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47th Motor Rifle Division
Active	1969–1989 2023–Present
Country	Soviet Union (1969–1989)  Russia (2023–Present)
Branch	Soviet Army (1969–1989) Russian Army (2023–Present)
Type	Motorized Infantry
Garrison/HQ	Konotop (1969–1989) Sevastopol (2023–Present)
Engagements	Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive

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.

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 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.

In 2016, the 47th Territorial Defence Division (47-я дивизия территориальной обороны (ДТО)) was established in Crimea, two years after Russia annexed the peninsula. In September 2022 it was reorganised as a motor-rifle division.

Composition

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

• 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

1. ^ Holm, Michael. "47th Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
2. Holm, Michael. "39th Guards Motorised Rifle Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
3. "В Крыму создали дивизию для борьбы с диверсантами" [A division was created in Crimea to fight saboteurs]. 15 September 2016.
4. "Преобразование Вооруженных Сил России в 2022-2024 гг".

v t e Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989
Airborne	7 31 44 Training 76 98 103 104 105 106 107
Artillery	2 15 20 Training 26 34 51 55 81 110 149
Aviation	1 6 12 16 22 36 55 95 Mixed 95 Fighter 119 326
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	4 7 8 10 13 14 18 19 23 24 27 28 29 35 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 49 54 62
Tank	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 Training 25 28 29 30 31 32 34 36 37 40 41 42 44 Training 45 Training 47 48 Training 51 60 75 78 79 90 117 Training 193
Other	OMSDON
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• Motor rifle divisions of the Soviet Union
• Military units and formations established in 1969
• Military units and formations disestablished in 1989