5 Independent Guards Corps

[Aaron]

120 Gds. Motor-rifle Division (Uruchje).
- 334 gv Motor-rifle Regiment
- 339 gv.Motor-rifle Regiment
- 356 Motor-rifle Regiment
- 355 Gds. Tank Regiment
- 310 Gds. SP Artillery Regiment
- 1045 Gds. SAM Regiment
- 1180 ordn
- 46 Independent Recon Battalion
- 126 Gds. Independent Engineer Bn.

IMPORTANT: during 1984-1989 this reorganised division was named 5 gv.oak (1 gv.tbr, 2 gv.tbr, 176 mbr, 177 gv.mbr, 310 gv.sap, 1045 gv.zrp, 276 ovp, 1318 dshp, 1180 ordn, 46 obr, 126 gv.oisb). In 1989 it reorganised back to 120 gv.msd.


Still dont quite understand how they reorg a division with 3 MRR and 1 TR to a division with 2 TR, if you stay with the standard structure you need more tanks. Leaves me wondering if my theory of filling out the whole corp with reserve troops is true.

Ill look around for you the next couple days when i got time, im a member of a couple Russian sites that i might get some answers on.

About your Spetsnaz unit, that Excel page i sent you is from what ive been able to tell is the most accurate, on 3 different websites they always refer to that one and have made changes to it over the years, now there was other Spetsnaz units but they wernt field troops, off the top of my head there was a 20th and 25th bde but they were intelligence and not your combat troops, long story short if you dont see one on that spreadsheet it probably wasnt there or it was a non combat unit, and also just because it was called a Bde doesnt mean a whole lot, most only had 1 Bn with other units as support.

Aaron