252nd Reserve Motorised Rifle Division

252-я запасная мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 21448

Activated 1979 in Nikolayev, Nikolayev Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (92nd Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division) - the equipment set were co-located with the 92nd Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division.

Organisation 1988:

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

Disbanded 1987.

Storage Areas:

• Nikolayev, Nikolayev Oblast, 1979 - 1987

Subordination:

• Odessa Military District, 1979 - 1987

Divisional coordinates:

• Nikolayev storage: 47 01 12N, 31 59 02E

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.