134th Motor Rifle Division

134th Motor Rifle Division
Active	1980–1989
Country	Soviet Union
Branch	Soviet Army
Type	Motorized infantry
Garrison/HQ	Dushanbe

The 134th Motor Rifle Division was a motorized infantry division of the Soviet Army. It existed between 1980 and 1989 and was based in Dushanbe.^[1]

History

The 134th Motor Rifle Division was activated in February 1980 in Dushanbe, subordinated to the Central Asian Military District's 17th Army Corps. It replaced the 201st Motor Rifle Division, which had been transferred to Afghanistan. During the Cold War, it was maintained at 15% strength. In February 1989, it was disbanded and absorbed by the 201st Motor Rifle Division.^[1]

Composition

In 1988, the division was composed of the following units. All units were based at Dushanbe unless noted.^[1]

• 92nd Motorized Rifle Regiment
• 806th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Kurgan-Tyube)
• 1208th Motorized Rifle Regiment (Kulyab)
• 401st Tank Regiment
• Artillery Regiment
• 990th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
• 837th Separate Missile Battalion (Kurgan-Tyube)
• Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Battalion
• Separate Reconnaissance Battalion
• Separate Engineer-Sapper Battalion
• Separate Communications Battalion
• Separate Chemical Defence Company
• Separate Equipment Maintenance and Recovery Battalion
• Separate Medical Battalion
• Separate Material Supply Battalion

References

• 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

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