62nd Motorised Rifle Division

62-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 14892

Activated 31.1.72 in Maykop, Adygeyskaya Autonomous Oblast.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (9th Motorised Rifle Division) - the equipment set was co-located with the 9th Motorised Rifle Division until 5.72.

In 5.72 converted to a regular division, and was transferred to Itatka, Tomsk Oblast.

Organisation 1980:

• 1092nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1099th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1100th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 107th Tank Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 619th Artillery Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 676th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1258th independent Missile Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1263rd independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1770th independent Communications Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 685th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

• 1092nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast) - equipped with BMP-1
• 1099th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1100th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast) - equipped with BTR
• 107th Tank Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 619th Artillery Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 676th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1258th independent Missile Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1263rd independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 1770th independent Communications Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 685th independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Itatka, Tomsk Oblast)

1.10.89 renamed 5352nd Weapons and Equipment Storage Base, and was relocated to Omsk, Omsk Oblast.

Disbanded 1994.

Headquarters:

• Maykop, Adygeyskaya Autonomous Oblast, 1.72 - 5.72
• Itatka, Tomsk Oblast, 5.72 - 1994 (former area of the 97th Missile Brigade)

Subordination:

• 12th Army Corps, 1.72 - 5.72
• 33rd Army Corps, 5.72 - 6.91
• Siberian Military District, 6.91 - 1994

Divisional coordinates:

• Itatka barracks [US designation: Itatka Army Barracks AL 1]: 56 50 36N, 85 37 04E (Divisional HQ, and all attached units, except listed below)
• Itatka barracks [US designation: Itatka Army Barracks AL 2]: 56 58 45N, 85 32 10E (619th Artillery Regiment, 1258th independent Missile Battalion and 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion)
• Itatka barracks [US designation: Itatka Army Barracks AL 3]: 56 53 35N, 85 37 30E (107th Tank Regiment and 1263rd independent Reconnaissance Battalion)
• Itatka barracks [US designation: Itatka Army Barracks AL 4]: 57 00 38N, 85 38 51E (1100th Motorised Rifle Regiment)

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