248th Motorised Rifle Division

248-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 31670

Activated 1978 in Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

Organisation 1988:

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

In 9.87 renamed 1060th Territorial Training Center.

Disbanded 10.89.

Headquarters:

• Cherbakul, Chelyabinsk Oblast, 1978 - 1.82
• Sarapul, Udmurtskaya ASSR, 1.82 - 1989

Subordination:

• Volga Military District, 1978 - 1.89
• Volga-Ural Military District, 1.89 - 10.89

Equipment 12.85:

• 1100 men, 214 T-54/55, 2 BTR-60

Divisional coordinates:

• Chebarkul barracks [US designation: Chebarkul Army Barracks AL 1]: 54 59 59N, 60 23 12E
• Sarapul barracks [US designation: Sarapul Army Barracks AL 1]: 56 29 50N, 53 41 03E

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