25th Guards Motorised Rifle Division

25th Guards Sinelnikovsko-Budapeshtskaya Red Banner orders of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Motorised Rifle Division imeni V.I. Chapaev

25-я гвардейская мотострелковая Синельниковско-Будапештская Краснознамённая орденов Суворова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия имени В.И. Чапаева

Military Unit: 03304

Activated 4.6.57 in Lubny, Poltava Oblast, as the 115th Guards Motorised Rifle Division, from the 38th Guards Mechanised Division.

Organisation 1960:

19.2.62 re-organised:

17.11.64 renamed 25th Guards Motorised Rifle Division.

In 3.67 named "imeni V.I. Chapaev".

In 1968 the 28th independent Guards Sapper Battalion was renamed 28th independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion.

Organisation 1970:

132nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
136th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
426th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
280th Tank Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
53rd Guards Artillery Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1175th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Missile Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
130th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
28th independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
34th independent Guards Communications Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
350th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
242nd independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)

15.11.72 re-organised:

1342nd 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 1090th independent Material Supply Battalion.

Organisation 1980:

132nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
136th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
426th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
280th Tank Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
53rd Guards Artillery Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1175th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Missile Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1342nd independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
130th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
28th independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
34th independent Guards Communications Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
350th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
242nd independent Medical Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1090th independent Material Supply Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

132nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
136th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
426th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
280th Tank Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
53rd Guards Artillery Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1175th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Missile Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1342nd independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
130th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
28th independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
34th independent Guards Communications Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
350th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
242nd independent Medical Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)
1090th independent Material Supply Battalion (Lubny, Poltava Oblast)

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Headquarters:

Subordination:

Equipment 12.85:

2050 men, 214 T-54/55, 93 BMP-1, 3 BTR-50, 99 BTR-152, 18 122mm D-30, 78 122mm M-30, 18 152mm D-1

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

132nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment: 10 T-64, 9 BTR-60, 2 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K, 12 122mm D-30, 1 PRP-3, 3 1V18, 1 1V19, 5 R-145BM, 2 PU-12 and 1 MT-55A
136th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment: 10 T-64, 9 BTR-60, 2 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K, 12 122mm D-30, 1 PRP-3, 3 1V18, 1 1V19, 5 R-145BM, 2 PU-12 and 1 MT-55A
426th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment: 10 T-64, 19 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K, 3 BTR-60, 12 2s1 Gvozdika, 2 BMP-1KSh, 1 PRP-3, 3 RKhM, 2 MTP-2, 4 R-145BM, 2 PU-12, 1 MTU-20 and 1 MT-55A
280th Tank Regiment: 31 T-64, 2 BMP-1, 2 BRM-1K, 12 2s1 Gvozdika, 2 BMP-1KSh, 1 PRP-3, 2 R-145BM, 2 PU-12, 2 MT-55A and 29 MT-LBT
53rd Guards Artillery Regiment: 12 BM-21 Grad, 2 PRP-3, 3 1V18, 1 1V19 and 22 MT-LBT
1175th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment: ZRK Kub (SA-6)
130th independent Reconnaissance Battalion: 10 BMP-1, 7 BRM-1K, 6 BTR-60 and 2 R-145BM
34th independent Guards Communications Battalion: 9 R-145BM and 2 PU-12
28th independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion: 2 UR-67

Divisional coordinates:

Lubny barracks [US designation: Lubny Army Barracks Sula River AL 1]: 50 01 19N, 33 01 22E (Divisional HQ, and all attached units)

The division was maintained as a Not Ready Division - Low-Strength Cadre (US terms: Category III).