133rd Motorised Rifle Division

133-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 01161

Activated 1972 in Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (108th Motorised Rifle Division and from 2.80 the 4th Guards Motorised Rifle Division).

Organisation 1987:

• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 281st Tank Regiment (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 Artillery Regiment (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 0000 independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Communications Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast)

Disbanded 1987.

Storage Areas:

• Termez, Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast, 1972 - 1987

Subordination:

• Turkestan Military District, 1972 - 1987

Divisional coordinates:

• Termez storage: 37 14 02N, 67 15 55E - co-located with the 108th Motorised Rifle Division and from 2.80 the 4th Guards 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.