7th Special Motorised Rifle Brigade

7-я Особая мотострелковая бригада

Military Unit: 52388

Activated 4.63 in Narokko, Cuba, from the 496th Motorised Rifle Regiment (activated in 6.62 from parts of the 132nd Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment).

Organisation 1980:

• 3rd independent Motorised Rifle Battalion
• 4th independent Motorised Rifle Battalion
• 20th independent Motorised Rifle Battalion
• 5th independent Tank Battalion
• 42nd independent Artillery Battalion
• 00 independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion
• 00 independent Reactive Artillery Battalion
• 00 independent Reconnaissance Company
• 00 independent Engineer-Sapper Company
• 00 independent Chemical Defence Platoon
• 00 independent Communications Company
• 00 independent Material Supply Company

1.12.87 renamed 12th Training Center.

Disbanded 6.91.

Headquarters:

• Narokko, Cuba, 4.63 - 6.91

Subordination:

• General Staff Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, 4.63 - 6.91

Equipment 1989:

• 2738 men, 40 tanks, 40 BMP and 80 BTR

Brigade coordinates:

• Narokko base/barracks: 22 58 19N, 82 20 35W - some parts were located in Torrance, Cuba