168th Motorised Rifle Division

168-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 20658

Activated 1981 in Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (117th Guards Training Tank Division) - the unit equipment set was co-located with the 117th Guards Training Tank Division.

Organisation 1988:

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

1.10.89 renamed 1950th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

Disbanded 6.90.

Storage Areas:

• Berdichev, Zhitomir Oblast, 1981 - 6.90

Subordination:

• Carpathian Military District, 1981 - 6.90

Divisional coordinates:

• Berdichev storage: 49 52 32N, 28 34 48E

The division was maintained as a Mobilisation Division (US terms: Mobilisation Division) - manning was 0%. Equipment set present, older types, with some APC and most trucks missing.