80th Artillery Division

80-я артиллерийская дивизия

Military Unit: 20718

Activated 1984 in Krupki, Minsk Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

Organisation 1988 (possibly 449th, 450th and 451st brigades):

• 000 Howitzer Artillery Brigade (Krupki, Minsk Oblast)
• 000 Cannon Artillery Brigade (Krupki, Minsk Oblast)
• 000 Reactive Artillery Brigade (Krupki, Minsk Oblast)

1.10.89 renamed 1533rd Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

In 3.92 taken over by Belarus.

Headquarters:

• Krupki, Minsk Oblast, 1984 - 3.92

Subordination:

• Belorussian Military District, 1984 - 3.92

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 48 152mm D-20 (howitzer brigade), 48 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B (cannon brigade), 48 9P140 Uragan (reactive brigade), 27 1V18, 9 1V19, 2 PRP-3, 4 PRP-4 and 5 R-145BM

Divisional coordinates:

• Krupki barracks [US designation: Krupki Army Barracks AL 1]: 54 19 07N, 29 10 57E
• Krupki storage [US designation: Krupki Ordnance Depot DO 1]: 54 19 03N, 29 12 04E