88th Motorised Rifle
Division
88-я мотострелковая
дивизия
Military Unit: 01160
Activated 1.80 in Kushka, Mary Oblast, to replace the
5th Guards Motorised Rifle Division, which had been
transferred to Afghanistan.
Organisation 1980:
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474th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Takhta Bazar, Mary Oblast) - 10.83 moved to
Kushka
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479th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Iolotan, Mary Oblast)
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484th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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129th Tank Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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39th Artillery Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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000 independent Missile Battalion (Iolotan, Mary Oblast)
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1377th independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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236th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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0000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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2067th independent Communications Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Kushka, Mary
Oblast)
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000 independent Medical Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
Organisation 1988:
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474th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
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479th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Iolotan, Mary Oblast)
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484th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
129th Tank Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
39th Artillery Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
000 independent Missile Battalion (Iolotan, Mary Oblast)
-
1377th independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
236th independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
0000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
2067th independent Communications Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Kushka, Mary
Oblast)
-
000 independent Medical Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
-
0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Kushka, Mary Oblast)
3.89 absorbed the returning 5th Guards
Motorised Rifle Division, without inheriting any of the awards.
5.92 taken over by Turkmenistan.
Headquarters:
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Kushka, Mary Oblast, 1.80 - 5.92
Subordination:
Equipment 1985:
- about 3000 men, T-62, BMP-1 (484 MSP), BTR-60 (474 and 479 MSP), 122mm
M-30, Frog 7, 57mm S-60
Divisional coordinates:
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Kushka barracks [US designation: Kushka Army Barracks North AL 1]: 35 16 42N, 62 20
22E (Divisional HQ, and all units, except listed below)
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Takhta Bazar barracks [US designation: Takhta Bazar Army Barracks West AL
1]: 36 03 38N, 62 42 42E (474th Motorised Rifle Regiment to 10.83)
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Iolotan barracks [US designation: Iolotan Army Barracks AL 1]: 37 17 44N, 62 22
13E (479th Motorised Rifle Regiment and 000 independent Missile Battalion)
The division was maintained as a Not Ready Division - High-Strength Cadre (US
terms: Category III).