17th Motorised Infantry Division (mobilisation)

17. motorisierte Schützendivision

Military Unit: 10425

Activated 1.5.61 in Delitzsch, East Germany as Ausbildungszentrum 17 (initially as the 17th Training Regiment).

Organisation in peacetime:

• Ausbildungszentrum 17 (Training Center 17) (Delitzsch, East Germany)
• Komplexlager 13 (Storage) (Torgau, East Germany)

Organisation after mobilisation:

• 41st Motorised Infantry Regiment
• 42nd Motorised Infantry Regiment
• 43rd Motorised Infantry Regiment
• 17th Tank Regiment
• 17th Artillery Regiment
• 17th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment
• 17th Missile Battalion
• 17th Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion
• 17th Reconnaissance Battalion
• 17th Engineer Battalion
• 17th Anti-Tank Battalion
• 17th Communication Battalion
• 17th Material Support Battalion
• 17th Repair Battalion
• 17th Chemical Defence Battalion
• 17th Medical Battalion
• 17th Replacement Battalion

3.10.90 absorbed by the Bundeswehr.

Divisional coordinates:

• Delitzsch Center: 51 33 24N, 12 19 25E
• Torgau Storage: 51 33 13N, 12 58 30E

Equipment:

• 12.85: 0 men, 191 T-54/55, 343 BTR-152, 36 122mm M-30, 18 152mm ML-20

Subordination:

• Militärbezirk III, 1958 - 1990

The division was maintained as a Mobilisation Division - manning was 0 %.