46th Motorised Rifle Division

46-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 31429

Activated 2.80 in Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast, replacing the 4th Guards Motorised Rifle Division, which was transferring to the Turkestan Military District.

Organisation 1980:

• 15th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast) - from the 4th Guards Motorised Rifle Division
• 561st Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 875th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 133rd Tank Regiment (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 425th Artillery Regiment (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 1215th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 380th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 1615th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 2073rd independent Communications Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 72nd independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

• 15th Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 561st Motorised Rifle Regiment (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 875th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 133rd Tank Regiment (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 425th Artillery Regiment (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 1215th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Kommunarsk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 380th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 1615th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 2073rd independent Communications Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 72nd independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)
• 000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast)

Disbanded 3.89, when the 4th Guards Motorised Rifle Division returned to Lugansk.

Headquarters:

• Lugansk, Lugansk Oblast, 2.80 - 3.89

Subordination:

• Kiev Military District, 2.80 - 4.82
• 64th Army Corps, 4.82 - 3.89

Equipment 12.85:

• 3100 men, 214 T-54/55, 9 BMP-1, 357 BTR-60, 18 122mm D-74, 36 122mm M-30

Divisional coordinates:

• Lugansk (Voroshilovgrad) barracks [US designation: Voroshilovgrad Army Barracks Northwest AL 1]: 48 34 55N, 39 16 09E (Divisional HQ, and all attached units, except listed below)
• Kommunarsk barracks [US designation: Kommunarsk Army Barracks East AL 1]: 48 28 35N, 38 48 18E (875th Motorised Rifle Regiment, 133rd Tank Regiment, 425th Artillery Regiment and 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion)

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