47th Motor Rifle Division

47th Motor Rifle Division
Active	1969–1989
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Motorized Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Konotop

The 47th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army from 1969 to 1989. It was based in Konotop and became the 5198th Weapons and Equipment Storage Base in 1989. The 5198th combined with the 39th Guards Motor Rifle Division in 1991 to form the 5001st Guards Weapons and Equipment Storage Base.^[1]

In 2023 the division was reformed in Sevastopol to participate in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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 Far East Military District. 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.^[2]

Composition

In 1988, the division included the following units. All units were based at Konotop unless noted.^[1]

• 109th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Chernigov)
• 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

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Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989

Airborne

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Artillery

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Aviation

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Motor
Rifle

Guards	1st – 18th 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 20th – 39th 20 21 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 42nd – 66th 42 45 47 48 50 51 (I) 51 (II) 53 55 57 59 62 63 64 66 70th – 97th 70 72 77 81 83 86 87 90 92 93 94 97 109th – 144th 109 112 113 114 115 120 122 123 128 144 Training 2 16 34 37 42 53 62 63 66 80 92 100 112

4th – 27th	4 9 12 13 15 18 19 21 22 24 27

32nd – 49th	32 33 35 40 41 43 44 46 47 48 49

52nd – 69th	52 54 56 58 60 61 62 65 67 68 69

71st – 99th	71 73 74 75 78 79 80 82 84 85 88 89 91 92 93 95 96 99

100th – 119th	100 101 102 108 110 111 114 116 117 118 119

121st – 135th	121 124 125 126 127 129 130 131 134 135

145th – 199th	145 146 147 148 149 150 152 155 157 164 180 192 197 198 199

201st – 295th	201 203 207 213 242 245 254 265 266 270 272 295

Training	43 56 61 67 78 121 129 150

Rocket

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Tank

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Other

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Guards units marked in bold unless they are in a Guards section.