72nd Artillery Division

72-я артиллерийская дивизия

Military Unit: 20726

Activated 1.12.84 in Zhmerinka, Vinnitsa Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

Organisation 1988:

• 443rd Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Zhmerinka, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 444th Cannon Artillery Brigade (Zhmerinka, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 445th Reactive Artillery Brigade (Zhmerinka, Vinnitsa Oblast)

1.12.87 renamed 701st Territorial Training Center.

31.12.89 renamed 1586th Equipment Storage Base.

3.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

• Zhmerinka, Vinnitsa Oblast, 12.84 - 1.92

Subordination:

• Carpathian Military District, 12.84 - 1.9.90
• 66th Artillery Corps, 1.9.90 - 3.1.92

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 1 R-145BM

Divisional coordinates:

• Zhmerinka barracks [US designation: Zhmerinka Army Barracks Southwest AL 2]: 49 02 04N, 28 05 37E