65th Reserve Tank Division

65-я запасная танковая дивизия

Military Unit: 57438

Activated 1972 in Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned - in case of mobilisation, the division would have been manned by personnel from the Ryazan Higher Military Automobile Command School.

Organisation 1987:

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

Disbanded 1.10.89.

Headquarters:

• Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast, 1972 - 10.89

Subordination:

• Moscow Military District, 1972 - 10.89

Divisional coordinates:

• Ryazan storage: 54 36 57N, 39 40 28E

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