81st Reserve Tank Division

81-я запасная танковая дивизия

Military Unit: 35459

Activated 1974 in Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (91st Motorised Rifle Division).

Organisation 1987:

• 000 Tank Regiment (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 Tank Regiment (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 Tank Regiment (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 0000 Artillery Regiment (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Communications Battalion (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical Company (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast)

Equipped with 320 T-34/85, and received 40 BMP-1 in 1982.

Disbanded 1.10.89.

Headquarters:

• Nizhneudinsk, Irkutsk Oblast, 1973 - 10.89

Subordination:

• Transbaykal Military District, 1973 - 10.89

Divisional coordinates:

• Nizhneudinsk storage: 54 55 33N, 99 04 39E - co-located with the 52nd Motorised Rifle Division and the 80th Reserve Tank Division

The division was maintained as a Mobilisation Division (US terms: Mobilisation Division) - manning was 0%. Equipment set present, older types, substantial equipment shortfalls.