160th Motorised Rifle Division

160-я мотострелковая дивизия

Military Unit: 20656

Activated 1971 in Yeysk, Krasnodar Kray, as a mobilisation division.

Organisation 1988:

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

1.10.89 renamed 4770th Equipment Storage Base.

Disbanded 1992.

Storage Areas:

• Yeysk, Krasnodar Kray, 6.68 - 1992

Subordination:

• North Caucasus Military District, 6.68 - 1992

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 25 MT-LBT

Divisional coordinates:

• Yeysk storage: 46 40 53N, 38 07 56E

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