76th Tank Division

76-я танковая дивизия

Military Unit: 52055

Activated 31.10.68 in Brest, Brest Oblast, as a mobilisation division, to replace the 30th Guards Motorised Rifle Division, which was transferred to Czechoslovakia.

The division was unmanned, except for some pre-assigned officers, serving with the parent division (50th Guards Motorised Rifle Division).

Organisation 1987:

• 624th Tank Regiment (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 625th Tank Regiment (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 Tank Regiment (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 Motorised Rifle Regiment (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 0000 Artillery Regiment (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 0000 Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Missile Battalion (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Reconnaissance Battalion (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Communications Battalion (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Chemical Defence Company (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 000 independent Medical Company (Brest, Brest Oblast)
• 0000 independent Material Supply Battalion (Brest, Brest Oblast)

1.12.87 renamed 514th Territorial Training Center.

1.10.89 renamed 5356th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

In 3.92 taken over by Belarus.

Headquarters:

• Brest, Brest Oblast, 10.68 - 3.92

Subordination:

• 28th Combined Arms Army, 10.68 - 3.92

Equipment 12.85:

• 1800 men, 297 T-62, 31 T-72, 98 BMP-1, 2 BTR-50, 21 BTR-60, 93 BTR-152, 72 122mm D-30, 18 122mm M-30, 18 152mm D-1

Equipment 19.11.90 (CFE treaty holdings):

• 314 T-62, 38 BMP-1, 15 BRM-1K, 3 BTR-60, 12 BM-21 Grad, 1 2s1 Gvozdika, 1 2s3 Akatsiya, 2 2s7 Pion, 2 152mm 2A36, 3 152mm 2A65, 3 122mm D-30, 2 BMP-1KSh, 4 R-145BM, 1 PRP-4, 18 1V18, 6 1V19, 2 IRM, 1 UR-67, 9 MTU-20, 1 MT-55A, 4 PU-12, 1 R-137B and 1 ZS-88

Divisional coordinates:

• Brest barracks [US designation: Brest Army Barracks Southeast AL 2]: 52 03 31N, 23 44 00E (Divisional HQ, and all attached units, except listed below)
• Brest barracks [US designation: Brest Army Barracks Pugachevo AL 6]: 52 04 05N, 23 45 32E (000 Tank Regiment)

The division was maintained as a Mobilisation Division (US terms: Mobilisation Division). Equipment set present, older types, with some APC and most trucks missing - during the early 1980's upgraded to a Not Ready Division - Low-Strength Cadre (US terms: Cathegory III).