153rd Motorised Rifle Division

153-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 20657

Activated 1972 in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, as a mobilisation division, from the 597th Motorised Rifle Regiment (107th Motorised Rifle Division).

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (107th Motorised Rifle Division) - the equipment set was co-located with the 107th Motorised Rifle Division until 1981.

Unfortunately, sub-unit numbers are rarely known within mobilisation divisions.

Organisation 1980:

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

1981 transferred to Pabrade, Lithuanian SSR.

Organisation 1988:

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

1.7.89 renamed 5191st Equipment Storage Base.

Disbanded 1992.

Storage Areas:

• Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, 1972 - 1981
• Pabrade, Lithuanian SSR, 1981 - 1992

Subordination:

• Baltic Military District, 1972 - 1992

Equipment 12.85:

• 2050 men, 187 T-54/55, 2 BTR-50, 11 BTR-152

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 30 R-145BM, 2 R-156BTR, 2 PRP-4, 1 3S88, 9 1V18, 3 1V19, 1 IRM and 22 MT-LBT

Divisional coordinates:

• Vilnius barracks/storage: 54 42 30N, 25 17 46E - co-located with the active 107th Motorised Rifle Division
• Pabrade barracks [US designation: Pabrade Army Barracks AL 1]: 54 58 41N, 25 45 02E

The division was initially maintained as a Mobilisation Division (US terms: Mobilisation Base), but from 1984 upgraded to a Not Ready Division - Low-Strength Cadre (US terms: Category III).