157th Motor Rifle Division

Motor rifle division of the Soviet military 157th Motor Rifle Division 1969–1987 Soviet Union Motorized infantry Soviet Army Feodosia The 157th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army, active from 1969 to 1987. Stationed in Feodosia in the Crimean Oblast, it was part of the 32nd Army Corps. The division primarily served in a training and mobilization capacity, maintaining a low peacetime strength of 17% during the Cold War.157th Motorised Rifle Division http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/157msd.htm 2025-07-04 www.ww2.dk History In April 1969, the 157th Motor Rifle Division was activated in Feodosiya as part of the 32nd Army Corps. It replaced the 52nd Motor Rifle Division, which had been moved to Nizhneudinsk. During the Cold War, the division was maintained at 17% strength. On 1 December 1987, it became the 710th Territorial Training Center. On 1 September 1989,Holm Michael 157th Motorised Rifle Division http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/157msd.htm 2016-01-10 www.ww2.dk the training center became the 5378th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.Українське військо у ХХ-ХХІ сторіччі Ukrainian Army in the 20th–21st centuries http://vijsko.milua.org/i4_1.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031624/http://vijsko.milua.org/i4_1.htm 2016-03-04 2016-01-10 vijsko.milua.org uk Composition In 1980, the division included the following units. 91st Motorized Rifle Regiment (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) 520th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) 524th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Kerch, Crimean Oblast) Tank Regiment (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) 434th Artillery Regiment (Kerch, Crimean Oblast) Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Missile Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Reconnaissance Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion (Kerch, Crimean Oblast) Separate Communications Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Chemical Defence Company (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Medical Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) Separate Material Supply Battalion (Feodosiya, Crimean Oblast) References http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/msd/157msd.htm Category:Military units and formations established in 1969 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1987 Category:Motor rifle divisions of the Soviet Union