227th Motorised Rifle Division

227-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 31626

Activated 1978 in Omsk (Svetlyy), Omsk Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (56th Training Motorised Rifle Division).

Organisation 1987:

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

Disbanded 1987.

Storage Areas:

• Svetlyy, Omsk Oblast, 1978 - 1987

Subordination:

• Siberian Military District, 1978 - 1987

Divisional coordinates:

• Omsk (Svetlyy) storage: 54 53 15N, 73 29 50E - co-located with the 56th Training Motorised Rifle Division

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