260th Motorised Rifle Division

260-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 31636

Activated 1979 in Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

Organisation 1987:

• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 Tank Regiment (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast) with 57mm S-60
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 independent Communications Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast)

In 10.89 renamed 5406th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

Disbanded 1993.

Storage Areas:

• Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast, 1979 - 1993

Subordination:

• Ural Military District, 1979 - 1.89
• Volga-Ural Military District, 1.89 - 7.92
• Ural Military District, 7.92 - 1993

Equipment 12.85:

• 2600 men, 220 T-54/55, 18 122mm M-30

Divisional coordinates:

• Shadrinsk barracks [US designation: Shadrinsk ICBM Complex Rail-to-Road Transfer Point]: 56 09 52N, 63 40 14E (Divisional HQ, 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment, 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment, 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment, 000 Tank Regiment, 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion, 000 independent Communications Battalion, 000 independent Chemical Defence Company, 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion, 000 independent Medical Battalion and 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion)
• Shadrinsk barracks [US designation: Shadrinsk ICBM Complex Launch Position 1]: 56 08 05N, 63 50 52E (000 Artillery Regiment, 0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, 000 independent Missile Battalion, 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion)

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