6th Guards Lvovskaya order of Lenin Red Banner order of Suvorov Motorised Rifle Division

6-я гвардейская мотострелковая Львовская ордена Ленина Краснознамённая ордена Суворова дивизия

Military Unit: 61150

Activated 17.5.57 in Bernau, East Germany, from the 6th Guards Mechanised Division.

Organisation 1957:

In 5.58 re-organised:

Organisation 1960:

In 1961 the 351st independent Missile Battalion was activated.

19.2.62 the 32nd independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion was activated.

In 5.62 the 10th independent Tank Battalion was activated.

In 1968 the 122nd independent Guards Sapper Battalion was renamed 122nd independent Guards Engineer-Sapper Battalion, while the 465th independent Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion was activated.

Organisation 1970:

In 1972 the 000 independent Chemical Defence Company was renamed 120th independent Chemical Defence Battalion.

In 1980 the 686th independent Motor Transport Battalion was renamed 1122nd independent Material Supply Battalion, and the 52nd independent Reactive Artillery Battery was absorbed by the Artillery Regiment.

Organisation 1980:

8.2.85 re-organised as a tank division, and renamed 90th Guards Tank Division:

Organisation 1988:

28.8.88 the 351st independent Missile Battalion was transferred to the new 464th Missile Brigade.

1.7.89 the 215th Guards Tank Regiment was transferred to the 25th Tank Division, and was replaced by the 803rd Motorised Rifle Regiment from the same division.

1.91 the 803rd Motorised Rifle Regiment was transferred to the Soviet Union, and was replaced by the 69th Motorised Rifle Regiment, from the 35th Motorised Rifle Division.

In 1993 the 69th Motorised Rifle Regiment was renamed 169th Tank Regiment.

14.12.94 to 9.4.95 the 81st Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment was deployed to Chechnya.

12.97 renamed 5968th Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base - the 81st Guards Motorised Rifle Regiment was transferred to the 27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division.

Disbanded 2005.

Headquarters:

Subordination:

Equipment:

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

Divisional coordinates:

The division was maintained as a Ready Division - First Line (US terms: Category I) - manning was 100%.