192nd Motorised Rifle Division

192-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 12109

Activated 1969 in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast.

Organisation 1970:

• 190th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast)
• 679th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 684th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 371st Tank Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 1219th Artillery Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 1414th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 87th independent Missile Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 205th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast)
• 718th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Malaya Sazanka, Amur Oblast)
• 968th independent Communications Battalion (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 286th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 381st independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)

15.11.72 re-organised:

• 000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion was activated
• 00 independent Reactive Artillery Battalion was activated - absorbed by the Artillery Regiment in 5.80

In 1980 the 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion was renamed 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion.

Organisation 1980:

• 190th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast)
• 679th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 684th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 371st Tank Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 1219th Artillery Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 1414th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast) with SA-8
• 87th independent Missile Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 205th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast) with BMP-1
• 718th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Malaya Sazanka, Amur Oblast)
• 968th independent Communications Battalion (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 286th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 381st independent Medical Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

• 190th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast)
• 679th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 684th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 371st Tank Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 1219th Artillery Regiment (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 1414th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast) with SA-8
• 87th independent Missile Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 205th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Shimanovsk, Amur Oblast) with BMP-1
• 718th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Malaya Sazanka, Amur Oblast)
• 968th independent Communications Battalion (Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 286th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 381st independent Medical Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Svobodnyy, Amur Oblast)

1.10.89 renamed 126th Machine-Gun Artillery Division.

In 10.89 the 684th Motorised Rifle Regiment was disbanded, and was replaced by the 57th Machine-Gun Artillery Regiment (activated from the 12th Fortified Area).

Disbanded 1998.

Headquarters:

• Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, 1969 - 1998

Subordination:

• 35th Combined Arms Army, 1969 - 1998

Divisional coordinates:

• Blagoveshchensk barracks [US designation: Blagoveshchensk Army Barracks Amur River AL 1]: 50 16 15N, 127 29 08E (Divisional HQ, 679th Motorised Rifle Regiment, 1414th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment and 968th independent Communications Battalion)
• Shimanovsk barracks [US designation: Shimanovsk Army Barracks AL 2]: 51 58 49N, 127 40 14E (190th Motorised Rifle Regiment and 205th independent Reconnaissance Battalion)
• Svobodnyy barracks [US designation: Svobodnyy Army Barracks North-Northwest AL 1]: 51 24 02N, 128 05 51E (684th Motorised Rifle Regiment, 371st Tank Regiment, 1219th Artillery Regiment, 87th independent Missile Battalion, 000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion, 000 independent Chemical Defence Company, 286th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion, 381st independent Medical Battalion and 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion)
• Malaya Sazanka barracks [US designation: Malaya Sazanka Army Barracks AL 1]: 51 13 12N, 128 04 57E (718th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion)

The division was maintained as a Ready Division - Reduced Strength I (US terms: Category II).