Soviet Motor Rifle Divisions

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_Motor_Rifle_Divisions

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activeDuring	gptkb:Cold_War gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:badge	red star
gptkbp:commanded	division commander
gptkbp:composedOf	tank regiments artillery regiments air defense battalions motor rifle regiments
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:disbanded	dissolution of the Soviet Union
gptkbp:division	over 100 at peak
gptkbp:doctrine	combined arms operations deep battle
gptkbp:equipment	gptkb:T-62_tank gptkb:T-80_tank T-55 tank T-72 tank BMP infantry fighting vehicle BTR armored personnel carrier
gptkbp:established	post-World War II
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:Afghanistan gptkb:Central_Asia gptkb:Soviet_Union gptkb:Eastern_Europe
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Soviet Motor Rifle Divisions
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Russian
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:MRD
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Pavel_Batov gptkb:Vasily_Margelov Ivan Chuikov
gptkbp:notableEngagement	gptkb:Soviet–Afghan_War gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:2nd_Guards_Motor_Rifle_Division 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division 4th Guards Motor Rifle Division 79th Guards Motor Rifle Division 90th Guards Tank Division (formerly Motor Rifle)
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkbp:primaryUse	mechanized infantry
gptkbp:size	approximately 12,000 to 13,000 personnel
gptkbp:successor	Russian Motor Rifle Divisions
gptkbp:supports	maintenance battalion medical battalion supply battalion engineer battalion reconnaissance battalion chemical defense company signal battalion
gptkbp:trainer	gptkb:Soviet_military_districts
gptkbp:uniform	Soviet Army field uniform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Soviet_Army_(pre-1991)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7