96th Gomelskaya Red Banner order of Suvorov Motorised Rifle Division

96-я мотострелковая Гомельская Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия

Military Unit: 45463; from 9.89: 31635; from 1994: 31636

Activated 4.6.57 in Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR, from the 96th Rifle Division.

Organisation 1960:

• 338th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 432nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 435th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 313th Tank Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 1415th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 358th independent Sapper Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 927th independent Communications Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)

19.2.62 re-organised:

• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion was activated
• 000 independent Missile Battalion was activated

In 1968 the 358th independent Sapper Battalion was renamed 358th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion.

Organisation 1970:

• 338th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 432nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 435th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 313th Tank Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 1415th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 358th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 927th independent Communications Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)

Organisation 1980:

• 338th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 432nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 435th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 313th Tank Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 1415th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 358th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 927th independent Communications Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)

1.12.81 the 1415th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment was transferred to Afghanistan, where it became attached to the 108th Motorised Rifle Division, and was replaced by an unknown Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.

Organisation 1988:

• 338th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 432nd Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 435th Motorised Rifle Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 313th Tank Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 358th independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 927th independent Communications Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Medical-Sanitary Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)
• 000 independent Motor Transport Battalion (Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR)

1.9.89 renamed 5509th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

1994 united with 5506th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base, and renamed 5506th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

Disbanded 12.2006

Headquarters:

• Kazan, Tatarskaya ASSR, 6.57 - 1994 [55 47 59N, 49 06 18E] - HQ in the Kazan Kremlin
• Shadrinsk, Kurgan Oblast, 1994 - 2003
• Chebarkul, Chelyabinsk Oblast, 2003 - 2006

Subordination:

• Volga Military District, 6.57 - 9.89
• Volga-Ural Military District, 9.89 - 7.92
• Volga Military District, 7.92 - 1993
• Ural Military District, 1993 - 3.01
• Volga-Ural Military District, 3.01 - 12.06

Equipment 1.12.85:

• 1950 men, 217 T-54/55, 12 BMP-1, 36 122mm D-30, 72 122mm M-30, 18 152mm D-1

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 215 T-62, 38 BMP-1, 15 BRM-1K, 12 9P138 Grad, 127 MT-LBT, 31 R-145BM, 3 BTR-50PU, 3 R-156BTR, 3 1V18, 1 1V19, 3 UR-67 and 3 MT-55A

Divisional coordinates:

• Kazan barracks [US designation: Kazan Army Barracks AL 4]: 55 43 07N, 49 09 52E (Divisional HQ, and all attached units) - includes storage area about 2 km southeast
• Shadrinsk storage: 56 09 46N, 63 40 13E
• Chebarkul storage: 55 00 14N, 60 23 27E

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