263rd Reserve Motorised Rifle Division

263-я запасная мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 01212

Activated 1981 in Knyaze-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Kray, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (129th Training Motorised Rifle Division).

Organisation 1987:

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

Disbanded 1987.

Storage Areas:

• Knyaze-Volkonskoye, Khabarovsk Kray, 1981 - 1987

Subordination:

• Far Eastern Military District, 1981 - 1987

Divisional coordinates:

• Knyaze-Volkonskoye storage: 48 29 30N, 135 27 25E

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