
• Novosysoevka barracks [US designation: Novosysoyevka IRBM Launch Site 1]: 44 11 48N, 133 25 51E (653rd Guards Reactive Artillery Regiment and 669th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment)