71st Reserve Tank Division

71-я запасная танковая дивизия

Military Unit: 11914

Activated 1973 in Omsk, Omsk Oblast, as a mobilisation division.

The division was mostly unmanned (never more than 65 personnel present) - in case of mobilisation, the division would have been manned by personnel from the Omsk Higher Tank Engineering School.

Organisation 1987:

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

Disbanded 1.10.89.

Headquarters:

• Omsk, Omsk Oblast, 1973 - 10.89

Subordination:

• Siberian Military District, 1973 - 10.89

Divisional coordinates:

• Omsk storage: 54 51 36N, 73 23 58E

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