The 213th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the

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. The division was based in

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and existed from 1968 to 1991. In 1991, the division merged with the

27th Guards Motor Rifle Division The 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Military Unit Number 35100)Michael Holm27th Guards Motorised Rifle Division/ref> was a Red Army rifle Division (military), division in World War II which later became a Soviet Army motor rifle division. His ...

History

In April 1968, the division was activated in Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast, from the

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's 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment, left behind when the 29th transferred to the Far East. It was part of the

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. On 1 September 1980, the 1415th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment transferred to the

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in Afghanistan and was replaced by the 108th's 1049th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment. In September 1989, the Volga Military District was renamed the Volga–Urals Military District. On 1 June 1990, the 1049th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment was disbanded and replaced by the 838th Antiaircraft Missile Regiment, transferred from the

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. During the

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, the division was maintained at 20–25% strength. On 19 November 1990, according to

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data, the division was equipped with 62

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tanks, 139

BTR-70 The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (russian: бронетранспортер/ ''Bronetransporter'', or literally "Armoured Transporter") originally developed by the Soviet Union during the late 1960s under the manufacturing ...

and 25 BTR-60 armored personnel carriers, 36 BMP-1 and 15 BMP-1K infantry fighting vehicles, 12

2S1 Gvozdika The 2S1 ''Gvozdika'' (russian: link=no, 2С1 «Гвоздика», "Carnation") is a Soviet self-propelled howitzer based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mounting a 122 mm 2A18 howitzer. "2S1" is its GRAU designation. An alternative Rus ...

and 36

2S3 Akatsiya The SO-152 (Russian: СО-152) is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968, as a response to the American 155 mm M109 howitzer. Development began in 1967, according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Sovie ...

self-propelled guns, and 12 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher systems. On 17 April 1991, the division was merged with the

, which had arrived from Germany. The 680th and 691st Motor Rifle Regiments, the 34th Tank Regiment, and the 1283rd Artillery Regiment were merged with regiments of the 27th to create new units, which inherited the lineage of the 27th Division unit. The 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment was transferred to the 27th intact, replacing its disbanded 244th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment.

Composition

In 1988, the division included the following units. * 433rd Motor Rifle Regiment * 680th Motor Rifle Regiment * 691st Motor Rifle Regiment * 34th Tank Regiment * 1283rd Artillery Regiment * 1049th Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment * 182nd Separate Rocket Battalion * 1034th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion * 907th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion * 883rd Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion * 973rd Separate Communications Battalion * Separate Chemical Defense Company * 481st Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion * 341st Separate Medical-Sanitary Battalion * 893rd Separate Material Supply Battalion

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* * {{Soviet Union divisions Motor rifle divisions of the Soviet Union Military units and formations established in 1968 Military units and formations disestablished in 1991