152nd Motorised Rifle Division

152-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 30168

Activated 1972 in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, as a mobilisation division.

Organisation 1988:

• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 Tank Regiment (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Communications Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 000 independent Medical Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Kutaisi, Georgian SSR)

1.9.89 renamed 5199th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

Disbanded 1992.

Storage Areas:

• Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, 1972 - 1992

Subordination:

• 31st Army Corps, 1972 - 1992

Equipment 12.85:

• 0 men, 133 T-54/55, 9 BMP-1, 36 122mm M-30

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 30 T-55, 75 T-54, 2 BMP-1, 12 BM-21 Grad, 23 R-145BM, 4 R-156BTR and 1 R-137B

Divisional coordinates:

• Kutaisi barracks/storage [US designation: Kutaisi Army Barracks Southeast AL 2]: 42 14 23N, 42 43 14E

The division was maintained as a Mobilisation Division (US terms: Mobilisation Base). Equipment set present, older types, substantial equipment shortfalls.