269th Motorised Rifle Division

269-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 21450

Activated 1978 in Otar (Gvardeyskiy), Alma-Ata Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (80th Guards Training Motorised Rifle Division).

Organisation 1987:

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

Disbanded 1987.

Storage Areas:

• Otar, Alma-Ata Oblast, 1978 - 1987

Subordination:

• Central Aisan Military District, 1978 - 1987

Divisional coordinates:

• Otar storage: 43 34 36N, 75 12 22E - co-located with the 80th Guards 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.