The 47th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the

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from 1969 to 1989. It was based in

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and became the 5198th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base in 1989. The 5198th combined with the

39th Guards Motor Rifle Division The 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Soviet Ground Forces was a mechanised infantry division active from 1965 to 1992. It was originally formed as the 39th Guards Rifle Division of the Workers and Peasant's Red Army. It was formed during ...

in 1991 to form the 5001st Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base. In 2023 the division was reformed in Sevastopol to participate in the

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History

The 47th Motor Rifle Division was activated in July 1969 in Konotop to replace the 81st Guards Krasnograd Motor Rifle Division, which had been transferred to the

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. It was composed of the 109th, 114th and 146th Motor Rifle Regiments, as well as the 64th Tank Regiment and 185th Artillery Regiment. The division was part of the 1st Guards Army. During the Cold War, the division was maintained at 15% strength. On 1 July 1989, it was renamed the 5198th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base. In November 1991, it combined with the 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division to form the 5001st Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.

Composition

In 1988, the division included the following units. All units were based at Konotop unless noted. * 109th Motorized Rifle Regiment (

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) * 114th Motorized Rifle Regiment * 146th Motorized Rifle Regiment * 64th Tank Regiment ( Goncharovskye) * 185th Artillery Regiment * Antiaircraft Missile Regiment * 643rd Separate Missile Battalion * Separate Antitank Artillery Regiment * Separate Reconnaissance Battalion * Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Goncharovskye) * Separate Communications Battalion * Separate Chemical Defence Company * Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion * Separate Medical Battalion * Separate Material Supply Battalion In 2023 the division included: * Tank regiment * Motorized Rifle Regiment * Motorized Rifle Regiment

References

{{Soviet Union divisions Motor rifle divisions of the Soviet Union Military units and formations established in 1969 Military units and formations disestablished in 1989