58th Tank Division
58-я танковая
дивизия
Military Unit: 16508
Activated 1971 in Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, as a
mobilisation division.
The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned
officers, serving with the parent division (17th Guards Tank Division).
Organisation 1987:
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25th Tank Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 Tank Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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92nd Tank Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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0000 Artillery Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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0000 Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 independent Missile Battalion (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk
Oblast)
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000 independent Communications Battalion (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Krivoi Rog,
Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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000 independent Medical Company (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
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0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk
Oblast)
1.12.87 renamed 747th Territorial Training Center.
1.7.89 renamed 5361st Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.
Disbanded 6.90 - the 25th and 92nd Tank Regiments were
transferred to the 17th Guards Tank Division.
Headquarters:
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Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, 1971 - 6.90
Subordination:
Equipment 12.85:
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1050 men, 3 BTR-60, 66 122mm M-30
Divisional coordinates:
- Krivoi Rog barracks [US designation: Krivoi Rog Army Barracks AL 2]: 47
53 05N, 33 14 46E
The division was maintained as a Mobilisation Division (US terms:
Mobilisation Base). Equipment set present, older types,
with some APC and most trucks missing.